414, Lot: 727. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Coinage for Candia (Crete). CU Gazzetta (26mm, 6.44 g, 8h). Decreed August 1653. Lion of S. Marco with sword and Gospel; in exergue, II between two rosettes / CANDIA; above and below, rosette flanked by two stars; FR (for Francesco da Riva) in exergue. Paolucci 884 (R). Good Fine, brown surfaces. Rare.