Osella from Venice with Duke Domenico Contarini II Mint: Venice
Magistrate: A S, Venetian, 30 March 1667 - 7 May 1668

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1667

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

9.37 g, 5:00, 36.2 mm

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2001.87.32697

Geography

Made in Venice, Italy

Culture

Italian

Period

17th century

Classification

Numismatics

Disclaimer

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: .S.M.VEN.DOMIN.CONT.D., haloed Saint Mark sits on throne l. with r. hand raised in blessing and r. hand holding banner, kneeling duke r., takes banner with l. hand, in exergue "A.S".

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: SIT TVTA HOC SIDERE GRETA, virgin with child sit on background of sixteen point star, in exergue "ANNO VIIII".
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

Coinage of the Republic of Venice, coins, money

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