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LOT 3485
Hungary. Bela III AE Follis. 1172-1196. Imitation of Islamic Fals.
Garbled Arabic legends in centre and in margin / Garbled Arabic legends in centre and in margin. Huszár 73. Good Very Fine.(1.76gr, 23mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Amaury BI Denier. 1163-1174.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄM, church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem / AMALRICVS RЄX ⦂, cross pattée with annulets in 2nd and 3rd quarters. CCS 23; Metcalf, Crusades 171. 0.83gr, 17mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Italy, Venezia (Venice). Giovanni Mocenigo AR Marcello. Doge LXXII, 1479-1480.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
TIBI SOI GLORIΛ•, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; barred IC XC across fields / IO•MOCENIGO DVX S•M•VENETI, St. Mark standing to right, holding Gospels and presenting banner to Doge kneeling to left; F-F across fields. Paolucci 3; Montenegro 230. 2.94gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Stewart. Ex Baldwins, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Crusaders, Epirus (Despotate). Philippe de Taranto BI Denier Tournois. 1294-1313. Lepanto (modern Nafpaktos) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ (lis) PҺS • P. TAR DЄSP., cross pattée / ✠ (nail) NЄPANTI CIVIS •, château tournois. Cf. CCS 111a; Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 1082. 0.79gr, 19mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
