Watch List notes:

ITALY. Genova. Republic, 1528-1805. 8 Lire (Silver, 40 mm, 33.00 g, 12 h), 1796 (but struck 1814). DUX•ET•GUB• - REIP•GENU• / L•8 Crowned coat of arms. Rev. NON•SURREXIT• - MAJOR•1796 San Giovanni Battista standing left, raising his right hand and holding cruciform staff decorated with banner in his left. CNI III 8. MIR 309/5. Beautifully toned. Some flan faults, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the collection of a Swiss scholar, formed over the past thirty years, ex Sincona 33, 25 October 2016, 2854 and Sincona 11, 27 May 2013, 1766.