Triton XVIII, Lot: 1599. Estimate $300. Sold for $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Francesco Morosini. 1688-1694. AR Quarto di leone per il Levante (30mm, 6.15 g, 11h). Iseppo Baseggio, maestro di zecca. Struck 1691-1699. S/·/M/·/V/E/N/E/T/· to left, D/V/X and FRAN · MAVROC to right, S. Marco standing right and Doge kneeling left, holding cross-tipped staff between them; · F · B · in exergue / FIDES · ET · VICTORIA, Lion of San Marco standing right on ground line on hind legs, head facing left, holding palm frond in left hand and Latin cross in right . CNI VIII 57 var. (obv. legend); Papadopoli 86; Paolucci 22. VF, toned, flan crack. Rare.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Harald Salvesen Collection (Spink Zurich 28, 24 October 1988), lot 106.