1485, Venice, Giovanni Mocenigo. Silver Marcello (½ Lira) Coin. Top! NGC MS62!

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1485, Venice, Giovanni Mocenigo. Silver Marcello (½ Lira) Coin. Top Pop! NGC MS62!
Mint Period: 1478-1485
Reference: Paolucci 3.
R!
Mint Master: Andrea Molin (AM)
Doge: Giovanni Mocenigo (1478-1485)
Denomination: ½ Lira (Mezza Lira or Marcello)
Condition:
Certified and graded by NGC as MS-62
(Top Pop! Tied for finest known ever graded by NGC!)
Diameter: 27mm
Weight: 3.25gm
Material: Silver
Obverse:
St. Mark standing right, giving banner to Doge kneeling before him. Mint master´s initials (A-M) at sides.
Legend:  • S  M • VENET  / DVX (vertical along banner) / IO . MOCENIGO
Reverse:
Christ Pantocrator enthroned facing. Christogram (IC-XC) at sides.
Legend:  GLORIA • - • TIBI • SOLI •  ("
Glory to you (Jesus Christ) alone!
")
In Eastern Christianity, the most widely used Christogram is a four-letter abbreviation,
ΙϹ ΧϹ
— a traditional abbreviation of the Greek words for "Jesus Christ" (i.e., the first and last letters of each of the words
"ΙΗϹΟΥϹ ΧΡΙϹΤΟϹ
, with the lunate sigma "Ϲ" common in medieval Greek), and written with titlo (diacritic) denoting scribal abbreviation (
І҃С Х҃С
).   On icons, this Christogram may be split: "ΙϹ" on the left of the     image and "ΧϹ" on the right. It is sometimes rendered as "ΙϹ ΧϹ ΝΙΚΑ",     meaning "Jesus Christ Conquers." "ΙϹΧϹ" may also be seen inscribed on     the Ichthys. In the traditional icon of Christ Pantokrator, Christ's   right hand is shown in a pose where his fingers bend and cross to form   the letters ΙϹ, Χ, and Ϲ.
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Giovanni Ser di Mocenigo, Jr.
(1409 – November 4, 1485), Pietro Mocenigo's brother, was doge of Venice from 1478 to 1485. He fought at sea against the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II and on land against Ercole I d'Este, duke of Ferrara, from whom he recaptured Rovigo and the Polesine. He was interred in the Basilica di Santi Giovanni e Paolo, a traditional burial place of the doges. His dogaressa was Taddea Michiel (d. 1479), who was to be the last dogaress.
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