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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, Gosdantin IV AR Takvorin. 1365-1373. Sis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✠ ԿՈՍՏԸՆԴԻՆ ԹԱ[…], King on horseback to right, holding cruciform sceptre / ✠ […]ԱԼ Ի ՔԱՂԱՔՆ Ի ՍԻ[…], lion advancing to right, long Latin cross behind. Cf. Bedoukian 2291. 1.85gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Italy, Napoli (Naples, Kingdom). Roberto I d'Angio AR Gigliato. Circa 1309-1317.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
⧾ ROBЄRT DЄI • GRA • IЄRL ЄT • SICIL • RЄX, Roberto enthroned facing, holding lis-tipped sceptre and globus cruciger / ⧾ ҺOꞂOR • RЄGIS • IUDICIU • DILIGIT, cross fleurée, lis in each quarter. Biaggi 1634; MEC 14, 706; MIR 28. 3.94gr, 27mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Crusaders. Bohémond IV or Bohémond V BI Denier. Struck circa 1225-1250. Antioch (Principality) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
✠ BOAMVNDVS, helmetted head to left, between crescent and star / ✠ ANTIOCHIA, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 457-61; cf. CCS 126. 0.92gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
