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LOT 4257
Jersey. Victoria AE 1/48 Shilling. Dated 1877. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Designs by Leonard Charles Wyon. VICTORIA D . G. BRITANNIAR . REGINA F . D., crowned head to left, seven pointed star and mintmark below / STATES OF JERSEY, arms of Jersey within heater-shaped shield dividing date; denomination below. KM 6. Near Extremely Fine.(2.89gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
FootnotesThis issue was withdrawn in May 1881, except for 38,400 pieces. (McCammon states that 38,240 pieces remained, but this is not in agreement with the Royal Mint documents.) The withdrawn coins were returned to the Royal Mint and melted for the 1881 one twelfth of a shilling coinage (Numista).
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German States. Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Ernst II AR 1/6 Thaler. Dated 1869. Dresden mint. Commemorative issue for 25th Anniversary of the Reign of Duke Ernst II.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Gustav Julius Buschick, Mint Master. ERNST HERZOG V. SACHSEN COBURG U. GOTHA, head to left, B below / ✶ 6 EINEN THALER 180 EIN PFUND F. around DEN 29 IANUAR 1869 in three lines. Edge inscription: ✶ FIDELITER ✶ ET ✶ CONSTANTER. AKS 118; Jaeg 11 Sac 297; KM 150. 5.26gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Italy, Venezia (Venice). Antonio Veniero AR Grosso. Doge LXII, 1382-1400. Second type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IC XC, Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne, resting arms on Gospel Book; in field to left, star of six rays; in field to right F / ANTO • VЄNЄRIO DVX • S • M • VENETI, St. Mark, to right, standing facing, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and presenting banner to the Doge, to left, standing to right and holding the 'ducal promise' in his left hand. Paolucci 2. 1.75gr, 20mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced and with suspension loop.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Austria. Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia Empress AR Taler. Dated 1755. Hall mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
M • THERESIΛ •D • G • R • IMP • GE • HU • BO • REG •, crowned and draped bust to right / ARCH • AUST • DUX • BU • COM • TYR • 1765 X, crowned double-headed eagle facing; crowned coat-of-arms on breast. Herinek 449. 27.68gr, 40mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
