326, Lot: 659. Estimate $150. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Anonymous (?) Royal / Patriarchal. 12th century. BI Denier (17mm, 1.04 g, 5h). + CRVCIS (retrograde, with triple pellet stops), cross pattée / Patriarchal cross on pedestal; palms and stars flanking. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 201 and p. 64; cf. A.J. Seltman, “Coins of the Crusaders,” NumCirc LXXIV.2 (February 1966), p. 32, fig. 3; cf. Schlumberger pl. XIX, 3; cf. CCS 47; cf. Porteous 60. VF, areas of weak strike, a few deposits.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.