Triton XVIII, Lot: 1570. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Genova. Jacopo Gattilusio, Lord of Lesbos. 1404-1428. AV Ducat (20mm, 3.29 g, 12h). Mytilene mint. ·/D/·/M/Є/T/Є/L to left, D/V/X and IΛCOBVS · GΛT · to right, S. Marco standing right and Doge kneeling left, holding banner between them / SIT · T XPЄ · DΛT’ · Q TV RЄGIS · ISTЄ · DVCΛT ·, Christ standing facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, surrounded by mandorla containing nine stars; pellet between feet. Schlumberger, pl. XVI, 7; Ives, pl. XII, 2; Gamberini 366. VF, lightly toned, slightly wavy flan.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Baldwin’s, 6 November 1991.