[Z] REX SICIL in two lines; [cross flanked by pellets above], three pellets below / "Harir qaysar al-mu'azzam" in Kufic in three lines. MEC 14, 477-8; Spahr 2. 1.07gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
✠ LVDOVICVS DVX, large L within four annulets / ✠ SABAVDIЄ, shield within four annulets. Bd 1136; MIR 173. 0.96gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
✱ S ✱ M ✱ V ✱ ALOYSIVS ✱ PISANI ✱D., St. Mark seated to right, presenting cross-tipped banner to Doge kneeling to left; ❀ M • S ❀ in exergue / DVCATVS ✱ VENETVS ✱, winged lion of St. Mark to left, resting forepaw upon open Gospels; castle to left, ❀❀❀ in exergue. CNI 38; Paolucci - (cf. 16). 22.65gr, 39mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
Designs by Aurelio Mistruzzi. PIVS XI PONT· MAX · A · XIII, bust to left; MISTRVZZI A · MOTTI · INC in small lettering in two lines below / STATO DELLA CITTA' DEL VATICANO, Virgin and Child, Queen of Peace, REGINA PACIS below, denomination and date flanking. KM 8; Berman 3354. 9.97gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
Designs by Carl Friedrich Voigt. PIVS IX PON · MAX · A · XXII, bust to left / ★ STATO ★ PONTIFICIO ★, denomination and date within wreath; mintmark below, 50 Cmi (50 centesimi) flanking. KM 1376; Berman 3343. 2.45gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
Toughra, mint and date below / Name and titles in four lines. Sultan 2562; Pere 705; KM 507. 30.96gr, 45mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired from Leu Numismatik AG.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cross of Christ series. IOANNES • V • D • G • P • ET • ALG • REX, crowned royal coat-of-arms; 1000 upwards to left / IN + HOC + SIGNO + VINCES, Jerusalem Cross; date above. KM 182; Gomes J5 88.15. 2.53gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK.
Propaganda Issue for the Deposition of Tsar
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
St. Petersburg mint. Elikum Babayants, mintmaster. Б.М.НИКОЛАЙ II ИМПЕРАТОРЬ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОСС, bare head to left / 50 КОПѢЕКЪ 1912 Г., crowned double-headed eagle facing with wings spread, wearing shield on breast depicting St. George slaying the dragon, with shields arranged across wings, and holding sceptre and orb; crown with ribbons above; octagonal countermark: "Deposition of the Romanov Dynasty. March 1917” in Russian. Edge inscription: (Э•Б) ЧИСТАГО СЕРЕБРА 2 ЗОЛОТНИКА 10,5 ДОЛЕЙ. Y 58.2; Bitkin 91. 10.02gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Such counterstruck issues were produced to celebrate the deposing of the tsar and his family, bringing to an end the 300 year rule of the Romanovs.
ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS, crowned bust to right, RDM in small lettering on truncation; date below / ✱ JEAN MICHEL HUON DE KERMADEC ✱ 1792 ✱ ''ESPERANCE'', ship in full sail to right. 500gr, 90mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Designs by Thomas Humphrey Paget and Marion Walgate. GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX, bare head to left; H P in small lettering beneath truncation / SUID-AFRIKA·1652-1952·SOUTH AFRICA, Jan van Riebeeck's three-master, Drommedaris, sails into Table Bay on 6 April 1652, to establish a new Dutch colony located at what is now Cape Town; Table Mountain is in the background; monogram of VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) in right field, M.W. in small lettering to lower left field; denomination below. KM 41. 28.27gr, 39mm, 12h.
Almost Uncirculated.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
Hans Malmberg, Mint Master. Type IV. FRIDERICVS • D • G • REX • SVECIAE •, bust to right / Gud Mitt Hopp • ('God is my hope'), crowned ornate shield with supporters; date in cartouche, H•M• below. Edge inscription: MANIBUS ★ NE ★ LAEDAR ★ AVARIS ★. KM 423. 28.75gr, 41mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
The Rare '1922-S VAM-2X1' Variety
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
LIBERTY, head of Liberty to left, wearing radiate headband, IN GOD WE TRUST across fields; date below / UNITED • STATES • OF • AMERICA E • PLURIBUS UNUM, eagle standing to right on rock, wings closed, seen from rear, branch in talons, rays behind, PEACE below; ONE DOLLAR across fields; mintmark S in lower left field. KM 150. 26.61gr, 38mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rim to rim die crack above UN in UNITED and vertical die file lines at eagle's right shoulder (die marker).
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.