LOT 4264
Ottoman Empire. Ahmed III AR Para. Dated AH 1115 (AD 1704) Qustantînîya (Constantinople) mint.
Toughra / Mint and date. KM 139.1. Good Fine. Edge chipped.(0.36gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Crusaders. Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, Henri II AR Gros. Struck circa 1310-1315(?). Nicosia(?) mint. Series 1A.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ҺЄꞂRI RЄI DЄ, Henry seated facing on throne decorated with lions, holding lis-tipped sceptre and globus cruciger; six-pointed star to left / ✠ IЄRVSAL' ᙏ Є D’ CҺIPR’, cross of Jerusalem. Metcalf, Crusades 676-82; CCS 58. 4.15gr, 26mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2010. Property of a North London, UK, private collector. -
Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin III(?) BI Denier. 1143-1163.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
BALDVINVS RЄX, cross pattée / ✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄM, tower of David. Cf. CCS 10. 0.65gr, 17mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Holed.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Belgian States. County of Loon, Arnold V AR Sterling. 1279-1323. Hasselt mint. Edwardian Sterling imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
✠ COMES ⁑ ARꞂOLDVS, crowned facing bust / MOꞂ-ЄTA COMI-TIS, cross pattée, three pellets in each angle. Cf. Lucas 35; cf. Baerten 17; cf. Mayhew Sterling 59. 1.25gr, 19mm, 4h.
Very Fine. Some deposits, scratches on obverse. Rare.
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
The bust appears to be wearing a crown, but not the usual one with roses.
