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France. Bishopric of Clermont, Anonymous AR Denier. 1030-1120.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
SEA ° MARIA, crowned and draped bust of the Virgin Mary facing; around, four annulets / ✠ VRBS • ARVERNA, cross cantonnée with trefoils in quarters. Poey d'Avant 2253. 0.89gr, 20mm, 3h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
France. Bishopric of Clermont, Anonymous AR Denier. 1030-1120.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
SEA ° MARIA, crowned and draped bust of the Virgin Mary facing; around, four annulets / ✠ VRBS • ARVERNA, cross cantonnée with trefoils in quarters. Poey d'Avant 2253. 0.89gr, 18mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
France. Bishopric of Clermont, Anonymous AR Denier. 1030-1120.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
SEA ° MARIA, crowned and draped bust of the Virgin Mary facing; around, four annulets / ✠ VRBS • ARVERNA, cross cantonnée with trefoils in quarters. Poey d'Avant 2253. 0.91gr, 19mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
France (Provincial). Lyon, Archbishops AR Denier. 12th century AD.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
✠ PRIMA SЄDЄS, L-cross monogram / ✠ GALLIARV, small cross. Duplessy 2537. 1.16gr, 19mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine. Slightly double struck.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
France (Provincial). Lyon, Archbishops AR Denier. 12th century AD.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
✠ PRIMA SЄDЄS, L-cross monogram / ✠ GALLIARV, small cross. Duplessy 2537. 0.98gr, 19mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
France. Kingdom, Charles VII ‘le Victorieux’ (the Victorious) AV Ecu d’or a la couronne. Struck from August 1445. Anger mint, 2nd emission.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
♕ KAROLVS 8 DЄI 8 GRA 8 FRAИCORVᙏ 8 RЄX, crowned coat-of-arms of France flanked by crowned fleur-de-lis / ♕ XPC 8 VIИCIT 8 XPC 8 RЄGИAT 8 XPC 8 IИPЄRAT, cross feuillue with voided quatrefoil at centre; all within quadrilobe with crowns at points. Duplessy 511A; Friedberg 307. 3.28gr, 28mm, 3h.
Near Mint State.
Ex Monnaies d’Antan, Auction 12, 22 November 2012, lot 345. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
German States. Dortmund, Otto IV Holy Roman Emperor and Duke of Brunswick AR Pfennig. 1200-1220. Continental Imitation of Short Cross Pence type.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Bids: 6 | Current Bid: £550
OTTO • IMPRATOR, crowned bust facing, holding sceptre / ✤ TANCTA COLONA, voided short cross with pellet at centre; quatrefoils in angles. Berghaus 67; Havernick 1092. 1.29gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare. One more example is held by the British Museum, from a hoard from Swinton, Lancashire (1947,0904.7).
Found in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.LIN-E30C49. Accompanied by a copy of the article in Treasure Hunting Magazine in which this find has been published.
