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LOT 4136
Crusaders. Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, Henry II BI Denier. AD 1285-1324.
✠ [hЄN]RI • RЄI • DЄ, cross pattée / ✠ IRL'm : ЄD ChIPR, rampant lion to left. Metcalf, Crusades 729; CCS 66a; Tziambazis 29 var. (pellets in quarters of cross). Good Very Fine. Some areas of weakness.(0.74gr, 15mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 54, 28 February 2019, lot 1184.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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LOT 4136
Crusaders. Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, Henry II BI Denier.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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