LOT 4193
German States. Sachsen (Saxony, Kingdom), Johann AR Vereinstaler. Dated 1861. Dresden mint.
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. Near Extremely Fine. Light iridescent tone.(18.50, 33mm, 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 4193
German States. Sachsen (Saxony, Kingdom), Johann AR Vereinstaler.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
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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. -
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. -
Italy. Papale (Stato della Città del Vaticano), Pius XI AR 10 Lire. Dated 1934.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Designs by Aurelio Mistruzzi. PIVS XI PONT· MAX · A · XIII, bust to left; MISTRVZZI A · MOTTI · INC in small lettering in two lines below / STATO DELLA CITTA' DEL VATICANO, Virgin and Child, Queen of Peace, REGINA PACIS below, denomination and date flanking. KM 8; Berman 3354. 9.97gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
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.
