LOT 3495
Crusaders, Antioch. Anonymous AE 18mm. Time of Levon I of Armenia, 1198-1219.
Crusader to right on horseback, holding pennon / A-N-T-O; large cross pattée. Metcalf, Crusades 483; CCS 136 (see p. 234, note 43 for attribution to Sis mint under Levon I). Very Fine.(1.05gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin III BI Denier. 1143-1163.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
BALDVINVS RЄX, cross pattée / ✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄM, tower of David. Metcalf, Crusades 150; cf. CCS 15. 0.92gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crusaders, Principality of Antioch. Uncertain King BI Fractional Denier. 12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
✠ ANTIOCHIA, large B between two pellets / Crescent above six-rayed star, pellets between rays; illegible inscription around. Schlumberger -; Metcalf, Crusades -; CCS -. 0.60gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine. Unpublished in the standard references.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crusader States. Cyprus (Lusignan Kingdom), Hugh IV AR Gros. 1324-1359.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Uncertain mint in Cyprus. ҺVG[VЄ?] 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; B to left, jewel hanging on chain around King's neck / ✠ IЄRU[S]AL'ᙏ Є D CҺIPR ✤, cross of Jerusalem with square centre; crosses in each quarter part. M&P -; Metcalf -; cf. CCS 69. 4.65gr, 24mm, 4h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variant with B on obverse, U in IЄRU[S]AL'ᙏ and quatrefoil after the end of reverse's legend. With suspension loop.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
