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LOT 3412
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.(0.86gr, 15mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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