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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Near Very Fine.
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Very Fine.
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Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
