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BOLIVIA - REPUBLIC - 20 Centavos 1879, Potosi
weight 4,60gr. ; silver Ø 22,5mm.
This silver twenty centavos was struck in Potosi in 1879 to honor president Hilarion Daza (1840-94). It interrupted the normal issue of twenty centavos struck 1872-85, showing the portrait of Hilarión Daza Groselle;
Hilarión Daza Groselle was born 1840 in Sucre, member of an old creole family of Catalan, Basque, Corsican, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Native American background. He followed a military career. Daza came to power on May 4, 1876 in a coup against the constitutional president Tomás Frías. After Chilean troops in February/March 1879 invated and occupied the "Bolivian Litoral" around Antofagasta and the Peruvian port of Pisagua a war was fought between Chili with Peru and Bolivia. The Bolivian division "Camarones" -commanded by Narciso Campero- retreated before the combat began. The "Camarones" debacle led to the unseating of Daza Groselle on December 28, 1879, when a Council of State was convened. Daza remained briefly in Peru and then went into exile for 14 years mainly in France. In 1894, the ex-president decided to return from exile in France. Daza Groselle was murdered in the train station of Uyuni soon after entering Bolivian soil on February 27, 1894; he was 54 years old.
KM.166 S
Usual weak strike. Attractive for type. Scarce.
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL OBJECT - ROMAN - Bronze figure of and eagle, 1st / 3rd century AD
height 55mm. ; width 50mm. ; weight 78,05gr.
Eagle standing facing with spread wings. A wonderful and fierce cast-bronze figurine of a standing eagle with a raised head turned to its left. Fine feather detailing on the chest and wings.
The eagle was a highly-symbolic animal among the Roman military and was a great symbol of pride and victory in the eyes of the legions. Known as ″aquila″ in Latin, the eagle was a representation of honor, victory, and cohesiveness within a legion. One member of each legion was referred to as an aquilifer, or ″eagle-bearer,″ as it was their primary duty to carry and protect that legion′s designated eagle standard. If ever an aquila was lost or stolen, it was the primary obligation of the aquilifer to go to any lengths to recover the standard and see to its safe return. Losing an eagle standard was considered a grave omen for its respective legion and would typically lead to distrust and paranoia among the legionaries. To quote a piece of historical fiction set in Roman Britain entitled The Eagle of the Ninth (Rosemary Sutcliff, 1954), ″Eagle lost, honor lost; honor lost, all lost.″
Provenance: French private collection.
Acquired at the French art marked in the 1960′s.
attractive greenbrown patina
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NOORDELIJKE NEDERLANDEN (NETHERLANDS) - REPUBLIEK, 1581-1795 - UTRECHT - Roosschelling 1601, Utrecht
gewicht 4,51gr. ; zilver Ø 33mm.
muntmeester Hendrik Hendriksz. van Domselaar
muntteken stadsschildje van Utrecht
De roosschelling werd in 1601 ingevoerd door de provincie Holland. Dit initiatief van Holland kreeg nog in datzelfde jaar navolging van diverse andere provincies, namelijk West-Friesland, Zeeland, Utrecht en Gelderland, en de rijksstad Deventer. In Holland kreeg dit initiatief na 1601 geen vervolg, en ook in Utrecht aanvankelijk niet. In 1627 werd de productie van de roosschelling echter op bescheiden schaal hervat tot er in 1632 een definitief einde aan kwam. Daarna kwam de productie van schellingen in Utrecht voor lange periode stil te liggen, tot in 1675 de rijderschelling werd ingevoerd.
Verkade 112.4 ; HNPM.80 ; CNM.2.43.130
Lichte zwaktes van de slag, doch voor dit munttype een net exemplaar.
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