Catalogue
Crusader Coinage, Antioch, Bohemond IV (1163-1188) and later until 1216 under , silver deniers, class C & K, obv. head to left, star behind, rev. cross crescent in one corner, legend around, (Metcalf 262-6, 316, cf.Sch. Pl.V, 1). Good very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Crusader Coinage, Athens, William I (1280-1287) or Guy II (1287-1308), silver denier, obv. cross around +GVIDVX:ATEHES, rev. chatel, around +THEBAHI VIVIS, (Metcalf Ashmolean Colln. 788). Nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Empire of Trebizond, John II, (A.D. 1280-1297), silver asper, (2.894 grams), obv. St. Eugenius standing holding long staff, O EVGENI to left and right, rev. John standing holding labarum and skakia, (cf.S.2608, Retowshi 25 [p.82, Pl.VI]). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
France, Louis the Pius, (814-840), silver denier, no mint name, 3rd issue after 822, obv. cross, dots in angles, rev. temple, both sides with blundered inscriptions, (Roberts 1223/1221 variant with reversed S in legend); other medieval issues including Byzantine, bracteates (3) etc. The first coin very fine, others poor - very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
France, Henry II (1547-1559). billon douzain aux croissants, 1550H (La Rochelle mint), (Roberts 3183). Weak in places nearly very fine, scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
France, Provence, Robert the Wise, (A.D. 1309-1343), as count of Provence, struck at Avignon (1330-1339), silver gigliati, obv.seated ruler on throne facing holding orb with cross and sceptre, around +ROBERT DEI GRA IhR ET SICIL REX, rev. floriated cross, with lis in each angle, around COMES PUINCIE ET FORCALQERII, (Rolland 51a [p.216], CNI XIX, 99 [p.32, cf.Plate II, 22]). Dark attractive tone, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Greece, Frankish Greece, silver denier tournois, Touraine, imported to Greece from the mint of the Abbey of Saint-Martin of Tours, c.1225/35-1260/1270, (Metcalf 916-920). Nearly very fine, rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
Italy, Genoa, silver scudo, 1635, obv. crowned porta crosses at side, rev. cross with stars in angles, (D.3900). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Italy, Venice, Bartolomeo Gradenigo (1339-1342), silver grosso, obv. Doge and St. Mark, rev. Christ seated on throne, (Biaggi 2814). Extremely fine as struck.
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Italy, Venice, Andrea Contarini (1368-1382), silver grosso, obv. Doge and St. Mark, rev. Christ seated on throne, (Biaggi 2844). Good very fine, scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Spain, Alfonso II (of Barcelona), (Alfonso III of Aragon), (1291-1327), silver croat, (Cayon 1720). Unevenly toned obverse, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Medieval, various silver coins, South Germany, Ottakar II, (c.1251-1276) silver pfennigs (2), obv. crowned lion left; Bohemia, silver gros of Charles (Karl) IV (1346-1378); Poland, 1526 hemigros of Swidnice under Louis of Hungary (Czapski 214) (2), obv. eagle, rev. crown; Crusader issue, denier of Cyprus, Hugh I (1218-1253), (cf.Met. 470). The last with small holes, otherwise fine - very fine, the Louis of Hungary issues rare. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Medieval silver coinage, Spanish Netherlands, Philip the Good, (1419-1467), double gros, Flanders mint, (VG & H 9.2); Albert & Isabella, (1598-1621), quarter of a patagon, Flanders mint, (VG & H 313-6); United Netherlands, Groningen, 1599, silver six sous (stuivers); Utrecht, six stuivers 1687, (KM.60.3); France, Charles VIII, (1483-1498), blanc au la couronne, (Roberts 3022), another a karolus for Brittany, (Roberts 64); others in silver 12th - 15th century Low Countries (3) copper (2, one a jeton). Good - very fine. (11)
Estimate $200
SOLD $100