1 Ducat from Venice with Duke Domenico Contarini II Mint: Venice
Magistrate: Gerolamo Dandolo, Venetian, 3 August 1662 - 27 July 1663

1662–63

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

27.85 g, 5:00, 41.3 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Reverend William H. Owen, B.A. 1897

Accession Number

2001.87.32693

Geography

Made in Venice, Italy

Culture

Italian

Period

17th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: S.M.VEN.DOMIN.CON, winged haloed lion stands l., facing kneeling duke r., who holds banner with l. hand, in exergue "G.D".

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: MEMOR.ERO.TVI. IVSTINA.VIR, haloed Saint Justina stands facing with palm in r. hand and sword protruding from l. breast, in background two ships at sea, in exergue "124".
Provenance
Reverend William H. Owen, to 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, ducats, money

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