LOT 2885
World Coins - Germany - Empire - 1873 A - Pfennig 19th century A.D.
Berlin mint. Obv: crowned eagle with arms and A - A mintmark below. Rev: large 1 with DEUTSCHES REICH PFENNIG legend and date. Very fine. Very rare; first date of issue.(1.84 grams.).
ProvenanceAcquired TimeLine Auctions.
Property of a Kent gentleman.
KM# 1.
FootnotesThe German states were united under Wilhelm I in 1871.
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LOT 2885
World Coins - Germany - Empire - 1873 A - Pfennig
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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World Coins - Kings of Elymais - Kamnaskires V - Portrait AR Tetradrachm 52-51 B.C.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £24
Seleukeia ad Hedyphon mint, dated 261. Obv: diademed and draped bust of Kamnaskires V left, with long beard and torque, star over anchor symbol behind head. Rev: somewhat garbled and retrograde legend for BACILEWC KAMNACKIPOY TOY EG BACILEWC KAMNACKIROY around diademed and draped bust of Kamnaskires V left, date ZXS (partly retrograde) in exergue. 15.77 grams.
Very fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. -
World Coins - Islamic - Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - AR Hemidrachm 791-806 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Obv: profile bust with inscription. Rev: fire altar with inscription. 1.67 grams.
Near extremely fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection. With a coin ticket. -
World Coins - Germany - 1932 - Oak Tree 5 Marks Dated 1932 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Berlin mint. Obv: eagle with spread wings with DEUTSCHES REICH FUNF REICHSNARK legend. Rev: oak tree dividing date with 'A' mintmark below and EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT legend. 24.99 grams.
Extremely fine.
Acquired Canterbury Auction Galleries. Property of a Kent gentleman.
