447
Oselle di Venezia
ALVISE III MOCENIGO, Doge CXII (1722-1732) – Osella of 3 zecchini, year IX, 1730.
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€ 4.000
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€ 20.130
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in gold
10.33 gr. - Diam. 36.00 mm.
Obverse: Saint Mark enthroned, holding the standard to the kneeling Doge. In the exergue are the initials GZ (Gerolamo Zolio, farmer); - Reverse: Justice, standing facing, with radiate crown, scales, and sword; to the right, the lion of Saint Mark, and to the left, a flowering plant.
10.33 gr. - Diam. 36.00 mm.
Obverse: Saint Mark enthroned, holding the standard to the kneeling Doge. In the exergue are the initials GZ (Gerolamo Zolio, farmer); - Reverse: Justice, standing facing, with radiate crown, scales, and sword; to the right, the lion of Saint Mark, and to the left, a flowering plant.
Montenegro 2468. CNI missing. Paolucci II 389. Extremely rare.
m.BB/q.SPL.
The reverse of this osella is inspired by the arrest of a Venetian nobleman who had served as ambassador to the imperial court in Vienna, where he had compromised himself. Transferred as a bailo to Constantinople to avoid imprisonment, he was arrested, at the request of the imperial ambassador, as he was about to embark. The investigation against him led to his exoneration. The representation of justice alludes to the Venetian government's desire to observe the rules of law even abroad.
Provenance
Purchased privately by Numismatica Rinaldi in December 1972.
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