Watch List notes:

ITALY. Venezia (Venice). Cristoforo Moro, 1462-1471. Ducato (Gold, 20 mm, 3.53 g, 6 h). CRISTOF MAVRO - S•M•VЄNЄTI St. Mark standing right, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and presenting banner inscribed DVX to doge Cristoforo Moro, kneeling to left and raising his head toward the saint. Rev. Christ, nimbate, standing facing in mandorla with nine stars, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Friedberg 1234. Paolucci 1. Struck from a somewhat worn obverse die, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.


From the Serenissima Collection, formed in the 1960s and 1970s.