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Description: | Counter commemorating the launch of the Bucintoro III, 1727. Obverse: St Mark seated (left), handing the sacred flag to the Doge kneeling (right). Legend: 'S * M * V *ALOY * MOCENI . D .' Exergue: 'ANN VI'. Reverse: Port broadside view of the Bucintoro with twelve pairs of oars; four gondolas below, the sun above (left), bursting through the clouds. Legend: 'NON EST INVEN : SIMILIS ILLI.' (None ever found its equal.) Exergue: '1727'. This was the last of the famous barges built for the ceremony of the wedding of Venice to the Adriatic.
caption: Counter commemorating the launch of the Bucintoro III, 1727; obverse
caption: Counter commemorating the launch of the Bucintoro III, 1727; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | P. Bucintoro III (Venetian State Barge) Querini | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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