ITALY. Venezia (Venice). Nicolò da Ponte, 1578-1585. Zecchino (Gold, 20 mm, 3.45 g, 2 h). •NIC DE PONT - •S•M•VENET• St. Mark standing right, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and presenting banner inscribed DVX to doge Nicolò da Ponte, kneeling to left and raising his head toward the saint. Rev. SIT T XPE DAT Q TV REGIS ISTE DVCAT Christ, nimbate, standing facing in mandorla with thirteen stars, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Friedberg 1267. Paolucci 1. Light doubling on the reverse and with minor marks, otherwise, good very fine.

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