Very Rare Ten Zecchini

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 2018. Estimate $20000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $28000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Alvise II Mocenigo. 1700-1709. AV Multiplo da 10 zecchini (34.20 g, 12h). Piero Basadonna, mintmaster. Struck 1702-1709. · S · M · V · ALOY · MOCENIC · D · (star stops), St. Mark seated right on throne, raising hand in benediction and receiving cruciform banner from doge kneeling left; · P (star) B · (rosette stops) in exergue / DVCATVS · VENETVS (rosette), winged lion standing left, head facing, with forepaw resting on Gospels; three rosettes in exergue. CNI VIII -; Papadopoli -; Paolucci 1; Friedberg 1357. Good VF, toned. Very rare.

Ex New York Sale IX (13 January 2005), lot 368.