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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Crusaders. Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, Henry II BI Denier. 1285-1324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
✠ IRL'ᙏ : ЄD CҺIPR, rampant lion to left / ✠ ҺЄNRI : RЄI : DЄ, cross pattée. Metcalf, Crusades 729; CCS 66a. 0.51gr, 16mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s. Property of a North London, UK, private collector. -
Crusader States. Cyprus (Lusignan Kingdom), Peter I AR Gros. 1359-1369. Nicosia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
✠ PIЄRЄ PAR LA GRACЄ D' DЄ RЄ, Peter enthroned facing, holding sword and globus cruciger; to left, bird standing right; quatrefoil on throne; shield to lower right / ✠ D' IЄRUSALЄᙏ + Є + D' CҺIPRЄ, Jerusalem cross, with square voided centre. Cf. M&P pl. 35, 1-2; cf. Metcalf, Crusades 778; cf. CCS 82. 4.56gr, 25mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Ex A.H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd (with old Baldwin's coin packet). Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Italian States, Venezia (Venice, Republic). Gerolamo Priuli BI Carzia. Doge LXXXIII, 1559-1567. Struck for circulation in Cyprus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ S • MARCVS • VENETVS, lion rampant to left / ✠ HIERON • PRIOLI • DVX, cross with lozenges in the angles. Tziambazis 4; Paolucci 914. 0.57gr, 14mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s. Property of a North London, UK, private collector.
