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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Italy. Venezia (Venice), Alvise Pisani, Doge CXIV AR Ducato. 1735-1741. Michiel Soranzo, massaro.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
✱ S ✱ M ✱ V ✱ ALOYSIVS ✱ PISANI ✱D., St. Mark seated to right, presenting cross-tipped banner to Doge kneeling to left; ❀ M • S ❀ in exergue / DVCATVS ✱ VENETVS ✱, winged lion of St. Mark to left, resting forepaw upon open Gospels; castle to left, ❀❀❀ in exergue. CNI 38; Paolucci - (cf. 16). 22.65gr, 39mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
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. -
Portugal. John V AV 1000 Reis or Quartinho. Dated 1718. Lisbon mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Cross of Christ series. IOANNES • V • D • G • P • ET • ALG • REX, crowned royal coat-of-arms; 1000 upwards to left / IN + HOC + SIGNO + VINCES, Jerusalem Cross; date above. KM 182; Gomes J5 88.15. 2.53gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK. -
Germany. Brandenburg-Preussen (Electorate & Duchy), Georg Wilhelm AR Ort - 1/4 Taler. Dated 1621. Königsberg mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
+· GEORG · WILHELMVS · G · G · M · Z · BRAN ·+, half-length armored bust to right, sceptre on shoulder, helmet to right, date below / + D · H · R · R · ERT · C · VCHVR · E · I · P · Z · G · C · B · H, crowned coat-of- arms, sceptre shield in centre; all in baroque frame. KM 86.3; Olding 37; Neumann 10.97. 7.12gr, 30mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzen & Scheine, Thomas Pollandt. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
