LOT 4137
Crusader States. Cyprus (Lusignan Kingdom), Hugh IV AR Gros. 1324-1359. Uncertain mint in Cyprus.
ҺVGVЄ RЄI DЄ, King seated facing on throne decorated with lions, crowned, holding lis-tipped sceptre with his right hand and globus cruciger with his left; jewel hanging on chain around King's neck / ✠ IЄRUSA[...] Є D CҺIPR, cross of Jerusalem with square centre; crosses in each quarter part. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 752; cf. CCS 68-69. Near Very Fine.(4.47gr, 26mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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LOT 4137
Crusader States. Cyprus (Lusignan Kingdom), Hugh IV AR Gros.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Crusaders. Bohémond III BI Denier. 1163-1201. Antioch (Principality) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✠ BOANVNDVS, helmetted head to left, between crescent and star / ✠ ANTIஃOCHIA, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 400-3; cf. CCS 70. 0.99gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Italy. Sicilia (Regno), Enrico VI (son of Frederick Barbarossa) BI Dirham Fraction. Struck December 1194/5. Palermo mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[Z] REX SICIL in two lines; [cross flanked by pellets above], three pellets below / "Harir qaysar al-mu'azzam" in Kufic in three lines. MEC 14, 477-8; Spahr 2. 1.07gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crusader States. Antioch (Principality), Tancred, as Regent, AE Follis. AD 1101-1112.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Nimbate bust of St. Peter facing, holding long cross; [O ΠЄ] in two lines to left, [TPOC] to right / + ΚЄ ΒΟΙΘΗ ΤΟ ΔVΛO COV TANKPI + in six lines. Metcalf, Crusades 49-62; CCS 3a. 2.65gr, 19mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 85, 17 June 2021, Lot 2777. Property of a London antiquarian.
