(sold for $20.0)

1625, Venice, Anonymous Coinage. Nice Brass Bagattino Coin. VF+

Condition: VF+
Mint Year: after 1625
Doge: Anonymous type
Denomination: Bagattino
Reference: Paolitti 695. var.
Diameter: 18mm
Weight: 1.86gm
Material: Brass

Obverse: Nimbate and veiled bust of the Virgin Mary, holding baby Jesus child.
Legend: R. C. L. A.
Exergue: N.C.

Reverse: Winged lion of St. Mark facing, holding book of gospels within square. Four stars in outer fields.

Girolamo Priuli (Venice, 1486 – Venice, 4 November 1567) was a Venetian noble, who served as the eighty-third Doge of Venice, from 1 September 1559 until his sudden death from a stroke. He was the elder brother of the preceding doge, Lorenzo Priuli. Girolamo's face is familiar from Tintoretto's portrait.

Girolamo was the son of Alvise Peruli and his wife Chiara Lion. As a man of culture he seemed insignificant in relation to his brother; ineloquent, he was at first scarcely popular but gained respect through the works embellishing the city that he achieved as doge, in a period, above all, of peace for the Repubblica Serenissima.

His early career established him as an able merchant, though not among the most prominent. He served as procuratore di San Marco.

His marriage with Elena Diedo produced a son.