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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.).
Provenance
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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