LOT 4268
Mexico (New Spain). Philip V, King of Spain AR 2 Reales. Dated 1739. Casa de Moneda de México mint.
MF, engraver. ✱ VTRAQUE VNUM ✱, crowned hemispheres between crowned pillars ornamented with banners, all set on waves; date between mintmarks below / ✱ PHILIP • V • D • G • HISPAN • ET IND • REX, crowned coat-of-arms flanked by initials and value. KM 84. Good Fine.(5.85gr, 27mm, 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 4268
Mexico (New Spain). Philip V, King of Spain AR 2 Reales.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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German States. Bavaria (Kingdom), Luitpold AR 3 Mark. Dated 1911. Munich mint. Commemorative issue of 90th birthday of Prince Regent Luitpold.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
LVITPOLD PRINZ- REGENT V. BAYERN, bare head to right, D and 1821 * 12 MÆRZ * 1911 below / DEUTSCHES REICH 1911, imperial eagle, denomination below. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. Jaeger 49; KM 998. 16.66gr, 33mm, 12h.
Almost Uncirculated.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Friedrich Wilhelm AR Thaler. Dated 1870. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
FRIEDRICH WILH. V. G. G. GROSSH. V. MECKLENB. STRL., head to left; A (mintmark) below / EIN THALER XXX EIN P F. F., crowned coat of Arms of the Grand Duchy encircled by the Garter inscribed HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SCHIRME MECKLENBURG. AKS 71; Jaeger 4 MRWS 120; KM 100; Davenport GT III 732. 18.43gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
Friedrich Wilhelm married a granddaughter of Georg III and made a Knight of the Order of the Garter by Queen Victoria (1862), which allows him to add the famous garter to his Arms. -
German States. Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, Georg II AR 2/3 Thaler. Dated 1737.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Christian Philipp Spangenberg, Mint Master. NEC ASPERA TERRENT, horse leaping to left; date and C.P.S in exergue / GEORG·II·D·G·M·BRIT·F&H·REX·F·D·B&L·D·S·R·I·A·I&E·, crowned coat of arms; 2/3 FEIN SILB: below. KM 227. 12.69gr, 33mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
