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LOT 3393
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Gosdantin IV AR Takvorin. 1365-1373. Sis mint.
✠ ԿՈՍՏԸՆԴԻՆ ԹԱ[…], King on horseback to right, holding cruciform sceptre / ✠ […]ԱԼ Ի ՔԱՂԱՔՆ Ի ՍԻ[…], lion advancing to right, long Latin cross behind. Cf. Bedoukian 2291. Near Very Fine.(1.85gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Crusaders. Bohémond III BI Denier. 1163-1201. Antioch (Principality) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✠ BOAMVͶDVS, helmeted head to left, between crescent and star / ✠ AͶTIOCͶIA, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 370. 0.94gr, 17mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Amaury BI Denier. 1163-1174.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄM, church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem / AMALRICVS RЄX, cross pattée with annulets in 2nd and 3rd quarters. CCS 25; Metcalf, Crusades 176. 0.80gr, 17mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crusaders. Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, Henry II BI Denier. 1285-1324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✠ IRLm: ЄD' ChIPR, lion rampant to left / ✠ ҺЄNRI: RЄI: DЄ, cross with pellet in each angle. CCS 66c; Metcalf, Crusades 727-8. 0.69gr, 15mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
