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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1974.27.288
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Fifteen Soldi
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1722
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/184290

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
2.3 cm diam. x 0.1 cm depth (7/8 x 1/16 in.)
3.18 g
Denomination
fifteen soldi
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse, around perimeter, struck: AL[OY] MOCENI D 1722
  • inscription: reverse, around perimeter, struck: SANCT MARCVS VEN

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Arthur Arundel, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1974.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, A Gift to the Museum from Arthur W. Arundel through the Harvard Fund Council, Class of 1951
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
1974.27.288
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: the Doge with flag and banner?; reverse: St. Mark as the Lion of Venice

Verification Level

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