LOT 3699
Contemporary Copy of Isabella II of Spain AR 20 Reales. Dated 1860.
ISABEL 2A POR LA G· DE DIOS Y LA CONST·, laureate head of Queen Isabella II to right, date below / REINA DE LA ESPAÑAS, crowned coat of arms of Spain with Pillars of Hercules; denomination below. Edge inscription: LEY PATRIA REY. For prototype: KM 609. Very Fine.(21.00gr, 37mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Crusaders. Bohémond III BI Denier. 1163-1201.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Antioch (Principality) mint. ✠ BOA[...]VHDVS, helmeted head to left, between crescent and five-pointed star / ✠ ANTIOCHIA, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades, class C, 384; cf. CCS 66b. 0.97gr, 17mm, 9h
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Bolivia, Colonial (as Alto Peru). Felipe II, King of Spain AR 8 Reales. 1556-1598.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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. 26.84gr, 38mm, 4h
Very Fine. Double obverse struck. Very rare assayer.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Recovered 1985 from Atocha Shipwreck. -
Crusaders, Edessa (County). Baldwin II AE Follis. Second reign, 1108-1118.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Light Series, Type 2. Struck circa 1114. B-Δ, count standing facing, holding cross and sword / Cross fleuronnée with pellets at the ends and in angles. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 109-12; cf. CCS 10a. 3.31gr, 21mm, 2h
Very Fine. Seemingly overstruck on uncertain undertype.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
