LOT 4181
France, Kingdom. Philippe III to IV AR Gros Tournois. 1270-1290.
✠ BHDICTV ⁝ SIT ⁝ HOᙏЄ ⁝ DHI ⁝ ꞂRI ⁝ DЄI ⁝ IҺV. XPI in outer margin, ✠ PҺILIPPVS REX in inner margin, short cross pattée / ✠ TVROHVS CIVIS around châtel tournois within border of twelve lis. (NGC graded GENUINE (#8230595-021).).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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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. -
France. Counts of Anjou, Foulques IV-V BI Denier. 1060-1129. Angers mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
+ FVLCO COMES, short cross pattee, with alpha and omega in second and fourth quarters / + VRBS ANDEGAVIS, Foulques monogram. Boudeau 152-153. 1.02gr, 18mm, 7h.
Good Fine. Deeply toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Crusaders, Neapolitan Princes of Epirus and Corfu. Philippe de Taranto BI Denier Tournois. 1294-1313. Lepanto (modern Nafpaktos).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
+ PhS P TAR DESP, cross pattée / + NEPANTI CIVIS, châtel tournois. Tzamalis F100. 0.89gr, 18mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
