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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Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon I AR Tram. 1199-1219.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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. 2.74gr, 22mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Crusaders, Bohémond III BI Denier. 1163-1201.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Antioch (Principality) mint. ✠ BOAͶVͶDVS, helmetted head to left, between crescent and star / ✠ AͶTIOCͶIA(sic), cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Cf. CCS 68a; cf. Metcalf, Crusades 395-8. 0.80gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
