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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Italian States. Ravenna (Archbishopric), Anonymous AR Denaro. 13th-14th centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
✠ ARCIEPISCO around, PVS around central pellet / ✠ DE RAVENA, short cross pattée; trefoils in alternating angles. MIR 1251. 0.75gr, 17mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
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 BI Denier. 1285-1324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✠ IRL'ᙏ : ЄD' CҺIPR, rampant lion to left / ✠ ҺЄNRI : RЄI : DЄ, cross pattée. Metcalf, Crusades 729; CCS 66a. 0.49gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2010. Property of a North London, UK, private collector.
