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Italy, Venezia (Venice). Bartolomeo Gradenigo AR Grosso. Doge LIII, 1339-1342.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Christ, nimbate, seated facing on decorated throne and holding book of Gospels with both hands; to upper left and right, IC XC / BA•GRADONICO DVX •S•M•VENETI•, St. Mark, on the right, standing facing, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and presenting banner to the doge, on the left, standing facing and holding the 'ducal promise' in his left hand. Biaggi 2814; MEC 12, 1114; Montenegro 89. 2.16gr, 20mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Italy, Venezia (Venice). Giovanni Soranzo AR Grosso. Doge LI, 1312-1328.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; IC XV flanking / IO • S•VPANTIO DVX S • M • VЄNЄTI •, Doge, on the left, standing facing, receiving banner from Saint Mark, on the right, standing facing, holding book of Gospels in left hand. Paolucci 2. 1.94gr, 20mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Italy. Venezia (Venice), Antonio Venier AR Soldino. 1382-1400. Sigla 'M' of Massaro.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
✠ ANTO VЄN-ЄRIO DVX, Doge kneeling to left, holding banner; to left, star; to right, ᙏ / ✠ S MARCVS VЄNЄTI, nimbate lion seated to left, holding Book of Gospels. Paolucci 4; Montenegro 139. 0.46gr, 15mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Italy. Milano (Seignory), Gian Galeazzo Visconti AR Pegione-Grosso da 1 1/2 Soldi. Struck 1382/3-1398. New coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
St. Ambrosius seated facing, holding flail and crozier; annulets flanking / Serpent to left, flanked by G 3 within quadrilobe; lis in spandrels. MIR 121/1; Crippa 4/A; MEC 12, 635-8. 2.28gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Italy, Napoli (Naples, Kingdom). Roberto I d'Angio AR Gigliato. Circa 1309-1317.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
⧾ ROBЄRT DЄI • GRA • IЄRL ЄT • SICIL • RЄX, Roberto enthroned facing, holding lis-tipped sceptre and globus cruciger / ⧾ ҺOꞂOR • RЄGIS • IUDICIU • DILIGIT, cross fleurée, lis in each quarter. Biaggi 1634; MEC 14, 706; MIR 28. 3.94gr, 27mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Italy, Venezia (Venice). Giovanni Mocenigo AR Marcello. Doge LXXII, 1479-1480.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
TIBI SOI GLORIΛ•, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; barred IC XC across fields / IO•MOCENIGO DVX S•M•VENETI, St. Mark standing to right, holding Gospels and presenting banner to Doge kneeling to left; F-F across fields. Paolucci 3; Montenegro 230. 2.94gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Stewart. Ex Baldwins, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Italy. Ancona (Papal States), Iulius III AR Giulio. 1550-1555. Ancona mint. Mazzeo Mazzei, mintmaster.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IVLIVS III PONT MAX, papal coat of arms surmounted by tiara and crossed keys / S PETRVS ANCONA, Saint Peter standing facing, reading book in left hand, and holding keys in right hand; mintmaster's mark in lower left field. Muntoni 59; MIR 993/6. 2.75gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 1/2 (?) Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.162, 143 var. (5 Qedet). 12.44gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Anonymous PB Seal. 4th-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Levante or Egypt mint. Menorah on base, lulav(?) to left / A[...]. For a similar issue cf. CNG, E-245, 530. 4.38gr, 13mm.
Near Very Fine.
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 2 Librae. Circa 5th-7th centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,720
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between ᗑ Β; all within stylized wreath and floral ornaments in the corners / Blank. Bendall 51 var. (1 Libra); CPAI -; MAH 6 = Pondera 4263 var. (1 Libra). 648gr, 76mm.
Condition as seen. Exceedingly rare weight of two Librae.
Ex private collection, Ticino. -
Islamic Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 50 Dirham. Circa 12th-15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Fourteen-sided cubic weight, the sides decorated with pointillé border to each face; the square faces with cruciform pointillé infill. Cf. CPAI 1, 359. 169gr, 38mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in 1994. Private collection, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Islamic Glass Coin Weight of Half Dinar. Circa 7th-12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Star of David / Blank. Cf. Münz Zentrum XXXVII, Part II, lot 4246 (Half Dirham). 2.16gr, 21mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999.