LOT 4450
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Hetoum I, with Zabel AR Tram. 1226-1270.
ՀԵԹՈՒՄ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ՀԱՅՈ, crowned lion standing to right with long cross in its paw / ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹ ԻԻՆՆ[..] ԱՅ Ե, Queen Zabel and King Hetoum holding long cross. Mitch NI 341. Very Fine.(2.94gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 4450
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Hetoum I, with Zabel AR Tram.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Belgian States. Duchy of Brabant, John I AR Sterling. 1287-1294. Royal Mint of Belgium (Brussels). Bust type; Limburg in title.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
✠ ×× I ×× DVX ×× LIMBVRGIE, facing head with flower wreath in hair / DVX BRA-BAN-TIE, long cross pattée with three pellets in angles. Ghyssens p. 8, 5; Witte 257; Mayhew Sterling 43. 1.20gr, 19mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman. -
Bulgaria. Second Empire, Ivan Aleksandar, with Michael Asen IV AR Gros. 1331-1371. Veliko Tarnovo mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IC XC, Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne, raising both hands in benediction; to left and right, Cyrillic monograms of 'Aleksandar' and 'Tsar' / Ivan Aleksandar, on left, crowned, standing facing, holding cruciform sceptre in his right hand and Mihail Asen IV, on right, crowned, standing facing, holding cruciform sceptre in his left hand, together supporting banner between them; stars flanking base of banner; in field to left, Cyrillic monogram of 'pious; flanking banner shaft, Cyrillic monograms of 'Aleksandar' and 'Tsar'; in field to right, Cyrillic monogram of 'Mihail'. Dimnik & Dobrinić 19.1.2; Duchev 41; Raduchev & Zhekov 1.13.3. 1.49gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Found near Lewes, East Sussex, UK. -
Cilician Armenia, Hetoum II AE Kardez. 1289-1296/1301-1305.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
The king seated with crossed legs holding sceptre and globe / Cross with no pellets. Bedoukian 1633 var. 2.34gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
