ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Nicolò Tron. 1471-1473. AR Tron – Lira da 20 soldi (27mm, 6.36 g, 12h). Struck 1472-1473. VF.

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Lot: 837. Estimated: $ 500

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Sold For $ 550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Nicolò Tron. 1471-1473. AR Tron – Lira da 20 soldi (27mm, 6.36 g, 12h). Struck 1472-1473. Draped bust left, wearing ducal biretta; three leaves below / Winged lion of St. Mark facing, holding gospel; all within wreath. Paolucci 2; MEC 12, 1341-4. Toned, minor edge bump. VF.

From the St. George Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 90 (23 May 2012), lot 2309.

Antonello della Moneta, superintendent of the mint and an expert medallist produced a new design with the portrait of the Doge. Grierson (p.181) relays that the‘presence of a portrait gives the denomination a place of honor – or of reprobation, some thought at the time – in the history of Venetian coinage, but (it has) an even more distinguished history in European coinage (as) the earliest silver testone.’

Closing Date and Time: 15 November 2023 at 14:38:40 ET.

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