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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Hong Kong. Edward VII CU Cent. Dated 1905. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Design by George William de Saulles. EDWARD VII KING & EMPEROR, crown bust to right; DES in small lettering beneath truncation / ✿ HONG - KONG ✿, 香 港 一 仙, mintmark above, denomination and date below. KM 11; Schön 1. 7.62gr, 28mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Ottoman Empire. Mehmed V AR 10 Kurus. Dated AH 1327 (AD 1908/9), RY 9 (AD 1917/8). Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
٩سنه (Year 7), Toughra; "el-Ghazi" to right / عز نصره ضرب في قسطنطينية ١٣٢٧ (May he be victorious.Struck in Constantinople. 1327) in four lines. KM 772. 11.98gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
German States. Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Ernst II AR 1/6 Thaler. Dated 1869. Dresden mint. Commemorative issue for 25th Anniversary of the Reign of Duke Ernst II.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Gustav Julius Buschick, Mint Master. ERNST HERZOG V. SACHSEN COBURG U. GOTHA, head to left, B below / ✶ 6 EINEN THALER 180 EIN PFUND F. around DEN 29 IANUAR 1869 in three lines. Edge inscription: ✶ FIDELITER ✶ ET ✶ CONSTANTER. AKS 118; Jaeg 11 Sac 297; KM 150. 5.26gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
