LOT 4272
Mexico (New Spain). Ferdinand VI AR 1/2 Real. Dated 1754. Casa de Moneda de México mint.
· FRD · VI · D · G · HISP · ET IND · R ·, crowned shield / VTRA QUE VNUM, crowned globes flanked by crowned pillars with banner; · Mᴼ · 1754 · M · below. KM 67.1. Near Very Fine.(1.62gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents. Dated 1857. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Thirteen stars around Liberty seated to right, head to left, holding cap on a stick 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 A64.2. 6.11gr, 24mm, 6h.
Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg, Alexander Karl AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1859. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
ALEXANDER CARL HERZOG ZU ANHALT, bare head to left; A (mintmark) below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned coat of arms, to left and right crowned bear each, acting as supporters; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SEGNE ANHALT. AKS 14; Jaeger 2 AB 72; KM 86; Davenport GT III 505. 18.46gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
France. Louis XV AR Écu. Dated 1756. Bayonne mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Designs by Joseph-Charles Röettiers. LUD · XV · D · G · FR · ET NAV · REX., head with headband to left, J.C.R. in small lettering on truncation, below running dog to left / · SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTUM ✿ 1756, round shield of France crowned, between two olive branches linked at the base; L (mintmark) below. Edge inscription: DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM. Dyplessy, Royales 1680; Gad R2 322; Ciani 2122; KM 512.12. 28.64gr, 42mm, 6h.
Fine. 'Σ' graffito on obverse.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
