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LOT 3357
Crusaders. Bohémond IV or Bohémond V BI Denier. Struck circa 1225-1250. Antioch (Principality) mint.
✠ BOAMVNDVS, helmetted head to left, between crescent and star / ✠ ANTIOCHIA, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 457-61; cf. CCS 126. Very Fine.(0.92gr, 18mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Italy, Venezia (Venice). Bartolomeo Gradenigo AR Grosso. Doge LIII, 1339-1342.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Christ, nimbate, seated facing on decorated throne and holding book of Gospels with both hands; to upper left and right, IC XC / BA•GRADONICO DVX •S•M•VENETI•, St. Mark, on the right, standing facing, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and presenting banner to the doge, on the left, standing facing and holding the 'ducal promise' in his left hand. Biaggi 2814; MEC 12, 1114; Montenegro 89. 2.16gr, 20mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Crusaders, Epirus (Despotate). Philippe de Taranto BI Denier Tournois. 1294-1313. Lepanto (modern Nafpaktos) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ (lis) PҺS • P. TAR DЄSP., cross pattée / ✠ (nail) NЄPANTI CIVIS •, château tournois. Cf. CCS 111a; Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 1082. 0.79gr, 19mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
