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Long Beach Signature Sale 3067 6-7 Sep 2018
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Chios. Imitative debased gold Ducat ND (c. 1344-82) About XF - die shift, 3.47g, cf. Fr-1221 and Paolucci-29.1 (for prototype). Struck in the name of Andrea Dandolo. ΛHD (tiny K) | DΛNDV, Doge kneeling left before St. Mark (standing right), who hands him a banner, DVX (stacked) to right, to left S | H | V | H | Є | T | I / SITT | XPЄ | DΛT | OT | V | (retrograde K) | (badly blundered) | ISTЄ | DЄΛT, Christ in glory (surrounded by mandorla), book of Gospels in left hand, raising right in benediction, four stars to left, five to right. Another intriguing imitative issue of Frankish Greece with considerable fine style despite a significant die shift that has obscured portions of the legends and is most evident in the "broken" staff held by the Doge and St. Mark, which nevertheless endows it with a one-of-a-kind appeal sure to garner interest from collectors of the Crusader series. Comes with old Sotheby's pedigree.
From the Collection of a Philhellene
HID02901242017
Estimate: 300-400 USD
Chios. Imitative debased gold Ducat ND (c. 1344-82) About XF - die shift, 3.47g, cf. Fr-1221 and Paolucci-29.1 (for prototype). Struck in the name of Andrea Dandolo. ΛHD (tiny K) | DΛNDV, Doge kneeling left before St. Mark (standing right), who hands him a banner, DVX (stacked) to right, to left S | H | V | H | Є | T | I / SITT | XPЄ | DΛT | OT | V | (retrograde K) | (badly blundered) | ISTЄ | DЄΛT, Christ in glory (surrounded by mandorla), book of Gospels in left hand, raising right in benediction, four stars to left, five to right. Another intriguing imitative issue of Frankish Greece with considerable fine style despite a significant die shift that has obscured portions of the legends and is most evident in the "broken" staff held by the Doge and St. Mark, which nevertheless endows it with a one-of-a-kind appeal sure to garner interest from collectors of the Crusader series. Comes with old Sotheby's pedigree.
From the Collection of a Philhellene
HID02901242017
Estimate: 300-400 USD