Triton XVIII, Lot: 1601. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Silvestro Valiero. 1694-1700. AR Leone per il Levante (42mm, 26.94 g, 5h). Francesco Trevisan, maestro di zecca. Struck 1694. ·/S/·/M/·/V/E/N/E/T/V to left, D/V/X and SILV · VALERIO to right, S. Marco standing right and Doge kneeling left, holding banner between them; (six-rayed star) F · T (six-rayed star) in exergue / FIDES · ET · VICTORIA (rosette), 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 55; Papadopoli 72; Paolucci 23; Davenport 4287. VF, toned, minor metal stress.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex World-Wide Coins of California (James F. Elmen) VII (21 February 1987), lot 482.