CNG 94, Lot: 1587. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. 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 (23mm, 3.47 g, 12h). Imitating Venice. Uncertain mint. ./S/H/V/Є/И/Є/T/I D/V/X ΛHDK DAHD.VIO, St. Mark standing right, holding Gospels and presenting banner containing two pellets to Doge kneeling left / • SIT T XPЄ DΛ TO T V • (retrograde K)GIS IST Є 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). Near EF, small deposit on reverse, struck with lightly rusty dies.