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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. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin III(?) BI Denier. 1143-1163.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[✠ DЄ I]ЄRVSALЄM, tower of David / BALDVINVS RЄX, cross pattée. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 159-164; cf. CCS 10. 0.78gr, 17mm, 12h.
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. -
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.
