LOT 4204
Russia. 1917 Revolution AR Kopeks. Dated 1912. Countermarked on 50 Kopeks of Tsar Nikolai II Aleksandrovich.
St. Petersburg mint. Elikum Babayants, mintmaster. Б.М.НИКОЛАЙ II ИМПЕРАТОРЬ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОСС, bare head to left / 50 КОПѢЕКЪ 1912 Г., crowned double-headed eagle facing with wings spread, wearing shield on breast depicting St. George slaying the dragon, with shields arranged across wings, and holding sceptre and orb; crown with ribbons above; octagonal countermark: "Deposition of the Romanov Dynasty. March 1917” in Russian. Edge inscription: (Э•Б) ЧИСТАГО СЕРЕБРА 2 ЗОЛОТНИКА 10,5 ДОЛЕЙ. Y 58.2; Bitkin 91. Very Fine.(10.02gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Such counterstruck issues were produced to celebrate the deposing of the tsar and his family, bringing to an end the 300 year rule of the Romanovs.
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Group of Twelve [12] Chinese AE Cash. 2nd millennium AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Various types. 46.32gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Portugal. John V AV 1000 Reis or Quartinho. Dated 1718. Lisbon mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Cross of Christ series. IOANNES • V • D • G • P • ET • ALG • REX, crowned royal coat-of-arms; 1000 upwards to left / IN + HOC + SIGNO + VINCES, Jerusalem Cross; date above. KM 182; Gomes J5 88.15. 2.53gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK. -
German States. Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm III AR Thaler. Dated 1831. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
FRIEDR. WILHELM III KOENIG V. PREUSSEN, bare head to right; mintmark below / EIN THALER XIV EINE F. M., crowned coat of arms, surrounded by the collar of the order of the black eagle splitting the vintage at the bottom; date below. KM 419; AKS 17; Thun 250. 22.17gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From 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.
