Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1132. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Genova. The Biennial Doges. 1528-1797. AR Mezzo scudo stretto (19.14 g, 6h). Third Phase, 1637-1797. Ioan. Lucas Maiolus, mintmaster. Dated 1677. (star) ET (star) REGE (star) EOS • 1677 (star) I • L • M • (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. Cf. CNI III 1; Lunardi 261; Varesi 297/28. Good VF, small flan crack, scrape on reverse.