256, Lot: 712. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Francesco Molino. 1646-1655. AR Osella (35mm, 9.27 g, 3h). Dated RY 3 (1648). St. Mark seated right on throne before doge kneeling left, both holding cruciform staff / Flame burst above ship sailing right on rough seas. Werdnig 128; Paolucci 131. VF, struck from a worn reverse die. Rare.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.