medieval Venetian zecchino

Hey guys,

Here's an interesting coin. From the Middle Ages comes a Venetian tradition in which the wealthy Ladies of Leisure sewed small gold coins into their scarves. Those coins were zecchino - from which we get the word sequin.

Anyone care to attribute or comment on this coin ?

All the best,

Ricky B

 

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Well, I can't attribute it, but I surely can comment on it....very beautiful, how heavy is this coin?

 

Nice coin 900fine !

Thanks for the informative post.

 

It's about the diameter of a nickel, but much thinner. About the thickness of a sequin.

 

Nice ducat ricky b :thumb:

 

Well at any weight or size it's beautiful. I wasn't too clear on middle ages denominations. Very interesting.