LOT 3629
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Oshin AR Takvorin. 1307-1320.
Sis mint. ⧾ ԱՒՇԻՆ [...]ԱՅ, King on horseback to right, head facing, holding lis-tipped sceptre in his right hand, Յ (retrograde) before, L beneath horse's fore hoof / ⧾ ՇԻՆԱԾ Է ԻԱՂԱ[...], lion to right with forepaw raised; behind, long cross; dot above. Cf. CCA 1928. Near Very Fine.(2.60gr, 20mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin II, III or IV AR Denier. 1118-1185.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
BALDVINVS RЄX, cross pattée / ✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄM, tower of David. Metcalf, Crusades 160; MPS p. 74, 19; Schlumberger III, 21. 0.75gr, 17mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Low Countries. Vlaanderen (Flanders [County]), Gwijde I van Dampierre AR Esterlin. 1278-1305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Aalst mint. Struck circa 1296. ✠ MARCҺIO NAMVRC (Marquis of Namur), facing bust; quatrefoils flanking / G CO-MЄS FLA-DRЄ (Gwijde, Count of Flanders), long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters, voided quatrefoil in third quarter. Mayhew 16; De Mey, Namur 76; Chalon 59. 1.25gr, 19mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
Found South Gloucestershire, UK. -
Crusaders. Bohémond III BI Denier. 1163-1201.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Antioch (Principality) mint. ✠ BOANVHDVS, helmetted head to left, between crescent and star / ✠ ANTIOCHIA, trefoil between I and O, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades, 381; cf. CCS 67b. 0.88gr, 19mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
