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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India. Princely state of Mysore AR 1/12 Pavali. 1799-1810.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Goddess Chamundi facing / Inscription(?). See Numista N#57561 for a 1/6 Pavali. 0.24gr, 5mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
From Numista: As per some leading experts these coins might have been produced in the 70's or 80's. Though this has not been confirmed and this coin is still listed in Krause as a genuine coin. -
German States. Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm III AR Thaler. Dated 1831. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
FRIEDR. WILHELM III KOENIG V. PREUSSEN, bare head to right; mintmark below / EIN THALER XIV EINE F. M., crowned coat of arms, surrounded by the collar of the order of the black eagle splitting the vintage at the bottom; date below. KM 419; AKS 17; Thun 250. 22.17gr, 34mm, 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. -
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.
