303, Lot: 789. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Leonardo Loredano. 1501-1521. BI Quattrino (15mm, 0.72 g, 7h). + LEO · LAVREDAN · DVX, Doge standing left, holding banner / · S · MARCVS · VE[NET], lion of S. Marco left. Unpublished in the standard references. Fine, brown patina, glue residue on reverse.

From a European Collection.

This type was not issued until the tenure of Andrea Gritti, suggesting that the current piece is a contemporary or later imitation.