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LOT 3501
Ottoman Empire. Selim III AR Para. Dated Year 1 [AH 1203 (AD 1789)]. Islambul mint.
Tughra (type 1) / ١ ضرب في إسلمبول ١٢٠٣ (mintmark and year). OC 28-023-01. Very Fine. Traces of incuse of reverse on obverse.(0.29gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Russian Empire. Alexander II CU 5 Kopecks. Dated 1864. Ekaterinburg mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
5 КОПѢЕКЪ 1864 Е. М. in four lines; all within wreath / Coats of arms, ribbons at crown. Yeoman 6a; Bitkin 302-316. 26.87gr, 37mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Saudi Arabia. Kingdom of Hejaz, Hussein bin Ali AE Quarter Qirsh. Dated AH 1334 (AD 1916). Mecca mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Legend in Arabic in the centre and four sections around / Legend in Arabic in the centre and four sections around. KM 22; Schön 2. 1.25gr, 16mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Suspension broken.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
South Africa. George VI AR 5 Shillings. Dated 1952. Pretoria mint. 300th anniversary of the founding of Capetown.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Designs by Thomas Humphrey Paget and Marion Walgate. GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX, bare head to left; H P in small lettering beneath truncation / SUID-AFRIKA·1652-1952·SOUTH AFRICA, Jan van Riebeeck's three-master, Drommedaris, sails into Table Bay on 6 April 1652, to establish a new Dutch colony located at what is now Cape Town; Table Mountain is in the background; monogram of VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) in right field, M.W. in small lettering to lower left field; denomination below. KM 41. 28.27gr, 39mm, 12h.
Almost Uncirculated.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
