LOT 3705
Feudal France. Normandy AR Billon Dinar. Circa 1050-1060.
Time of William the Conqueror. Cross with pellet in each angle within inner circle, remains of legend around / Cross with annulet in each angle within inner circle, remains of legend around. Fine.(0.56gr, 19mm). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, 1980s.
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France. Napoleon III AE 5 Centimes. Dated 1855.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Paris mint. Design by Désiré-Albert Barre. NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, bare head to left, BARRE below; date between anchor and hand / EMPIRE FRANÇAIS * CINQ CENTIMES *, eagle with spread wings seated facing on thunderbolt, head to right, A below. F# 117; Gad# 155; KM# 797. 5.04gr, 25mm, 6h
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
France. Napoleon Bonaparte AR 5 Francs. Dated L'An 12 (1803-1804).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Paris mint. Design by Pierre-Joseph Tiolier. BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL, bareheaded bust to right / RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, olive wreath containing denomination; AN 12 (date) below. Edge inscription: ★DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE. Gad 577; KM 659. 24.50gr, 37mm, 6h
Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Sabuhr (Shahpur) AV Dinar. AD 240-272.
Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRK'n MRK' 'yr'n MNW ctry MN yzd'n in Pahlavi, diademed bust to right, wearing mural crown with korymbos; one pellet above and two pellets below diadem ties / nwr'zy in Pahlavi to right, šhpwhry in Pahlavi to left; fire altar flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns; fravahr to left of flames. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, group d/1; Saeedi AV5; Sunrise 740. 7.44gr, 22mm, 3h
Extremely Fine.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
