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LOT 3494
Poland. Sigismund III AR Quarter Thaler. Dated 1621. Bydgoszcz mint.
SIGIS III D G REX POL M D LIT RVS PRVS MAS with crowned, armored mid-length bust of Sigismund facing right. holding sword over right shoulder, and globus cruciger in left hand / SAM LIV NEC SE − GOT VAN Q HRI R / II-VE / 16-21 with crowned, quartered arms of Poland-Lithuania with Vasa arms in center, dividing value and date. KM# 37. Good Fine.(6.98gr, 30mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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France. First Empire, Napoléon I AR Medallet. Dated L'An 13 (AD 1804). Commemorative issue of Coronation of Napoléon I. Dies by Jeuffroy. Denon, director.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR, laureate head to right; DEN. JEUFF in two lines beneath truncation / LE SENAT ET LE PEUPLE, mantled figure of Napoléon standing facing, holding eagle-tipped sceptre, being carried by a senator to left and a solider to right; to left, book, plowshare to right; in exergue, D AN XIII J. Bramsen 330. 1.34gr, 13mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
India. Kabul Shahi Dynasties, Samanta Deva AR Jital. AD 850-1000. Gandhāra-Ohind mint. Bull and Horseman type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Horseman to right, holding banner; 'bhi' in Nagari to left; symbol to right / 'śri samanta deva' in Nagari, recumbent zebu to left, Jhula (saddle cloth) with trishula (sacred trident) on rump; to left, star above pellet above crescent. Tye 14. 3.11gr, 18mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Ottoman Empire. 'Abd al-'Aziz CU 40 Para. Dually dated RY 4 and AH 1277 (AD 1865). Qustantiniyah (Constantinople) mint. Countermarked for the church of 'Birth of Christ Saviour' in Thasos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Toughra; ٤ سنة (RY) below / عز نصره ضرب في قسطنطينية around denomination; AH accession date below; c/m: ΣΓΧ 1883 [ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΓΕΝΝΗΣΙΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ 1883 (=Birth of Christ Saviour 1883)] in two lines within incuse circle. KM 702 (Turkey); Wilski G18-08. 21.14gr, 36mm.
Good Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Ottoman copper coins were countermarked for use in Greek communities under Turkish control, who continually suffered a shortage of coinage.
