CRUSADER STATES. Chios. Maona Society. Zecchino, ND (ca. 1347-1566). Uncertain Mint. PCGS MS-63.Fr-2A (Greece); cf. Fr-1221 (Italy; for prototype). Weight: 3.52 gms. In the name and types of Venetian Doge Andrea Dandolo. A great Crusader-era issue, this type was struck in imitation of the Venetian Zecchini of the period and were produced by the Maona Society--a group that collected taxes on behalf of the Republic of Genoa from areas in the Aegean and on the western coast of what is now Turkey.
