Crete (1611-15) 10 tornesi

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 75792

This specimen was lot 75792 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY. Venice. 10 Tornesi, ND (1611-15). Venice Mint. Marcantonio Memmo. PCGS EF-40. Struck for use in Crete." Venice held the island from the time of the Fourth Crusade (1212) until its conquest by the Ottomans (1669).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.83 g, copper, 24 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-2.

Source:

• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• Crete (1610) soldino = 4 tornesi
• Crete (1625-29) 60 tornesi Giovanni Corner I
• Coins and currency dated 1611