LOT 3501
France. Capetian, Uncertain Ruler BI Denier. 11th-12th century AD.
Croix cantonnée / Cross formed from two annulets and two small crosses. Cf. Duplessy 48 (Philip II); cf. Roberts 2301 (same). Near Very Fine.(0.86gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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France, Kingdom. Philippe IV 'le Bel' (the Fair) AR Gros Tournois. 1285-1290.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
✠ BHDICTV ⁝ SIT ⁝ HOᙏЄ ⁝ DHI ⁝ ꞂRI ⁝ DЄI ⁝ IҺV XPI in outer margin, ✠ PҺILIPPVS REX in inner margin, short cross pattée / ✠ TVRONVS CIVIS around châtel tournois surmounted by lis within border of twelve lis. NGC graded GENUINE (#8230595-012).
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection. -
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France. Provincial, Valence (Bishophric), Anonymous AR Denier. 12th-13th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ VRBS VALЄNTIAI, eagle facing with wings spread / ✠ S APOLLINARIS, short cross pommée; annulet in fourth quarter. Duplessy, Féodales 2255. 0.95gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Unattributed Germanic Tribes AV Solidus. Late 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Possibly Gallic mint. In the name of Marcian (AD 450-457). D N MARCIA-INVS P F AVC, helmeted, pearl-diademed and cuirassed facing bust, holding spear in right hand and shield on left arm / VICTORI-A AVCCCЄ, Victory standing to left, holding in right hand long voided jewelled cross, star in right field; COИOB in exergue. Unpublished in the standard references, for other imitative issues in the name of Marcian cf. Depeyrot 89 (Imitations) = J.M. Fagerlie, Late Roman and Byzantine Solidi found in Sweden and Denmark, NNM 157 [1967], pl. XVI, 377; CNG-Triton 11, 2008, 1076 = Baldwin 47, 2006, 227; Gorny & Mosch 134, 2004, 3339. For prototype cf. RIC X 509; MIRB 5 (Constantinople). 4.23gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
