Watch List notes:

ITALY. Venezia (Venice). Marino Grimani, 1595-1606. Zecchino (Gold, 20 mm, 3.48 g, 9 h). MARIN GRIM - •S•M•VENET St. Mark standing right, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and presenting banner inscribed DVX to doge Marino Grimani, 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 sixteen stars, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Friedberg 1274. Paolucci 1. Struck from somewhat worn dies, otherwise, good very fine.


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