131, Lot: 343. Estimate $150. Sold for $216. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALIAN STATES, Venice. Revolutionary Issues. 1848-1849. AR 5 Lire (37mm, 25.07 g, 5h). Venice mint. Dated 1848 V. *REPUBLICA VENETA* 22 MARZO 1848. Winged nimbate lion left, head facing, his right paw supporting tablets inscribed PAX/TIBI/MAR/CE// EVAN/CELI/STA/MEUS / UNION ITALIANA aroound wreath, 5/LIRE within. KM 186. EF, toned.

Ex Ponterio 90 (13 September, 1997), lot 922.