LOT 4263
Ottoman Empire. Mehmed V AR 10 Kurus. Dated AH 1327 (AD 1908/9), RY 9 (AD 1917/8). Constantinople mint.
٩سنه (Year 7), Toughra; "el-Ghazi" to right / عز نصره ضرب في قسطنطينية ١٣٢٧ (May he be victorious.Struck in Constantinople. 1327) in four lines. KM 772. Good Very Fine.(11.98gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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India, Colonial. Portuguese India, Maria I a Piedosa (the Piteous) Tin 20 Bazarucos. Dated 1801. Dio (Diu) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Maltese crown divides date in angles / Crude crowned arms. KM 47; Gomez 07.03; Vaz, Indo-Portuguese M1.145. 15.8gr, 33mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection. -
Italy, Venezia (Venice). Anonymous CU 6 Bagattini. 1619-1649. Undated.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
✱ R ✱ C ✱ ✱ ✱ L ✱ A ✱, facing Madonna with Child on right; ✱ 6 ✱ in exergue / ✱ SAN·• MARC·• VEN ✱, Saint Mark facing, making benediction gesture with his right hand and holding the Gospel on his left hand. Paolucci 734. 2.40gr, 24mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hong Kong. Edward VII CU Cent. Dated 1905. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Design by George William de Saulles. EDWARD VII KING & EMPEROR, crown bust to right; DES in small lettering beneath truncation / ✿ HONG - KONG ✿, 香 港 一 仙, 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.
