ITALY. Venezia (Venice). Girolamo Priuli, 1559-1567. Zecchino (Gold, 20 mm, 3.49 g, 8 h). HIE•PRIOL - •S•M•VENET St. Mark standing right, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and presenting banner inscribed DVX to doge Girolamo Priuli, kneeling to left and raising his head toward the saint. Rev. SIT•T•XPE•DAT•Q•TV REGIS•ISTE•DVCA Christ, nimbate, standing facing in mandorla with twelve stars, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Friedberg 1257. Paolucci 1. Minor die breaks on the obverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.
From the Serenissima Collection, formed in the 1960s and 1970s.