LOT 4326
United States of America AR Dime or 10 Cents. Dated 1842. New Orleans mint.
Seated Liberty facing to left, holding liberty cap on stick and shield, date in exergue / ONE DIME in two lines within wreath, mintmark below. KM 63.2. Fine.(2.49gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1853. New Orleans mint. Date with arrows, and rays on reverse.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Thirteen stars around Liberty seated to right, head to left, holding stick with cap and resting her right arm on shield inscribed LIBERTY; date with arrows below / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, eagle facing, wings spread, head to left, holding branch and arrows, rays extending outward; mintmark and denomination below. KM 79. 12.09gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
France. Louis XV AR Half Écu. Dated 1728. Tours mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Designs by Joseph Roëttiers. LUD • XV . D • G • FR • ET NAV • REX (crescent), draped bust to left; JR. in small lettering on truncation / SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTUM ★ 1728, round shield of France crowned, between two olive branches linked at the base; E (mintmark) below. Edge inscription: DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM. Dyplessy, Royales 1676; Gad R2 313; Ciani 2118. 14.51gr, 33mm, 6h.
Fine. Rare.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Bavaria (Electorate), Maximilian III Joseph AR Conventionsthaler. Dated 1774. Amberg mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
D·G·MAX·IOS·U·B· D·S·R·I·A·&EL·L·L·, bust to right, A (mintmark) below / PATRONA BAVARIAE·, crowned Madonna with Child holding imperial orb and sceptre in front of radiant sun; date below. Edge inscription: IN DEO CONSILIUM. KM 519; Davenport GT II 1954A. 28.01gr, 41mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Scratches on reverse.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
