LOT 3703
Switzerland AR 2 Francs. Dated 1863.
Mint B (Bern). Design by Ferdinand Korn. HELVETIA , Helvetia seated to left, wearing laurel wreath and toga, with right arm raised, and holding shield with coat of arms of Switzerland in left hand, plow and wheat spikes to the right, mountains behind / Denomination and date within wreath formed of oak and alpine rose branches tied with a ribbon below. HMZ 2 1222; Divo/Tob19 303; KM 10a; Schön 22a; Y 28. Very Fine.(9.72gr, 27mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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France. Napoleon Bonaparte AR 5 Francs. Dated L'An 12 (1803-1804).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Paris mint. Design by Pierre-Joseph Tiolier. BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL, bareheaded bust to right / RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, olive wreath containing denomination; AN 12 (date) below. Edge inscription: ★DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE. Gad 577; KM 659. 24.50gr, 37mm, 6h
Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Feudal France. Normandy AR Billon Dinar. Circa 1050-1060.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Time of William the Conqueror. Cross with pellet in each angle within inner circle, remains of legend around / Cross with annulet in each angle within inner circle, remains of legend around. 0.56gr, 19mm
Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, 1980s. -
Crusaders. Bohémond III BI Denier. 1163-1201.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Antioch (Principality) mint. ✠ BOA[...]VHDVS, helmeted head to left, between crescent and five-pointed star / ✠ ANTIOCHIA, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades, class C, 384; cf. CCS 66b. 0.97gr, 17mm, 9h
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
