LOT 4259
India. Mughal Empire, Shah Jahan I AR Rupee. Dated AH 1038 and RY 1 (AD 1628/9). Ahmadabad mint.
Legend in four lines / Legend in four lines. KM 224.1. Very Fine.(11.38gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market circa 2015.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Wilhelm I AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1867. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
WILHELM KOENIG VON PREUSSEN, head to right, A (mintmark) below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned imperial eagle, date below. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. AKS 99; Jaeg 9 Pr 96; KM 494. 18.36gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Mexico (New Spain). Ferdinand VI, King of Spain AR 2 Reales. Dated 1753M. Casa de Moneda de México mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £38
✿ VTRA QUE VNUM ✿, crowned hemispheres between crowned pillars ornamented with banners, all set on waves; date between Mo and M below / ✿ FRD • VI • D • G • HISP • ET IND • R ✿, crowned coat-of-arms; value across fields. KM 86.1. 6.74gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Pierced.
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. -
German States. Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, Bernhard II AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1859. München mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Designs by Ferdinand Helfricht. BERNHARD HERZOG ZU SACHSEN MEININGEN, head to left, HELFRICHT in small lettering on truncation / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, arms within crowned mantle; date below. Edge inscription: FIDELITER ET CONSTANTER. AKS 184; Jaeger 11; KM 167; Davenport 838. 18.22gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
