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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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Crusader States. Cyprus (Lusignan Kingdom), Peter I AR Gros. 1359-1369. Nicosia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
+ PIЄR[...]CЄ D' DIЄ RO, Peter enthroned facing, holding sword and globus cruciger; to left, bird standing to right; cross on throne; shield to lower right / + D[...] D CҺIPR', Jerusalem cross, with square voided centre. Cf. CCS 82. 4.48gr, 24mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Crusaders. Anonymous AE Follis. Circa mid of 13th century AD. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Inscription in angles of long cross pattée / Inscription in angles of long cross pattée. Cf. CCS 132; Metcalf, Crusades, -; cf. Wäckerlin 160. 0.50gr, 15mm.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
France. Provincial, Valence (Bishophric), Anonymous AR Denier. 12th-13th centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ VRBS VALЄNTIAI, eagle facing with wings spread / ✠ S APOLLINARIS, short cross pommée; annulet in fourth quarter. Duplessy, Féodales 2255. 0.80gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
