LOT 3623
Italy, Apulia (Duchy). Rugerro Borsa AE Follaro. 1085-1111.
Salerno mint. Nimbate and draped bust of Saint Matthew facing and holding gospel; S ᙏ across fields / ROGE-RIVS DVX in three lines; star(?) above. MEC 14, 104; MIR 555. Biaggi 2268 (doppio follaro). Near Very Fine. Double struck.(7.23gr, 32mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd, Auction 86, 17 December 2023, lot 717 (seller's ticket included).
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Crusaders, Antioch (Principality). Bohémond IV AE Pougeoise. 1201-1216.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ BOAMVNDVS, fleur-de-lis with triangular foot; pellet in each angle, within linear border / ✠ ANTIOCHIA, cross pattée, star in each angle, within dotted border. CCS 81; cf. Metcalf, Crusades 1995, 471-9. 0.67gr, 16mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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Carolingians, Charles the Simple, as Charles IV, King of West Francia, AR Denier. 898-922.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Metalo (Melle) mint. ✠ CΛRLVS REX R, cross pattée / METΛLO in two lines; pellet above. Depeyrot 629 var. (obv. legend); M&G -; MEC -; Fécamp 8381-7. 0.72gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Hungary, Kingdom. Béla III AE Scyphate Rézpénz. 1172-1196.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
SANCTA MARIA, the Virgin seated facing, holding sceptre and infant Christ; crosses across upper fields / RЄX BЄLA RЄX STS, Bela III and Steven III enthroned facing, each holding sceptre and globus cruciger; at bottom, III within border. Unger 114; Huszar 72; CNH 98-100. 2.32gr, 26mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
