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1545, Doges of Venice, Pietro Lando. Nice Copper Quattrino Coin. About VF!

Reference: Paolucci 13. Denomination: Quattrino Mint Period: 1538-1545 Doge: Pietro Lando (1538-1545 AD) Condition: Minor deposits (verdigris), otherwise about VF! Material: Copper Diameter: 15mm Weight: 0.59gm

Obverse: Doge, holding banner left. All within double-border. Legend: * . PET . LANDO . DVX

Reverse: Winged lion of St. Mark facing. Legend: * S . MARCVS . VENET

Pietro Lando was the Doge of Venice from 1538 to 1545. He had a distinguished career as Captain-General, but was forced to sign a humiliating peace treaty with Suleiman I in 1540, ceding Venice's last possessions in the Peloponnese to the Ottoman Empire. He was married to Maria Pasqualigo.