Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 905. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Chios. Maona Society. Circa 1347-1533. AV Ducat (3.41 g, 6h). Imitating Venice. Uncertain mint. Struck under Philippo Maria Visconti, 1421-1436. •/S/•/P/Є/T/R/V/S D/V/+ • D MЄDIOLΛN, St. Peter standing right, holding Gospels and presenting flag (uncertain type) to Doge kneeling left; pellet below second D / • SITT +PЄ • DΛTO TV RЄGIS ISTЄ DVCΛ • (• over ´), Christ standing facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, surrounded by elliptical halo containing four stars to left, five to right; pellet under T of DΛTO and I of ISTЄ. Ives pl. XI, 2; Schlumberger pl. XIV, 14; Gamberini 398; Friedberg 4. EF.

From the B.R. Bell Collection.

An unusually fine style example with many secret marks in the legend.