Crete (1610) soldino
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This specimen was lot 2793 in Stephen Album sale 45 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2023), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "VENETIAN CRETE: Republic of Venice, AE soldino (4 tornesi), ND (1610), Lion of St. Mark, environmental damage, still a lovely example with much original red mint luster! PCGS graded Unc details, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." This is the only issue of this denomination by the Venetians in the seventeenth century. In 1669, the Ottomans took Crete from Venice after a 21 year siege.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.44 g, copper, 20-21 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-1.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Rafaele Paolucci, La Zecca di Venezia, 2 vols. Padua, 1991.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 45, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.
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