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LOT 3471
Bulgaria. People's Republic AR 25 Leva. Dated 1989. Commemorative issue of 16th Winter Olympic Games, Albertville (France), 1992: Figure Skating. Engraver Rosana Alexandrova.
XVI ЗИМНИ ОЛИМПИЙСКИ ИГРИ 1992, two skaters / НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ, coat-of-arms of People's Republic of Bulgaria; denomination and date below. KM 190. (NGC graded PF 68 ULTRA CAMEO (#8221825-001).).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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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. -
Bulgaria. Boris III NI 10 Leva. Dated 1943. Vienna mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
КРУМЪ 814, (Борис III) Krum the Fearsome (Khan of Bulgaria in 803-814) on horseback to right hunting lion; dog behind / 10 ЛЕВА 1943 БЪЛГАРИЯ in four lines within wreath. KM 40b; Schön 40b. NGC graded UNC DETAILS - OBV SPOT REMOVED (#8220117-002).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Poland. Sigismund III AR Quarter Thaler. Dated 1621. Bydgoszcz mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
SIGIS III D G REX POL M D LIT RVS PRVS MAS with crowned, armored mid-length bust of Sigismund facing right. holding sword over right shoulder, and globus cruciger in left hand / SAM LIV NEC SE − GOT VAN Q HRI R / II-VE / 16-21 with crowned, quartered arms of Poland-Lithuania with Vasa arms in center, dividing value and date. KM# 37. 6.98gr, 30mm, 2h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
