347, Lot: 626. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CYPRUS, as Venetian Possession. 1489-1571. AR 8 Solidi (26mm, 2.28 g, 3h). Countermarked issue. Struck circa 1518. Figures 8 (denomination) and 3 (control number), each within round incuse struck on reverse of a Marcello of Giovanni Mocenigo (1478-1485) with sigla Λ-[...] (CNI VII 7); around the edge, four pellet-in-annulets, one at each cardinal point . Pitsillides,
Countermarks 19; Paolucci –; cf. Baldwin 65, lot 1635. Host coin Fine, countermark VF.