LOT 4149
Belgian States. County of Loon, Arnold V AR Sterling. 1279-1323. Hasselt mint. Edwardian Sterling imitation.
✠ COMES ⁑ ARꞂOLDVS, crowned facing bust / MOꞂ-ЄTA COMI-TIS, cross pattée, three pellets in each angle. Cf. Lucas 35; cf. Baerten 17; cf. Mayhew Sterling 59. Very Fine. Some deposits, scratches on obverse. Rare.(1.25gr, 19mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFound Lincolnshire, UK.
FootnotesThe bust appears to be wearing a crown, but not the usual one with roses.
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Italian States, Venezia (Venice, Republic). Gerolamo Priuli BI Carzia. Doge LXXXIII, 1559-1567. Struck for circulation in Cyprus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
✠ S • MARCVS • VENETVS, lion rampant to left / ✠ • HIERON • PRIOLI • DVX •, cross pattée with lozenge in each quarter. Tziambazis 4; Paolucci 914. 0.52gr, 14mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s. Property of a North London, UK, private collector. -
Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin III BI Denier. 1143-1163.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄM, tower of David / BALDVINVS RЄX, cross pattée. Cf. CCS 10. 0.72gr, 17mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crusaders. Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, Janus BI Denier. 1398-1432.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ IAꞂUS ROI D, rampant lion to left / ✠ IЄRVSALЄᙏ, cross pattée. CCS 119a. 0.53gr, 14mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s. Property of a North London, UK, private collector.
