Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 899. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Venetians in the Levant. Two AV Ducats. Imitating Venice. Uncertain mint. Struck in the name of Lorenzo Priuli, 1556-1559. Both coins: St. Mark standing right, holding Gospels and presenting flag to Doge kneeling left; exergual line below / Christ standing facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, surrounded by elliptical halo containing stars. Lot includes the following varieties: (3.46 g). S/•/M/•/V/E/N/E/T D/V/X LΛVR • PRIOI / SIT T XPE DΛT Q TV REGIS ISTE DVC, footless Christ in open elliptical halo with six and six stars flanking and legend punched over parts of the design. // (3.45 g). S/M/V/E/N/E/T D/V/X LΛVR PRIO, pellet to left of flag / SIT T XPE DΛT Q TV REGIS ISTE DC, reverse type principally same as previous.. Cf. CNI VII 56; Ives -; Gamberini -; cf. Friedberg 1255. Coins Good VF or better, LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Two (2) coins in lot.

From the B.R. Bell Collection. Second coin ex Classical Numismatic Group 54 (14 June 2000), lot 2054.

The style of the reverse of these two coins suggests that they are from the same area or mint.