panzerman Posted November 26, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 26, 2022 The Zecchino was used by many sovereign states/ Venice/ Papal States/ Knight's Orders.... These were struck from 1/4 Z to massive 105 Z (Venice) I will start the ball rolling with one of mine/ AV 10 Zecchini 1787 Papal States/ Bologna Pope Pius VI 34.98g. 37mm. .986 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted November 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) At ~35g, I think we would call that a Zecchone (big mint)! nice coin, none of those in my collection, but I do have one Venetian in silver and the etymology of the word sequin surprised me - sewing gold zecchini on clothes resulted in.. Edited November 26, 2022 by Sulla80 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted November 27, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 Sulla80/ thanks/ always learning new things😊 Nice coin! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted November 27, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 Here is another one.... Knight's of St. John/ Rhodes AV Zecchino ND Rhodes Mint Grandmaster Fabrice del Carretto 1513-21 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted November 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2022 Beautiful coins shown above My only zecchino (sequin in french) is a rare Dombes one imitating those from Venice Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans (1650-1693), Sequin d'or - Atelier de Trévoux FRANC PRINC - SM TREVO, Saint Marc à droite remettant un étendard au prince à gauche. Dans le champ DVX SIT TX ADIVTO - REGIS TE DOMBA, Le Christ bénissant de face, entouré de seize étoiles 3,47 gr Ref : Divo Dombes # 219, Friedberg # 123, Mantellier -, Poey d'Avant # 5134 (Poey d'Avant attribuait cette monnaie à François II de Bourbon Montpensier) As it’s undated, and because the obverse legend reads FRANC PRINC, this sequin has for long been attributed to François II de Montpensier, great grand father of Anne Marie Louise on her mother’s side. Stylewise, this sequin is more of the mid 17th century than one century before. Also, the coin obviously copies the venitian sequins that were in use all over Europe at the time. three of the Doges of the period being Francesco Contarini (1623-1624), Francesco Erizzo (1631-1644) and Francesco Molino (1646-1655), it’s likely this sequin could have copied their sequin’s legends to fool people. Don't forget to remember the whole coinage of Dombes copying various emissions of their time, be it Italy with the cavalier d'or, Spain with the Pistole, France with most of their testons, liards double and denier tournois, and finally Venetia with that sequin Q 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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