Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1497. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Pietro Grimani. 1741-1752. AR Osella (9.82 g, 9h). Alvise Barbaro, mintmaster. Dated 1751. (rosette) S • M • V (rosette) (rosette) P • GRIMA • D, St. Mark, lion, and doge kneeling before a scene of the Annunciation / PETRI / GRIMANI / PRINCIPIS / MVNVS / A • XI • MDCCLI in five lines. CNI VIII 110; Paolucci II 234. EF, toned.