LOT 4215
Group of Two [2] Maria Theresia AR Thalers. After 1780.
One with suspension loop, the other mounted as a brooch. Condition as seen.(59.23gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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Group of Twelve [12] Miscellaneous World Coins. 1st-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Various rulers. 154gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
United States of America CU One Cent. Dated 1848. Philadelphia mint. "Liberty Head - Braided Hair" type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Design by Christian Gobrecht. Head of Liberty to left, date below, thirteen stars around / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around, ONE CENT within wreath. KM 67. 10.53gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
By inheritance. Property of a Lincolnshire lady. -
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.
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