ITALY. Venezia (Venice). Alvise II Mocenigo, 1700-1709. Zecchino (Gold, 22 mm, 3.49 g, 3 h). ALOY✱MOCENI✱ - S•M•VENET St. Mark standing right, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and presenting banner inscribed DVX to doge Alvise II Mocenigo, 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 1358. Paolucci 2. Some areas of weakness and with a few scratches, otherwise, very fine.

From an English collection formed since the 1960s.