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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Islamic, Abbasid Dynasty. AR Dirham Group [10]. 8th-12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Ten silver Dirhams from the Abbasid dynasty. 29.29gr total
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, 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. -
Malaya, Sumatra. British East India Company CU 1 Keping Token. Dated AH 1202 (1787-1788).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Soho (Birmingham) Mint. Bale-mark of the English East India Company, date divided by oval rosette / Value and date. Scholten 957a; KM 257.1; Prid.19. 3.27gr, 20mm, 6h
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
