LOT 3634
Bolivia, Colonial (as Alto Peru). Felipe II, King of Spain AR 8 Reales. 1556-1598.
Potosí mint; uncertain date. Assayer A. Cob issue. Crowned Hapsburg coat-of-arms; P A to left, O VIII to right / Arms of Castille and Leon in quarters of Jerusalem cross, all within ornate quadrilobe. S P11; KM 5.1; Cal 674. Very Fine. Double obverse struck. Very rare assayer.(26.84gr, 38mm, 4h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
FootnotesRecovered 1985 from Atocha Shipwreck.
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LOT 3634
Bolivia, Colonial (as Alto Peru). Felipe II, King of Spain AR 8 Reales.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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Switzerland AR 2 Francs. Dated 1863.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Mint B (Bern). Design by Ferdinand Korn. HELVETIA , Helvetia seated to left, wearing laurel wreath and toga, with right arm raised, and holding shield with coat of arms of Switzerland in left hand, plow and wheat spikes to the right, mountains behind / Denomination and date within wreath formed of oak and alpine rose branches tied with a ribbon below. HMZ 2 1222; Divo/Tob19 303; KM 10a; Schön 22a; Y 28. 9.72gr, 27mm, 6h
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 591-628.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
GD (Gay) mint; uncertain date. Crowned bust to right / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right. Cf. SC Tehran 2613-6. 4.00gr, 30mm, 2h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Poland, Kingdom. Livonia (Duchy), Sigismund III Vasa AR 3 Grosz. 1598.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Bromberg mint. • SIG • III • D • G • REX • PO • M • D • L •, crowned bust to right / Coat of arms flanked by Polish eagle and Lithuanian horse and rider; mark of value above, • GROS • ARG • TRI • R • PO • 98 (coat of arms) B • in three lines below. Iger B.98.5.d/e; Kopicki 1125. 1.90gr, 19mm, 10h
Very Fine.
From a UK private collection.
