LOT 4195
India. Sultans of Gujarat, Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah III AR Tanka. AH 949 (AD 1542).
"Mahmud Shah bin Latif Shah al-Sultan" in five lines / "al-wathiq" legend reading upwards in five lines. G&G G426. Near Extremely Fine Traces of suspension loop.(8.76gr, 21mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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LOT 4195
India. Sultans of Gujarat, Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah III AR Tanka.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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United States of America AR Capped Bust Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1839. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Designs by Christian Gobrecht. Thirteen stars surrounding draped bust of Liberty to left, wearing Phrygian cap inscribed LIBERTY on band; mintmark and date below / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, eagle facing, wings spread, head to left, holding branch and arrows, denomination below. KM 65. 13.21gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Extremely 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. -
Russia. 1917 Revolution AR Kopeks. Dated 1912. Countermarked on 50 Kopeks of Tsar Nikolai II Aleksandrovich.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
St. Petersburg mint. Elikum Babayants, mintmaster. Б.М.НИКОЛАЙ II ИМПЕРАТОРЬ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОСС, bare head to left / 50 КОПѢЕКЪ 1912 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; octagonal countermark: "Deposition of the Romanov Dynasty. March 1917” in Russian. Edge inscription: (Э•Б) ЧИСТАГО СЕРЕБРА 2 ЗОЛОТНИКА 10,5 ДОЛЕЙ. Y 58.2; Bitkin 91. 10.02gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Such counterstruck issues were produced to celebrate the deposing of the tsar and his family, bringing to an end the 300 year rule of the Romanovs. -
Italy. Savoia (Ducato), Ludovico BI Denier. 1440-1465.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ LVDOVICVS DVX, large L within four annulets / ✠ SABAVDIЄ, shield within four annulets. Bd 1136; MIR 173. 0.96gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
