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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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Crusaders. Bohémond IV or Bohémond V BI Denier. Struck circa 1225-1250. Antioch (Principality) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
✠ BOAMVIIDVS, helmeted head to left, between crescent and star / ✠ ATN(?)OCI(trefoil)IIA, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. 1.20gr, 18mm, 4h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Italy. Lucca, Henry III, IV or V AR Denaro. 1039-1125. Possibly contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Blundered legend around monogram / Blundered legend around LVCA around central dot. Cf. Biaggi 1058; cf. MIR 109. 0.82gr, 17mm.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Gosdantin IV AR Takvorin. 1365-1373. Sis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ԿՈՍՏԸՆԴԻՆ ԹԱԳԱԻ[...], King riding to right, holding sceptre; letter beneath horse / Lion walking to right; cross behind; letter(?) beneath lion. Cf. CCA 2186. 1.64gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
