ITALY. Venezia (Venice). Alvise Contarini, 1676-1683. Zecchino (Gold, 21 mm, 3.49 g, 5 h). ALOYSIVS CONT - •S•M•VENET St. Mark standing right, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and presenting banner inscribed DVX to doge Alvise Contarini, 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 1338. Paolucci 1. Minor areas of weakness, otherwise, extremely fine.

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