366, Lot: 6. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Pietro Grimani. 1741-1752. AV Zecchino (22mm, 3.47 g, 1h). Uncertain Levantine or Indian imitation. S/•/M/•VENET * D/V/X PET * GRIMANI *, St. Mark standing right and Doge kneeling left, holding cross-tipped scepter between them / STT • XPE (retrograde C)Λ(retrograde C)ΛT • QTV RECTS • ISTE • DVCA •, Christ standing facing within mandorla containing sixteen stars. Cf. CNI VIII 53; cf. Papadopoli 2; cf. Paolucci 9 (all refs for type); Ives –; Gamberini –. Good Fine.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.