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LOT 3473
Bulgaria. Republic CU 2 Leva. Dated 2016. Sofia mint. Commemorative issue of 150 Years since the Birth of Pencho Slaveikov. Dies by Plamen Chernev.
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).).
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. -
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Vienna. Four [4] Coin Anniversary AR Proof Set - Vienna University. 1965.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Anniversary proof silver set of Vienna University coins dated 1965, with booklet held inside a leatherette wallet. 132gr total, wallet: 15.5 x 11.5cm.
UNC.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Ottoman Empire. 'Abd al-'Aziz CU 40 Para. Dually dated RY 4 and AH 1277 (AD 1865). Qustantiniyah (Constantinople) mint. Countermarked for the church of 'Birth of Christ Saviour' in Thasos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Toughra; ٤ سنة (RY) below / عز نصره ضرب في قسطنطينية around denomination; AH accession date below; c/m: ΣΓΧ 1883 [ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΓΕΝΝΗΣΙΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ 1883 (=Birth of Christ Saviour 1883)] in two lines within incuse circle. KM 702 (Turkey); Wilski G18-08. 21.14gr, 36mm.
Good Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Ottoman copper coins were countermarked for use in Greek communities under Turkish control, who continually suffered a shortage of coinage.
