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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 54690, member: 283&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It looks to me to be Ciani 1292, but with a blundered legend (in this case, missing out the letter `A&#039;).&nbsp; Coins with blundered legends for that period aren&#039;t particularly scarce, but they aren&#039;t found every day of the week either. </p><p><br /></p><p>I would say that the coin looks to be genuine, but what is unusual is that the portrait is particularly well struck up...unusually so! It&#039;s another one of those coins i&#039;d dearly like to see in the flesh. </p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that it looks as if it&#039;s been polished, but maybe it&#039;s coated with lacquer (another bad habit some european collectors had in attempting to preserve the surfaces of coins) ?</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s it worth? Not an easy one to answer. I&#039;d say between $50 - $80 and possibly more to a keen collector. The market for such pieces is not exactly `dynamic&#039; (IMHO).</p><p><br /></p><p>Ian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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