LOT 3652
France. Henry III AV Écu d'or au soleil. Dated 1578. Bourges mint.
HENRICVS • III • D ✱ G FRஃAN • ET • P • REX 1578 •Y•, shield of France / + CHRISTVS • REGNAT • VINCIT • ET • IMPERAT, lilied cross. Duplessy 1121A; Ciani 1408; Laf. 960. Near Very Fine. Slightly double struck.(2.84gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound Winchfield, Hart, Hampshire, UK, 2015.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUR-706C02.
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Anglo-Gallic, Edward the Black Prince, As Prince of Aquitaine AR Hardi d'argent. 1362-1372. Bordeaux mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
ЄD : PO : GꞂS [:] RЄG : AGL : B, half-length figure of Edward facing beneath Gothic canopy, holding sword with right hand and raising his left hand in benediction / ✿ PRꞂ-CPS ✿ AQIT-AꞂIЄ, long cross pattée; lis in first and fourth quarters, leopard in second and third. Cf. AGC 224, 11/a; SCBC 8134. 1.11gr, 18mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Crusaders. Bohémond III BI Denier. 1163-1201. Antioch (Principality) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
✠ BOAMVИDVS, helmetted head to left, between crescent and star / ✠ ANTIOCHIA, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Cf. CCS 66b. 1.06gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Crusaders, Athens (Duchy). Guy II de la Roche BI Denier Tournois. AD 1294-1308. Thebes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
+ GVI DVX ATЄNЄS, cross pattée / + ThЄBANI CIVIS, château tournois. Metcalf, Crusades 1059; CCS 93. 0.63gr, 18mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
