407, Lot: 692. Estimate $250. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Francesco Loredano. 1752-1762. AR Osella (37mm, 9.69 g, 2h). Commemorating the Presentation of the Golden Rose by Pope Clement XIII. Dually dated RY 8 and 1759 (in Roman numerals). Religion, holding chalice and cross, seated slightly left on ornate pedestal; around, St. Mark standing right, foot on base, and Doge kneeling left / Golden Rose set in ornate vase set on base. CNI VIII 111; Paolucci, Zecca 242; Werdnig 240. VF, toned, some field marks, mount removed.

From the B.H. Webb Collection.