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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 8086388, member: 4910&quot;]Another ducat from Venice:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_venice_ducat_1585_cicogna.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Venice Ducat, Doge Pasquale Cicogna, 1585-1595</p><p>Gold, 20 mm, 3.50 gm</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Left Saint Mark, standing and facing right with banner, right, the Doge kneeling</p><p>S M VENET DVX PASC CICON</p><p>(&quot;Sacra Moneta Venetiae Dux Paschalis Ciconia&quot; or &quot;Sacred Money of Venice Duke Pasquale Cicogna&quot;)</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Christ standing with Book of Gospels, surrounded by stars and oval</p><p>SIT T XPE DAT QTV REGIS ISTE DVCAT</p><p>(&quot;Sit tibi, Christe, datus, quem tu regis, iste ducatus&quot; or &quot;O Christ, let this duchy, which you rule, be dedicated to you&quot;)</p><p><br /></p><p>Doge Pasquale Cicogna died in 1595 and by 1598 William Shakespeare had written the play &quot;The Merchant of Venice&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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