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LOT 3038
Sassanian Kingdom AR Drachms Group [5]. 6th - 7th century AD.
Five silver Drachms of the Parthian dynasty. (20.44gr total). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000;
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Bolivia, Colonial (as Alto Peru). Felipe II, King of Spain AR 8 Reales. 1556-1598.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Potosí mint; uncertain date. Assayer A. Cob issue. Crowned Hapsburg coat-of-arms; P A to left, O VIII to right / Arms of Castille and Leon in quarters of Jerusalem cross, all within ornate quadrilobe. S P11; KM 5.1; Cal 674. 26.84gr, 38mm, 4h
Very Fine. Double obverse struck. Very rare assayer.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Recovered 1985 from Atocha Shipwreck. -
France. Napoleon AR Franc. Dated 1804.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Paris mint. Design by Pierre-Joseph Tiolier. NAPOLEON EMPEREUR, bare head to right; below, Tiolier / RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, 1 FRANC within wreath; below, date between A and rooster. F# 201; Gad# 443; KM# 656. 4.90gr, 18mm, 6h
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Netherlands. City of Groningen AR 6 Stuivers. 1690-1692.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[MO · NO · ARG] · CIV · GRONINGAE 16[...], crowned arms of the city of Groningen dividing value, date above crown / CONCORDIA · RES · PAR[VAE · CRESCUNT ·], knight on horseback to right, brandishing sword, privy mark (siren) at end of legend. KM 48; Ver 186.1. 3.68gr, 27mm, 12h
Fine.
Found on various UK sites since 1974; Property of an Essex collector.
