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LOT 3423
Italy. Milano (Seignory), Gian Galeazzo Visconti AR Pegione-Grosso da 1 1/2 Soldi. Struck 1382/3-1398. New coinage.
St. Ambrosius seated facing, holding flail and crozier; annulets flanking / Serpent to left, flanked by G 3 within quadrilobe; lis in spandrels. MIR 121/1; Crippa 4/A; MEC 12, 635-8. Very Fine.(2.28gr, 25mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3423
Italy. Milano (Seignory), Gian Galeazzo Visconti AR Pegione-Grosso da 1 1/2 Soldi.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Italy. Lucca, Henry III, IV or V AR Denaro. 1039-1125.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Illegible inscription around monogram of Henry / Illegible inscription around LVCA around central dot. Biaggi 1058; MIR 109. 0.97gr, 17mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin III BI Denier. 1143-1163.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄH, tower of David / BALDVIHVS RЄX, cross pattée. Cf. CCS 18. 0.82gr, 17mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crusaders, Epirus (Despotate). Philippe de Taranto BI Denier Tournois. 1294-1313. Lepanto (modern Nafpaktos) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ (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.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
