Italy
Venice. Giovanni Delfino gold Ducat ND (1356-1361) MS64 NGC, Venice mint, Fr-1224, Paolucci-1. 3.53gm. IO DЄLPhYNO DVX | • S • M • VЄNЄTI, St. Mark standing right presenting banner to kneeling Doge left / • SIT T XPЄ DAT' Q' TV | RЄGIS • ISTЄ • DVCAT •, Christ standing facing, holding gospels and raising hand in benediction, surrounded by mandorla and stars. Hands down the finest currently certified, and appropriately so, replaying ample golden resplendence across razor sharp designs, an atypical characteristic of this date which we generally see in lesser conditions.
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