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LOT 3605
Group of Six [6] Crusader Imitations of Ayyubid AR Dirhams. 13th century AD.
Mainly of Acre mint. Very Fine.(17.42gr total.). [6]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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LOT 3605
Group of Six [6] Crusader Imitations of Ayyubid AR Dirhams.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Italy, Apulia (Duchy). Rugerro Borsa AE Follaro. 1085-1111.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Salerno mint. Nimbate and draped bust of Saint Matthew facing and holding gospel; S ᙏ across fields / ROGE-RIVS DVX in three lines; star(?) above. MEC 14, 104; MIR 555. Biaggi 2268 (doppio follaro). 7.23gr, 32mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Double struck.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd, Auction 86, 17 December 2023, lot 717 (seller's ticket included). -
Bulgaria. Ivan Aleksandar, with Mihail Asen IV, AR Gros. Second Empire, 1331-1355.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Veliko Turnovo mint. Christ standing facing before seat, raising hands in benediction; IC-XC and monograms across fields / Ivan Aleksandar and Mikhail Asen IV standing facing, each holding cross-tipped sceptre, and holding Christogram-tipped staff between them; monograms across fields, stars flanking base of staff. Raduchev & Zhekov Type 1.13.3-6; cf. Youroukova & Penchev 74-80. 1.25gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon I AR Tram. 1199-1219.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Sis mint. ✠ ԼԵԻՈՆ ԹԱԳԱԻՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ ("Levon, king of the Armenians"), Levon seated facing on throne decorated with lions, his feet resting on footstool, wearing royal mantle on his shoulders, holding globus cruciger in his right hand and lis-tipped sceptre in his left / ✠ ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹԲՆ ԱՍՏՈԻԾ ("By the will of God"), two lions rampant back-to-back, each with heads reverted; patriarchal cross between. CCA 123ff. 2.52gr, 23mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
