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LOT 3478
Cyprus. Windsor, George V AR Forty-Five Piastres. Dated 1928. Royal mint. Commemorative issue of 50 Years of Cyprus under British Rule.
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. Good Very Fine.(28.24gr, 39mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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. -
Bulgaria. People's Republic AR 25 Leva. Dated 1986. Sofia mint. Commemorative issue of 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Dies by Marko Markov.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
СВЕТОВНА КУПА ПО ФУТБОЛ, griffin flying to left with soccer ball; denomination above date in left field / НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ, coat-of-arms of People's Republic of Bulgaria. KM 156.2. NGC graded PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO (#8536637-001).
Very rare variant without date in field above griffin's head (only 254 minted).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Ottoman Empire. Murad II AR Akce. Dated AH 834 (AD 1431). Edirne mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Inscription containing mintname / Name, patronymic and date in four sections. Album 1302.3; Damali 6-ED-G2-834. 1.14gr, 13mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
