LOT 4158
India, British Colonial, Victoria AR Rupee. Dated 1900. Bombay mint.
Design by William Wyon. VICTORIA EMPRESS, crowned and draped bust to left / Denomination above date; all within wreath. KM 492; SW 6.155. Almost Uncirculated.(11.65gr, 31mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Mexico (New Spain). Carlos III, King of Spain AR 4 Reales. Dated 1777FM. Casa de Moneda de México mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
CAROLUS · III · DEI · GRATIA, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right; date below / · HISPAN ET IND · REX · Mo · 4R · F · M ·, crowned coat-of-arms between Pillars of Hercules. KM 97.2. 13.05gr, 34mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
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. -
Austria. Group of Two [2] Maria Theresia AR Restrike Thalers. After 1780 (restrike).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
M • THERESIA • D •G • R • IMP • HU • BO • REG •, diademed, veiled and draped bust to right / ARCHID • AVST • DUX • BURG • CO •TYR • 1780 • X, crowned imperial double eagle facing, with double-crowned coat-of-arms on breast. 56.15gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, Bernhard II AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1859. München mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Designs by Ferdinand Helfricht. BERNHARD HERZOG ZU SACHSEN MEININGEN, head to left, HELFRICHT in small lettering on truncation / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, arms within crowned mantle; date below. Edge inscription: FIDELITER ET CONSTANTER. AKS 184; Jaeger 11; KM 167; Davenport 838. 18.22gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
