335, Lot: 690. Estimate $200. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Venetians in the Levant. AV Zecchino (19mm, 3.35 g, 6h). In the name of Ludovico Manin, 1789-1797. Struck early to mid 19th century. S. Marco standing right, presenting banner to Doge kneeling left / Christ Pantokrator standing facing within mandorla containing sixteen stars. Cf. Papadopoli 4; cf. Paolucci 14 (both refs. for type). VF, slightly wavy flan, holed for suspension, traces of having been placed in a bezel.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.7890).

Essentially correct design with slightly abstracted art (these pieces turn up in collections from India, or including Indian imitations)