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LOT 3426
Italy. Ancona (Papal States), Iulius III AR Giulio. 1550-1555. Ancona mint. Mazzeo Mazzei, mintmaster.
IVLIVS III PONT MAX, papal coat of arms surmounted by tiara and crossed keys / S PETRVS ANCONA, Saint Peter standing facing, reading book in left hand, and holding keys in right hand; mintmaster's mark in lower left field. Muntoni 59; MIR 993/6. Good Fine.(2.75gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Ottoman Empire. Abdul Mejid I CU 40 Para. Dually dated RY 18 and AH 1255 (AD 1857). Qustantiniyah (Constantinople) mint. Countermarked for the church of 'Birth of Christ Saviour' in Thasos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Toughra; ١٨ 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 angles of cross. KM 670 (Turkey); Wilski G18-08. 21.29gr, 37mm.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Ottoman copper coins were countermarked for use in Greek communities under Turkish control, who continually suffered a shortage of coinage. -
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. -
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Japan. City of Nagasaki, Tokugawa CU Mon. 1659-1689. Nagasaki Trade Coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
元 寶 豊 通, inscription around center hole, read clockwise / square raised around center hole. Hartill# 25.62, DHJ# 3.170-3.177 3.29gr, 25mm.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Stephen Album Rare Coins, CA, USA, Auc 504, no.268. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
This coin imitates a Chinese Northern Song Dynasty coin.
