325, Lot: 779. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Venetians in the Levant. nomine Andrea Dandolo. Circa 1344-1382. Pale AV Ducat (22mm, 3.47 g, 2h). Imitating Venice. Uncertain mint. S/H/V/Є/И/Є/T/I D/V/+ ΛIDKDΛIDVIO, St. Mark standing right, holding Gospels and presenting banner containing two pellets to Doge kneeling left / • SITT+IЄDΛTOTV– • • (retrograde K)SISISTЄDVЄΛT •, Christ standing facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, within mandorla containing nine stars. Cf. CNI VII 37 (for type); cf. Ives pl. XIII, 2 (same); cf. Gamberini 344 (Roberto d’Angio pr. Acaia). VF, slightly wavy flan.