LOT 3400
France, Kingdom. Philippe IV 'le Bel' (the Fair) AR Gros Tournois. Struck after 1295. Gros tournois à l'O rond.
✠ 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. Ciani 201; Duplessy 213. (NGC graded GENUINE (#8230595-002).).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3400
France, Kingdom. Philippe IV 'le Bel' (the Fair) AR Gros Tournois.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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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. -
Italy, Venezia (Venice). Giovanni Soranzo AR Grosso. Doge LI, 1312-1328.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; IC XV flanking / IO • S•VPANTIO DVX S • M • VЄNЄTI •, Doge, on the left, standing facing, receiving banner from Saint Mark, on the right, standing facing, holding book of Gospels in left hand. Paolucci 2. 1.94gr, 20mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Italy. Lucca, Henry III, IV or V BI Denaro. 1039-1125. Possibly contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Blundered legend around monogram of Henry / Blundered legend around LVCA around central dot. For prototype cf. Biaggi 1058; cf. MIR 109. 0.83gr, 16mm.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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