LOT 4192
France. Louis XVI AV Louis d'Or. Dated 1791. Lille mint. Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier, engraver.
LUD · XVI · D · G · FR · ET NAV · REX ·, bare head of Louis XVI to left, no dot variety, star and engraver's signature below / CHRS · REGN · VINC · IMPER 1791, crowned arms of France and Navarre in shield, mintmark below. Dy 1707; Gad 361; KM 591. PCGS AU53, certification number 51861546. PCGS population in this grade: 1, single finest graded.3 1/4 in. (36.64 grams total, 82 mm including case.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK coin market.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Mintage: 2,562.
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 7.649 g. (AGW=0.2255 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold.
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LOT 4192
France. Louis XVI AV Louis d'Or.
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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China. Group of Four [4] Silver Proof Commemorative Coins 1992.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: commemorative issues of various reverse types. 79gr total including capsules, 29-32mm.
Brilliant UNC.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
South Africa. George VI AV Proof Half Sovereign. Dated 1952. Pretoria mint. Thomas Humphrey Paget and Coert Laurens Steynberg, engravers.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Bids: 6 | Current Bid: £345
GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX, bare head to left; HP in small lettering beneath truncation / SOUTH AFRICA ✦ 1952 ✦ SUID-AFRIKA, springbok running to right, denomination below, CLS (engraver's initials) to lower right. KM 42; Hern S329. 3.99gr, 19mm, 12h.
Brilliant Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
India. Princely State of Hyderabad, Mir Mahbub Ali Khan AR Rupee. AH 1286/1 (AD 1870).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Legend in Urdu: '1 Julus Maimanat Manus Zarb Farkhanda Bunyad - Hyderabad' / Legend in Urdu : '92 Asaf Jah, Nizam Al-Mulk bahadur. Persian letter M" for Mahbub, AH date below'. Yeoman 17; N 50726. 10.96gr, 23mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Ex property of a London, UK, antiquarian. Accompanied by an old handwritten slip.

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