LOT 2887
World Coins - Islamic - Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - AR Hemidrachm 791-806 A.D.
Obv: profile bust with inscription. Rev: fire altar with inscription. Near extremely fine.(1.67 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
With a coin ticket.
Cf. Wilkes 1, 107.
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LOT 2887
World Coins - Islamic - Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - AR Hemidrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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World Coins - Portugal - Pedro V - 1856 - 500 Reis Dated 1856 A.D.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Obv: profile bust with date below and PETRVS V PORTUG ET ALGARB REX legend. Rev: crowned mantled arms with 500 REIS below. 12.48 grams.
Extremely fine.
Acquired Spink USA. Property of a Kent gentleman. -
World Coins - Silver Thaler Wine-Bottle Coaster 19th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
With everted rim to each face and concentric rings; inset central silver coin (1871 Sieges Thaler of King Willhelm of Prussia). 39 grams, 75 mm wide
Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. -
World Coins - Europe - Gold Pseudo Coin Circa 14th-16th century A.D.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Obv: long cross with pellet centre and pellets. Rev: as aobverse. 0.35 grams.
Good very fine; slightly chipped at edge.
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
This piece, with the cross-and-pellets design closely resembling some medieval period coins of England and Europe, was possibly made for jewellery use; the two small chips to the edge could well have been where loops or similar fixings were once attached.
