Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 119 | Auction date: 24 April 2024 |
Lot number: 2895 Price realized: 35 GBP (Approx. 44 USD / 41 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: Crusader States, Edessa (County). Richard of Salerno, as regent, Æ Follis. 1104-1108. Half-length bust of Christ, nimbate, raising hand in benediction / [KЄ BOHΘ PIK]AP ΔѠ in four lines; traces of undertype: large cross pattée on two steps, wedge in each angle; B-Λ-Δ-N in quarters. Metcalf, Crusades 1995, p. 33, Richard Class 2 = J. Porteous, The early coinage of the counts of Edessa, NC 1975, pp. 177-8, 15; CCS 4. 7.83g, 25mm, 12h. Very Fine; attractive brown patina, overstruck on a follis of Baldwin I or Baldwin II (CCS 1b). Estimate: 50 GBP |