LOT 4268
West Africa(?) Spearhead Money. Circa 18th-19th century AD.
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. Condition as seen.(1.55gr, 54mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman; formed from the early 2000s.
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Jersey. Victoria AE 1/48 Shilling. Dated 1877. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Designs by Leonard Charles Wyon. VICTORIA D . G. BRITANNIAR . REGINA F . D., crowned head to left, seven pointed star and mintmark below / STATES OF JERSEY, arms of Jersey within heater-shaped shield dividing date; denomination below. KM 6. 2.89gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This issue was withdrawn in May 1881, except for 38,400 pieces. (McCammon states that 38,240 pieces remained, but this is not in agreement with the Royal Mint documents.) The withdrawn coins were returned to the Royal Mint and melted for the 1881 one twelfth of a shilling coinage (Numista). -
Austria. Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia Empress AR Posthumous Taler. Dated 1780 but a later restrike from 1817-1833. Venedig (Venice) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
M · THERESIA · D · G · R · IMP · HU · BO · REG ·, veiled and crowned bust of Empress Maria Theresia of Habsburg to right; S · F · below / ARCHID · AVST · DUX · BURG · CO · TYR · 1780 · ☓, coat of arms of Maria Theresia on double-crowned shield divided into four fields representing Hungary, Bohemia, Burgundy, and Burgau (Günzburg); crowned inner shield with coat of arms of Austria; supported by crowned and nimbate double-headed eagle. Hafner 37a. 27.81gr, 41mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Ottoman Empire. Abdul Hamid I AR Altmislik or 2 Zolota. Dated Regnal Year 10 [AH 1187 (AD 1783-1784)]. Kostantiniyye (Constantinople) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Title; regnal year in left field / Name and titles over mint and date. KM 402. 26.15gr, 42mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
