The Persico family acquired the noble status only in 1685, thanks to the fortune accumulated in the silk fabrics shop opened in Mercerie by Giuseppe Persico, who had come to Venice from the Bergamo valleys at a young age. The most prominent member of the entire family was undoubtedly Pietro Persico (1745- 1802), who devoted entirely himself to the political and administrative life of the Republic, holding numerous offices until he was appointed senator in 1789. At the peak of his life he gathered an important collection of Roman coins: the little information handed down by Giannantonio Moschini is complemented by the letters of Barnaba Vaerini and by the finding of Persico’s catalogue of small bronze coins drafted in 1793.
