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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Islamic, Abbasid Dynasty. AR Dirhams Group [10]. 8th-12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Ten silver Dirhams of the Abbasid dynasty. 29.94gr total
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Crusaders, Edessa (County). Baldwin II AE Follis. Second reign, 1108-1118.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Light Series, Type 2. Struck circa 1114. B-Δ, count standing facing, holding cross and sword / Cross fleuronnée with pellets at the ends and in angles. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 109-12; cf. CCS 10a. 3.31gr, 21mm, 2h
Very Fine. Seemingly overstruck on uncertain undertype.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
