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LOT 3722
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.).
ProvenanceFrom an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
FootnotesLikely recovered 1985 from Atocha Shipwreck.
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LOT 3722
Bolivia, Colonial (as Alto Peru). Felipe II, King of Spain AR 8 Reales.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
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United States of America AR Dollar. Dated 1886.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Philadelphia mint. Morgan type. Design by George Thomas Morgan. E • PLURIBUS • UNUM, thirteen stars divided by date below Morgan style Liberty Head / ✶ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ✶ ONE DOLLAR around, IN GOD WE TRUST above eagle clutching laurel and arrows, laurel sprays around. KM 110. NGC graded MS 64 (#3708634-005).
Acquired on the UK art market. Ex property of a County Durham collector. -
United States of America AR Dollar. Dated 1882.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
New Orleans mint. Morgan type. Design by George Thomas Morgan. E • PLURIBUS • UNUM, thirteen stars divided by date below Morgan style Liberty Head / ✶ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ✶ ONE DOLLAR around, IN GOD WE TRUST above eagle clutching laurel and arrows, laurel sprays around; mintmark below. KM 110. 26.57gr, 38mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Coin stored in quickslab coin capsule.
Acquired on the UK art market. Ex property of a County Durham collector. -
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Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 591-628.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
GD (Gay) mint; uncertain date. Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings, frontal crescent and star-in-crescent; stars and legends flanking, ribbon on shoulders, crescent before; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border, with star-in-crescents in margin. Cf. SC Tehran 2613-6. 4.00gr, 30mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
