CNG 100, Lot: 481. Estimate $500. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Christian-Arab Bezants. 12th-13th centuries. AV Bezant (21mm, 3.16 g, 6h). Acre mint. Dated 125[...] (in Arabic alphanumeration). ilah/wa ahd (God and One) in Arabic in two lines; : + : al-ab wa al-ibn wa al-ruh al-qudus (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) in Arabic in inner margin; [: + : mint formula and Arabic alphanumeric AD date in outer margin] / Large cross pattée; : + : qiyamatzah wa biya w-ifita (and resurrection, and through whom we are delivered and pardoned) in Arabic in inner margin; : + : zafithir bi-salib rabba yasua al-masih aldiya biya salamtanah wa (awe are glorified in the Cross of Lord Jesus the Messiah in whom we receive our salvation and life) in Arabic in outer margin. Balog & Yvon 40; Metcalf, Crusades, 142-5; CCS 6. VF, areas of weak strike. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Sotheby’s (1 October 1987), lot 172.