Leu Numismatik

Web Auction 13  –  15 - 16 August 2020

Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 13

Celtic, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval and Modern coins

Part 1: Sa, 15.08.2020, from 2:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Su, 16.08.2020, from 2:00 PM CEST
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Description

CRUSADERS. Antioch. Tancred, regent, 1101-1112. Follis (Bronze, 22 mm, 2.54 g, 6 h). Ο / ΠΕ-Τ/P/O/C Nimbate bust of St. Peter facing, raising his right hand in benediction and holding cross in his left. Rev. KЄBOI / ΘHTOΔV / ΛΟCOVT/ ANHPI ('Lord, help your servant Tancred' in Greek) in four lines; below, cross. Metcalf, Crusades, 53. MPS 3a. Porteous 16. Wäckerlin 79 ff. Very fine.

This is probably the earliest issue struck under Tancred, the Prince of Galilee, and it bears the image of Antioch's patron saint St. Peter, who was the first Patriarch of Antioch according to early Christian sources and the 9th century Liber Pontificalis.

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Price realized 90 CHF
Starting price 25 CHF
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