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France, Louis-Philippe I AR 5 Francs. Dated 1850. Paris mint. Jean-Pierre Collot, Mint Master.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier, engraver. LOUIS PHILIPPE ROI DES FRANÇAIS, bare head to right, N.P.TIOLIER in small lettering on truncation / Denomination above date; all within wreath of laurel and olive branches. KM 737. 24.97gr, 37mm, 5h.
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. -
Hong Kong. Edward VII CU Cent. Dated 1905. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Design by George William de Saulles. EDWARD VII KING & EMPEROR, crown bust to right; DES in small lettering beneath truncation / ✿ HONG - KONG ✿, 香 港 一 仙, mintmark above, denomination and date below. KM 11; Schön 1. 7.62gr, 28mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
India, Indo-Sasanian Gadhiya Paisa BI Drachm. Circa AD 950-1050.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Indo-Sasanian style bust to right; pellets and ornaments around / Stylised fire altar; pellets around. Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 422-4. 4.03gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
India. Princely State of Hyderabad, Mir Mahbub Ali Khan AR Rupee. AH 1286/1 (AD 1870).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Legend in Urdu: '1 Julus Maimanat Manus Zarb Farkhanda Bunyad - Hyderabad' / Legend in Urdu : '92 Asaf Jah, Nizam Al-Mulk bahadur. Persian letter M" for Mahbub, AH date below'. Yeoman 17; N 50726. 10.96gr, 23mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. Accompanied by an old handwritten slip. -
India, Colonial. Portuguese India, Maria I a Piedosa (the Piteous) Tin 20 Bazarucos. Dated 1801. Dio (Diu) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Maltese crown divides date in angles / Crude crowned arms. KM 47; Gomez 07.03; Vaz, Indo-Portuguese M1.145. 15.8gr, 33mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection. -
Jersey. Victoria AE 1/48 Shilling. Dated 1877. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Designs by Leonard Charles Wyon. VICTORIA D . G. BRITANNIAR . REGINA F . D., crowned head to left, seven pointed star and mintmark below / STATES OF JERSEY, arms of Jersey within heater-shaped shield dividing date; denomination below. KM 6. 2.89gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This issue was withdrawn in May 1881, except for 38,400 pieces. (McCammon states that 38,240 pieces remained, but this is not in agreement with the Royal Mint documents.) The withdrawn coins were returned to the Royal Mint and melted for the 1881 one twelfth of a shilling coinage (Numista). -
Khwarazmia, King Kanik CU Drachm. Early 8th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Crowned bust right / King on horseback to right, holding a whip. MIG 4, Choresmia type 500. 5.18gr, 28mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Chipped.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Low Countries. Republic of the Seven Netherlands (Dutch Republic) AR Leeuwendaalder-Lion Daalder. Dated 1626. Utrecht mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
+ CONFIDENS + DNO + NON + MOVETVR + 1626, lion rampant to left / (Mintmark) MO · ARG · PRO · CONFOE · BELG · TRAI ·, armored knight standing to left with head to right, holding ribbon in right hand, behind coat of arms of Holland, within dotted inner circle. Delmonte, Argent 843; Davenport 4863; KM 13. 26.73gr, 40mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Islamic AR Dirham. Circa 13th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Inscription in three lines in Arabic within square and in margin / Inscription in three lines in Arabic within square and in margin. 2.93gr, 21mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ottoman Empire. Abdul Hamid I AR Altmislik or 2 Zolota. Dated Regnal Year 10 [AH 1187 (AD 1783-1784)]. Kostantiniyye (Constantinople) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Title; regnal year in left field / Name and titles over mint and date. KM 402. 26.15gr, 42mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Ottoman Empire. Abdul Hamid I AR Zolota. Dated Regnal Year 1 [AH 1187 (AD 1773-1774)]. Kostantiniyye (Constantinople) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Title; regnal year in left field / Name and titles over mint and date. KM 391.1. 13.95gr, 35mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Ottoman Empire. Mehmed V AR 10 Kurus. Dated AH 1327 (AD 1908/9), RY 9 (AD 1917/8). Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
٩سنه (Year 7), Toughra; "el-Ghazi" to right / عز نصره ضرب في قسطنطينية ١٣٢٧ (May he be victorious.Struck in Constantinople. 1327) in four lines. KM 772. 11.98gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.