Venice (1572-73)-MS 20 soldi

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Jean Elsen sale 156, lot 1742

This specimen was lot 1742 in Jean Elsen sale 156 (Brussels, September 2023), where it sold for €110 (about US$141 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"ITALIE, VENISE, Alvise Mocenigo Ier (1570-1577), AR 20 soldi (lira), s.d. (1572-1573). Sigle MS (Marin Sanudo). D/ Saint Marc assis à d., remettant une bannière au Doge agenouillé devant lui. R/ Sainte Justine deb. de f., la poitrine transpercée par un glaive, ten. une palme et couronnant le lion de saint Marc. Fine fêlure. Belle patine. Très Beau. (Italy, republic of Venice, Alvise Mocenigo I, 1570-77, undated silver twenty soldi or lira, circa 1572-73, mintmaster Marin Sanudo. Obverse: St. Mark stands right, passing a banner to the kneeling doge before him; reverse: St. Justine facing, her breast pierced by a spear, bearing a palm and crowning the lion of St. Mark. Fine crack, nice patina, Very Fine.)"

"Lira Mocenigo (o più semplicemente Mocenigo) è la lira veneziana emessa per la prima volta sotto il dogato di Pietro Mocenigo tra il 1474 ed il 1476. Il Mocenigo mantenne il nome anche con i dogi successivi e fu coniata fino al 1575. I tipi sono quelli classici: al dritto è rappresentato il doge inginocchiato che riceve lo stendardo da San Marco ed al rovescio il Cristo nimbato. Pesava circa 6,52 grammi ed era al titolo del 928 millesimi di fino. Ebbero lo stesso nome anche monete simili di Modena e Mantova, coniate nel XVI secolo. (the lira mocenigo (or simply mocenigo) was the Venetian lira emitted for the first time under the doge Pietro Mocenigo in 1474. The mocenigo maintained its name under successive doges until its final issue in 1575. The design is classic, representing the kneeling doge receiving the standard of St. Mark from the haloed Christ. It was about 6.52 g, .928 fine silver. Similar coins were minted at Modena and Mantua until the sixteenth century.)" from Wikipedia. We're not sure that this coin is a mocenigo--it's a little light--but it is definitely a lira.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 4,46 g.

Catalog reference: Pap. 320, 37; Paolucci 68, 8.

Source:

  • Rafaele Paolucci, La Zecca di Venezia, 2 vols. Padua, 1991.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 156, Collection de Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.

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