LOT 4274
Mexico (New Spain). Carlos III, King of Spain AR 2 Reales. Dated 1780FF. Casa de Moneda de México mint.
CAROLUS · III · DEI · GRATIA, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, date below / · HISPAN · ET IND · REX · Mo · 2R · F · F ·, crowned coat-of-arms between Pillars of Hercules. KM 88.2. Fine.(6.26gr, 28mm, 12h.).
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 4274
Mexico (New Spain). Carlos III, King of Spain AR 2 Reales.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £35
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India, British Colonial, Victoria AR Rupee. Dated 1900. Bombay mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Design by William Wyon. VICTORIA EMPRESS, crowned and draped bust to left / Denomination above date; all within wreath. KM 492; SW 6.155. 11.65gr, 31mm, 12h.
Almost Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
United States of America AR Dime or 10 Cents. Dated 1838. New Orleans mint. No stars around rim on obverse.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Seated Liberty facing to left, holding liberty cap on stick and shield, date in exergue / ONE DIME in two lines within wreath, mintmark below. KM 61. 2.50gr, 18mm, 6h.
Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Saxony (Kingdom), Johann I AR 1/3 Thaler. Dated 1859. Dresden mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Gustav Theodor Fischer, Mint Master. IOHANN V. G. G. KOENIG VON SACHSEN, head to left, F below / 3 EINEN THALER 90 EIN PFUND F., draped and crowned coat of arms; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SEGNE SACHSEN. AKS 138; KM 1198. 8.09gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
