Triton XIX, Lot: 779. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Alvise IV Giovanni Mocenigo. 1763-1779. AR Osella (34mm, 9.84 g, 12h). Dually dated RY 12 and AD 1775 GMB. Crowned and nimbate Lion of St. Mark facing, wings spread, holding gospel in paws; rosette flanked by pellets in exergue / Legend in six lines within wreath. CNI VIII 217; Paolucci, Zecca 257; Wednig 255. Superb EF, prooflike surfaces with dark gray toning, minor adjustment marks.