347, Lot: 627. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, as Venetian Possession. 1489-1571. AR 8 Solidi (26mm, 2.55 g, 2h). Countermarked issue. Struck circa 1518. Figures 8 (denomination) and 2 (control number), each within round incuse struck on obverse of a Marcello of Agostino Barbarigo (1486-1501) with sigla F-F (CNI VII 21); around the edge, four pellet-in-annulets, one at each cardinal point . Pitsillides, Countermarks –; Paolucci –; Baldwin 91, lot 3827. Host coin and countermark VF, toned. Rare.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 1837.