Watch List notes:

ITALY. Venezia (Venice). Antonio Veniero, 1382-1400. Ducato (Gold, 20 mm, 3.42 g, 11 h). ANTO VЄNЄRIO - •S•M•VЄNЄTI St. Mark standing right, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and presenting banner inscribed DVX to doge Antonio Veniero, kneeling to left and raising his head toward the saint. Rev. •SIT•T•XPЄ•DAT'•Q•TV RЄGIS•ISTЄ•DVCAT'• Christ, nimbate, standing facing in mandorla with nine stars, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Friedberg 1229. Paolucci 1. Light scratches, otherwise, very fine.


From the Serenissima Collection, formed in the 1960s and 1970s, Leu Web Auction 17, 14-16 August 2021, 3809.