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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hrefn, post: 7623120, member: 115171&quot;][ATTACH=full]1311722[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1311723[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Another imitative coin from a Crusader state, although this time the prototype is a Venetian ducat of Andrea Dandolo.&nbsp; And the state is the Duchy of Achaia, a relic of the partitioning of the Byzantine empire after the conquest of Constantinople in 1204 by the forces of the Fourth Crusade.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Robert d’Anjou, Duchy of Achaia&nbsp; 1346-64 AD.&nbsp; Schlumberger XII/34.&nbsp; Electrum.&nbsp; Note the “K” to the left of Christ’s foot which distinguishes these coins.&nbsp; Another “K” is on the obverse between AND and DANDOLO. Purchased from John Barton at Owl, Ltd in 12/1977.&nbsp;&nbsp; My first medieval gold coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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