LOT 4197
Italy. Sicilia (Regno), Enrico VI (son of Frederick Barbarossa) BI Dirham Fraction. Struck December 1194/5. Palermo mint.
[Z] REX SICIL in two lines; [cross flanked by pellets above], three pellets below / "Harir qaysar al-mu'azzam" in Kufic in three lines. MEC 14, 477-8; Spahr 2. Very Fine.(1.07gr, 11mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4197
Italy. Sicilia (Regno), Enrico VI (son of Frederick Barbarossa) BI Dirham Fraction.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Bulgaria. Second Empire, Mihail Asen III AR Gros. Struck 1323-1329. Veliko Turnovo mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Christ seated facing on throne, raising his right hand in benediction; in fields, IC - XC / Mihail Asen III facing on horseback to right, holding cross-tipped sceptre in his right hand. Raduchev & Zhekov 1.11.11; Youroukova & Penchev 64. 1.21gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Bent flan.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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Crusaders, Achaea (Principality). Charles I de Anjou BI Denier Tournois. AD 1278-1285. Clarenzia (Glarentza) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
✠ 'CLARENTIA', châtel tournois / ✠ 'K • R • PRINC' ACҺ' around cross pattée. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 948-9. 0.74gr, 18mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Amaury BI Denier. 1163-1174.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄM, church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem / AMALRICVS RЄX, cross pattée with annulets in 2nd and 3rd quarters. CCS 25; Metcalf, Crusades 176. 0.86gr, 18mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
