1789-97 VENICE (ITALIAN STATES)
CH VF
KM#755
GOLD ZECCHINO 3.4940 GRAMS .999 GOLD .1122 AGW
RULER: LODOVICO MANIN
OBV: St. MARK STANDING AT LEFT PRESENTING STAFF WITH CROSS AND DVX AT TOP TO DOGE (Chief magistrate in the Medieval republic of Venice) KNEELING AT RIGHT.
LEGEND: LVDO V I MANIN S M VENET
REV: FULL-LENGTH FACING FIGURE OF CHRIST IN BEADED ELLIPSE LINED WITH STARS.
LEGEND: SIT I XPE DAT Q TV REGIS ISTE DVCA
EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A GOLD COIN FROM THE 1700'S
