LOT 3639
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. Very Fine.(3.04gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Anglo-Gallic, Henry VI AR Grand blanc. Struck 1422-1449. Rouen mint; i.m: leopard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
(Leopard) FRAHCORVᙏ ⁝ ЄT ⁝ AHGLIЄ ⁝ RЄX, coats-of-arms of France and England; hЄRICVS with macron above / (Leopard) SIT ⁝ ꞂOᙏЄИ ⁝ DꞂI ⁝ BЄИЄDICTV, latin cross; lis to left, leopard passant to right; hЄRICVS with macron below. SCBC 8166. 2.96gr, 27mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Spink, sale 5020, lot 0288. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Crusaders. Bohémond III AR Denier. 1149-1163. Antioch (Principality) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
✠ BOAMVNDVS, bare male head with short hair to right / ✠ ANTIOCHIA, cross pattée. CCS 25; Metcalf, Crusades, 358; Wäckerlin 127. 0.70gr, 16mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Spanish States. Castile and Leon (Kingdom), Henry III BI Blanca. 1390-1406. Burgos mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
✠ ЄNRICVS : DЄI : GRACIA : RЄX, three towered castle, B below, within hexalobe with annulets in indents / ✠ ЄNRICVƧ : DЄI : GRACIA : RЄX (all ЄNs ligate), lion within hexalobe with pellets in indents. AB 597. 1.86gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
