| Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 203 | Silver | Auction date: 24 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 643 Price realized: 60 EUR (Approx. 65 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: France. Limoges (abbay de Saint-Martial) AD 1100-1300. Denier AR 19 mm, 0,89 g SES • MARCIAE, facing bust of St. Martial / + LEMOVICENSIS, cross pattée; annulets around. Very Fine Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 191. Starting price: 50 EUR |  |
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| Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 193 | Silver | Auction date: 28 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 296 Price realized: 120 EUR (Approx. 130 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Crusaders. Amaury. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem AD 1163-1174. Denier AR 17 mm, 0,82 g AMALRICVS REX, cross pattée with annulets in 2nd and 3rd quarters / + DE IERVSALEM Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Very Fine Metcalf, Crusades 179. Starting price: 50 EUR |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 6298 Price realized: 4,200 CHF (Approx. 4,774 USD / 4,434 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ARMENIA, Cilician Armenia. Royal. Levon I, 1198-1219. Denier (Billon, 18 mm, 0.80 g, 8 h), Sis. Coronation issue, 1198. ✠ RЄX ARMENOR Crowned facing bust of Levon I. Rev. ✠ LЄO DЄI GRATIA Cross pattée. AC 10. CCA 281 var. (ARMENIOR). S. Moeller: Eine neue Bewertung der Deniers von König Levon I. von Kilikisch-Armenien, in: NNB 65/1 (2016), pp. 93-94, and idem: Neue Überlegungen zur Münzreform König Levons I. (1187-1219) von Armenien, in: GN 304 (2019), pp. 208-213. Very rare with Latin legends. Somewhat porous and with minor areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. This coin is Levon's only denier with Latin legends and titles and as such of the greatest interest. It was struck in Sis, but it has been suggested by Bedoukian that it was intended for circulation in Antioch once the great Crusader city would have been captured by the king. However, S. Moeller has recently come out against this theory, arguing that a permanent incorporation of Antioch into the Armenian realm would have lead to an unsustainable break with the Pope and the Crusader states and therefore was outside of Levon's scope. Rather, he connects the issue to Levon's coronation to king in 1198, an epochal event in Armenian history, which was celebrated in Sis in accord with, and in presence of, the papal legate, Archbishop Conrad of Mainz. Moeller suggests that the very rare Latin deniers may have been distributed to Levon's occidental supporters during the coronation, whereas the more common coins with Armenian legends were addressing his local subjects instead. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 6299 Price realized: 2,800 CHF (Approx. 3,183 USD / 2,956 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ARMENIA, Cilician Armenia. Royal. Levon I, 1198-1219. Denier (Billon, 16 mm, 0.81 g, 12 h), Sis. Coronation issue, 1198. ✠ RЄX ARMENOR Crowned facing bust of Levon I. Rev. ✠ LЄO DЄI GRATIA Cross pattée. AC 10. CCA 281 var. (ARMENIOR). S. Moeller: Eine neue Bewertung der Deniers von König Levon I. von Kilikisch-Armenien, in: NNB 65/1 (2016), pp. 93-94, and idem: Neue Überlegungen zur Münzreform König Levons I. (1187-1219) von Armenien, in: GN 304 (2019), pp. 208-213. Very rare with Latin legends. Some deposits and with a few light scratches, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. This coin is Levon's only denier with Latin legends and titles and as such of the greatest interest. It was struck in Sis, but it has been suggested by Bedoukian that it was intended for circulation in Antioch once the great Crusader city would have been captured by the king. However, S. Moeller has recently come out against this theory, arguing that a permanent incorporation of Antioch into the Armenian realm would have lead to an unsustainable break with the Pope and the Crusader states and therefore was outside of Levon's scope. Rather, he connects the issue to Levon's coronation to king in 1198, an epochal event in Armenian history, which was celebrated in Sis in accord with, and in presence of, the papal legate, Archbishop Conrad of Mainz. Moeller suggests that the very rare Latin deniers may have been distributed to Levon's occidental supporters during the coronation, whereas the more common coins with Armenian legends were addressing his local subjects instead. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
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| Monnaies d'Antan > Auction 34 | Auction date: 25 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 780 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: France - Limousin - Abbaye de Saint-Martial - Denier (1106-1160). A/ SCS MARCIAL. Buste barbu de face. R/ LEMOVICENSIS. Croix limousine. TTB Bd.392 (3f)-Dup.883 Ar ; 0.89 gr ; 19 mm Collection M VDB. Starting price: 40 EUR |  |
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| Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 198 | Silver | Auction date: 25 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 328 Price realized: 55 EUR (Approx. 59 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: France. Philipp IV the Fair AD 1285-1314. Gros Tournois AR 24 mm, 2,86 g TVRONVS CIVIS around chatel tournois within border of twelve lis / BHDICTV SIT HOME DHI NRI DЄI IҺV XPI in outer margin, PҺILIPVS REX in inner margin, cross in the centre. Very Fine, pierced cf. Duplessy 202 and 213. Philippe IV le Bel (the Fair), King of France from 1285 to 1314, was known for his striking appearance and authoritative reign, which marked significant political and financial reforms in medieval France. Among his notable contributions to the realm's monetary system was the introduction of the Gros tournois, a silver coin that played a crucial role in the economic life of medieval Europe. This coin, characterized by its distinctive design featuring a cross surrounded by the legend of the king's name and title, facilitated trade and commerce not only within France but also across Europe. Philippe IV's Gros tournois is remembered as a symbol of his efforts to stabilize and standardize the French currency, reflecting his broader ambitions to consolidate royal power and enhance the administrative efficiency of his kingdom Starting price: 50 EUR |  |
