LOT 4199
Italy. Venezia (Venice), Alvise Pisani, Doge CXIV AR Ducato. 1735-1741. Michiel Soranzo, massaro.
✱ 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). Near Very Fine. Toned.(22.65gr, 39mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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LOT 4199
Italy. Venezia (Venice), Alvise Pisani, Doge CXIV AR Ducato.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Sweden. Frederick I AR Riksdaler. Dated 1744. Stockholm mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Hans Malmberg, Mint Master. Type IV. FRIDERICVS • D • G • REX • SVECIAE •, bust to right / Gud Mitt Hopp • ('God is my hope'), crowned ornate shield with supporters; date in cartouche, H•M• below. Edge inscription: MANIBUS ★ NE ★ LAEDAR ★ AVARIS ★. KM 423. 28.75gr, 41mm, 12h.
Good Very 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. -
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. -
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.
