Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1192. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Knights of Rhodes (Knights Hospitallers). Hélion of Villeneuve. 1319-1346. AR Gigliato (3.90 g, 12h). First variety. Grandmaster, adorned with cross, kneeling left before cross potent on three steps / Cross fleurée; each bar ending in shield with arms of the Order of St. John. Metcalf, Crusades 1175-80; CCS 4. EF, iridescent toning, patch of die rust in legend on obverse.