LOT 3640
Crusaders, Bohémond III BI Denier. 1163-1201.
Antioch (Principality) mint. ✠ BOAͶVͶDVS, helmetted head to left, between crescent and star / ✠ AͶTIOCͶIA(sic), cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Cf. CCS 68a; cf. Metcalf, Crusades 395-8. Near Very Fine.(0.80gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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France. Provincial, Valence (Bishophric), Anonymous AR Denier. 12th-13th centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
✠ VRBS VALЄNTIAI, eagle facing with wings spread / ✠ S APOLLINARIS, short cross pommée; annulet in fourth quarter. Duplessy, Féodales 2255. 0.67gr, 17mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon I AR Tram. 1199-1219.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Sis mint. ✠ 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. 2.74gr, 22mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin III BI Obol. 1143-1163.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✠ BALDVINVS REX. cross pattée within circle / ✠ DE IERVSALEM, tower of David. CCS 21; Metcalf, Crusades 165-167. 0.71gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
