Lot 746:

Frankish Greece, Athens. Types in the name of the Duchy of Athens, possibly Florentine Dukes of Athens (1388-1394). AE Denier tournois. Obv. Patent cross. Rev. Castle tournois. Malloy 107; Schl. -; Metcalf -; Cf. Seltman, in Mints, XXII, 10. AE. 0.88 g. 17.50 mm. RR. Very rare and seldom offered. VF. This crude style denier seems to be a regular issue of the time instead of a contemporary forgery, as Lambros and Schlumberger cosidered them (many are the examples (97) located in British Museum from an hoard and many more are the examples in other collections). These typed might perhaps have been struck by Nerio Acciajuoli, the first florentine duke of Athens (1388-1394), who conquered the duchy from his castle of Acrocorinth in Achaea. This would at least explain the unusual alloy and the hybrid combination. Regarding the legend unusually blundered and differently spaced noteworthy is the form DAX instead of DVX that might perhaps contain the initial of the duke Antonio I Acciajuoli (1402-1435), the most prosperous of his dynasty.

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