LOT 4198
Italy. Savoia (Ducato), Ludovico BI Denier. 1440-1465.
✠ LVDOVICVS DVX, large L within four annulets / ✠ SABAVDIЄ, shield within four annulets. Bd 1136; MIR 173. Near Very Fine.(0.96gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Solomon Islands. Elizabeth II AR Proof 25 Dollars. 2000.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS, crowned bust to right, RDM in small lettering on truncation; date below / ✱ JEAN MICHEL HUON DE KERMADEC ✱ 1792 ✱ ''ESPERANCE'', ship in full sail to right. 500gr, 90mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
German States. Sachsen (Saxony, Kingdom), Johann AR Vereinstaler. Dated 1861. Dresden mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
IOHANN V.G.G. KOENIG VON SACHSEN, bare head to left; mintmark below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned coat-of-arms between two lions, date below. Edge inscription: ♔ ∗ GOTT ∗ SEGNE ∗ SACHSEN ∗. AKS 136; KM 1210; Davenport 893. 18.50, 33mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Light iridescent tone.
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. Saxony, Anton I AR Conventionsthaler. Dated 1831. Dresden mint. New Constitution commemorative issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Johann Georg Studer, Mint Master. ANTON KOENIG UND FRIEDRICH AUGUST MITREGENT VON SACHSEN, jugate head to right / VEREINTEN SICH MIT DEN GETREUEN STAENDEN ZU NEUER VERFASSUNG DES STAATS, scroll of the Constitution inscribed AM 4. SEPTBR. 1831; all within crown of olive and oak branches; S below. Edge inscription: ZEHN EINE FEINE MARK. KM 1133; AKS 84. 27.81gr, 37mm, 12h.
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.
