LOT 3640
Crusaders, Tancred, as Regent AE Follis. 1101-1112. Antioch (Principality) mint.
Bust of Tancred facing, wearing turban and holding sword / Cross pommetée, fleuronnée at base; in quarters, IC XC across upper quarters, NI-KA across lower quarters. Metcalf, Crusades 1995, 63-70; CCS 4a. Near Very Fine.(3.33gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Anglo-Gallic, Edward the Black Prince, As Prince of Aquitaine AR Hardi d'argent. 1362-1372. Bordeaux mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
ЄD : PO : GꞂS [:] RЄG : AGL : B, half-length figure of Edward facing beneath Gothic canopy, holding sword with right hand and raising his left hand in benediction / ✿ PRꞂ-CPS ✿ AQIT-AꞂIЄ, long cross pattée; lis in first and fourth quarters, leopard in second and third. Cf. AGC 224, 11/a; SCBC 8134. 1.11gr, 18mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Italian States, Venezia (Venice, Republic). Giovanni Dolfin AR Soldino. Doge LVII, 1356-1361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
✠ • IOҺS • DЄLF-ҺYNO • DVX •, Doge kneeling to left, holding banner with both hands / ✠ • S • MARCVS • VЄNЄTI •, lion of S. Marco rampant to left, holding banner. Biaggi 2833. 0.51gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Baldwins (company's ticket included). Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Low Countries, Brabant. Jan III van Brabant AR Esterlin. 1312-1355. Brussel (Brussels) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
+ I DVX DЄ BRABAnTIA, towered city gate with arched entry; on either side, tower with conical roof / MOn-ETA BRV-XEL, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. Delmonte, Brabant 129 (Jean II); De Mey, Louvian & Brabant 156 (Jean II). 1.12gr, 17mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
