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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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Italy, Venezia (Venice). Bartolomeo Gradenigo AR Grosso. Doge LIII, 1339-1342.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Christ, nimbate, seated facing on decorated throne and holding book of Gospels with both hands; to upper left and right, IC XC / BA•GRADONICO DVX •S•M•VENETI•, St. Mark, on the right, standing facing, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and presenting banner to the doge, on the left, standing facing and holding the 'ducal promise' in his left hand. Biaggi 2814; MEC 12, 1114; Montenegro 89. 2.16gr, 20mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Italy. Lucca, Henry III, IV or V AR Denaro. 1039-1125.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Blundered legend around monogram of Henry / Blundered legend around LVCA around central dot. Cf. Biaggi 1058; cf. MIR 109. 0.85gr, 16mm.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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.
