Crusader States
Chios. Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan (1421-36) gold Ducat ND AU50 NGC, Fr-4, Ives Plate XI, 2. D • mЄDIOLΛNI | • S | • P | Є | T | P | V | S (Є and S retrograde), Doge or Filippo Maria Visconti kneeling left before St. Peter (standing right), receiving banner, DVX (stacked) to right / SIT • T XPЄ DΛT Ꝗ T | RЄDS ISTЄ DVCΛ •, Christ in glory (surrounded by mandorla), book of Gospels in left hand, raising right in benediction, four stars and pellet to left, five stars and pellet to right. A highly attractive and well-produced representative of the type, with the legends full and bold and the devices remarkably well-presented--a clear outlier for this typically crude issue.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 400-600 USD