LOT 4239
German States. Saxony (Kingdom), Johann I AR Thaler. Dated 1871. Dresden mint. Commemorative issue for Victory over France.
Gustav Julius Buschick, Mint Master. IOHANN V.G.G. KOENIG VON SACHSEN, head to left, B below / EIN THALER XXX EIN PF. F., Genie on horseback to left, carrying a flag; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SEGNE SACHSEN. AKS 159; Jaeger 10 SW 132; KM 1230; Davenport GT III 898. Very Fine.(18.38gr, 33mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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Hungary. Francis Joseph I AR Forint. Dated 1869. Kremnica in Slovakia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Designs by Josef Tautenhayn and Franz Gaul. FERENCZ JÓZSEF A. CSÁSZÁR, head to right, K.B. (mintmark) below / MAGYAR ORSZÁG AP. KIRÁLYA 1869, curved twofold Hungarian small coat of arms, flying angels holding St. Stephen's crown above; denomination below. Edge inscription: BIZALMAM AZ ŐSI ERÉNYBEN (my trust is ancient virtues). ÉH 1463a; KM 449.1. 12.33gr, 29mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Lustruous/Proof-like.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Russia. 1917 Revolution AR Rouble. Dated 1898. Countermarked on One Rouble of Tsar Nikolai II Aleksandrovich. Brussels mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Б.М.НИКОЛАЙ II ИМПЕРАТОРЬ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОСС, bare head to left; octagonal countermark: ''Deposition of the Romanov Dynasty. March 1917” in Russian / РУБЛЬ 1898 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. Edge inscription: ** ЧИСТАГО СЕРЕБРА 4 ЗОЛОТНИКА 21 ДОЛѦ. KM 59.1. 19.76gr, 34.5mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
India, British. William IV AR Rupee. Dated 1835. Calcutta mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
William Wyon, engraver. WILLIAM IIII, KING., bare head to right, F in small lettering on truncation / EAST INDIA COMPANY, denomination in English and Urdu within wreath with 19 berries; date below. KM 450.2. 11.50gr, 30mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
