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ID number: BIRBI-CR038 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: after Andrea Dandolo Denomination: Ducat Place made: Mediterranean Sea Culture: Medieval Date made: 1300-1400 Metal: Electrum Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 3.50 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1787; bt A. H. Baldwin & Son 22.viii.1970. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ standing facing with nine stars around him in mandala, legend around. Reverse: Saint Mark standing l. at r. handing staff to Doge kneeling l. at r. in loros, legend either side
Inscriptions: Obverse: SIT T XKS IS ISTE DVCAT (O Christ, let this same duchy be yours). Reverse: DVX / AND·K DANDVIO / Θ H VENETI (Doge Andrea Dandolo of Venice to Saint Mark).
Bibliography: Schlumberger XII no. 34
Notes: Imitative, pale metal and blundered legend; probably contemporary forgery
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