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
Ortensio Zecchino University and Research and kept the leadership of the ministry in the D'Alema II Cabinet and the Amato II Cabinet. Zecchino left the PPI in 2001 when the party was federated into The Daisy, and joined Sergio D'Antoni's European Democracy. He has ever been living in Ariano Irpino where he is heading BioGeM ("Biology and Molecular Genetics") and "CESN" ("European Centre for Norman Studies"). Ortensio Zecchino Ortensio Zecchino (born 20 April 1943) is an Italian academic and politician, former Minister of University and Research. After teaching History of Medieval Institutions at the Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples, Zecchino joined