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Russian Empire. Alexander II CU 5 Kopecks. Dated 1864. Ekaterinburg mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
5 КОПѢЕКЪ 1864 Е. М. in four lines; all within wreath / Coats of arms, ribbons at crown. Yeoman 6a; Bitkin 302-316. 26.87gr, 37mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Russian Empire. Nicholas II Nickel Pattern 10 Kopeks. Dated 1911. Saint Petersburg, mint. Elikum Babayants, mintmaster.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,510
1911 ГОДА, double-headed imperial eagle with crown above, holding sceptre and orb, shield of St. George on breast with eight provincial coats-of-arms on wings, ribbons on crown, Э Б flanking / РОССIИСКАЯ МОНЕТА above and 10 КОПѢЕКЪ beneath large 10. Bitkin 354(R3); Uzdenikov 4047; Brekke 2; KM Pn161. 4.32gr, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Toned. Extremely rare pattern coin.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
Russia. 1917 Revolution AR 25 Kopeks. Dated 1896. Countermarked on 25 Kopeks of Tsar Nikolai II Aleksandrovich. St. Petersburg or Paris mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Б.М.НИКОЛАЙ II ИМПЕРАТОРЪ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОСС., bare head to left; octagonal countermark: ''Deposition of the Romanov Dynasty. March 1917” in Russian / 25 КОПѢЕКЪ 1896 Г., crowned double-headed eagle facing with wings spread, wearing shield on breast depicting St. George slaying the dragon, with shields arranged across wings, and holding sceptre and orb; crown with ribbons above. For undertype cf. Y 57; cf. Bitkin 95-99, 202. 4.96gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
North Africa. Al-Maghreb, Almohads (al-Muwahhidun) AR Square Dirham. 13th century AD. Ishbiliyya (Seville) mint. Anonymous Christian Imitations.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
'There is no deity but Allah; the entire affair belongs to Allah; there is no strength except with Allah; Ishbiliyya' in Arabic / 'Allah is our Lord; Muhammad is our messenger; al-Mahdi is our leader' in Arabic. Album 497. 1.36gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Saudi Arabia. Kingdom of Hejaz, Hussein bin Ali AE Quarter Qirsh. Dated AH 1334 (AD 1916). Mecca mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Legend in Arabic in the centre and four sections around / Legend in Arabic in the centre and four sections around. KM 22; Schön 2. 1.25gr, 16mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Suspension broken.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Serbia. Milan Obrenovic IV AE 10 Para. Dated 1879. Designs by Ernest Paulin Tasset.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
МИЛАН М. ОБРЕНОВИЋ IV. КЊАЗ СРПСКИ, head of Milan Obrenović IV to left; TASSET below / Crowned denomination above date; all within wreath. KM 8. 9.35gr, 30mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Spain. Kingdom of Castile and Leon, Ferdinand IV BI Denier. 1295-1312. Royal Mint of La Coruña.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
✠ ⁝ F RЄX CASTЄLLЄ, castle, mintmark below / ⁝ ✠ ⁝ ЄT LЄGIONIS, lion to left. AB 321. 0.79gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
South Africa. George VI AR 5 Shillings. Dated 1952. Pretoria mint. 300th anniversary of the founding of Capetown.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Designs by Thomas Humphrey Paget and Marion Walgate. GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX, bare head to left; H P in small lettering beneath truncation / SUID-AFRIKA·1652-1952·SOUTH AFRICA, Jan van Riebeeck's three-master, Drommedaris, sails into Table Bay on 6 April 1652, to establish a new Dutch colony located at what is now Cape Town; Table Mountain is in the background; monogram of VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) in right field, M.W. in small lettering to lower left field; denomination below. KM 41. 28.27gr, 39mm, 12h.
Almost Uncirculated.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Thailand. Rama V One Fuang. 1876-1900.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
His Majesty King Chulalongkorn with uniformed bust facing left / Krung Siam, King Rama V Fuang one, around the state seal. Y# 32 3.75gr, 21mm, 6h.
Fine.
Ex Kunker elive, 43/1021. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
United States of America AR Half Dollar. Dated 1961. Denver mint. 'Franklin' type. Dies by John R. Sinnock and Gilroy Roberts.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
LIBERTY IN GOD WE TRUST, bust of Benjamin Franklin to right; JRS in small lettering on truncation, date to right / UNITED STATES oF AMERICA, Liberty Bell flanked by •E• PLURIBUS UNUM and small eagle; mintmark above, denomination below. KM 199. 12.51gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
United States of America AR Half Dollar. Dated 1953. Denver mint. 'Franklin' type. Dies by John R. Sinnock and Gilroy Roberts.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
LIBERTY IN GOD WE TRUST, bust of Benjamin Franklin to right; JRS in small lettering on truncation, date to right / UNITED STATES oF AMERICA, Liberty Bell flanked by ·E· PLURIBUS UNUM and small eagle; mintmark above, denomination below. KM 199. 12.46gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
United States of America AR 'Walking Liberty' Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1945. Denver mint. Adolph Alexander Weinman, engraver.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
LIBERTY, Liberty walking to left, IN GOD WE TRUST in two lines to right, date below / UNITED · STATES · oF · AMERICA, eagle with wings spread, E · PLURIBUS UNUM in two lines to left, D (mintmark) to lower left, monogram of AAW to lower right, denomination below. KM 142. 12.55gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near UNC.
Ex Stacks, USA. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.