Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 2137. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $725. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venice. Nicolò Tron. 1471-1473. AR Lira of Twenty Soldi (6.44 gm). NICOLAVS TRONVS DVX, bust left; sprig with three leaves below / SANCTVS MARCVS, winged lion within wreath. Papadopoli 5; Scarfèa 189; Paolucci 2. Toned, good VF. ($1000)

Nicolò Tron's lira carried his portrait which went against the republican sentiment of the Senate. After his death, the Senate decreed that any future Doge may only place his likeness on a coin in the manner of the ducat; i.e. kneeling before St. Mark.