CNG 103, Lot: 1080. Estimate $250. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Giovanni Cornaro. 1624-1630. Æ 60 Tornesi per Candia (29mm, 6.31 g, 10h). Struck for circulation in Candia (Crete). Lion of St. Mark standing left, head facing, resting paw on gospel / TOPNEΣIA// EΞHNTA in two lines; rosette flanked by stars above, rosette below. Papadopoli 133. VF, brown patina, slight porosity.