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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Spain. Fillipe V AR 2 Reales. Dated 1721.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Madrid mint. PHILIPPUS V D G, crowned shield of Spain / HISPANIARUM REX, arms of Castile and Leon. Calicò tipo 210; KM 296. 5.42gr, 27mm, 2h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Group of Twenty Nine (29) AE and AR Coins. 18th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Group of 27 AE coins and 2 AR coins. 142.00gr total, 16-32mm.
Fine to Very Fine.
From a 1980s UK collection; Property of a London antiquarian. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Sabuhr (Shahpur) AV Dinar. AD 240-272.
Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRK'n MRK' 'yr'n MNW ctry MN yzd'n in Pahlavi, diademed bust to right, wearing mural crown with korymbos; one pellet above and two pellets below diadem ties / nwr'zy in Pahlavi to right, šhpwhry in Pahlavi to left; fire altar flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns; fravahr to left of flames. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, group d/1; Saeedi AV5; Sunrise 740. 7.44gr, 22mm, 3h
Extremely Fine.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
