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Italy. Lucca, Henry III, IV or V AR Denaro. 1039-1125. Possibly contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Blundered legend around monogram / Blundered legend around LVCA around central dot. Cf. Biaggi 1058; cf. MIR 109. 0.82gr, 17mm.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Italy. Lucca, Henry III, IV or V AR Denaro. 1039-1125.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
✠ IMPERATOR around monogram of Henry / ✠ HENRICVS around LVCA around central dot. Cf. Biaggi 1058; cf. MIR 109. 0.89gr, 16mm.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Italy. Lucca, Henry III, IV or V AR Denaro. 1039-1125.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Blundered legend around monogram of Henry / Blundered legend around LVCA around central dot. Cf. Biaggi 1058; cf. MIR 109. 0.85gr, 16mm.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Italy. Lucca, Henry III, IV or V BI Denaro. 1039-1125. Possibly contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Blundered legend around monogram of Henry / Blundered legend around LVCA around central dot. For prototype cf. Biaggi 1058; cf. MIR 109. 0.83gr, 16mm.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Italy, Kingdom of Sicily. William II, "the Good" AE Trifollaro. 1166-1189. Messina mint. Second Coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lion's mask facing slightly to left / Palm tree with dates. Carollo 26; D'Andrea/Contreras 372; MEC 14, 425-431B; Spahr 117; Travaini, Monetazione, 370. 10.79gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Italy. Genova (Republic) AR Denaro. 1139-1339.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ • IA • NV • A •, gateway / CVNRADI REX, cross pattée. Biaggi 835; MEC 12, 213. 0.70gr, 17mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Italian States. Perugia (Republic) BI Sestino. 1260-1506.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
✠ : DE : PERVSIA : +, large P; stars flanking / ✠ : S : ERCVLANVS ❀, cross pattée; with stars in first and fourth quadrants. Biaggi 1865. 1.21gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
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.