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Crusaders, Athens (Duchy). Guy II de la Roche BI Denier Tournois. AD 1294-1308. Thebes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
+ GVI DVX ATЄNЄS, cross pattée / + ThЄBANI CIVIS, château tournois. Metcalf, Crusades 1059; CCS 93. 0.63gr, 18mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Italian States, Venezia (Venice, Republic). Giovanni Dolfin AR Soldino. Doge LVII, 1356-1361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
✠ • IOҺS • DЄLF-ҺYNO • DVX •, Doge kneeling to left, holding banner with both hands / ✠ • S • MARCVS • VЄNЄTI •, lion of S. Marco rampant to left, holding banner. Biaggi 2833. 0.51gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Baldwins (company's ticket included). Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Gallic, Edward the Black Prince, As Prince of Aquitaine AR Hardi d'argent. 1362-1372. Bordeaux mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
ЄD : PO : GꞂS [:] RЄG : AGL : B, half-length figure of Edward facing beneath Gothic canopy, holding sword with right hand and raising his left hand in benediction / ✿ PRꞂ-CPS ✿ AQIT-AꞂIЄ, long cross pattée; lis in first and fourth quarters, leopard in second and third. Cf. AGC 224, 11/a; SCBC 8134. 1.11gr, 18mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Gallic, Henry VI AR Grand blanc. Struck 1422-1449. Rouen mint; i.m: leopard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
(Leopard) FRAHCORVᙏ ⁝ ЄT ⁝ AHGLIЄ ⁝ RЄX, coats-of-arms of France and England; hЄRICVS with macron above / (Leopard) SIT ⁝ ꞂOᙏЄИ ⁝ DꞂI ⁝ BЄИЄDICTV, latin cross; lis to left, leopard passant to right; hЄRICVS with macron below. SCBC 8166. 2.96gr, 27mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Spink, sale 5020, lot 0288. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
France. Counts of Anjou, Foulques IV-V BI Denier. 1060-1129. Angers mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
+ FVLCO COMES, short cross pattee, with alpha and omega in second and fourth quarters / + VRBS ANDEGAVIS, Foulques monogram. Boudeau 152-153. 1.02gr, 18mm, 7h.
Good Fine. Deeply toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
France, Kingdom. Philip IV AR Maille tierce a l'O rond. 1285-1314.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
✠ BHDICTV ⁝ SIT ⁝ NOᙏЄꞂ ⁝ DOᙏINI and ✠ PҺILIPPVS REX in two concentric circles around cross pattée / ✠ TVRONVS CIVIS, châtel tournois; all within border of ten lis. Duplessy 219d. 1.35gr, 20mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
France, Royal. Charles VI le Bien-Aimé/le Fol (the Well-Beloved/the Mad) AR Blanc dit 'Guénar'. 1380-1422. Tournai mint; i.m: annulet beneath 16th letter.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
✠ RAROLVS ⦂ FRNCORV ⦂ REX, coat-of-arms / ✠ SIT ⁝ ꞂOᙏЄ ⁝ DꞂI ⁝ BЄИЄDICT, cross pattée; alternating lis and crowns in angles. Duplessy 377C; Ciani 509. 2.81gr, 28mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
France. Henry III AV Écu d'or au soleil. Dated 1578. Bourges mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
HENRICVS • III • D ✱ G FRஃAN • ET • P • REX 1578 •Y•, shield of France / + CHRISTVS • REGNAT • VINCIT • ET • IMPERAT, lilied cross. Duplessy 1121A; Ciani 1408; Laf. 960. 2.84gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Slightly double struck.
Found Winchfield, Hart, Hampshire, UK, 2015. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUR-706C02. -
Spanish States. Castile and Leon (Kingdom), Henry III BI Blanca. 1390-1406. Burgos mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
✠ ЄNRICVS : DЄI : GRACIA : RЄX, three towered castle, B below, within hexalobe with annulets in indents / ✠ ЄNRICVƧ : DЄI : GRACIA : RЄX (all ЄNs ligate), lion within hexalobe with pellets in indents. AB 597. 1.86gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Low Countries, Brabant. Jan III van Brabant AR Esterlin. 1312-1355. Brussel (Brussels) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
+ I DVX DЄ BRABAnTIA, towered city gate with arched entry; on either side, tower with conical roof / MOn-ETA BRV-XEL, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. Delmonte, Brabant 129 (Jean II); De Mey, Louvian & Brabant 156 (Jean II). 1.12gr, 17mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period AE Fals. Circa AH 77-132 (AD 697-750). Post-reform, no date. Unnamed Palestinian mint. Fruit Tree type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Tree with fruits; around "Muhammad Rasul Allah" / Kufic inscription in three lines. Album B161(RR); SICA Vol.2, 1299; Zeno 118752; ICV -. 2.02gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare. Seemingly overstruck.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of Al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809). Dated PYE 136(?) [AH 171 (AD 787/8)]. Tabaristan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Stylised crowned Sasanian style bust to right; 'GDE ʾpzwt (may his glory increase) in Pahlavi to right and left; in outer margin, star-in-crescents, 'pd (excellent) in Pahlavi to lower right, nwk' (good) in Pahlavi to lower left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; stars flanking flames, date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Cf. Album 63. 1.91gr, 22mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.