LOT 4116
Crusader States. Cyprus (Lusignan Kingdom), Peter I AR Gros. 1359-1369. Nicosia mint.
✠ PIЄRЄ PAR LA GRACЄ D' DЄ RЄ, Peter enthroned facing, holding sword and globus cruciger; to left, bird standing right; quatrefoil on throne; shield to lower right / ✠ D' IЄRUSALЄᙏ + Є + D' CҺIPRЄ, Jerusalem cross, with square voided centre. Cf. M&P pl. 35, 1-2; cf. Metcalf, Crusades 778; cf. CCS 82. Very Fine.(4.56gr, 25mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx A.H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd (with old Baldwin's coin packet).
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4116
Crusader States. Cyprus (Lusignan Kingdom), Peter I AR Gros.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
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Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon III AR Takvorin. 1301-1307.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
The king on horseback to right; control: three pellets behind / Lion walking to right, cross on his back. 2.23gr, 22mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crusaders. Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, Henry II AR Gros petit. Second reign, 1310-1324. Series 1A, without field-mark.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ҺЄꞂRI RЄI DЄ, Henry enthroned facing, throne decorated with lions, holding lis-tipped sceptre and globus cruciger / ✠ IЄRVSAL'ᙏ Є D' CҺIPR', cross of Jerusalem. Metcalf, Crusades 688-91; CCS 51. 2.03gr, 20mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2010. Property of a North London, UK, private collector. -
Crusasers. Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, Hugh IV AR Gros. 1324-1359.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ҺVGVЄ RЄI DЄ, King seated facing on throne decorated with lions, holding lis-tipped sceptre and globus cruciger; crosslet above C in left field / ✠ IЄRUSAL'ᙏ Є D CҺIPR, cross of Jerusalem. Metcalf, Crusades 762; CCS 73. 4.61gr, 26mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2010. Property of a North London, UK, private collector.
