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LOT 3716
Mixed Group of Ten [10] World Silver Proof and Other Coins. 1966-2004.
Comprising: various issues, dates and types. Mostly UNC.(269gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 3716
Mixed Group of Ten [10] World Silver Proof and Other Coins.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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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. -
France. First Empire, Napoléon I AR Medallet. Dated L'An 13 (AD 1804). Commemorative issue of Coronation of Napoléon I. Dies by Jeuffroy. Denon, director.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR, laureate head to right; DEN. JEUFF in two lines beneath truncation / LE SENAT ET LE PEUPLE, mantled figure of Napoléon standing facing, holding eagle-tipped sceptre, being carried by a senator to left and a solider to right; to left, book, plowshare to right; in exergue, D AN XIII J. Bramsen 330. 1.34gr, 13mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Bulgaria. Republic CU 2 Leva. Dated 2017. Sofia mint. Commemorative issue of 140 years since the birth of Elin Pelin. Dies by Plamen Chernev and Preslav Chernev.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
140 ГОДИНИ ОТ РОЖДЕНИЕТО НА ЕЛИН ПЕЛИН, facing bust of writer Elin Pelin, head turned slightly to left; Елинъ Пелинъ below / БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА, coat-of-arms, date and denomination below. KM 343. NGC graded PF 65 RD ULTRA CAMEO (#8536636-001).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
