CNG 97, Lot: 932. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Genova. The Biennial Doges. 1528-1797. AV 96 Lira (34mm, 25.20 g, 6h). Dated 1796 (Struck 1814). DUX · ET · GUB · REIP · GENU ·, crowned coat-of-arms with griffin supporters; all set on ornate entablature / ET · REGE · EOS · 1796 (star), La Beata Virgine, head crowned by seven stars, seated right on cloud, holding scepter and cradling il bambino Gesù; L · 96 (value) in exergue; five-rayed star after date. CNI III 2; MIR 275/4; Friedberg 444. Choice EF, lustrous.