Venice (1478-85)-AR marcello
This specimen was lot 1059 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALIAN STATES: VENICE: Giovanni Mocenigo, 1478-1485, AR marcello, St. Mark presenting banner to Doge kneeling left; A R across field // Christ Pantocrator enthroned; slightly weak strike, VF-XF." From the very scanty documentation available to us, the marcello was half a lira. Wikipedia comments, "Giovanni di Mocenigo (1408 – November 4, 1485) was doge of Venice from 1478 to 1485. He fought at sea against the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II and on land against Ercole I d'Este, duke of Ferrara, from whom he recaptured Rovigo and the Polesine....His brother, Pietro Mocenigo, served as Doge before him, in 1474–1476."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 3.29 g.
Catalog reference: Paolucci-3, Biaggi-2925.
- Rafaele Paolucci, La Zecca di Venezia, 2 vols. Padua, 1991.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
Link to:
- Venice (1474-76)-PM marcello = mezza lira, Pietro Mocenigo
- Venice (1478-85) zecchino Fr.1239, Giovanni Mocenigo
- Venice (1485-86) zecchino Fr.1240, Marco Barbarigo
- Venice (1539-45) marcello, Pietro Lando
- Coins and currency dated 1478