LOT 3626
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon I BI Denier. 1198/9-1219.
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. Very Fine. Very rare.(0.94gr, 18mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin II, III or IV AR Denier. 1118-1185.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
BALDVINVS RЄX, cross pattée / ✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄM, tower of David. Metcalf, Crusades 160; MPS p. 74, 19; Schlumberger III, 21. 0.75gr, 17mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crusaders. Bohémond III BI Denier. 1163-1201.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Antioch (Principality) mint. ✠ BOAMVИDVS, helmetted head to left, between crescent and star / ✠ AИTIOCHIA, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Cf. CCS 66b. 0.90gr, 18mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon IV AR Takvorin. 1320-1341.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Sis mint. ⧾ ԼԵԻՈՆ ԹԱԳ]ԱԻՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ, King on horseback to right, holding sceptre in his right hand, uncertain letter and Մ across field / ⧾ ՇԻՆԵԱԼ Ի [ՔԱՂԱՔՆ] ԻՍԻՍ, lion to right with forepaw raised; behind, cross; dot above. Cf. CCA 1954 or 1963. 2.41gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
