303, Lot: 870. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Alvise Contarini. 1676-1684. AR Quarto scudo della croce – 35 soldi (31mm, 7.52 g, 10h). Marchiò Querini, mintmaster. Struck from 1678. Cross fleurée with leaves in quarters; M Q in exergue / Coat-of-arms. CNI VIII 75 corr. (M Q in exergue); Papadopoli 27; Paolucci 6. Fine, toned, traces of glue, removed from mount. Rare.

From a European Collection.