353, Lot: 729. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Lucca. Republic. 1369-1799. AV Zecchino (22mm, 3.43 g, 12h). Sixteenth century emission. Crowned and draped
Volto Santo facing slightly left; coat-of-arms of mintmaster at end of legend / Martino di Tours seated left on horseback, dividing cloak with sword held in right hand; to right, poor man standing left, partially covered in cloak. CNI XI 161 var. (mintmaster); MIR 169 (mintmster not listed); MIOa 7/A. Good F, edge chip, evidence of having been placed in a bezel.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex NASCA (1 June 1977), lot 110.