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LOT 3389
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon IV AR Takvorin. 1320-1341. Sis mint.
King on horseback to right, holding sceptre in his right hand, Ճ and Մ across field / Lion to right with forepaw raised; behind, cross. Cf. Bedoukian 1973. Near Very Fine.(2.05gr, 20mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Amaury BI Denier. 1163-1174.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄM, church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem / AMALRICVS RЄX ⦂, cross pattée with annulets in 2nd and 3rd quarters. Metcalf, Crusades 171; CCS 23. 0.90gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Italy, Venezia (Venice). Giovanni Mocenigo AR Marcello. Doge LXXII, 1479-1480.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
TIBI SOI GLORIΛ•, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; barred IC XC across fields / IO•MOCENIGO DVX S•M•VENETI, St. Mark standing to right, holding Gospels and presenting banner to Doge kneeling to left; F-F across fields. Paolucci 3; Montenegro 230. 2.94gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Stewart. Ex Baldwins, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Bulgaria. Second Empire, Ivan Aleksandar, with Michael Asen IV AR Gros. 1331–1371 Vidin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Christ standing facing before seat, raising both hands in benediction; in field to left, IC over monogram; in field to right, XC over monogram / Ivan Aleksandar standing facing on the left, holding cruciform sceptre in his right hand, and Mihail Asen IV standing facing on the right, holding cruciform sceptre in his left hand; both holding christogram-tipped staff flanked by stars between them; in lower fields to left and right, monograms. Raduchev/Zhekov 1.13, 3-6. 1.17gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
