Italian States, Venice, Doge Andrea Gritti, 1523-1538. Mocenigo (Lira), ND (struck 1536), mint master's initials BB (Bartolomeo Barbarigo, 1536), plain edge, 5.90g. • S • M • VENET • ΛNDREΛS • GRITI •, Doge kneeling before St. Mark, cross-tipped sceptre and between the two vertically “DVX”. / * GLORIΛ • TIBI • SOLI *, Christ standing facing on pediment inscribed “• B • • B •”, raising hand in benediction and holding globus cruciger (Paolucci 5; Montenegro 347).

Good very fine with minor marks in fields from attempted cleaning and some corrosion remaining.

From the “Doge” Collection.