LOT 4128
Crusaders. Bohémond III BI Denier. Struck circa 1163-1188, or later. Antioch (Principality) mint.
✠ BOAIIVIIDVS(sic), bust to left, wearing Norman helmet decorated with cross pattée and chainmail coif; crescent to left, star to right; double barred A with pellet at each end; three bar S with pellets / ✠ A[...]TIⵙCIIIA(sic), cross pattée; crescent in second quarter; double barred A with pellet at each end. Metcalf, Crusades 425; cf. CCS 78a (Bohémond IV). Very Fine.(0.98gr, 18mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Crusaders, Achaea (Principality). Charles I de Anjou BI Denier Tournois. AD 1278-1285. Clarenzia (Glarentza) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
✠ 'CLARENTIA', châtel tournois / ✠ 'K • R • PRINC' ACҺ' around cross pattée. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 948-9. 0.74gr, 18mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Crusader States. Antioch (Principality), Tancred, as Regent, AE Follis. AD 1101-1112.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Nimbate bust of St. Peter facing, holding long cross; [O ΠЄ] in two lines to left, [TPOC] to right / + ΚЄ ΒΟΙΘΗ ΤΟ ΔVΛO COV TANKPI + in six lines. Metcalf, Crusades 49-62; CCS 3a. 2.65gr, 19mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 85, 17 June 2021, Lot 2777. Property of a London antiquarian. -
France, Kingdom. Philippe IV 'le Bel' (the Fair) AR Gros Tournois. 1285-1290.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
✠ BHDICTV ⁝ SIT ⁝ HOᙏЄ ⁝ DHI ⁝ ꞂRI ⁝ DЄI ⁝ IҺV. XPI in outer margin, ✠ PҺILIPPVS REX in inner margin, short cross pattée / ✠ TVROHVS CIVIS around châtel tournois within border of twelve lis. NGC graded GENUINE (#8230595-020).
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
