LOT 4108
Crusaders. Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, Henry II BI Denier. 1285-1324.
✠ IRL'ᙏ • ЄD • CҺIPR, rampant lion to left / ✠ ҺЄNRI [RЄI] DЄ, cross pattée. Metcalf, Crusades 729; CCS 66a; Tziambazis 29 var. (pellets in quarters of cross). Near Very Fine.(0.46gr, 16mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceEx Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2010.
Property of a North London, UK, private collector.
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LOT 4108
Crusaders. Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, Henry II BI Denier.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Italy, Venezia (Venice). Pietro Gradenigo AR Grosso. Doge XLIX, 1289-1311.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
• PЄ • GRADONIGO • DVX • S • M • VЄNЄTI •, St. Mark, on the right, standing facing, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and presenting banner to the doge, on the left, standing facing and holding the 'ducal promise' in his left hand / IC XC, Christ, nimbate, seated facing on decorated throne and holding book of Gospels with both hands; three pellets to the right on throne (no 10). Paolucci 2; Papadopoli 2. 2.13gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Crusader States. Cyprus (Lusignan Kingdom), Peter I AR Gros. 1359-1369. Nicosia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
✠ PIЄRЄ PAR LA GRACЄ D' DЄ RЄ, Peter enthroned facing, holding sword and globus cruciger; to left, bird standing right; quatrefoil on throne; shield to lower right / ✠ D' IЄRUSALЄᙏ + Є + D' CҺIPRЄ, Jerusalem cross, with square voided centre. Cf. M&P pl. 35, 1-2; cf. Metcalf, Crusades 778; cf. CCS 82. 4.56gr, 25mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Ex A.H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd (with old Baldwin's coin packet). Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Crusaders. Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, James II AE Sixain. 1460-1473. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Lion rampant to left / Jerusalem cross. Cf. M&P pl. 29, 1-7 (for type). 0.64gr, 14mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
