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): £59
Antioch (Principality) mint. Class E. ✠ BOAHVHDVS, helmetted head to left, between crescent and star / ⧾ ANTI(trefoil)OCHIA, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Metcalf, Crusades, 402. 0.86gr, 18mm, 5h.
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): £39
Antioch (Principality) mint. ✠ BOAͶVNDVS, helmetted head to left, between crescent and star / ✠ AͶTIOCHIA, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades, 376. 0.93gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
