ITALY, Venice. Coinage for Candia (Crete). 1611-1619. 10 Tornesi - 2½ Soldini (Copper, 25.5 mm, 4.69 g, 5 h), Decreed 15 January 1611, 16 July 1615, and 12 March 1619. •T• 10 Half-length bust of the winged lion of S. Marco facing, holding Book of Gospel flanked by two rosettes. Rev. SOL/DINI 2½ in three lines within ornate frame; three stars across fields. Gamberini 2065. Paolucci 878. Papadopoli 26 (Anonime). Very pleasant red-brown surfaces. Nearly extremely fine.
From a collection formed in the 1980s by a Specialist.