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 Leonardo Donato

Description: This coin is an osella commissioned by Venetian Doge Leonardo Donato (1436-1523) in 1521. The obverse (left) depicts Donato humbly accepting the Venetian Republic’s banner from the seated Saint Mark. The reverse (right) features Lady Justice, blindfolded, in a pose similar to the Doge’s. Holding her scales in one hand, she receives a sword from Saint Mark.

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