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LOT 4214
Group of Twelve [12] Chinese AE Cash. 2nd millennium AD.
Various types. Condition as seen.(46.32gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Group of Two [2] Maria Theresia AR Thalers. After 1780.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
One with suspension loop, the other mounted as a brooch. 59.23gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Italy. Papale (Stato della Città del Vaticano), Pius IX AR 10 Soldi or 50 Centesimi. Dated 1868. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Designs by Carl Friedrich Voigt. PIVS IX PON · MAX · A · XXII, bust to left / ★ STATO ★ PONTIFICIO ★, denomination and date within wreath; mintmark below, 50 Cmi (50 centesimi) flanking. KM 1376; Berman 3343. 2.45gr, 18mm, 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. -
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.
