Book Title: Fasti ducales ab Anafesto I. ad Silvestrum Valerium Venetorum ducem cum eorum iconibus, insignibus, nummismatibus publicis, & privatis aere sculptis: inscriptionibus ex aula M. Consilii, ac sepulchralibus. Adiectae sunt adnotationes, ad vitam cuiusque principis, rerum, quae omissae fuerant; studio Ioannis Palatii ...

Author: Palazzi, Giovanni, b. 1640?

Image Title: Osella Commissioned by Antonio Grimani

Description: This coin is an osella commissioned by Venetian Doge Antonio Grimani (1436-1523) in 1521 to commemorate his accession. The osella’s reverse (left) features the personifications of Justice and Peace shaking hands, with the Latin legend “Jvstitia et Pax oscvlatae svnt (“Justice and Peace have kissed”). The obverse (right) features Jesus on a throne and the Doge accepting a banner, emblazoned “SM,” from Saint Mark. The circumscribing legend reads “Benedic popvlvm tvvm Domine”.

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