LOT 4478
German States. Dortmund, Otto IV Holy Roman Emperor and Duke of Brunswick AR Pfennig. 1200-1220. Continental Imitation of Short Cross Pence type.
OTTO • IMPRATOR, crowned bust facing, holding sceptre / ✤ TANCTA COLONA, voided short cross with pellet at centre; quatrefoils in angles. Berghaus 67; Havernick 1092. Very Fine. Extremely rare. One more example is held by the British Museum, from a hoard from Swinton, Lancashire (1947,0904.7).(1.29gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFound in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.LIN-E30C49.
Accompanied by a copy of the article in Treasure Hunting Magazine in which this find has been published.
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LOT 4478
German States. Dortmund, Otto IV Holy Roman Emperor and Duke of Brunswick AR Pfennig.
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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France. Bishopric of Clermont, Anonymous AR Denier. 1030-1120.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
SEA ° MARIA, crowned and draped bust of the Virgin Mary facing; around, four annulets / ✠ VRBS • ARVERNA, cross cantonnée with trefoils in quarters. Poey d'Avant 2253. 0.89gr, 20mm, 3h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. Struck 1250-1272. Canterbury mint; Nicole, moneyer. Long Cross coinage. Post-provincial phase III; class 5g.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ҺЄNRICVS (NR ligate) R-ЄX III', crowned facing head holding lis-tipped sceptre to left / HIC-OLЄ ON C-ANT (ON AND AN ligate), long voided cross with central pellet, quatrefoils in each angle. SCBC 1373. 1.49gr, 18mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market circa 1996. -
Bulgaria. Second Empire, Ivan Aleksandar, with Michael Asen IV AR Gros. 1331-1371. Veliko Tarnovo mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
IC XC, Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne, raising both hands in benediction; to left and right, Cyrillic monograms of 'Aleksandar' and 'Tsar' / Ivan Aleksandar, on left, crowned, standing facing, holding cruciform sceptre in his right hand and Mihail Asen IV, on right, crowned, standing facing, holding cruciform sceptre in his left hand, together supporting banner between them; stars flanking base of banner; in field to left, Cyrillic monogram of 'pious; flanking banner shaft, Cyrillic monograms of 'Aleksandar' and 'Tsar'; in field to right, Cyrillic monogram of 'Mihail'. Dimnik & Dobrinić 19.1.2; Duchev 41; Raduchev & Zhekov 1.13.3. 43.60gr, 86mm including slab.
NGC graded MS 61 (#8466574-009).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
