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LOT 3500
India. Kabul Shahi Dynasties, Samanta Deva AR Jital. AD 850-1000. Gandhāra-Ohind mint. Bull and Horseman type.
Horseman to right, holding banner; 'bhi' in Nagari to left; symbol to right / 'śri samanta deva' in Nagari, recumbent zebu to left, Jhula (saddle cloth) with trishula (sacred trident) on rump; to left, star above pellet above crescent. Tye 14. Good Very Fine.(3.11gr, 18mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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United States of America AR Dollar. Dated 1922. San Francisco mint. Peace type. Dies by Anthony de Francisci.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £47
LIBERTY, head of Liberty to left, wearing radiate headband, IN GOD WE TRUST across fields; monogram of AF and date below / UNITED • STATES • OF • AMERICA E • PLURIBUS UNUM, eagle standing to right on rock, wings closed, seen from rear, branch in talons, rays behind, PEACE below; ONE DOLLAR across fields; mintmark S in lower left field. KM 150. 26.78gr, 38mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Ottoman Empire. Murad II AR Akce. Dated AH 834 (AD 1431). Edirne mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Inscription containing mintname / Name, patronymic and date in four sections. Album 1302.3; Damali 6-ED-G2-834. 1.14gr, 13mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Russia. 1917 Revolution AR 25 Kopeks. Dated 1896. Countermarked on 25 Kopeks of Tsar Nikolai II Aleksandrovich. St. Petersburg or Paris mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Б.М.НИКОЛАЙ II ИМПЕРАТОРЪ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОСС., bare head to left; octagonal countermark: ''Deposition of the Romanov Dynasty. March 1917” in Russian / 25 КОПѢЕКЪ 1896 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. For undertype cf. Y 57; cf. Bitkin 95-99, 202. 4.96gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
