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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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Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Blundered legend around monogram of Henry / Blundered legend around LVCA around central dot. Cf. Biaggi 1058; cf. MIR 109. 0.86gr, 15mm.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crusader States. Cyprus (Lusignan Kingdom), James I BI Denier. 1382-1398.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
✠ IAQVЄ ROI DЄ, Lion of Cyprus rampant to left / ✠ IЄRVSALЄᙏ CҺ (or similar), central cross pattée with small cross pattée in second quarter. CCS 113b; Metcalf, Crusades -; Wäckerlin -. 0.57gr, 14mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
