Sequin (coin) who was prominently depicted on it, it was called the ', after the Zecca (mint) of Venice, since 1543 when Venice began minting a silver coin also called a ducat. The name of the mint ultimately derives from ("), meaning a coin mould or die. In some regions, in later centuries, this type of coins were stitched to women's clothing such as headdresses – this eventually led to the origin of the more modern word "sequins" to denote small shiny, circular decorations. Following the Venetian model, similar coins were used for centuries throughout the Mediterranean. After two hundred years of
Coinage of the Republic of Venice the doge's image receiving the standard from St. Mark on the obverse. The "zecchino" had on the reverse Christ within an oval ("mandorla"), which also contained nine stars. The "zecchini" remained unchanged from the first issue, in 1284, to the last one, during the reign of the last doge of Venice in 1796, Ludovico Manin. The main coins minted during the Republic of Venice include: Other types included the "osella", a medal-coin awarded by the doge to the Republic's main personalities. The mint of the Republic's coins was located in Venice, in the Palazzo della Zecca. The coinage was rigidly