Watch List notes:

Italy, Candia (Crete), under Venetian protection, obsidional coinage, copper 5-Lire, 1650, Christ facing, L-V, rev. FIDES PVBLICA 16[5]0, below the lion of St. Mark, 3.72g (Paolucci 883). About fine.

Struck during the 21-year siege of Crete by the Ottoman Empire.
(£300-400)