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Venetian zecchino (ducat)

AD 1284–　・　gold　・　13th century　・　Venice

Venetian zecchino (ducat)（obverse）Venetian zecchino (ducat)（reverse）
unknown 17th-century mintmaster / Public domain（Wikimedia Commons）

The gold coin of the Republic of Venice. It kept the image of St Mark handing the banner to the Doge, and was struck at almost the same fineness for more than five hundred years. It is the dollar of the late medieval Mediterranean.

Diameter 21mm