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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.

ACHAIA, Achaian League. Patrai. Circa 175-168 BC. Triobol or Hemidrachm (Silver, 15 mm, 2.57 g, 3 h). Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. Achaian League monogram between Δ-I; below, trident to right; all within laurel wreath tied below. Agrinion 278. BCD Peloponnesos 502. About extremely fine.