LOT 4258
India. Kabul Shahi Dynasties, Samanta Deva AR Jital. AD 850-1000. Gandhāra-Ohind mint. Bull and Horseman type.
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. Very Fine.(3.25gr, 19mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Hong Kong. George V CU Cent. Dated 1924. Royal mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Design by Edgar Bertram MacKennal. GEORGE V KING AND EMPEROR OF INDIA •, crowned bust to left; B.M. in small lettering on truncation / ✿ HONG - KONG ✿, 香 仙 一 港, denomination and date below. KM 16. 7.53gr, 28mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Wilhelm I AR 5 Mark. Dated 1876. Hannover mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
WILHELM DEUTSCHER KAISER KÖNIG V. PREUSSEN, head to right, B (mintmark) below / DEUTSCHES REICH 1876 ★ FÜNF MARK ★, crowned eagle facing with wings spread, head to left; collared coat-of-arms on breast. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. KM 503; AKS 114; Jaeger 97; Davenport 786. 27.35gr, 38mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Free Imperial City of Frankfurt AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1864. Frankfurt am Main mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Designs by August von Nordheim. FREIE STADT FRANKFURT, oak-wreathed bust of Francofurtia to right, A.v.NORDHEIM in small lettering on truncation / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned eagle with wings and talons spread facing to left; date below. Edge inscription: STARK IM RECHT. AKS 10; Jaeger 6 FHI 42b; KM 370; Davenport GT III 652. GERMAN STATES, FRANKFURT (1372 - 1866), 1864 VEREINSTHALER/THALER. Obv: Bust of Francofurtia facing right wearing oak wreath, tower either side. Rev: Crowned spread eagle facing left. KM. 370. Near Extremely Fine. 18.46gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
