Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1133. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Genova. The Biennial Doges. 1528-1797. AR Quarto di scudo largo (9.34 g, 10h). Third Phase, 1637-1797. Dated 1682. (star) ET (star) REGE (star) EOS (star) 1682 (star) S • 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, cross pattée, pellets on tips; four stars in quarters. Cf. CNI III 12; Lunardi 277; Varesi 298/17. Good VF, toned. Rare.