347, Lot: 625. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE (as Candia), as Venetian Possession. Circa 1207-1669/1715. CU Due soldini e mezzo – Dieci tornesi (26mm, 5.69 g, 5h). Decreed 15 January 1611, 16 July 1615, and 12 March 1619. Half-length bust Lion of S. Marco facing, holding Gospel; rosettes flanking; T • 10 (value) in exergue / SOLDINI 2½ in three lines within ornate frame. Papadopoli 26 (Monete Anonime); Paolucci 878. VF, brown surfaces, traces of green in devices (not bronze disease).