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 - Venetian Occupation - Laur. Prioli - AE Billon Carzi 1559-1567 A.D
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Obv: legend around cross pattée; pellet in each quarter. Rev: legend around rampant lion. 0.44 grams.
Good very fine.
Ex London, UK, private collection. Ex London gallery, 2003. Property of a North London collector. -
World Coins - Crusader Issues - Venetian Occupation - Hieronymo Prioli - AR Billon Carzi 1559-1567 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Obv: legend around cross pattée; fleck in each quarter. Rev: legend around rampant lion. 0.36 grams.
Good very fine.
Ex London, UK, private collection. Ex London gallery, 2003. Property of a North London collector. -
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. 0.56 grams.
Very fine.
Ex London, UK, private collection. Ex London gallery, 2003. Property of a North London collector.
