(1365-68) Ducat Fr-1226 M. Corner MS64 认证号40519351, PCGS号415846

For sale is an incredible piece of history, preserved: At over 650 years of age, this Venetian Ducat, still weighing a meaningful 3.37g, traces its pedigree as a Marco Corner gold Zecchino with its first provenance as a product of the Venice Mint sometime between 1365 & 68. This coin, referenced as a Fr.-1226, Paolucci-1, ornately depicts St. Mark standing right, presenting a banner to the kneeling Doge, left; Christ standing facing, holding gospels and raising hand in benediction, surrounded by mandorla and stars. This particular coin type is seldom offered due to its exceeding scarcity, particular in uncirculated or mint state grades; in fact, there is no evidence of ANY public offering of this coin in these grades. This specific piece's wear, in near gem uncirculated condition, leaves it as the finest-known across both PCGS & NGC, combined, bar just one single example. The specimen lustrously exudes its artifact to the beginnings of the European Renaissance to its own birth...