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Numismatics
Obverse Description
Obverse Description: DUCAT.REIP RHACUSIN. semioval coat of arms of Ragusa in ornate crowned cartouche, superimposed upon scepter and sword
Reverse Description
Reverse Description: TUIS.A.DEO.AUSPICIIS. saint blaise with halo and mitre, standing facing front, blessing with r. hand and holding the pastoral crook and the city in l. hand, to the sides along the middle of the figure S B/17 97 and below G A
Provenance
Provenance
Reverend William H. Owen, to 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.