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 Doge Nicolo da Ponte

Description: An engraving of an osella minted in 1583, under the Doge Nicolo da Ponte (1491-1585). The obverse (left) depicts Doge da Ponte humbly accepting from Saint Mark a banner with the monogram “SM.” An angel looming behind da Ponte crowns him with the ducal cap. The reverse (right) depicts Saint Joseph, haloed, standing with a lily in his right hand and a staff in the other. The legend “Virga florvit prnc. mvnvs anno VI” marks the sixth year of da Ponte’s reign.

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