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LOT 3504
Ottoman Empire. Uncertain Ruler AR Akce. Circa after 15th century AD.
Inscription in Arabic / Inscription in Arabic. Fine.(0.71gr, 15mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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. -
Guernsey. Hanover, Victoria, AE 1 Double. Dated 1889. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
1 DOUBLE 1889 H (mintmark) in four lines / National arms, GUERNESEY below. KM 10. 2.18gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near UNC.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Austria. Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia Empress AR Posthumous Taler. Dated 1780. Restrike.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
M · THERESIA · D · G · R · IMP · HU · BO · REG ·, veilied and crowned bust of Empress Maria Theresia of Habsburg to right; S · F · below / ARCHID · AVST · DUX · BURG · CO · TYR · 1780 · ☓, coat of arms of Maria Theresia on double-crowned shield divided into four fields representing Hungary, Bohemia, Burgundy, and Burgau (Günzburg); crowned inner shield with coat of arms of Austria; supported by crowned and nimbate double-headed eagle. Edge inscription: IUSTITIA ET CLEMENTIA. KM T1; Yeoman 55; Gigante 2. 28.04gr, 41mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
