381, Lot: 507. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Chios. Maona Society. Circa 1347-1385. Pale AV Ducat (22mm, 3.53 g, 3h). Imitating Venice issue of Andrea Dandulo. 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. Lunardi CS6; cf. CNI VII 37 (for type); cf. Ives pl. XIII, 2 (same); cf. Gamberini 344 (Roberto d'Angio pr. Acaia). VF, struck with slightly rusty dies, evidence of possibly having been placed in bezel.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.