LOT 3627
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 ԱՍՏՈԻԾՈՅ ("By the will of God"), two lions rampant back-to-back, each with heads reverted; patriarchal cross between. CCA 123ff. Good Very Fine. Nicely toned.(2.74gr, 22mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon I BI Denier. 1198/9-1219.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Sis mint, struck for use in Antioch, 1198-1219. ✠ LЄO DЄI GRATIA, cross pattée / ✠ RЄX ARMЄИOR, crowned head facing. AC 281; CCA 9; MAC 33; CCS 133a. 0.94gr, 18mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Austria. Karnten (Herzogtum), Bernhard von Spanheim AR Freisacher Pfennig. 1202-1256.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Landstraß mint. Two facing half-length busts to either side of palm tree, behind low decorated wall / [✠ LANDESTROS], lion rampant to left, holding cross-tipped sceptre. CNA C n 4; Lu. Fr. 161. 0.92gr, 17mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Amaury AR Denier. 1163-1174.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
AMALRICVS RЄX :, cross with pellets in two angles / ✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄM, church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. CCS 23; Metcalf, Crusades 171. 0.65gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
