LOT 4281
Poland (Kingdom). Alexander I AV 50 Zlotys Polskich. Dated 1819. Warsaw mint.
ALEXANDER I • CESARZ SA • W • ROS• KRÓL • POLSKI, bare head to right / 50 ZŁOT • POLSK • 26 Z GRZ • CZ • KOL, two-headed Russian eagle beneath imperial crown; on breast, shield with the Polish eagle; I• B• flanking, date below. Gumowski 2531; Craig 103. Near Extremely Fine.(9.81gr, 23.5mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
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German States. Saxony (Kingdom), Friedrich August III AR 3 Mark. Dated 1913. Muldenhütten mint. 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Leipzig.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Designs by Friedrich Wilhelm Hörnlein. 18. OKTOBER ✶1813 = 1913✶, Völkerschlachtdenkmal, E (mintmark) below / DEUTSCHES REICH 1913, crowned imperial eagle with shield on breast; denomination below. KM 1275; Jaeger 140; AKS 190. 16.69gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
The Völkerschlachtdenkmal (Monument to the Battle of the Nations) is a colossal monument in Leipzig, Germany, commemorating the pivotal 1813 Battle of Leipzig where Napoleon's forces were defeated by a coalition of European powers. -
German States. Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (Principality), Friedrich Günther AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1866. München mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
FRIEDR. GÜNTHER FÜRST ZU SCHWARZBURG, head to right / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned double-headed eagle; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. AKS 13; Jaeger 12 Sac 56; KM 182; Davenport GT III 918. 18.46gr, 33mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Russia, Empire. Catherine II CU 5 Kopeck. Dated 1771. Ekaterinburg mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Crowned double-headed eagle facing with wings spread, wearing shield on breast depicting St. George slaying the dragon, and holding sceptre and orb; crown above, E-M across lower fields, denomination on scroll below / Crowned monogram, date across fields; all within wreath. Bitkin 620a. 41.91gr, 40mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
