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LOT 3415
Italy. Lucca, Henry III, IV or V AR Denaro. 1039-1125.
Blundered legend around monogram of Henry / Blundered legend around LVCA around central dot. Cf. Biaggi 1058; cf. MIR 109. Good Fine.(0.85gr, 16mm.).
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 Soranzo AR Grosso. Doge LI, 1312-1328.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; IC XV flanking / IO • S•VPANTIO DVX S • M • VЄNЄTI •, Doge, on the left, standing facing, receiving banner from Saint Mark, on the right, standing facing, holding book of Gospels in left hand. Paolucci 2. 1.94gr, 20mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Bulgaria. Second Empire, Ivan Aleksandar, with Michael Asen IV AR Gros. 1331-1371. Vidin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Christ standing facing before seat, raising both hands in benediction; in field to left, IC over monogram; in field to right, XC over monogram / Ivan Aleksandar standing facing on the left, holding cruciform sceptre in his right hand, and Mihail Asen IV standing facing on the right, holding cruciform sceptre in his left hand; both holding christogram-tipped staff flanked by stars between them; in lower fields to left and right, monograms. Raduchev/Zhekov 1.13, 3-6. 1.67gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
