Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1130. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Genova. The Biennial Doges. 1528-1797. AR Mezzo scudo largo (19.10 g, 1h). Third Phase, 1637-1797. Augustinus Boniventus, mintmaster. Dated 1665. (star) ET (star) REGE (star) EOS (star) 1665 (star) A (star) B (star), Madonna, head crowned by seven stars, seated right on cloud, cradling Christ child in left arm, holding scepter in right hand / + DVX (star) ET (star) GVB (star) REIP (star) GENV (star), cross pattée, pellets on tips; four stars in quarters. CNI III 8; Lunardi 276; Varesi 296/14. VF, toned. Rare.