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MONCASTRO: Genoese Colony, ca. mid-15th century, AR asper (0.64g)

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MONCASTRO: Genoese Colony, ca. mid-15th century, AR asper (0.64g)
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45.00USD+ buyer's premium (9.00)
This item SOLD at 2024 Nov 05 @ 12:23UTC-08:00 : PST/AKDT
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MONCASTRO: Genoese Colony, ca. mid-15th century, AR asper (0.64g), cf. Zeno-10037, countermarked cross with a pellet in each corner, on Golden Horde dang of Sayyid Ahmad (1433-1460), mintless type with kalima reverse, VF on Fine host, R, ex Jim Farr Collection. The colony was called Moncastro in Italian but also known as Asprokastron in Greek, Cetatea Alba in Romanian, and Akkerman in Turkish. It was annexed into the Ottoman Empire in 1484 and later became a part of the Russian Empire in 1812. Today it is the Ukrainian city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.