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hussulo Valued Member United Kingdom 91 Posts	Posted 10/15/2007 3:00 pm 1570 Cyprus (Venician) Famagusta siege bisante (benzant). Cyprus became an overseas colony of the Venetian Republic after it was purchased in 1489. This coin was an emergency issue minted while Famagusta was under siege by the Turks. It was to be redeemable in silver after the war. In 1571 Famagusta was captured and Cyprus became part of the Ottoman Empire. 16470. Bronze Bisante, Duby II 4; Neumann I 917; Schlumberger Tf. 8.14, F, 3.800g, 27.7mm, 225o, Farmagusta mint, 1570 A.D.; obverse CYPRIPRESSIIH PRO REG, winged lion left, 1570 below; reverse VENETOR FIDES INVI OLABILIS BISANTE 1 F, in five lines; a couple of books. and a camare stand (hopefully be able to take better coin pics now!). Report this Post to the Staff

josie Valued Member Ireland 498 Posts	Posted 10/15/2007 3:17 pm Nice picture ref. and gadget. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Venice Report this Post to the Staff
snowman Pillar of the Community United States 1840 Posts	Posted 10/15/2007 4:43 pm Great coin! Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 10/16/2007 06:49 am nice coin, thanks for the info Report this Post to the Staff
blueczar1512 Valued Member Australia 112 Posts	Posted 10/17/2007 05:36 am how many farthings are there in that collection? Report this Post to the Staff
t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 10/17/2007 1:43 pm Very interesting Cypriot coin! Thanks for posting it! You might want to add a little more description to the title of your post - I almost missed it completely! Report this Post to the Staff
hussulo Valued Member United Kingdom 91 Posts	Posted 10/17/2007 5:35 pm how many farthings are there in that collection? Well Colin Cooke's farthing collection was probably the best farthing collection to date which contained some unique and very important pieces. I'm not sure about the catalogue I bought it off ebay and I am still waiting for it to be delivered. In the description it says 82 pages in full colour. Very interesting Cypriot coin! Thanks for posting it! You might want to add a little more description to the title of your post - I almost missed it completely! Will do thanks. Edited by hussulo 10/17/2007 5:36 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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