LOT 3503
France, Provence (County). Charles I d'Anjou, as King of Sicily, AR Gros Tournois. 1246-1266.
Avignon mint. COMES(ME ligate) ✿ PVINCHIE around châtel tournois containing rose between two annulets and surmounted by lis; all within border of twelve lis / ✠ BHDICTV ⁝ SIT ⁝ ꞂOᙏЄ ⁝ DHI ⁝ ꞂRI ⁝ DЄI ⁝ IҺV XPI in outer margin, ✠ KAROLVS ✿ SCL' REX, in inner margin, short cross pattée. Rolland 35b; Poey d'Avant 3940. Near Very Fine. Holed and plugged. Very rare.(3.93gr, 25mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3503
France, Provence (County). Charles I d'Anjou, as King of Sicily, AR Gros Tournois.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Crusaders. Bohémond III or IV BI Denier. 1163-1232.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Antioch (Principality) mint. ✠ [...]O[...]MVNDVS, helmeted head to left, between crescent and star / ✠ AN[...]HIA, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades, 381. 0.69gr, 17mm, 5h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. -
Crusaders, Antioch. Anonymous AE 18mm. Time of Levon I of Armenia, 1198-1219.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Crusader to right on horseback, holding pennon / A-N-T-O; large cross pattée. Metcalf, Crusades 483; CCS 136 (see p. 234, note 43 for attribution to Sis mint under Levon I). 1.05gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
