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LOT 3421
Italy, Venezia (Venice). Giovanni Soranzo AR Grosso. Doge LI, 1312-1328.
Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; IC XV flanking / IO • S•VPANTIO DVX S • M • VЄNЄTI •, Doge, on the left, standing facing, receiving banner from Saint Mark, on the right, standing facing, holding book of Gospels in left hand. Paolucci 2. Very Fine.(1.94gr, 20mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon IV AR Takvorin. 1320-1341. Sis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
King on horseback to right, holding sceptre in his right hand, Ճ and Մ across field / Lion to right with forepaw raised; behind, cross. Cf. Bedoukian 1973. 2.05gr, 20mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hungary. Bela III AE Follis. 1172-1196. Imitation of Islamic Fals.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Garbled Arabic legends in centre and in margin / Garbled Arabic legends in centre and in margin. Huszár 73. 1.76gr, 23mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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.
