374, Lot: 646. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CRUSADERS, Antioch. Anonymous. 12th-13th centuries. Æ Fractional Denier (18mm, 1.17 g, 10h). Type C1. Antioch mint. + PRIH[C]ЄP(retrograde S), cross pattée; pellets in quarters; double-barred H / + AHTIOCHIЄ, stylized church or high altar; pellets decorating top bar of A; first H double-barred with pellet on each bar; second H double-barred only. Metcalf,
Crusades 465 (same obv. die); CCS 19 (
temp Raymond de Poitiers). VF, brown patina, areas of weak strike at periphery.