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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 IV or Bohémond V BI Denier. Struck circa 1225-1250. Antioch (Principality) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
✠ BOAMVIIDVS, helmeted head to left, between crescent and star / ✠ ATN(?)OCI(trefoil)IIA, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. 1.20gr, 18mm, 4h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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, Baldwin III BI Denier. 1143-1163.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄH, tower of David / BALDVIHVS RЄX, cross pattée. Cf. CCS 18. 0.82gr, 17mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
