1710-1721 AD., Colonies of Venice in Greece, Ionian Islands, 1 Soldo, Barozzi 23.

Greece, Venetian colonies, Ionian Islands (Corfu, Cefalonia and Zante), 1710-1721 AD.,
1 Soldo (20-22 mm / 2,05 g), copper, axes irregular alignment ↑↖ (ca. 300°),
Obv.: *S. MARC. VE* / * I * , nimbate, winged lion of Saint Mark facing, value below line - Leone di san marco.
Rev.: COR / • CEF • / ZAN , three lines inscription, rosettes above and below, dots flanking.
Aloisius Barozzi, Coins and Medals of the Ionian Islands, p. 13, no. 23 .

By the late 18th century, the Ionian Islands had been under Venetian authority for centuries. With the Treaty of Leoben (18 April 1797), the French Republic gained the islands, a move finalised with the 1797 Treaty of Campo Formio, which formally abolished the Venetian state.