Triton XVIII, Lot: 1463. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Venetians in the Levant. nomine Andrea Dandolo. Circa 1344-1382. Pale AV Ducat (22mm, 3.42 g, 8h). Later ‘K Series’. Uncertain mint. (horizonatal S)/H/V/Є/H/Є/T/I to left, D/V/+ and ΛHDKDΛHDVIO to right, S. Marco standing right and Doge kneeling left, holding banner between them; pellet on shaft / • SIT T +IЄ DΛT O TV – • • (retrograde K)SIS ISTЄ DVЄΛT •, Christ standing facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, surrounded by mandorla containing nine stars; pellet between feet. Cf. CNI VII 37 (for type); cf. Ives pl. XIII, 2 (same); cf. Gamberini 344 (Roberto d'Angio pr. Acaia). Near EF, toned, traces of having been placed in a bezel.

From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.