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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Germany. Münster (Bistum), Everhard von Diest AR Pfennig. 1275-1301.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Undated. Inscription off flan, bishop seated facing, wearing mitre and holding crosier and book / [PAVL]-VS AP-OST[O], facing bust of St Paul, cross above, x flanking; all within triangle. Ilisch XIII.1; Grote 36. 1.20gr, 14mm, 3h.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Armenia, Cilician Armenia. Levon V AE Pogh. 1373-1375.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Lion of Cyprus rampant to right within circular pelleted border / Cross pattée within circular pelleted border. Cf. Bedoukian 2242-2245; cf. AC 505-508. 0.71gr, 14mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin III BI Obol. 1143-1163.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✠ BALDVINVS REX. cross pattée within circle / ✠ DE IERVSALEM, tower of David. CCS 21; Metcalf, Crusades 165-167. 0.71gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
