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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France. Louis XV AR Half Écu. Dated 1728. Tours mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Designs by Joseph Roëttiers. LUD • XV . D • G • FR • ET NAV • REX (crescent), draped bust to left; JR. in small lettering on truncation / SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTUM ★ 1728, round shield of France crowned, between two olive branches linked at the base; E (mintmark) below. Edge inscription: DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM. Dyplessy, Royales 1676; Gad R2 313; Ciani 2118. 14.51gr, 33mm, 6h.
Fine. Rare.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1849. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Thirteen stars around Liberty seated to right, head to left, holding stick with cap and resting her right arm on shield inscribed LIBERTY; date below / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, eagle facing, wings spread, head to left, holding branch and arrows; mintmark and denomination below. KM 68. 13.24gr, 30mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Hungary. Francis Joseph I AR Forint. Dated 1869. Kremnica in Slovakia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Designs by Josef Tautenhayn and Franz Gaul. FERENCZ JÓZSEF A. CSÁSZÁR, head to right, K.B. (mintmark) below / MAGYAR ORSZÁG AP. KIRÁLYA 1869, curved twofold Hungarian small coat of arms, flying angels holding St. Stephen's crown above; denomination below. Edge inscription: BIZALMAM AZ ŐSI ERÉNYBEN (my trust is ancient virtues). ÉH 1463a; KM 449.1. 12.33gr, 29mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Lustruous/Proof-like.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
