CNG 87, Lot: 1847. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Alvise IV Giovanni Mocenigo. Doge, 1763-1779. AR Osella (33mm, 9.70 g, 12h). Venezia (Venice) mint; Mario Soranzo, mintmaster. Dually-dated RY 3 and 1765. ALOYSII/MOCENICO/PRINC : VENE :/MUNUS · AN : 3/1765 in five lines; all within decorative scroll surmounted by doge’s cap / BINIS IMMOTA MANEBO, ship anchored left at harbor; ·M: :S· in exergue. CNI VII 198; Paolucci; Paolucci, Zecca 248; Werdnig 246. Superb EF, fully lustrous.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Collection.