LOT 4218
German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Friedrich Wilhelm II AR Thaler. Dated 1795. Berlin mint.
FRIED: WILHELM KOENIG VON PREUSSEN, bust to right / Crowned coat of arms supported by two wild men; below, denomination and mintmark dividing date. KM 360.1; Davenport GT II 2599. Good Fine.(21.88gr, 38mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 4218
German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Friedrich Wilhelm II AR Thaler.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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India. Kabul Shahi Dynasties, Samanta Deva AR Jital. AD 850-1000. Gandhāra-Ohind mint. Bull and Horseman type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
श्री सामन्त देव, bull sitting to left; circular pellet on hump; Jhula (saddle cloth) with trishula (sacred trident) on rump; star before / दी, horseman to right holding banner; Nagari "Di" above. Cf. Tye 14.1. 3.25gr, 19mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
United States of America Copper-Nickel 'Eisenhower' Dollar. Dated 1976. Philadelphia mint. Commemorative issue of the United States 200th Anniversary of Independence.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Designs by Frank Gasparro and Dennis R. Williams. LIBERTY above, IN GOD WE TRUST in two lines in left field, head of Dwight D. Eisenhower to left, FG in small lettering on truncation, 1776·1976 below / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA above The Liberty Bell inscribed THEREOF LEV. XXV. V X. PROCLAIM HOUSE OF PHILADA BY OR PASS AND STOW PHILADA MDCCLIII in five lines, moon behind and to the right; in right field, E PLURIBUS UNUM in three lines, DRW and denomination below. KM 206. 22.70gr, 38mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1848. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Thirteen stars around Liberty seated to right, head to left, holding stick with cap 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 68. 13.07gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
