CNG 100, Lot: 2100. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Venetians in the Levant. nomine Andrea Dandolo. Circa 1344-1382. Pale AV Ducat (21mm, 6h). Imitating Venice. Uncertain mint. S/H/V/Є/И/Є/T/I D/V/X Λ(retrograde Z)DK DA(horizontal И)DVIO, St. Mark standing right, holding Gospels and presenting banner containing four pellets to Doge kneeling left / • SIT T XPЄ DΛ T.O. T.V • (retrograde K)GIS ISTЄ DVCΛT •, Christ standing facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, surrounded by elliptical halo containing four stars to left, five to right. Cf. CNI VII 37; cf. Ives pl. XIII; cf. Gamberini 344 (Roberto d’Angio pr. Acaia). In NGC encapsulation graded MS 62. Mislabeled on the slab as an official Venetian issue.