LOT 4148
Mexico (New Spain). Carlos III, King of Spain AR 4 Reales. Dated 1777FM. Casa de Moneda de México mint.
CAROLUS · III · DEI · GRATIA, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right; date below / · HISPAN ET IND · REX · Mo · 4R · F · M ·, crowned coat-of-arms between Pillars of Hercules. KM 97.2. Good Fine.(13.05gr, 34mm, 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 4148
Mexico (New Spain). Carlos III, King of Spain AR 4 Reales.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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India, British. William IV AR Rupee. Dated 1835. Calcutta mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
William Wyon, engraver. WILLIAM IIII, KING., bare head to right, F in small lettering on truncation / EAST INDIA COMPANY, denomination in English and Urdu within wreath with 19 berries; date below. KM 450.2. 11.50gr, 30mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
German States. Württemberg (Kingdom), Karl I AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1868. Stuttgart mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Designs by Christian Schnitzspahn. KARL KOENIG VON WUERTTEMBERG, head to right, C. SCHNITZSPAHN in small lettering on truncation / EIN VEREINSTHALER • XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned and helmeted arms supported by lion and deer; date below. Edge inscription: MÜNZVERTRAG VOM 24 JANUAR 1857. AKS 126; Jaeger 1 Wu 85; Davenport GT III 960. 18.36gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Hong Kong. Edward VII CU Cent. Dated 1905. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Design by George William de Saulles. EDWARD VII KING & EMPEROR, crown bust to right; DES in small lettering beneath truncation / ✿ HONG - KONG ✿, 香 仙 一 港, mintmark above, denomination and date below. KM 11; Schön 1. 7.62gr, 28mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
