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France, Melgueil (County). Uncertain Count or Bishop BI Denier. 12th-13th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Maguelonne mint. Degraded legend, cross with crossbars composed of episcopal mitres; pellet in first quarter / Degraded legend, four annulets in cruciform pattern around central pellet. Duplessy 1578; Poey d'Avant 3845; Roberts 4336. 1.19gr, 17mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
France, Provincial. Valence (Bishophric), Anonymous AR Denier. 12th-13th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ S APOLLINARS, short cross pommée; annulet in fourth quarter / ✠ VRBS VALENTIAI, angel with spread wings, resembling an eagle. Duplessy, Féodales 2255. 0.95gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
France. Provincial, Limoges (Abby of Saint-Martial) AR Denier. 12th-13th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
SES • MARCIAL, facing bust of St. Martial / ✠ LEMOVICENSIS, cross pattée; pairs of pellets in each quarter. Boudeau 390; PdA. 2291. 0.88gr, 18mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
France. Provincial, Limoges (Abby of Saint-Martial) AR Denier. 12th-13th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
SES • MARCIAL, facing bust of St. Martial / ✠ LEMOVICENSIS, cross pattée; pairs of pellets in each quarter. Boudeau 390; PdA. 2291. 0.92gr, 18mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
France. Provincial, Valence (Bishophric), Anonymous AR Denier. 12th-13th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ VRBS VALЄNTIAI, eagle facing with wings spread / ✠ S APOLLINARIS, short cross pommée; annulet in fourth quarter. Duplessy, Féodales 2255. 0.95gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
France. Capetian, Uncertain Ruler BI Denier. 11th-12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Croix cantonnée / Cross formed from two annulets and two small crosses. Cf. Duplessy 48 (Philip II); cf. Roberts 2301 (same). 0.86gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
France, Kingdom. Louis VIII (the Lion) and Louis IX (Saint Louis) BI Denier Tournois. Circa 1223-1245.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
✠ LVDOVICVS REX •, cross pattée / ✠ TVRONVS CIVIS, châtel tournois. Duplessy 187; L.195. 0.82gr, 18mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Toned. Edge chipped; flan crack at 2h. Double-struck of reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
France, Provence (County). Charles I d'Anjou, as King of Sicily, AR Gros Tournois. 1246-1266.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Avignon mint. COMES(ME ligate) ✿ PVINCHIE around châtel tournois containing rose between two annulets and surmounted by lis; all within border of twelve lis / ✠ BHDICTV ⁝ SIT ⁝ ꞂOᙏЄ ⁝ DHI ⁝ ꞂRI ⁝ DЄI ⁝ IҺV XPI in outer margin, ✠ KAROLVS ✿ SCL' REX, in inner margin, short cross pattée. Rolland 35b; Poey d'Avant 3940. 3.93gr, 25mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Holed and plugged. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
France, Kingdom. Philippe III or Philippe IV AR Gros Tournois. Circa 1290-1303.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
✠ TVROͶVS CIVIS around châtel tournois within border of twelve lis / ✠ BHDICTV ⁝ SIT ⁝ HOᙏЄ ⁝ DHI ⁝ ꞂRI ⁝ DЄI ⁝ IҺV. XPI in outer margin, ✠ PҺILIPPVS REX in inner margin, short cross pattée. Mayhew 603.01. 3.85gr, 26mm, 4h.
Very Fine. Deposits; roughness on obverse. Holed and plugged.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
France, Kingdom. Philippe IV 'le Bel' (the Fair) AR Gros Tournois. 1285-1290.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
✠ BHDICTV ⁝ SIT ⁝ HOᙏЄ ⁝ DHI ⁝ ꞂRI ⁝ DЄI ⁝ IҺV XPI in outer margin, ✠ PҺILIPPVS REX in inner margin, short cross pattée / ✠ TVRONVS CIVIS around châtel tournois surmounted by lis within border of twelve lis. NGC graded GENUINE (#8230595-012).
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection. -
France, Kingdom. Philippe IV 'le Bel' (the Fair) AR Gros Tournois. 1285-1290.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
✠ BHDICTV ⁝ SIT ⁝ HOᙏЄ ⁝ DHI ⁝ ꞂRI ⁝ DЄI •I•ҺV XPI in outer margin, ✠ PҺILIPPVS REX in inner margin, short cross pattée / ✠ TVRONVS CIVIS around châtel tournois surmounted by lis within border of twelve lis. NGC graded GENUINE (#8230595-010).
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection. -
Low Countries. Vlaanderen (Flanders [County]), Gwijde I van Dampierre AR Esterlin. 1278-1305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Aalst mint. Struck circa 1296. ✠ MARCҺIO ͶAMVRC (Marquis of Namur), facing bust; quatrefoils flanking / G CO-MЄS FLA-DRЄ (Gwijde, Count of Flanders), long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters, voided quatrefoil in third quarter. Mayhew 16b; Chalon 59. 1.23gr, 20mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.