Triton XIV, Lot: 1426. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Alvise IV Giovanni Mocenigo. 1763-1779. AR Osella (36mm, 9.80 g, 12h). Dated 1767. MEDOACO • NOVIS • OPERIBVS • COERCITO, personification of the river Brenta seated left, holding branch; river and water works before, head in exergue / ALOYSII/MOCENIGO/PRINCIPIS/MUNUS/A.V. MDCCLXVII/P.A.B./VII in seven lines within frame. CNI VIII 202; Paolucci 250. Choice EF, toned.

This osella commemorates hydraulic works on the river Brenta, which runs from the Italian Alps into the Adriatic south of Venice.