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 - Antioch - Bohemond IV - Denier 1201-1216 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Obv: profile bust left with crescent left and star right with +BOAMVNDVS legend. Rev: short cross with crescent in first quarter and +ANTIOCHIA legend. 0.87 grams.
Good very fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer. -
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World Coins - Crusaders - Sidon - Balian - AR Denier 12th-13th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Obv: emblem with uncertain legend. Rev: small cross with uncertain legend. 0.54 grams.
Fine.
Ex CNG (with ticket). Property of a Harrow, UK gentleman. -
World Coins - Crusader Issues - Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus - James II - AE Sezin 1460-1473 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Uncertain (Famagusta[?]) mint. Obv: +IACOBUS DЄI GRAIA, lion rampant left. Rev: +IЄRUSALЄM•CIPI (sic), Jerusalem cross, small cross in each quarter. 2.31 grams.
Very fine.
Ex London, UK, private collection. Ex London gallery, 2003. Property of a North London collector.
