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Low Countries. Duchy of Brabant, John I van Brabant AR Groot. 1289. Brussels mint. Edwardian Sterling Imitations, series.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Crowned facing bust / Long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Ghyssens 5; Mayhew 44. 1.22gr, 20mm, 8h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
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Low Countries. Flanders, Charles the Bold AR Double Patard. 1467-1477.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Shield with Burgundian arms / Short floriate cross with fleur-de-lis in centre. Gelder Hoc 23-3; Boudeau 2267; Vanhoudt 32-BG. 2.26gr, 24mm, 3h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
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Low Countries. Flanders, Charles the Bold AR Double Patard. 1467-1477.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Shield with Burgundian arms / Short floriate cross with fleur-de-lis in centre. Gelder Hoc 23-3; Boudeau 2267; Vanhoudt 32-BG. 2.59gr, 25mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
New Zealand. Elizabeth II Copper-Nickel Dollar. Dated 1970. Second Portrait Commemorative issue of the 200th anniversary of the discovery of the Cook Islands by Captain James Cook in 1770 and the Royal visit to New Zealand in 1970.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Designs by Arnold Machin and George James Berry. ELIZABETH II NEW ZEALAND 1970, crowned bust of Queen Elizabeth II to right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara / COOK ISLANDS JAMES COOK, image of Captain James Cook's ship Endeavour sailing to right, 1/4 left facing portrait of Cook himself to right, denomination below. KM 43. 132gr inc. box, 34mm.
Billiant Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Mexico (New Spain). Carlos IV, King of Spain AR 8 Reales. Dated 1807TH. Casa de Moneda de México mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
CAROLUS · IIII · DEI · GRATIA, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, date below / · HISPAN · ET IND · REX · Mo · 8R · T · H ·, crowned arms flanked by pillars of Hercules ornamented with banners. KM 109. 26.65gr, 40mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Graffito on obverse.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
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Ottoman Empire. Mustafa III AR 5 Para. Dated AH 1171 (AD 1757).
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Toughra / Legend in four lines containing date. KM 300. 2.01gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Russia. Kievan Rus (Principality), Vladimir Olgerdovich AR Denaras. 1362-1394. Imitation of a Golden Horde dang.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Pseudo-Arabic legend / Pseudo-Arabic legend. Numista #197943; for type, cf. Ivanauskas 9J1-1 & Zeno 140295; for rev., cf. Spassky fig. 59, 18. 0.29gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Russian Empire. Catherine II CU Polushka (1/4 Kopeck). 1794. Suzun mint.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
St. George on horseback to right, slaying dragon with spear; К-M across fields, denomination on scroll below / Crowned monogram, date across fields; all within wreath. Bitkin 852. 2.43gr, 19mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., The GK Collection Part II, 24 March 2023, lot 269. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Russian Empire. Nicholas II CU Kopeck. Dated 1908. St. Petersburg mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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, МѢДНАЯ РОССІИСКАЯ МОНЕТА and denomination in ornamented banner around / Denomination above С.П.Б., surrounded by inner circle of pellets; date above and wreath around. Bitkin 255. 3.21gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., The GK Collection Part II, 24 March 2023, lot 684. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Samoa. Malietoa Tanumafili II Prood AR Tala. Dated 1974. Royal Australian Mint of Canberra. Thomas Humphrey Paget and George James Berry, engravers.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
MALIETOA TANUMAFILI II SAMOA I SISIFO 1974, head of Malietoa Tanumafili II to left; HP in small lettering beneath truncation / Coconut palm; to left, denomination; JB in small lettering below. KM 19a. 30gr total.
Brilliant Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Italian States. Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, Charles Felix AV 80 Lire. Dated 1827. Turin mint. Amedeo Lavy, engraver.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £1,300
CAR. FELIX D. G. REX SAR. CYP. ET HIER. 1827, bare head to left / DVX SAB. GENVAE ET MONTISF. PRINC. PED. &. L. 80, crowned spade-shaped shield of 4-fold arms, with central shield of Savoy, between 2 oak branches, collar of order suspended below, value 'L.80.' divides mintmarks at bottom. KM 123; Fr 1133; C 108. 62.88 grams total, 86 mm including case.
NGC AU 58, certification number 6835165-001. NGC Census in this grade: 14. NGC Census in higher grade: 4 Total NGC Census: 46.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Diameter: 33 mm. Weight: 25.8 g. (AGW=0.7466 oz.) Composition: 900.0/1000 Gold. -
Seychelles. Elizabeth II Proof AR 5 Rupees and Proof AR 10 Rupees. Dated 1974. Royal Mint, Llantrisant. Second portrait. Arnold Machin and Norman Sillman, engravers.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ELIZABETH II SEYCHELLES 1974, crowned bust to right / 5 RUPEES, landscape with coconut tree, giant tortoise, beach and a sailing boat. KM 19a; Schön 19a. ELIZABETH II SEYCHELLES 1974 crowned bust to right / 10 RUPEES, big green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the sea. KM 20a; Schön 20a. 45gr total.
Brilliant Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
