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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United States of America AR Capped Bust Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1839. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Designs by Christian Gobrecht. Thirteen stars surrounding draped bust of Liberty to left, wearing Phrygian cap inscribed LIBERTY on band; mintmark and date below / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, eagle facing, wings spread, head to left, holding branch and arrows, denomination below. KM 65. 13.21gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Extremely 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] Miscellaneous Coins 8th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various rulers. 121gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
German States. Sachsen (Saxony, Kingdom), Johann AR Vereinstaler. Dated 1861. Dresden mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
IOHANN V.G.G. KOENIG VON SACHSEN, bare head to left; mintmark below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned coat-of-arms between two lions, date below. Edge inscription: ♔ ∗ GOTT ∗ SEGNE ∗ SACHSEN ∗. AKS 136; KM 1210; Davenport 893. 18.50, 33mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Light iridescent tone.
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.
