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LOT 4134
Crusaders, Achaea (Principality). Charles I de Anjou BI Denier Tournois. AD 1278-1285. Clarenzia (Glarentza) mint.
✠ 'CLARENTIA', châtel tournois / ✠ 'K • R • PRINC' ACҺ' around cross pattée. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 948-9. Very Fine.(0.95gr, 19mm, 9h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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LOT 4134
Crusaders, Achaea (Principality). Charles I de Anjou BI Denier Tournois.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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