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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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Germany. Brunswick-Lunsburg, Hanover, George I Two Mariengroschen. 1708.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
*II* / MARIEN / GROS: / FEIN.S. / H.B with GEORG:LVD:D.G.D.BR.ET.LVN:S.R.I.EL.* around / S·ANDREAS·REVIVISCENS *1708* around Saint Andrew carrying his cross. Welter# 2201, KM# 52. 1.09gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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. -
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Vienna. Four [4] Coin Anniversary AR Proof Set - Vienna University. 1965.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Anniversary proof silver set of Vienna University coins dated 1965, with booklet held inside a leatherette wallet. 132gr total, wallet: 15.5 x 11.5cm.
UNC.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
