LOT 3517
South Africa. George VI AR 5 Shillings. Dated 1952. Pretoria mint. 300th anniversary of the founding of Capetown.
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. Almost Uncirculated.(28.27gr, 39mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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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. -
Italy. Ancona (Papal States), Iulius III AR Giulio. 1550-1555. Ancona mint. Mazzeo Mazzei, mintmaster.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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. 2.75gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Russian Empire. Ekaterina II CU 5 Kopecks. Dated 1780. Ekaterinburg mint. Type 3A.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Crowned monogram of Ekaterina II dividing date within wreath / Crowned double-headed eagle; Е М (mintmark) flanking, ПЯТЬ ∙ КОПѢЕКЪ below. Craig 59.3. 53.53gr, 44mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
