LOT 4262
India, British. William IV AR Rupee. Dated 1835. Calcutta mint.
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. Good Very Fine.(11.50gr, 30mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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India. Kabul Shahi Dynasties, Samanta Deva AR Jital. AD 850-1000. Gandhāra-Ohind mint. Bull and Horseman type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
श्री सामन्त देव, bull sitting to left; circular pellet on hump; Jhula (saddle cloth) with trishula (sacred trident) on rump; star before / दी, horseman to right holding banner; Nagari "Di" above. Cf. Tye 14.1. 3.25gr, 19mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
German States. Bavaria (Kingdom), Maximilian II AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1859. München mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Designs by Carl Friedrich Voigt. MAXIMILIAN II KŒNIG V. BAYERN, head to right, C. VOIGT in small lettering beneath truncation / EIN VEREINSTHALER ✿ XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned arms with supporters; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SEGNE BAYERN. AKS 149; Jaeger 5 Bay 94; KM 852; Davenport GT III 606. 18.15gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Attractively toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (Principality), Friedrich Günther AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1866. München mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
FRIEDR. GÜNTHER FÜRST ZU SCHWARZBURG, head to right / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned double-headed eagle; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. AKS 13; Jaeger 12 Sac 56; KM 182; Davenport GT III 918. 18.46gr, 33mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
