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Bulgaria. Republic CU 2 Leva. Dated 2016. Sofia mint. Commemorative issue of 150 Years since the Birth of Pencho Slaveikov. Dies by Plamen Chernev.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
150 ГОДИНИ ОТ РОЖДЕНИЕТО НА ПЕНЧО СЛАВЕЙКОВ in two lines in left field, bust of poet Pencho Slaveikov slightly to left, his signature below / БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА, coat-of-arms, date and denomination below. KM 338. NGC graded PF 69 RD ULTRA CAMEO (#8221825-003).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Bulgaria. Boris III AR 100 Leva. Dated 1934. London or Belgrade mint. Designs by Percy Metcalfe.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
БОРИСЪ III ЦАРЬ на БЪЛГАРИТѢ (Борис III), bare head of Boris III to left; PM below / 100 LEVA 1937 in three lines above rose flower with grain sprigs flanking; P M below. KM 45; Schön 47.1-2. 19.90gr, 34mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Tristan da Cunha. Elizabeth II AR Pound. Dated 2015. Commemorative issue of the Longest Reigning Monarch.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II • TDC, crowned head of Elizabeth II to right, date below / 6th FEBRUARY 1952 • LONGEST REIGNING MONARCH • 9th SEPTEMBER 2015, the Queen's Royal Coat of Arms, denomination below. N#452837 10.11gr, 22mm, 12h.
Almost Uncirculated.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. With Certificate of Authencity from the Jubilee Mint. -
Ceylon. Victoria AE One Cent. Dated 1870.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
VICTORIA QUEEN with bust facing left / CEYLON FIVE CENTS with palm tree in centre and date below. KM# 92. 4.78gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near UNC.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Cyprus. Windsor, George V AR Forty-Five Piastres. Dated 1928. Royal mint. Commemorative issue of 50 Years of Cyprus under British Rule.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Designs by Edgar Bertram MacKennal and George Kruger Gray. GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET IND: IMP:, crowned bust of King George V to left; B.M. in small lettering on truncation / 1878 CYPRUS 1928 FORTY FIVE PIASTRES, two lions in centre; K·G below. KM 19. 28.24gr, 39mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
France. First Empire, Napoléon I AR Medallet. Dated L'An 13 (AD 1804). Commemorative issue of Coronation of Napoléon I. Dies by Jeuffroy. Denon, director.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR, laureate head to right; DEN. JEUFF in two lines beneath truncation / LE SENAT ET LE PEUPLE, mantled figure of Napoléon standing facing, holding eagle-tipped sceptre, being carried by a senator to left and a solider to right; to left, book, plowshare to right; in exergue, D AN XIII J. Bramsen 330. 1.34gr, 13mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
France. Third Republic AR 2 Francs Folding Magnifier. Dated 1915.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, female figure to left, sowing seed "La Semeuse"; O. Roty below / LIBERTE · EGALITE · FRATERNITE, denomination above branch; date below. KM 845.1. 16.43gr, 31mm including loop.
Fine. Loop detached from one side.
Ex Coincraft, London, UK. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Germany. Brunswick-Lunsburg, Hanover, George I Two Mariengroschen. 1708.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
*II* / MARIEN / GROS: / FEIN.S. / H.B with GEORG:LVD:D.G.D.BR.ET.LVN:S.R.I.EL.* around / S·ANDREAS·REVIVISCENS *1708* around Saint Andrew carrying his cross. Welter# 2201, KM# 52. 1.09gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Germany. Free imperial city of Nürnberg, Louis XV Brass Rechenpfennig. No date (circa 1737-1760). Design by Johann Adam Vogel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
LVD • XV • D-G • FR • E • N • REX, laureate bust to right / IOH : ADAM VOGEL RECHEN PF :, two interlaced crowned Ls within two branches. 0.97gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
German States. Hannover (Kingdom), Wilhelm IV AR Thaler. Dated 1834. Hanover mint. Ludwig August Brüel, Mint Master.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
WILHELM IV KOENIG V. GR. BRIT. U. HANNOVER, bare head to right, B below / EIN THALER. XIV. EINE F. M., crowned coat-of-arms, date below. Edge inscription: NEC ASPERA TERRENT. AKS 62; Jaeger 8; KM 164; Davenport GT III 662. 22.07gr, 35mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Guernsey. Hanover, Victoria, AE 1 Double. Dated 1889. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
1 DOUBLE 1889 H (mintmark) in four lines / National arms, GUERNESEY below. KM 10. 2.18gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near UNC.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Hungary. Bela III AE Follis. 1172-1196. Imitation of Islamic Fals.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Garbled Arabic legends in centre and in margin / Garbled Arabic legends in centre and in margin. Huszár 73. 1.76gr, 23mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.