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LOT 3355
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.(3.82gr, 20mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Bulgaria. Second Empire, Ivan Aleksandar AR Gros. Struck circa 1337/8-1347/8. Veliko Turnovo mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne, raising His right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in His left; to left and right, IC XC / Ivan Aleksandar standing facing, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left hand; to left and right, monograms. Cf. Dochev, Katalog 2070; Raduchev & Zhekov 1.13.1-2. 1.02gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Flan crack; edge chipped.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
France, Provincial. Valence (Bishophric), Anonymous AR Denier. 12th-13th centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Italy. Milano (Seignory), Gian Galeazzo Visconti AR Pegione-Grosso da 1 1/2 Soldi. Struck 1382/3-1398. New coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
St. Ambrosius seated facing, holding flail and crozier; annulets flanking / Serpent to left, flanked by G 3 within quadrilobe; lis in spandrels. MIR 121/1; Crippa 4/A; MEC 12, 635-8. 2.28gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
