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LOT 3308
Crusader, Bohémond VII AR Half Gros. 1275-1287.
Tripoli (County) mint. ✠ SЄPTIMVS BOЄMVNDVS COMЄS, cross pattée within tressure of twelve arches / ✠ CIVITAS : TRIPOLIS : SVPIЄ, crenelated castle with three towers, all within tressure of twelve arches. CCS 27; Metcalf, Crusades 1995, 500-3. Very Fine.(3.31gr, 25mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Crusaders. Bohémond III BI Denier. 1163-1201.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Antioch (Principality) mint. ✠ BOANVNDVS, helmetted head to left, between crescent and star / ✠ ANTIOCHIA, trefoil between I and O, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Metcalf, Crusades, 381; CCS 67b. 0.83gr, 18mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Crusaders, Tancred, as Regent, AE Follis. 1101-1112.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Antioch (Principality) mint. Bust of Tancred facing, wearing turban and holding sword / Cross pommetée, fleuronnée at base; in quarters, IC-XC across upper quarters, NI-KA across lower quarters. Metcalf, Crusades 1995, 63-70; CCS 4a. 2.59gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Carolingians, Charles the Simple, as Charles IV, King of West Francia, AR Denier. 898-922.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Metalo (Melle) mint. ✠ C•ΛRLVഗ REX R, cross pattée / MET•ΛLO in two lines. Depeyrot 629 var. (obv. legend); M&G -; MEC -; Fécamp 8381-7. 0.84gr, 20mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare obverse legend variant.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
