Chios (1382-1400) zecchino Fr-2c
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This specimen was lot 42422 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $504. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALY. Imitations of Venice. Chios. Ducat, ND (1382-1400). In the name of Antonio Veniero. NGC MS-62. A locally made imitation, struck in the name of Antonio Venier." 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.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-2c.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
Link to: