Watch List notes:

ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Pietro Lando. 1538-1545. Æ Medal (38mm, 31.94 g, 6h). The Election of the 78th Doge. By A. Spinelli. Dated 1539. CONCORDIA · PARVÆ · RES · CRE SCVNT (small things grow in harmony, –adapted from Sallust), Christ standing left, wearing nimbus crown, raising hand in benediction, and holding vexillum; to left, doge and five senators kneeling right; above, SENATVS/VENETVS (the Venetian Senate); ·1539· in exergue / A DRIACI · REGINA · · MARIS · ([Venice], the queen of the Adriatic sea), Venice seated facing on leonine throne, wearing crown and holding scales and cornucopia; trophy of arms to right; in background to left, galley on water left; in two lines in exergue, · AND · SPINELLI ·/· F ·. Voltolino 313. VF, warm brown surfaces.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group 93 (22 May 2013), lot 1934.