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LOT 3379
Crusaders. Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, Henry II BI Denier. 1285-1324.
✠ IRLm: ЄD' ChIPR, lion rampant to left / ✠ ҺЄNRI: RЄI: DЄ, cross with pellet in each angle. CCS 66c; Metcalf, Crusades 727-8. Near Very Fine.(0.69gr, 15mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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LOT 3379
Crusaders. Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, Henry II BI Denier.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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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. -
Bulgaria, Second Empire AR Grosh. Ivan Aleksandar, 1331-1371.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Christ standing facing before seat, raising hands in benediction; IC XC flanking head, monograms and pellets to either side / Ivan Aleksandar and Mikhail Asen IV standing facing, each holding cross-tipped sceptre, holding Christogram-tipped staff between them; monograms around figures. Raduchev & Zhekov 1.13.3-6; Youroukova & Penchev 74-80. 1.24gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Lockdales, A82/-, no.398. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin III BI Denier. 1143-1163.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄH, tower of David / BALDVIHVS RЄX, cross pattée. Cf. CCS 18. 0.82gr, 17mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
