ITALY. Venice.. Pietro Lando, Doge LXXVIII, 1539-1545. Medal (Bronze, 40 mm, 31.68 g, 6 h), a struck example by Andrea Spinelli (1508-1572), 1539. CONCORDIA.PARVAE.RES.CRES-CVNT. (= in harmony small things prosper) Christ, on the right, standing slightly to left and blessing, on the left, the Doge and five senators kneeling to right; in the field above, SENATVS / VENETVS; in the exergue, .1539. Rev. .ADRIATICI.REGINA..MARIS. (= Queen of the Adriatic Sea) The personification of Venice seated facing between two lions, and holding scales and a cornucopiae; to right, trophy of arms; to left, galley; in the exergue, .AND.SPINELLI. / .F. Attwood 209. Kress 416 = NG 474 . Rare in this condition; unusually nice, an attractive, struck example with a tan patina. Extremely fine.

From the collection of a Bon Vivant, ex Nomos 5, 25 October 2011, 17.

The Doge Pietro Lando culminated a distinguished career by presiding over the treaty that delivered all of Venice’s remaining possessions in the Morea (= the Peloponessos) to the Ottomans. Much would be recaptured in the late 17th century but would be lost again early in the 18th.