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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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. -
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. 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.
