Hi Folks, just picked this up today from an online auction in the UK. Any info on it appreciated: just thought it looked OK and the weight didn't look suspect. Thanks, Marbury518 Described as: VENICE, Antonio Venier (1382-1400), Ducato, 3.54g/3h (Paolucci 1; Biaggi 2853; F 1229). Slightly small of flan but full weight, good very fine http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad158/marbury518/Todayspurchase.jpg http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad158/marbury518/Todaysauctionbuy.jpg
You pretty much have all the info, don't know of anything else I could add. It's correctly attributed and appears to be genuine. Used to own an example of that exact coin myself.
Nice piece. I am not as lucky as Doug and have only owned silver Venetians. I would love to pick up one like that someday.
Ducato Not too expensive really.....hammer at £200....cheers Chris.....Julian Just bid on a George III Crown 1819......LIX
Just got results back from the Warwick and Warwick auction here in the UK and got nothing at all.........competitive bids I thought......................it appears you look at the auction house estimate and treble it............... what is the point of these estimations that seem to persistently under cut the market.......to provoke interest?
That's part of it. The other part is that if they consistently over-estimated the realized prices than their reputation as auctioneers would suffer. So it's much better, for them, to estimate low and have them go high. A good rule of thumb is to completely ignore auction estimates and only pay attention to auction realized prices.
I can tell you that Doge Antonio Venier suposedly was decended from roman emperors Valerian and Gallienus. He was known for being one of the more fair and equitable of the Doges. He left his own son in prison, I'm not sure for what crime. Here is a later example of these beautiful coins. http://www.900fine.com/images/zecchino-1763-venetian-NGC-MS64.jpg
