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LOT 3384
Crusaders, Epirus (Despotate). Philippe de Taranto BI Denier Tournois. 1294-1313. Lepanto (modern Nafpaktos) mint.
✠ (lis) PҺS • P. TAR DЄSP., cross pattée / ✠ (nail) NЄPANTI CIVIS •, château tournois. Cf. CCS 111a; Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 1082. Very Fine.(0.79gr, 19mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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LOT 3384
Crusaders, Epirus (Despotate). Philippe de Taranto BI Denier Tournois.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon I AR Tram. 1199-1219. Sis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
⧾ 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. 2.88gr, 23mm, 2h.
Near Extremely Fine. Edge chipped.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin III BI Denier. 1143-1163.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄM, tower of David / BALDVINVS RЄX, cross pattée. Cf. CCS 10. 0.85gr, 17mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Italy. Lucca, Henry III, IV or V AR Denaro. 1039-1125.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ IMPERATOR around monogram of Henry / ✠ HENRICVS around LVCA around central dot. Biaggi 1058; MIR 109. 0.93gr, 16mm.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
