Venice (1382) zecchino Fr.1228

from the Stacks Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 21288

This specimen was lot 21288 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $3,840. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY. Venice. Ducat, ND. Michele Morosini (1382). NGC MS-62. A highly collectible and RARE Ducat from a short-lived doge, struck for only five months before his death in October of 1382. Easily among the finest we've seen, this example remains bold and lustrous with crisp design features over both sides. If not for a pair of barely noticeable, thin marks in the field to the right of the Christ motif, this example would have certainly received a much finer grade." The republic of Venice invented the ducat in the late 1200's and issued them more or less continuously until the final collapse in 1797.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.999 fine gold, .112 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-1228.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, and Bruce Roland Hagen, Ponterio sale 176: The Thos. H. Law Collection of English Gold Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.
• Rafaele Paolucci, La Zecca di Venezia, 2 vols. Padua, 1991.

Link to:

• Venice (1368-82) zecchino Fr.1227
• Venice (1382) grosso, Michele Morosini
• Venice (1382-00) zecchino Fr.1229
• Coins and currency dated 1382
• return to coins of Italy, Venice