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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France, Louis-Philippe I AR 5 Francs. Dated 1850. Paris mint. Jean-Pierre Collot, Mint Master.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier, engraver. LOUIS PHILIPPE ROI DES FRANÇAIS, bare head to right, N.P.TIOLIER in small lettering on truncation / Denomination above date; all within wreath of laurel and olive branches. KM 737. 24.97gr, 37mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Russian Empire. Ivan IV AR Kopeck. 1535-1547. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Horseman with spear on galloping horse to right; [mintmark below] / [...]ВЕЛИК [...]ИГДРЬ[...]СЕЯР[...] in Cyrillic. 0.64gr, 15mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Poland. Sigismund III Vasa AR Ort / ¼ Thaler. Dated 1624. Gdansk (Danzig) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
SIGIS III D : G : REX • POL • M D L R PR •, crowned bust to right, wearing ruffled collar; 1-6 across fields / • MONETA CIVIT : GEDANENSIS •, oval arms between two rampant lions, date above. Kopicki 7505. 6.69gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
