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LOT 3416
Italy. Lucca, Henry III, IV or V BI Denaro. 1039-1125. Possibly contemporary imitation.
Blundered legend around monogram of Henry / Blundered legend around LVCA around central dot. For prototype cf. Biaggi 1058; cf. MIR 109. Fine.(0.83gr, 16mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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. -
France, Kingdom. Philippe IV 'le Bel' (the Fair) AR Gros Tournois. Struck after 1295. Gros tournois à l'O rond.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
✠ BHDICTV ⁝ SIT ⁝ HOᙏЄ ⁝ DHI ⁝ ꞂRI ⁝ DЄI ⁝ IҺV. XPI in outer margin, ✠ PҺILIPPVS REX in inner margin, short cross pattée / ✠ TVROHVS CIVIS around châtel tournois within border of twelve lis. Ciani 201; Duplessy 213. NGC graded GENUINE (#8230595-002).
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Crusader States. Cyprus (Lusignan Kingdom), James I BI Denier. 1382-1398.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
✠ IAQVЄ ROI DЄ, Lion of Cyprus rampant to left / ✠ IЄRVSALЄᙏ CҺ (or similar), central cross pattée with small cross pattée in second quarter. CCS 113b; Metcalf, Crusades -; Wäckerlin -. 0.57gr, 14mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
