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. -
World AE and AR Coins Group [13]. 11th-15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Thirteen silver and bronze Islamic, Armenian and World coins. 29.90gr total
From a 1980s UK collection; Property of a London antiquarian. -
United States AR Peace Dollar. Dated 1922.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IN GOD WE TRUST, radiate bust to left, date below, LIBERTY above / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and E PLURIBUS UNUM, eagle on rock inscribed PEACE; across fields ONE DOLLAR. KM 150. 26.66gr, 38mm, 6h
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
