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Japan. City of Nagasaki, Tokugawa CU Mon. 1659-1689. Nagasaki Trade Coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
元 寶 豊 通, inscription around center hole, read clockwise / square raised around center hole. Hartill# 25.62, DHJ# 3.170-3.177 3.29gr, 25mm.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Stephen Album Rare Coins, CA, USA, Auc 504, no.268. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
This coin imitates a Chinese Northern Song Dynasty coin. -
Japan. Meiji, Mutsuhito AR 10 Sen. Dated 1873. Year 6.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
10 SEN around dragon in centre / 十銭 with Chrysanthemum Paulownia. Y# 23, N# 13998. 2.69gr, 18mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Baldwins. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Jersey. Hanover, Victoria CU 1/24th Shilling. Dated 1877. Heaton. Dies by Leonard Charles Wyon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
VICTORIA D. G. BRITANNIAR. REGINA F. D., crowned head to left; star and H (mintmark) below / STATES OF JERSEY. ONE TWENTY-FOURTH OF A SHILLING, shield with three lions dividing date. KM 7. 5.59gr, 25mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Jersey. Hanover, Victoria AE 1/26th Shilling. Dated 1841. Designs by William Wyon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REGINA F: D:, diademed head to left; WW in small lettering on truncation, date below / STATES OF JERSEY. and 1/26 OF A SHILLING., coat-of-arms of Jersey. KM 2. 8.79gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
French Indo-China One Piastre '1804 Unknown Date' Reproduction. 20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, Marianne seated left with fasces, 1804 in exergue / · INDO-CHINE FRANCAISE · PIASTRE DE COMMERCE H TITRE 0,900. POIDS 27 GR., denomination within wreath. 26.60gr, 39mm, 6h.
Very Fine. An interesting counterfeit or reproduction.
Property of a Berkshire, UK, gentleman collector.
Original Indochina French coins are dated between 1885-1928, there is no 1804 date which is far from 1885, and this coin is under weight. -
Morocco. Moulay al-Hasan I AR 10 Dirhams. Dated AH 1299 (AD 1882). Paris mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
فيه عشرة دراهم شرعية لضبط الحقوق المرعية around, 1299 اختير ضربه بباريز عام in centre / المسكوك الحسن الكيفية and المحقق وزنه على أحد الدراهم المكية in angles and centre of pentagram. Yeoman 8; Lecompte 188; Gadoury 1789 54. 29.06gr, 39mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Toned.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Netherlands. Duchy of Guelders, Charles II AR Rider (Snaphaan). 1492-1538. Nijmegen mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
KAROL' ✿ DVX ✿ GЄLR ✿ IVLL CO ✿ 3V', Duke on horse to right, ✿ GЄL ✿ in exergue / ЄQVITA IVDICIA TVA DOMIꞂ', coat of arms of Guelders on flowered cross. Delmonte S 516. 6.54gr, 35mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Norway. King Olav V AR Commemorative 75th Birthday Medal. 1978.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Bust of king Olav V facing left, with engraver's initials Ø.H. below back of bust / King olav V's spiral flower in the middle, his signature on the left and the inscription on the right, further inscription, value, mintmark and intmaster's initials on the bottom. KM# 424 27.08gr, 36mm, 12h.
Extremely fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Poland. Sigismund III AR Quarter Thaler. Dated 1621. Bydgoszcz mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
SIGIS III D G REX POL M D LIT RVS PRVS MAS with crowned, armored mid-length bust of Sigismund facing right. holding sword over right shoulder, and globus cruciger in left hand / SAM LIV NEC SE − GOT VAN Q HRI R / II-VE / 16-21 with crowned, quartered arms of Poland-Lithuania with Vasa arms in center, dividing value and date. KM# 37. 6.98gr, 30mm, 2h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Italy. Papal States, Innocent XII AE 1/2 Bolognino. Dated 1699.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
BONONIA DOCET with Papal arms in centre / MEZO BOLOGNINO with half lion rampant left over date. KM# 115. 6.64gr, 29mm, 8h.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Papal States. Leo XIII AE Medal. 1902. Milan mint (Stabilimento Stefano Johnson S.p.A. / Johnson Medaglie). Commemorative issue of 25th Anniversary of the Pontificate of Leo XIII.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Johnson, engraver. LEO • XIII • PONT • MAX • AN • XXV, bust of Leo XIII to left with bonnet, Mozzetta and stole; JOHNSON in small lettering beneath truncation / PASTOR BONVS ANIMAM SVAM DAT PRO OVIBVS SVIS, The Good Shepherd with crozier and sheep on his shoulders leads the flock. Modesti 385; Calò 97; Patrignani p.53. 11.54gr, 30mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
East India Company. Admiral Gardner Shipwreck CU 20 Cash. Dated 1808. From wreck of the Admiral Gardner.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
EAST INDIA COMPANY, arms of the East India Company, date below / Persian legend, XX.CASH. in exergue. Stevens 5.122; Pridmore 198; KM 321. 9.22gr, 31mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
The Admiral Gardner was wrecked in January 1809, with its cargo, a large number of East India Company X and XX copper cash coins, belonging to Matthew Boulton. The wreck was found in 1984 and some coins were salvaged in 1985 during a licensed dive.