LOT 3612
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon I AR Tram. 1199-1219.
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. Near Very Fine.(2.52gr, 23mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Crusaders, Tancred, as Regent, AE Follis. 1101-1112.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Antioch (Principality) mint. Bust of Tancred facing, wearing turban and holding sword / Cross pommetée, fleuronnée at base; in quarters, IC-XC across upper quarters, NI-KA across lower quarters. Metcalf, Crusades 1995, 63-70; CCS 4a. 2.59gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Crusaders. Bohémond III or IV BI Denier. 1163-1232.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Antioch (Principality) mint. ✠ BOAͶVͶDVS, helmetted head to left, between crescent and star / ✠ AͶTIOCIͶA, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Metcalf, Crusades, -; CCS -. 1.04gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished reverse legend.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Crudaders, Knights of Rhodes (Knights Hospitaller). John-Ferdinand of Heredia AR Gigliato. 1377-1396.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Grand Master John-Ferdinand of Heredia kneeling to left before patriarchal cross set on two steps; to right, castle above G / Cross fleurée with shields of Hospitallers at ends of each crossbar. For type cf. CCS 25. 3.88gr, 29mm, 6h.
Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Monnaies d'Antan, Auction 33, 28 May 2023, lot 712.
