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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-CR037 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Collector: Bendall, Simon Maker: d'Aubusson, Pierre; Rhodes Denomination: Ducat Place made: Dodecanese: Rhodes Culture: Medieval Date made: 1476-1500 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 3.48 Axis (degrees): 270.00 Provenance: Bt Simon Bendall 22.ix.1993, lot 32. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ standing facing with nine stars around him in mandala, legend around. Reverse: Saint John standing l. at r. presenting banner to Grand Master kneeling r. at l., dressed as Doge of Venice, legends either side. Inscriptions: Obverse: ·SIT T XPϵ· DATU· REGIS IST[…] (O Christ, let this same duchy which you rule be given unto you). Reverse: · F· Pϵ· DAUBUS·SON / S· IOANNI· (Pierre d'Aubusson to Saint John). Control mark: M P. Bibliography: CCS p. 530 no. 42 Notes: Reverse inscription foreshortened. CCS reckons the Grand Master's side the obverse, but this is to ignore the Byzantine antetypes. |
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| Pierre d'Aubusson French 1423 1503-07-03 | |
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