LOT 4157
Swedish Livonia, Christina BI Solidus. Dated 1653(?).
CHRISTINA · D · G · R · S ·, Vasa arms inside crowned monogram / SOLIDVS LIVONIÆ 5 · 3(?) ·, griffin holding two swords with its feet. Ahlström 5; Haljak II 1425; Fed 863. Very Fine. Edge chipped.(0.33gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s.
Property of a North London, UK, private collector.
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Swedish Livonia, Christina BI Solidus. Dated 1653(?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CHRISTINA · D · G · R · S ·, Vasa arms inside crowned monogram / SOLIDVS LIVONIÆ 5 · 3(?) ·, griffin holding two swords with its feet. Ahlström 5; Haljak II 1425; Fed 863. 0.33gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s. Property of a North London, UK, private collector. -
Italian States, Perugia (Republic) BI Sestino. Ordinance of 1471.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
✠ : S : ERCVLANVS ❀, cross pattée; with stars in first and fourth quadrants / ✠ : DE : PERVSIA ✤, large P; stars flanking. Biaggi 1805. 0.93gr, 18, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
West Africa(?) Spearhead Money. Circa 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Spear blade in the form of a long leaf, used as currency until the use of coins in the 19th century, issued by the local cultures. Cf. National Museum of American History, ID Number: NU.79.112.OC133. 1.55gr, 54mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman; formed from the early 2000s.
