LOT 4103
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon III AR Takvorin. 1301-1307.
The king on horseback to right; control: three pellets behind / Lion walking to right, cross on his back. Near Very Fine.(2.23gr, 22mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Crusader States. Cyprus (Lusignan Kingdom), James II AE Sixain. 1460-1473. Famagusta mint(?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Jerusalem Cross / Lion rampant to left. Cf. Tziambazis 74; cf. Metcalf, Crusades 1995, 808-11; cf. CCS 163. 2.64gr, 22mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Double struck.
From an old English collection, Bournemouth, UK. Ex Parthenon Gallery, London, UK, 2001. Property of a North London, UK, private collector. -
Crusaders. Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, Henry II AR Gros petit. Second reign, 1310-1324. Series 1A, without field-mark.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ҺЄꞂRI RЄI DЄ, Henry enthroned facing, throne decorated with lions, holding lis-tipped sceptre and globus cruciger / ✠ IЄRVSAL'ᙏ Є D' CҺIPR', cross of Jerusalem. Metcalf, Crusades 688-91; CCS 51. 2.03gr, 20mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2010. Property of a North London, UK, private collector. -
Crusaders. Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, James II BI Sezin. 1460-1473.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
+ IACOBVS • [...], lion rampant to left / ✠ XX(?)AXIIII[...], cross of Jerusalem. Cf. CCS 165-7 1.90gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s. Property of a North London, UK, private collector.
