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LOT 3381
Crusader States. Cyprus (Lusignan Kingdom), James I BI Denier. 1382-1398.
✠ IAQVЄ ROI DЄ, Lion of Cyprus rampant to left / ✠ IЄRVSALЄᙏ CҺ (or similar), central cross pattée with small cross pattée in second quarter. CCS 113b; Metcalf, Crusades -; Wäckerlin -. Good Fine. Rare.(0.57gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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LOT 3381
Crusader States. Cyprus (Lusignan Kingdom), James I BI Denier.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Crusaders, Tancred, as Regent AE Follis. 1101-1112. Antioch (Principality) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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. 3.82gr, 20mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Carolingians. Charles le Chauve (the Bald), as Charles II, King of West Francia AR Denier. 840-864. Uncertain mint (probably Orléans).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
✠ XPISTIANA RELICIO, temple / ✠ CARLVS REX FR, cross pattée with pellet in each quarter. Depeyrot 1189; M&G 1159; Prou 1062. 1.53gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon I AR Tram. 1199-1219. Sis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
⧾ ԼԵԻՈՆ ԹԱԳԱԻՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ (Levon, king of the Armenians), Levon seated facing on throne decorated with lions, his feet resting on footstool, wearing royal mantle on his shoulders, holding globus cruciger in his right hand and lis-tipped sceptre in his left / ⧾ ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹԲՆ ԱՍՏՈԻԾՈՅ (By the will of God), two lions rampant back-to-back, each with heads reverted; patriarchal cross between. CCA 123ff. 2.88gr, 23mm, 2h.
Near Extremely Fine. Edge chipped.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
