LOT 4190
German States. Sachsen (Saxony, Kingdom), Johann AR 2 Vereinsthaler. Dated 1861. Dresden mint.
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. Near Extremely Fine.(36.95gr, 40mm, 12h).
ProvenanceFrom 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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LOT 4190
German States. Sachsen (Saxony, Kingdom), Johann AR 2 Vereinsthaler.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Russia. 1917 Revolution AR Kopeks. Dated 1912. Countermarked on 50 Kopeks of Tsar Nikolai II Aleksandrovich.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
St. Petersburg mint. Elikum Babayants, mintmaster. Б.М.НИКОЛАЙ II ИМПЕРАТОРЬ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОСС, bare head to left / 50 КОПѢЕКЪ 1912 Г., crowned double-headed eagle facing with wings spread, wearing shield on breast depicting St. George slaying the dragon, with shields arranged across wings, and holding sceptre and orb; crown with ribbons above; octagonal countermark: "Deposition of the Romanov Dynasty. March 1917” in Russian. Edge inscription: (Э•Б) ЧИСТАГО СЕРЕБРА 2 ЗОЛОТНИКА 10,5 ДОЛЕЙ. Y 58.2; Bitkin 91. 10.02gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Such counterstruck issues were produced to celebrate the deposing of the tsar and his family, bringing to an end the 300 year rule of the Romanovs. -
South Africa. George VI AR 5 Shillings. Dated 1952. Pretoria mint. 300th anniversary of the founding of Capetown.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Designs by Thomas Humphrey Paget and Marion Walgate. GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX, bare head to left; H P in small lettering beneath truncation / SUID-AFRIKA·1652-1952·SOUTH AFRICA, Jan van Riebeeck's three-master, Drommedaris, sails into Table Bay on 6 April 1652, to establish a new Dutch colony located at what is now Cape Town; Table Mountain is in the background; monogram of VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) in right field, M.W. in small lettering to lower left field; denomination below. KM 41. 28.27gr, 39mm, 12h.
Almost Uncirculated.
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. -
India. Mughal Empire, Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar AR Rupee. Dated AH 984 (AD 1576/7). Dar al-Khalifat Agra(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
The Kalima Shahada within wavy square; the four Caliphs' names in margins; all in Arabic / Persian legend cited the ruler and the date within linear square, mint name in margin. Cf. KM 80.1. 11.32gr, 23mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Test mark on obverse.
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.
