Owner Comments:
CYPRUS, ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS III GOLD PROOF HALF-SOVEREIGN 1966.
OBVERSE: The bust of the Archbishop facing left and wearing clerical heed-dress dignitary's veil.
REVERSE: Crowned Bicephalous (double-headed) eagle and the date 1966.
DESIGNER: B.Phalireas.
DIAMETER: 19mm
WEIGHT: 3.9865g
FINENESS: 0.9166
MINTAGE: 25,000
1966 MAKARIOS III, HALF-SOVEREIGN PF 66 CAMEO.
This superb GEM reveals impeccable detail up to the highest point, with soft frost over the design; this results in evident contrast between the raised surfaces and flat fields, elevating the eye-appealing nature of this beauty.
ex Heritage Auction #3022, lot 27139, 15 January 2013.