Issue struck during the final years of the independent Republic of Genoa, amidst the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars. In 1797, only a year after this issue, the Republic was transformed into the Ligurian Republic under French influence.
Beyond its numismatic value, the coin represents both the religious devotion and the political pride of late 18th-century Genoa with the obverse highlighting the Christian motto, and the reverse affirming the Republic’s sovereignty through its heraldic arms.
Obverse: depiction of the Resurrected Christ standing on a rock, with a halo around his head and holding a banner in his left hand
NON SURREXIT MAJOR 1796
everse: coat of arms of Genoa supported by two lions, surmounted by a crown, denomination L 8 below
DUX ET GUB REIP GENUE
Diameter 41 mm, weight 33.33 g
