KINGDOM OF CYPRUS. VENETIAN RULE, 1489-1570. Venetian marcello, Doge Agostino Barbarigo, 1486-1501, sigle G-P, countermarked (ca. 1518) with value 7 (soldi), control number 3, and around the edge four circles with dot in center. 2.36 g.
Very fine
For the countermarks see A. G. Pitsillides, Countermarks on Cypriot and other Coins during the Venetian Period in Cyprus, in: The Numismatic Report, Cyprus Numismatic Society, vol. 8, 1977, p. 29-38. Ex Christie's, London, Auction Sale on July 16th, 1986, lot 286. Bought from Jan Lis, London, in Oct. 1987.