303, Lot: 898. Estimate $200. Sold for $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Alvise III Sebastiano Mocenigo. 1722-1732. AR Osella (33mm, 8.10 g, 12h). Pietro Anton Trevisan, mintmaster. Dually dated RY 4 and AD 1725. S. Marco seated right, presenting cross-tipped banner to Doge kneeling left /
La Serenissima enthroned facing on island in the sea, with the lion of S. Marco to right; galleys under sail around. CNI VIII 76 var. (legend stops); Paolucci,
Zecca 208; Werdnig 206. Fine, toned, clipped, traces of glue. Rare.
From a European Collection.