Triton XVIII, Lot: 1602. Estimate $500. Sold for $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Francesco Loredano. 1752-1762. AR Tallero per il Levante (40mm, 28.41 g, 6h). Dated J756. RESPUBLICA VENETA, draped bust of La Serenissima right, wearing corno ducale; rosettes at beginning and end of legend / FRANC : LOREDANO DUCE J756, Lion of San Marco rampant left within scalloped frame; rosettes at beginning and end of legend. Edge: /////. CNI VIII 77/81 (obv./rev. – CNI has obv. and rev. reversed); cf. Papadopoli 55 (for type); Paolucci 28; Davenport 1552; C 18. Good VF, toned, trace of underlying luster. Rare.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex World-Wide Coins of California (James F. Elmen) [LV] (14 May 1987), lot 78.