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LOT 3413
Italy. Lucca, Henry III, IV or V AR Denaro. 1039-1125. Possibly contemporary imitation.
Blundered legend around monogram / Blundered legend around LVCA around central dot. Cf. Biaggi 1058; cf. MIR 109. Fine.(0.82gr, 17mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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✠ (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.
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Crusader States. Cyprus (Lusignan Kingdom), Peter I AR Gros. 1359-1369. Nicosia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
+ PIЄR[...]CЄ D' DIЄ RO, Peter enthroned facing, holding sword and globus cruciger; to left, bird standing to right; cross on throne; shield to lower right / + D[...] D CҺIPR', Jerusalem cross, with square voided centre. Cf. CCS 82. 4.48gr, 24mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Italy. Lucca, Henry III, IV or V AR Denaro. 1039-1125.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
✠ IMPERATOR around monogram of Henry / ✠ HENRICVS around LVCA around central dot. Biaggi 1058; MIR 109. 0.90gr, 16mm.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
