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January 2020 NYINC Auction  20-22 Jan 2020
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Lot 22874

Starting price: 420 USD
Price realized: 700 USD
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GREECE. Chios. Ducat, ND (1421-36). Philip Maria Visconti. NGC MS-63.
Fr-4. Obverse: the duke kneels before St. Peter; reverse: Christ in mandorla. Fully struck from crude dies with little doubling. A lovely example of these pail gold issues certain to see spirited bidding.

In the late middle ages, before the advent of the Ottoman Turks, many of the Aegean islands were under the rule of various petty princelings. To gain wider acceptance of their coinage, minters often imitated better-known coins such as the Venetian ducat.



Estimate: $700.00- $1000.00

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