LOT 2686
World Coins - Cyprus - 1884 - One Piastre Dated 1884 A.D.
Obv: profile bust facing left, wearing a coronet with decoration of oak leaves and scrolls, VICTORIA QUEEN legend around and the date of the issue below. Rev: 1 within a circle of beads and in a circle the inscription: · CYPRUS · ONE PIASTRE, engraver Leonard Charles Wyon. Fine with scars. Extremely rare in any grade, with only 18,000 pieces coined.(11.58 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a 1990s English collection.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
KM# 3.2.
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World Coins - Crusader Issues - Tripoli - Bohemond V - Tripoli III Hoard Billon Denier 1233-1251 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Type 5. Obv: cross pattée in centre, within inner circle, legend around; triple pellets in second quarter. Rev: eight-rayed star; annulets in voids, within inner circle, legend around. 0.55 grams.
Near very fine.
Reportedly from the Tripoli III Hoard. Ex CNG, sale 518, lot 608. Property of a Harrow, UK gentleman. Accompanied by a CNG coin ticket. -
World Coins - Crusader Issues - Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus - Henry II - AR Billon Denier 1285-1324 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Obv: +ҺЄNRI RЄI DЄ, cross pattée, pellet in each quarter. Rev: +IRL'M ЄD CҺIPR, lion rampant left. 0.60 grams.
Fine.
Ex London, UK, private collection. Ex London gallery, 2003. Property of a North London collector. -
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World Coins - Romania - Ferdinand I - 1 Lei Group [19] Dated 1924 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Group comprising: nineteen 1 lei coins, all dated 1921. 63.32 grams total.
Circulated.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
