Lot 1716

Description

France, Provincial, Poitou, Alphonse de Poitiers, (1249-1271), billon denier Tournois, 18 mm, (0.85 g), obv. + ALFVNSVS COMES around cross pattee, rev. + PICTAVIENSIS, chatel tournois, (Boudeau 431, Duplessy 931. Poey d'Avant 2583) (illustrated) (ex Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin December 1978 [item P270]); another, La Marche. Perigord (county), anonymous, (12th century) billon denier, 15 mm, (0.64 g), obv. + LODOICVS,, cross pattee quartered with V and 3, rev. ECOLISSIME, five annulets in cruciform, (Boudeau 451; Roberts 4349); Orange, Philippe de Hochberg (1478-1482), billon denier, 16mm, (0.73 g), (MA 1524-1), (ex Jean Elsen list L.211 (item 502P); Penthievre, Stephen, count of Penthievre (1093-1136), (0.86 g), Guingamp mint. obv. short cross pattee, star in 1st and 2nd angle STEPhAN' COM, rev. head right GVINGAP, (Jezequel P1b var.; Bigot 196-197 var.) broken edges; Porcien, Gaucher de Chatillon, (1313-1322), silver esterlin, 1318-1322 (?), (1.05 g), Yves mint (near Florennes, Belgium), obv. crowned and draped facing bust + GALCS COMES PORCI, rev. long cross pattee, MON-ETA- OVX- D.VE, (Mayhew 244), (ex Attenborough Hoard [No.1420], Geoff K. Gray and Suttons Auctions 1973); Provincial, Provence, Charles I d'Anjou, (1246-1266) billon denier Tournois, 18 mm, (0.77 g), obv. + K? CO: P? FI? RE? F around cross pattee. Rev. + PROVINCIALIS, chatel tournois with lis-shaped steeple), (Duplessy 1616, Boudeau 811). Mostly very good - fine, several scarce. (6)

Ex Dr. L.J. Sherwin Collection, mostly purchased in 1970s.