Watch List notes:

ITALY, Venice. Coinage for the Ionian Islands and the Armed Forces. Circa 1686 and later. Gazetta (Copper, 24.5 mm, 7.76 g, 11 h), Decreed 8 February 1686. ✶S•MARC• VEN✶ Half-length bust of the winged lion of S. Marco facing, holding Book of Gospel; in exergue, mark of value (II) flanked by stars. Rev. ✿/ISOLE/ E T/ ARMATA/✿ in five lines within simple dotted border. Gamberini 2057. Paolucci 814. Very well centered and with fine surfaces. Slightly doubled, otherwise, very fine.

From a collection formed in the 1980s by a Specialist.