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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German States. Free Imperial City of Frankfurt AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1864. Frankfurt am Main mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Designs by August von Nordheim. FREIE STADT FRANKFURT, oak-wreathed bust of Francofurtia to right, A.v.NORDHEIM in small lettering on truncation / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned eagle with wings and talons spread facing to left; date below. Edge inscription: STARK IM RECHT. AKS 10; Jaeger 6 FHI 42b; KM 370; Davenport GT III 652. GERMAN STATES, FRANKFURT (1372 - 1866), 1864 VEREINSTHALER/THALER. Obv: Bust of Francofurtia facing right wearing oak wreath, tower either side. Rev: Crowned spread eagle facing left. KM. 370. Near Extremely Fine. 18.46gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Boxed Commonwealth of the Bahamas Proof Set. 1974. Franklin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Franklin Mint Commonwealth of the Bahamas Nine-coin Proof Set 1974, in Issue Case with Certificate. 393gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Mexico. Federal Republic AR 8 Reales. Dated 1834OM. Casa de Moneda de Zacatecas mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Phrygian cap inscribed LIBERTAD surrounded by radiant display; denomination, mintmark, date, assayer's initials and purity below / REPUBLICA MEXICANA •, eagle, with wings spread and head to right, alighting to left on cactus and holding serpent in beak and right talon; laurel and oak wreath below. KM 377.13. 26.45gr, 38mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From 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.
