LOT 4125
Bulgaria. Second Empire, Mihail Asen III AR Gros. Struck 1323-1329. Veliko Turnovo mint.
Christ seated facing on throne, raising his right hand in benediction; in fields, IC - XC / Mihail Asen III facing on horseback to right, holding cross-tipped sceptre in his right hand. Raduchev & Zhekov 1.11.11; Youroukova & Penchev 64. Very Fine. Bent flan.(1.21gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Near Very Fine.
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Italian States, Genova (Genoa, Republic). Municipal Coinage BI Denaro. In the name of Conrad III, Holy Roman Emperor, 1160s-1170s.
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✠ • IA • NV • A •, gateway with two arches / CVNRAD7 REX, cross potent. MIR 16; CNI 2/21. 0.41gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
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Crusaders, Achaea (Principality). Charles I de Anjou BI Denier Tournois. AD 1278-1285. Clarenzia (Glarentza) mint.
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✠ 'CLARENTIA', châtel tournois / ✠ 'K • R • PRINC' ACҺ' around cross pattée. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 948-9. 0.95gr, 19mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
