DUCAT

ducat  (d<<schwa>>k-it).  A  gold  coin  used  as  currency,  primarily  in  Europe  and  first

appearing in  Venice  in the early  1100s, with the  motto sit tibi, Christe,  dato, quem tu regis, iste

Ducatus (“let this duchy which thou rulest be dedicated to thee, O Christ”). • It survived into the

20th century in several countries, including Austria and the Netherlands. [Blacks Law 8th]