CNG 91, Lot: 1145. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CRUSADERS, Venetians in the Levant. nomine Andrea Dandolo. Circa 1344-1382. AV Ducat (22mm, 3.51 g, 3h). Imitating Venice. Uncertain mint. •/S/И/V/Є/И/Є/T/I D/V/+ ΛИDK DAИD.VIO, St. Mark standing right, holding Gospels and presenting banner containing four pellets to Doge kneeling left / • SIT • T +.PЄ DΛ TOT V (retrograde K)TGIS ISTЄ DVЄΛT´, 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). Good VF, minute deposit on edge.