osella (historic Venetian gold coin or medal)

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commemorative coin medal numismatic object

The osella is a historic Venetian gold coin-medal traditionally issued by the Doge of Venice as an annual gift, often bearing elaborate designs and inscriptions commemorating significant events or rulers.

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Label Occurrences
osella (historic Venetian gold coin or medal) canonical 1
osella (historical Venetian coin or medal) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commemorative coin ⓘ
medal ⓘ
numismatic object ⓘ
category Italian medals ⓘ
Venetian coinage ⓘ
early modern European numismatics ⓘ
collectedAs numismatic collectible ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Republic of Venice ⓘ
depicts Doge of Venice ⓘ
lion of Saint Mark ⓘ
surface form: Lion of Saint Mark

allegorical scenes ⓘ
historical events ⓘ
distributionFrequency annual ⓘ
distributionMethod presented to Venetian patricians ⓘ
presented to high-ranking officials ⓘ
function annual gift from the Doge ⓘ
commemorative issue ⓘ
hasDesign elaborate obverse designs ⓘ
elaborate reverse designs ⓘ
heraldic symbols of Venice ⓘ
inscriptions commemorating events ⓘ
inscriptions naming the Doge ⓘ
religious iconography ⓘ
hasLanguageOfInscriptions Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
historicalContext gift-giving traditions of European courts ⓘ
political culture of the Venetian Republic ⓘ
issuedBy Doge of Venice ⓘ
material billon ⓘ
bronze ⓘ
gold ⓘ
silver ⓘ
monetaryRole ceremonial payment in kind ⓘ
not intended for regular circulation ⓘ
purpose to commemorate significant events in Venetian history ⓘ
to honor recipients ⓘ
to reinforce the prestige of the Doge ⓘ
relatedTo Venetian ducat ⓘ
Venetian ducat ⓘ
surface form: Venetian zecchino
timePeriod Renaissance ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
typicalShape round ⓘ
usedIn Venice ⓘ
valuedFor artistic engraving ⓘ
historical significance ⓘ
rarity ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Golden Osella → namedAfter → osella (historic Venetian gold coin or medal) ⓘ
Osella d’Oro → namedAfter → osella (historic Venetian gold coin or medal) ⓘ
this entity surface form: osella (historical Venetian coin or medal)