LOT 4138
Italian States, Venezia (Venice, Republic), Francesco Veniero BI Carzie. 1554-1556. Struck for circulation in Cyprus.
✠ S • MARCVS • VENETVS, lion rampant to left / ✠ FRAN • VENERIO • DVX •, cross pattée. Tziambazis II 2; Paolucci 15. Near Very Fine.(0.45gr, 14mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceEx Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s.
Property of a North London, UK, private collector.
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LOT 4138
Italian States, Venezia (Venice, Republic), Francesco Veniero BI Carzie.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Crusaders. Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, Henry II BI Denier. 1285-1324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ IRL'ᙏ ЄD CҺIPR, rampant lion to left / ✠ ҺЄNRI RЄI DЄ, cross pattée. Metcalf, Crusades 729; CCS 66a. 0.70gr, 17mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s. Property of a North London, UK, private collector. -
Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Amaury BI Denier. 1163-1174.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄM, church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem / AMALRICVS RЄX, cross pattée with annulets in 2nd and 3rd quarters. Metcalf, Crusades 176; CCS 25. 0.76gr, 17mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Belgian States. County of Loon, Arnold V AR Sterling. 1279-1323. Hasselt mint. Edwardian Sterling imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
✠ COMES ⁑ ARꞂOLDVS, crowned facing bust / MOꞂ-ЄTA COMI-TIS, cross pattée, three pellets in each angle. Cf. Lucas 35; cf. Baerten 17; cf. Mayhew Sterling 59. 1.25gr, 19mm, 4h.
Very Fine. Some deposits, scratches on obverse. Rare.
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
The bust appears to be wearing a crown, but not the usual one with roses.
