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Signature Sale 3029 14-16 January 2014
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Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection of World Coins. Chios. Andrea Dandolo (1343-54) gold Imitative Ducat ND (ca. 1344-82), Fr-1221, Paolucci-1, AU58 NGC. Obv. ΛNDR DΛNDUIO DUX | SM VЄNЄTI, St. Mark standing right presenting banner to kneeling Doge left Rev. • SIT . T XPЄ DΛ T O T V | (retrograde K) GIS IST.Є D.V.CΛT, Christ standing facing, holding gospels and raising hand in benediction, surrounded by mandorla and stars. This piece exhibits bright, yellow gold surfaces with little striking weakness. Although later iterations of these imitations became quite crude, the earlier types are fairly close in character to their Venetian source, albeit with slightly blundered legends and minor differences in style.
Estimate: 400-500 USD
Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection of World Coins. Chios. Andrea Dandolo (1343-54) gold Imitative Ducat ND (ca. 1344-82), Fr-1221, Paolucci-1, AU58 NGC. Obv. ΛNDR DΛNDUIO DUX | SM VЄNЄTI, St. Mark standing right presenting banner to kneeling Doge left Rev. • SIT . T XPЄ DΛ T O T V | (retrograde K) GIS IST.Є D.V.CΛT, Christ standing facing, holding gospels and raising hand in benediction, surrounded by mandorla and stars. This piece exhibits bright, yellow gold surfaces with little striking weakness. Although later iterations of these imitations became quite crude, the earlier types are fairly close in character to their Venetian source, albeit with slightly blundered legends and minor differences in style.
Estimate: 400-500 USD