LOT 4142
France, Provincial. Valence (Bishophric), Anonymous AR Denier. 12th-13th centuries AD.
✠ VRBS VALENTIAI, angel with spread wings, resembling an eagle / ✠ S APOLLINARS, short cross pommée; annulet in fourth quarter. Duplessy, Féodales 2255. Near Very Fine.(0.94gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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LOT 4142
France, Provincial. Valence (Bishophric), Anonymous AR Denier.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Crusaders. Bohémond III BI Denier. 1163-1201. Antioch (Principality) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✠ BOANVNDVS, helmetted head to left, between crescent and star / ✠ ANTIஃOCHIA, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 400-3; cf. CCS 70. 0.99gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Crusaders. Bohémond III BI Denier. Struck circa 1163-1188, or later. Antioch (Principality) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
✠ BOAIIVIIDVS(sic), bust to left, wearing Norman helmet decorated with cross pattée and chainmail coif; crescent to left, star to right; double barred A with pellet at each end; three bar S with pellets / ✠ A[...]TIⵙCIIIA(sic), cross pattée; crescent in second quarter; double barred A with pellet at each end. Metcalf, Crusades 425; cf. CCS 78a (Bohémond IV). 0.98gr, 18mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
France, Kingdom. Philippe IV 'le Bel' (the Fair) AR Gros Tournois. 1285-1290.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
✠ BNDICTV ⁝ SIT ⁝ NOᙏЄ ⁝ DNI ⁝ ꞂRI ⁝ DЄI ⁝ IҺV ⁝ XPI in outer margin, ✠ PҺILIPPVS (trefoil) REX in inner margin, short cross pattée / ✠ TVRONVS ஃ CIVIS around châtel tournois within border of twelve lis. NGC graded GENUINE (#8230595-024).
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
