Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1136. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Genova. The Biennial Doges. 1528-1797. AR Scudo “stretto” (38.23 g, 5h). Third Phase, 1637-1797. Io. Baptista Turris, mintmaster. Dated 1698. (star) ET (star) REGE (star) EOS (star) 1698 (star) I • B • M (star), Madonna, head crowned by seven stars, seated right on cloud, cradling Christ child in left arm, holding scepter in right hand; c/m: stylized castle / + DVX (star) ET (star) GVB (star) REIP (star) GENV, cross pattée, pellets on tips; four stars in quarters. CNI III 14; cf. Lunardi 260 note; Varesi 294/61. VF, toned. Rare.

According to Lunardi, this type of countermark is recorded only on coins produced from 1676 to 1692.