LOT 4194
India. Mughal Empire, Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar AR Rupee. Dated AH 984 (AD 1576/7). Dar al-Khalifat Agra(?) mint.
The Kalima Shahada within wavy square; the four Caliphs' names in margins; all in Arabic / Persian legend cited the ruler and the date within linear square, mint name in margin. Cf. KM 80.1. Very Fine. Test mark on obverse.(11.32gr, 23mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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LOT 4194
India. Mughal Empire, Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar AR Rupee.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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India, British Colonial, Victoria AR Rupee. Dated 1900. Bombay mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Design by William Wyon. VICTORIA EMPRESS, crowned and draped bust to left / Denomination above date; all within wreath. KM 492; SW 6.155. 11.62gr, 30mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Countermarked A on obverse.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Italy. Papale (Stato della Città del Vaticano), Pius XI AR 10 Lire. Dated 1934.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Designs by Aurelio Mistruzzi. PIVS XI PONT· MAX · A · XIII, bust to left; MISTRVZZI A · MOTTI · INC in small lettering in two lines below / STATO DELLA CITTA' DEL VATICANO, Virgin and Child, Queen of Peace, REGINA PACIS below, denomination and date flanking. KM 8; Berman 3354. 9.97gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
German States. Sachsen (Saxony, Kingdom), Johann AR 2 Vereinsthaler. Dated 1861. Dresden mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Gustav Julius Buschick, Mint Master. IOHANN V.G.G. KOENIG VON SACHSEN, bare head to left; mintmark below / ZWEI VEREINSTHALER XV EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned coat-of-arms between two lions, date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SEGNE SACHSEN. AKS 127; KM 1215; Davenport 894. 36.95gr, 40mm, 12h
Near Extremely 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.
