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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.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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