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LOT 3387
Carolingians. Charles le Chauve (the Bald), as Charles II, King of West Francia AR Denier. 840-864. Uncertain mint (probably Orléans).
✠ XPISTIANA RELICIO, temple / ✠ CARLVS REX FR, cross pattée with pellet in each quarter. Depeyrot 1189; M&G 1159; Prou 1062. Very Fine.(1.53gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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LOT 3387
Carolingians. Charles le Chauve (the Bald), as Charles II, King of West Francia AR Denier.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Crusader States. Cyprus (Lusignan Kingdom), Peter I AR Gros. 1359-1369. Nicosia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
+ PIЄR[...]CЄ D' DIЄ RO, Peter enthroned facing, holding sword and globus cruciger; to left, bird standing to right; cross on throne; shield to lower right / + D[...] D CҺIPR', Jerusalem cross, with square voided centre. Cf. CCS 82. 4.48gr, 24mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Crusaders. Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, Henry II BI Denier. 1285-1324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✠ IRLm: ЄD' ChIPR, lion rampant to left / ✠ ҺЄNRI: RЄI: DЄ, cross with pellet in each angle. CCS 66c; Metcalf, Crusades 727-8. 0.69gr, 15mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin III BI Denier. 1143-1163.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄM, tower of David / BALDVINVS RЄX, cross pattée. Metcalf, Crusades 159-164; CCS 10. 0.91gr, 16mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
