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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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Italy. Lucca, Henry III, IV or V AR Denaro. 1039-1125. Possibly contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Blundered legend around monogram / Blundered legend around LVCA around central dot. Cf. Biaggi 1058; cf. MIR 109. 0.82gr, 17mm.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
France, Anjou (County), Foulques V AR Denier. 1109-1129. Angers mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
✠ VRBS ANDEGAVS, monogram of Foulques / ✠ FVLCO COMES, cross cantonnée with A and ⟒ in two quarters. Cf. Duplessy 376. 0.81gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Bulgaria, Second Empire AR Grosh. Ivan Aleksandar, 1331-1371.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Christ standing facing before seat, raising hands in benediction; IC XC flanking head, monograms and pellets to either side / Ivan Aleksandar and Mikhail Asen IV standing facing, each holding cross-tipped sceptre, holding Christogram-tipped staff between them; monograms around figures. Raduchev & Zhekov 1.13.3-6; Youroukova & Penchev 74-80. 1.24gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Lockdales, A82/-, no.398. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
