1585, Doges of Venice, Marino Grimani. Copper Sesino Coins. (VG-F!) 2pcs!

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1585, Doge s of Venice, Marino Grimani. Copper Sesino Coins. (VG-F!) 2pcs!
Mint Period: 1585-1605
Reference: Paolucci 19, Paolucci 9.
Denomination: Sesino / Doppion Quattrino (2pcs)
Condition:
Both coins have corrosion scars, otherwise VG-F!
Weight: 1.41gm, 1.06gm
Diameter: 18mm (each)
Material: Copper
Obverse:
Winged lion of St. Mark facing.
Legend: * SANCTVS . MARCVS . VENET .
Reverse:
Maltese cross with dots in fields.
Legend: + / * MARIN9 . / MARINVS . GRIMAN . DVX / . VEN .
The
Doge of Venice
(Italian:
Doge di Venezia
; derived from Latin dūx, "military leader"), sometimes translated as
Duke
(cf. Italian Duca), was the chief magistrate and leader of the Most Serene Republic of Venice for over a thousand years. Doges of Venice were elected for life by the city-state's aristocracy. Commonly the man selected as Doge was the shrewdest elder in the city. The doge was not a duke in the modern sense, nor was a doge the equivalent of a hereditary duke. The "doge" was the senior-most elected official of Venice and Genoa; both cities were republics and elected doges. A doge was referred to variously by the titles "My Lord the Doge" (Monsignor el Doxe), "Most Serene Prince" (Serenissimo Principe), and "His Serenity" (Sua Serenità).
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Marino Grimani
(c.1489–1546) was an Italian Cardinal and papal legate. He was from an aristocratic Venetian family.
He was elected bishop of Ceneda in 1508, when he was under age. He was patriarch of Aquileia in 1517.
He was created Cardinal in 1527. He was bishop of Concordia in 1533, bishop of Città Castello in 1534, bishop of Saint Pons de Tomières, briefly, in 1534. He was bishop of Frascati in 1541, bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1543.
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