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AR Denier 19mm. 0.86g. Thebes Mint Cross pattée. Châtel Tournois (castle motif); pierced mullet below. Metcalf (Latin East) 1077 VF. Lightly toned. Scarce variety. |
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AR Dirhem 21mm. 2.77g. Acre mint, or Syrian mint near Aleppo? Dated AH620 (1223/1224 AD) Proper Arabic Islamic inscription within Solomon's Seal; Islamic legend around. Proper Arabic Islamic inscription within Solomon's Seal; Islamic legend around. Metcalf CCLE 217; CCS pg. 133, 1; cf. Album 836 VF. Unevenly struck. Lightly cleaned. These issues were struck in the name of al-Zahir Ghazi, but all dated posthumously. They are often slightly debased or underweight. It is thought that the type was issued with the permission of the Franks or Ayyubids to facilitate local commerce in Syria. |
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AR Denier au Typ Genes 17mm. 0.91g. Struck circa after 1232? Cross pattée. Genoese style tower, pellet at center. Metcalf CCLE 648ff.; CCS pg. 282, 25c Good VF. Lustrous, with a bit of brown encrustation. Amongst the earliest medieval Cypriot coinage. |
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AR Denier au Typ Genes 17mm. 0.70g. Struck circa after 1232? Cross pattée. Genoese style tower, pellet at center. Metcalf CCLE 648ff.; CCS pg. 282, 25c EF. Lustrous, with a bit of brown encrustation. Flan split at edge, but boldly struck. Amongst the earliest medieval Cypriot coinage. |
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AR Gros Grand 25mm. 4.40g. Famagusta or Paphos mint? Crowned figure seated facing on curule chair with lion finials, holding globus cruciger and sceptre; B in left field. Jerusalem cross. Metcalf CCLE 756.; CCS 69 Good VF. Lightly toned. Mildly chrystalized. The field mark B without a superscript annulet appears to be considerably scarcer than that with the o over B. |
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AR Gros Grand 25mm. 4.57g. Nicosia mint? First series, no field mark; two lines at neck. Crowned figure seated facing on curule chair with lion finials, holding globus cruciger and sceptre; no field marks. Jerusalem cross. Metcalf CCLE 733-734.; CCS pg. 282, 25c Choice EF. Sharply struck, with an appealing portrait. |
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AR Gros Grand 26mm. 4.57g. Nicosia mint? First series, no field mark; two lines at neck. Crowned figure seated facing on curule chair with lion finials, holding globus cruciger and sceptre; no field marks. Jerusalem cross. Metcalf CCLE 733-734.; CCS pg. 282, 25c Good VF. Struck with a bulged and worn die, nearly as struck. |
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AR Gigliato 28mm. 3.84g. Uncertain Levantine mint Struck after 1400 Grandmaster kneeling left before patriarchal cross; cross badge on shoulder; leopard arms in right field Compound cross-fleury crosslet Metcalf 1219 Good VF. Lustrous with light toning in legends. Double struck with some faint porosity near edges.
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AR Gros 25mm. 4.61g. Crowned figure seated facing on Gothic chaise, holding sword and globus cruciger; rosette on chaise and shield before. Finely rendered Jerusalem cross with pierced center. Metcalf CCLE 782; CCS 82 EF. Lustrous with choice toning. Flan is a bit irregular. |
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AR Denier 19mm. 0.85g. Clarenza Mint Cross pattee. Châtel Tournois (castle motif). Metcalf (Latin East) 983 VF. Lightly toned. |
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AR Denier 19mm. 0.78g. Clarenza Mint Cross pattee. Châtel Tournois (castle motif) surmounted by cross, pellet to either side, fleur de lis below; lis at beginning and end of legend. Metcalf (Latin East) 979 VF. Lightly toned. |
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Æ Follis 24mm. 3.37g. 4th Type, Antiochene Coppers Nimbate bust of Christ; IC-XC flanking. Cross pommée above floral sprays (forming the Tree of Life); TA-NK/P-H inscribed in quadrants. Metcalf, 81; CCS 5; Schlumberger pl. II, 8 Good VF. Rare. A bit porous and cleaned in appearance, but yet a spectacular example. |
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AR Denier 18mm. 0.91g. Helmet Denier, Class E Helmeted head left (with cross) in mail coat; crescent before, star after. Cross pattée; crescent in 2nd quadrant. Metcalf LE 400; CCS 67b VF. Toned. Light porosity. |
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AV Bezant (Dinar) 24mm. 3.29g. Third phase, circa 1187 AD Pseudo-Arabic inscription within two rings; legend around. Pseudo-Cufic legends. Balog & Yvon 7; Metcalf, Crusades 487; CCS 4a Good VF. Scarce earlier type. Original flan crack from time of manufacture visible, but resealed by striking the coin. Caliph al-Mustansir ruled from 1036-1094. This earlier imitative type features obviously blocky calligraphy in the spirit of the original Islamic type, but blundered. It lacks the Cross, and letters B or T added later on more common types. |
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Bi 4 Carzie 18mm. 2.07g. Venice mint? Issued for Cyprus Cross pattée quartered with lozenges. Nimbate lion rampant left. Papadopoli 33; Paolucci 15; Gamberini 446 UNC. A bit toned, but much of the original silvering remains. Scarce, Rare in this grade. Double struck obverse. This is the last European colonial issue of Cyprus before the Ottomans expelled the Venetians from the island. This coin sought to appear similar to the Sixains of Jean II minted on Cyprus a hundred years prior. |
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AR Penny 17mm. 1.14g. York mint, moneyer: Thor. Facing Bust type, struck 1062-1065 Crowned facing bust, with beaded drapery. Small cross, annulet northwest in field. North 830; Seaby 1183 Good VF. Attractive dark toning. Although Edward the Confessor was a Saxon and not a Viking, this Viking age coin was obviously struck by a Northman working in Jorvik. Includes John J. Pittman collection ticket, August 6-8, 1999, No. 3695. |
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AR Penny 20mm. 1.34g. Chichester Mint; Brunman monyer. Crowned facing bust, holding sceptre. Cross pattée quartered by P A X S in annulets. North 850; S 1257 EF. Nicely toned. |
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AR Penny 18mm. 1.46g. Canterbury Mint; Class 7b; Roger moneyer. Crowned facing bust, holding sceptre. Voided short-cross with quatrefoil in each angle. SCBI 56 1999; N 979; S 1356B Good VF. Nicely toned. Flan a bit wavy. |
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AR Penny 18mm. 1.46g. Canterbury Mint; Class IIIb; Nicole moneyer. Crowned facing head. Long voided-cross with trefoils in angles. S 1363 VF. Toned. Includes old collection envelope. |
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AR Penny 19mm. 1.42g. Canterbury Mint; Class 7b; Tomas moneyer. Crowned facing bust, holding sceptre. Voided short-cross with quatrefoil in each angle. SCBI 56 2009; S 1356B VF. Toned. |
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Reduced from: $135