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LOT 3394
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. Near Extremely Fine. Edge chipped.(2.88gr, 23mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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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. -
Italy, Venezia (Venice). Bartolomeo Gradenigo AR Grosso. Doge LIII, 1339-1342.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Christ, nimbate, seated facing on decorated throne and holding book of Gospels with both hands; to upper left and right, IC XC / BA•GRADONICO DVX •S•M•VENETI•, St. Mark, on the right, standing facing, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and presenting banner to the doge, on the left, standing facing and holding the 'ducal promise' in his left hand. Biaggi 2814; MEC 12, 1114; Montenegro 89. 2.16gr, 20mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Italy. Lucca, Henry III, IV or V AR Denaro. 1039-1125. Possibly contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Blundered legend around monogram / Blundered legend around LVCA around central dot. Cf. Biaggi 1058; cf. MIR 109. 0.82gr, 17mm.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
