LOT 4183
France. Louis XV AR Half Écu. Dated 1728. Tours mint.
Designs by Joseph Roëttiers. LUD • XV . D • G • FR • ET NAV • REX (crescent), draped bust to left; JR. in small lettering on truncation / SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTUM ★ 1728, round shield of France crowned, between two olive branches linked at the base; E (mintmark) below. Edge inscription: DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM. Dyplessy, Royales 1676; Gad R2 313; Ciani 2118. Fine. Rare.(14.51gr, 33mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents. Dated 1860. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Thirteen stars around Liberty seated to right, head to left, holding cap on a stick and resting her right arm on shield inscribed LIBERTY; date below / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, eagle facing, wings spread, head to left, holding branch and arrows; mintmark and denomination below. KM A64.2. 5.99gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Jersey. Victoria AE 1/12th Shilling. Dated 1877. Birmingham (Heaton and Sons) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Designs by Leonard Charles Wyon. VICTORIA D. G. BRITANNIAR. REGINA F. D., diademed head to left; H (mintmark) and star below / STATES OF JERSEY. and ONE TWELFTH OF A SHILLING., pointed coat-of-arms, date across field. KM 8. 9.55gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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.
