ITALY. Venezia (Venice). Domenico Contarini, 1659-1675. Zecchino (Gold, 22 mm, 3.50 g, 8 h), no date. DOMIN•CONT / S•M•VENET St. Mark standing right, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and presenting banner inscribed DVX to doge Domenico 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 1332. Paolucci 1. Scrape across the reverse, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of the Yugoslav diplomat Milenko Milić, formed in the 1920s-1930s while serving in Austria, Hungary, and Switzerland.