LOT 3307
Crusader, Bohémond VI AR Gros. 1251-1275.
Tripoli (County) mint. ✠ BOЄMVNDVS COMЄS, cross pattée within angled polylobe; pellet at each angle / ✠ CIVITAS TRIPOLI, eight-rayed star within polylobe; pellet at each angle, Iis with pellets attached. CCS 22; Metcalf, Crusades 1995, 492-3. Good Very Fine.(2.95gr, 24mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Bulgaria. Ivan Aleksandar, with Mihail Asen IV, AR Gros. Second Empire, 1331-1355.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Veliko Turnovo mint. Christ standing facing before seat, raising hands in benediction; IC-XC and monograms across fields / Ivan Aleksandar and Mikhail Asen IV standing facing, each holding cross-tipped sceptre, and holding Christogram-tipped staff between them; monograms across fields, stars flanking base of staff. Raduchev & Zhekov Type 1.13.3-6; cf. Youroukova & Penchev 74-80. 1.25gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Italy, Apulia (Duchy). Rugerro Borsa AE Follaro. 1085-1111.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Salerno mint. Nimbate and draped bust of Saint Matthew facing and holding gospel; S ᙏ across fields / ROGE-RIVS DVX in three lines; star(?) above. MEC 14, 104; MIR 555. Biaggi 2268 (doppio follaro). 7.23gr, 32mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Double struck.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd, Auction 86, 17 December 2023, lot 717 (seller's ticket included). -
Belgian States, Bishopric of Tournai AR Anonymous Denier. 12th century.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Tournai mint. Facing draped bust holding crozier in his right hand; uncial M to right / Cross with ringed arms; two S's and two T's in angles; all within wreath within dotted circle. Hoc 21; Robert p. 69 (attribué à Cambrai); B. 2005. 0.46gr, 13mm.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
