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LOT 3356
Crusaders. Bohémond III BI Denier. 1163-1201. Antioch (Principality) mint.
✠ BOAMVͶDVS, helmeted head to left, between crescent and star / ✠ AͶTIOCͶIA, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 370. Near Very Fine.(0.94gr, 17mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Crusaders. Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, Henry II, King of Cyprus & Jerusalem AE Denier. 1285-1324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[✠ IRL'm Є D CҺIPR], lion of Cyprus rampant to left / [✠ ҺЄNRI RЄI DЄ], cross pattée with pellets in angles. Cf. CCS 66c; cf. Metcalf, Crusades 727. 0.71gr, 14mm.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon IV AR Takvorin. 1320-1342. Sis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
⧾ ԼԵԻՈՆ ԹԱԳԱԻՈՐ ՀԱՅՈ, King on horseback to right, holding sceptre in his right hand, Ճ and Մ across field / ⧾ ՇԻՆԵԱԼ Ի ՔԱՂԱՔ ՍԻՍ, lion to right with forepaw raised; behind, cross. CCA 1971 var. (reverse legend); Nercessian -. 2.30gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare variety.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Bulgaria. Second Empire, Ivan Aleksandar, with Michail Asen IV AR Gros. AD 1331-1355. Veliko Turnovo mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Christ standing facing before seat, raising hands in benediction; IC XC and monograms across fields / Ivan Aleksandar and Mikhail Asen IV standing facing, each holding cross-tipped sceptre, and holding Christogram-tipped staff between them; monograms across fields. Raduchev & Zhekov Type 1.13.3-6; Youroukova & Penchev 74-80. 1.06gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
