Catalogue
Hungary, Franz Joseph, one hundred korona, 1908 (restrike) (KM.491). Uncirculated.
Estimate $1,250
SOLD $1,250
Hungary, Franz Joseph, one hundred korona, 1908 (restrike) (KM.491). Uncirculated.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,200
Indonesia, Srivijaya Kingdom, (c.680-1250 A.D.), gold half tahil (tael) (17.29g), obv. Makara fish to left in plain field, rev. seal with central letter and around circular running script in Devanagari?, (Mitchiner [South East Asia] -). Good very fine, the largest known gold coin from Indonesia, unpublished and of extreme rarity.
Estimate $8,000
SOLD $4,000
Indonesia, Srivijaya Kingdom, (c.680-1250 A.D.), gold masa of twenty rattis (2.28 g), obv. Devanagari 'Ta', rev. two rectangular incuses with pellet in lower part of each, another similar ten rattis (1.22 g) and another similar for five rattis (0.67 g), (Mitchiner [South East Asia] 722-3, 729). Very fine, the fractions very rare. (3)
Estimate $400
SOLD $470
Indonesia, Srivijaya Kingdom, (c.1150-1250 A.D.), gold masa of twenty rattis (2.38g), obv. irregular criss-cross pattern, from the surface when coin was struck, (like letter S), rev. irregularly rectangular double incuse, (Mitchiner [South East Asia] 732). Very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $220
Iran, Ahmad Shah, two thousand dinars (1/5 toman) AH1342 (1923) (KM.1070). Extremely fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Iran, Mazaffar al-Din Shah, toman, 1322 (1904); Mahammad Reza Pahlavi Shah, quarter pahlavi, 1335 (1956) (KM.1160); Tunisia, ten francs, 1891 (KM.226). Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
Italy, Milan, Milano (Duchi), Filippo II di Spagna, (1554-1598), gold doppia, 27mm, (6.55g), dated 1582, obv. radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right of Philip II, set on ground line, date 1582 below, rev. Coat-of-arms within ornate frame, above a crown containing two palm fronds, (cf.CNI V 58 (for type), Crippa 4/A, Friedberg 716). Nearly extremely fine, lightly toned and rare.
Estimate $3,600
Not offered
Italy, Naples, Napoli (Regno), Ferdinando I (Don Ferrante), (1458-1494), gold Ducato, 23mm, (3.48g), Third Coinage, Napoli (Naples) mint, Struck 1472-1488, obv. FERDINANDVS D G R S I V, crowned coat-of-arms; double annulet stops, rev. RECORDATVS MISERICORD, crowned bust right, C to left, (CNI XIX 35 var. [rev. legend], Pannuti 9a,MIR 64/6, MEC 14, 972 var., [legends]). Nearly extremely fine with traces of underlying mint bloom and an attractive portrait.
Estimate $4,000
Not offered
Italy, Naples, Napoli (Regno), Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Imperio), (1516-1554), gold Scudo 23mm, (3.35g), Napoli (Naples) mint, obv. CAROLVS IIIII RO IM, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder; (IBR) to left; (parsley leaf) annulet below bust; annulet stops, rev. R ARAG VTRIVS, double-headed eagle facing, with wings displayed, crowned royal coat-of-arms on breast; crown above, annulet stops, (CNI XIX 69 var. (ROM); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 9 (for type); Friedberg 834). Good very fine with areas of toning.
Estimate $2,800
Not offered
Italy, Sicily, Sicilia (Regno), Ferdinando II il Cattolico (the Catholic), (1504-1516), gold Ducato 23mm, Messina mint; obv. crowned, seated ruler with sceptre in right hand and orb and cross in left hand, within beaded inner circle, flanked by eagles. around partial legend, + FERINANDVS DEI G R CAST ARA G, rev. Crowned eagle left, at feet MC, around +FERDINANDVS D G R SICILIE IHF, (cf.Biaggi 1356, Spahr 77, Friedberg 659). Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $3,200
Not offered
Italy, Sicily, Regno delle Due Sicilie, Ferdinando I, (1816-1825), gold Fifteen (15) Ducati, 28mm, Napoli (Naples) mint, dated 1818, obv. ruler crowned bust to left, rev. standing figure between crowned pillar and shield, (KM.Cr.128, Pannuti-Riccio 2; Friedberg 856. Nearly uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $4,500
Not offered
Italy, Venice, uncertain Doges, Levantine copies of the Venetian ducat in without clear reading of the name of the Doge intended, (1.82, 1.92g) obv. crude Doge kneeling before crude St. Mark, rev. Christ standing within stars, (cf.F.1358, cf.Ives NN&M 128, Pl.XIII). Very good - fine, both holed. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Italy, Kingdom of Napoleon, forty lire, 1812M (Milan) (KM.12). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $550
SOLD $520
Italy, Umberto, twenty lire, 1882R (KM.21). Extremely fine/good extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $250
Japan, Manen era, (1860-1867), gold koban (one ryo), (3.31 g), (KM.C22d, Fr.17, Jacobs/Vermeule B109). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,300
Liechtenstein, Joseph Wenzel, ducat, 1758, restrike (KM.3b). Uncirculated.
Estimate $250
Not offered
Liechtenstein, Joseph I, ducat, 1778 (KM.7a). Uncirculated.
Estimate $250
SOLD $230
Liechtenstein, Joseph II and Gina, twenty five and fifty franken, 1956 (KM.Y.15, 16). Choice uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $800
Not offered
Mexico, two pesos, 1945 (KM.461); also Maximillian, miniature gold peso, 1865. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Mexico, five pesos 1955 (KM.464) and ten pesos 1959 (KM.473). Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $450
SOLD $430
Mexico, ten pesos, 1959; five pesos, 1955; two and a half pesos, 1945 (2), 1965; two pesos, 1945, Maximillian fantasy pesos, 1865 (5). Uncirculated. (11)
Estimate $700
SOLD $650
Mexico, twenty pesos, 1959 (KM.478). Uncirculated.
Estimate $600
SOLD $580
Mexico, twenty pesos, 1959 (KM.478). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $580
Mexico, twenty pesos, 1959 (KM.478). Uncirculated.
Estimate $600
SOLD $580
Mexico, fifty pesos, 1943 (KM.482). Uncirculated.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,400
Mexico, fifty pesos, 1947 (KM.481). Uncirculated.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,400
Mexico, fifty pesos, 1947 (KM.481). Uncirculated.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,400
Mexico, fifty pesos, 1947 (KM.481). Nearly uncirculated; uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $2,800
Netherlands, Zeeland, gold ducat, 1593, (Delmonte 883; F.307). Good very fine, scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $300