Watch List notes:

ITALY, Genova. Dorino Gattilusio, Lord of Chios, Lesbos, and Phocaea. 1400-1449. AV Ducat (21mm, 3.48 g, 3h). ·/D/·/F/O/L/I/Є/· to left, D/V/X and DORINVS · G · to right, S. Mark standing right and Doge kneeling left, holding banner between them / SIT · T. XPЄ · DΛT. Q TV RЄGIS. ISTЄ · DVCΛ ·, Christ standing facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, surrounded by mandorla containing nine stars; pellet between feet. Cf. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe, p. 175; Schlumberger, pl. XVI, 25; Ives, pl. XII, 2; Gamberini 367. Toned. VF.


From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Joseph R. Lasser Collection (Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015), lot 1569, purchased from Baldwin's, 6 November 1991.