LOT 4187
France. Metz AR Demi-Gros. 1648.
PROTO • ME S • STEPHA •, St Stephen seated to left, coat-of-arms flanking, date in exergue / SIT • NOM • DNINRI • IHV • XPI • BNDICT and SEMIGROSS • MET around central cross with stars in quarters; coat-of-arms above. B 1662. Near Very Fine.(0.89gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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German States. Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm III AR Thaler. Dated 1831. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
FRIEDR. WILHELM III KOENIG V. PREUSSEN, bare head to right; mintmark below / EIN THALER XIV EINE F. M., crowned coat of arms, surrounded by the collar of the order of the black eagle splitting the vintage at the bottom; date below. KM 419; AKS 17; Thun 250. 22.17gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Extremely 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. -
Solomon Islands. Elizabeth II AR Proof 25 Dollars. 2000.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS, crowned bust to right, RDM in small lettering on truncation; date below / ✱ JEAN MICHEL HUON DE KERMADEC ✱ 1792 ✱ ''ESPERANCE'', ship in full sail to right. 500gr, 90mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Sweden. Frederick I AR Riksdaler. Dated 1744. Stockholm mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Hans Malmberg, Mint Master. Type IV. FRIDERICVS • D • G • REX • SVECIAE •, bust to right / Gud Mitt Hopp • ('God is my hope'), crowned ornate shield with supporters; date in cartouche, H•M• below. Edge inscription: MANIBUS ★ NE ★ LAEDAR ★ AVARIS ★. KM 423. 28.75gr, 41mm, 12h.
Good Very 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.
