Watch List notes:

ITALY. Venezia (Venice). Ludovico Manin, 1789-1797. Zecchino (Gold, 22 mm, 3.48 g, 6 h). LVDOV•MANIN• - •S•M•VENET St. Mark standing right, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and presenting banner inscribed DVX to doge Ludovico Manin, 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 1445. Paolucci 14. About extremely fine.


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