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. Sachsen (Saxony, Kingdom), Johann AR 2 Vereinsthaler. Dated 1861. Dresden mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Gustav Julius Buschick, Mint Master. IOHANN V.G.G. KOENIG VON SACHSEN, bare head to left; mintmark below / ZWEI VEREINSTHALER XV EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned coat-of-arms between two lions, date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SEGNE SACHSEN. AKS 127; KM 1215; Davenport 894. 36.95gr, 40mm, 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. -
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents. Dated 1844. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Designs by Christian Gobrecht. 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 64.2. 6.60gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Toned.
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. -
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Group of Twelve [12] Chinese AE Cash. 2nd millennium AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Various types. 46.32gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
