Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 2073. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Aquileia. Bishop Giovanni di Moravia. 1387-1394. AR Denaro (0.73 gm, 1h). IOAnES P ATRIhA, crested helmet over coat-of-arms; rosettes in fields / +SAnTVS hERMAGhORAS, nimbate and mitred bust of St. Hermagoras facing. CNI VI 14; Bernardi 63b; Biaggi 188. EF, lightly toned. ($150)

St. Hermagoras, the patron saint of Aquileia, was a follower of St. Mark (patron saint of Venice), and by him was appointed as the first bishop of Aquileia. He suffered martyrdom under the emperor Nero, along with the deacon Fortunatus.