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ITALY, Venice. Coinage for Dalmatia and Albania. Circa 1684 and later. Leone of 80 Soldi (Silver, 34.5 mm, 10.47 g, 5 h), struck under the doge Alvise II Mocenigo, 1700-1709, Venice, mintmaster Bernardo Gritti , 1705. S✶ M✶ V✶ ALOY✶ MOCENI Alvise II Mocenigo, kneeling to left, grasping long, cross-tipped scepter, and being blessed by St. Mark, seated to right; in the exergue, ✶G·B✶. Rev. Winged lion of St. Mark standing to left among the sea-waves, with his head facing, holding olive branch in his right paw; to left, Dalmatian fortress; in the exergue, denomination flanked by stars. Karamitsos DA.17c (mint error). KM 11. Montenegro 2269. Paolucci 806. Toned and well centered, and with a yery rare mint error: the mintmaster's initials inverted are transposed! No example has appeared in any auction in the past decades. Graded by NGC "VF details / rev. scratched". Cert number: 2909007-011.

ISLAMIC WEIGHTS, Eastern Mediterranean/Aegean Area. Circa 9-14th century. (Bronze, 476 g). Lot of Twenty (20) Islamic weights of different styles, the faces of some decorated with circular stamps. Cf. Pondera 11744 ff. Very fine to extremely fine. Sold as is, no returns (20).