ITALY, Venice. Coinage for Candia (Crete). 1611-1619. 4 Tornesi - Soldino (Copper, 20 mm, 1.95 g, 9 h), Decreed 15 January 1611, 16 July 1615, and 12 March 1619. •T• 4 Half-length bust of the winged lion of S. Marco facing, holding Book of Gospel flanked by two rosettes. Rev. SOL/DINO in two lines within dotted border; rosette above, star between rosettes below. Gamberini 2066. Paolucci 879. With an unusually fine and clear obverse. Good very fine.
From a collection formed in the 1980s by a Specialist.