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LOT 4290
Spain. Group of Three [3] AR 5 Pesetas. 1875-1898.
Alfonso XII (1874-1885)1875 5 pesetas, KM 671, Fine; Alfonso XII (1874-1885)1876 5 pesetas, KM 671, Very Fine; Alfonso XIII (1886-1931) 1898 5 Pesetas, KM 707, Fine. Condition as seen.(74.42gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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India. Kabul Shahi Dynasties, Samanta Deva AR Jital. AD 850-1000. Gandhāra-Ohind mint. Bull and Horseman type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
श्री सामन्त देव, bull sitting to left; circular pellet on hump; Jhula (saddle cloth) with trishula (sacred trident) on rump; star before / दी, horseman to right holding banner; Nagari "Di" above. Cf. Tye 14.1. 3.25gr, 19mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Jersey. Victoria AE 1/48 Shilling. Dated 1877. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Designs by Leonard Charles Wyon. VICTORIA D . G. BRITANNIAR . REGINA F . D., crowned head to left, seven pointed star and mintmark below / STATES OF JERSEY, arms of Jersey within heater-shaped shield dividing date; denomination below. KM 6. 2.89gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This issue was withdrawn in May 1881, except for 38,400 pieces. (McCammon states that 38,240 pieces remained, but this is not in agreement with the Royal Mint documents.) The withdrawn coins were returned to the Royal Mint and melted for the 1881 one twelfth of a shilling coinage (Numista). -
German States. Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, Bernhard II AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1859. München mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Designs by Ferdinand Helfricht. BERNHARD HERZOG ZU SACHSEN MEININGEN, head to left, HELFRICHT in small lettering on truncation / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, arms within crowned mantle; date below. Edge inscription: FIDELITER ET CONSTANTER. AKS 184; Jaeger 11; KM 167; Davenport 838. 18.22gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
