LOT 4186
France, Louis-Philippe I AR 5 Francs. Dated 1850. Paris mint. Jean-Pierre Collot, Mint Master.
Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier, engraver. LOUIS PHILIPPE ROI DES FRANÇAIS, bare head to right, N.P.TIOLIER in small lettering on truncation / Denomination above date; all within wreath of laurel and olive branches. KM 737. Good Very Fine.(24.97gr, 37mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
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Russia. 1917 Revolution AR Rouble. Dated 1898. Countermarked on One Rouble of Tsar Nikolai II Aleksandrovich. Brussels mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Б.М.НИКОЛАЙ II ИМПЕРАТОРЬ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОСС, bare head to left; octagonal countermark: ''Deposition of the Romanov Dynasty. March 1917” in Russian / РУБЛЬ 1898 Г., crowned double-headed eagle facing with wings spread, wearing shield on breast depicting St. George slaying the dragon, with shields arranged across wings, and holding sceptre and orb; crown with ribbons above. Edge inscription: ** ЧИСТАГО СЕРЕБРА 4 ЗОЛОТНИКА 21 ДОЛѦ. KM 59.1. 19.76gr, 34.5mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
German States. Baden (Grand Duchy), Friedrich II AR 3 Mark. Dated 1911. Karlsruhe mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £27
Designs by Rudolf Mayer. FRIEDRICH II GROSSHERZOG VON BADEN, head to left, G (mintmark) below / DEUTSCHES REICH 1911, crowned Imperial Eagle, shield on breast; denomination below. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. KM 280; Jaeger 39. 16.65gr, 33mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Bolivia. Louis I, King of Spain AR Real. Dated 1726. Potosi mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Crowned Pillars of Heracles and waves; 1 (value) at top between mintmark and assayer; [PL]V-S VL-TR[A] on central line; 726 (date) at bottom between assayer and mintmark / Cross of Jerusalem, two lions and two castles in quarters, face value above, mintmark on left, assayer on right, 726 (date) below. KM 33. 3.19gr, 21mm.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
