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LOT 3678
China. AE Knife Money. Circa 1st millennium BC.
Cast bronze, knife-shaped currency used in ancient China, particularly during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, evolved from actual tools into symbolic money. Condition as seen.(13.32gr, 136mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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France. First Empire, Napoléon I AR Medallet. Dated L'An 13 (AD 1804). Commemorative issue of Coronation of Napoléon I. Dies by Jeuffroy. Denon, director.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR, laureate head to right; DEN. JEUFF in two lines beneath truncation / LE SENAT ET LE PEUPLE, mantled figure of Napoléon standing facing, holding eagle-tipped sceptre, being carried by a senator to left and a solider to right; to left, book, plowshare to right; in exergue, D AN XIII J. Bramsen 330. 1.34gr, 13mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Serbia. Milan Obrenovic IV AE 10 Para. Dated 1879. Designs by Ernest Paulin Tasset.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
МИЛАН М. ОБРЕНОВИЋ IV. КЊАЗ СРПСКИ, head of Milan Obrenović IV to left; TASSET below / Crowned denomination above date; all within wreath. KM 8. 9.35gr, 30mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Thirty Seven [37] World AE and Other Coins. 1748-2007.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and reverse types. 226gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
