Catalogue
Crusaders, Frankish Greece, Achaea, Philippe de Taranto. 1306-1313, silver denier, (0.64 g), Clarentza mint, obv. cross pattee, rev. chateau tournois, (CCS 26a); Italy, Lucca city, Enrico II (1004-1024), silver denaro (0.91 g). obv. H monogram, rev. traces of ENRICUS with centre LV CA with central pellet, (Biaggi 1056); France, Valence, Feudal issue of Bishops of Valence, 12-13th century, silver denier, obv. cross pomme with annulet in fourth quarter, rev. +VRBS VALENTIA, winged angel or eagle facing (P d'A 4690, [Pl.CII, 19], Roberts 4782, Metcalf 19-40, [Pl. 2]). Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $70
Cyprus, Queen Victoria, one piastre, 1896 (KM.3.2); nine piastres, 1901 (KM.6); Edward VII, eighteen piastres, 1907 (KM.10) [illustrated]. Carbon patch on obverse, nearly very fine; very good; nearly fine and scarce. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Denmark, Christian IX, two kronor, 1903 40th Anniversary of Reign, 1915, 1923 Silver Wedding Anniversary, 1930 King's 60th Birthday (KM.802, 820, 821, 829). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $220
SOLD $130
Falkland Islands, proof sterling silver twenty five pounds, 1985, to commemorate a centenary of 'Self Sufficiency', struck by the Royal Mint (150g). In cases of issue, FDC. (2)
Estimate $160
SOLD $130
Fiji, George V, shilling, 1934 (KM.4). Full mint bloom, uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Fiji, George V, shilling, 1934 (KM.4). Full mint bloom, uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Fiji, George V, shilling, 1934 (KM.4). Scratches in obverse field, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Fiji, George V, shilling, 1935 (KM.4). Lightly toned, surface marks in obverse field, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
France, Carolingian issue, Louis the Pious, (814-840), silver denarius, (1.54 g), later period issue, blundered inscriptions and legend, obv. cross in circle, dots in angles, IIIIIIIIIOIIIIIIIII around, rev. temple, OIIIOIIIIIIIIIOIIII around, (Roberts 1136). Toned, nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $160
France, Louis IX, (1226-1270) denier Tournois, St.Louis (0.965g). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
France, Charles VI, (1380-1422), silver gros aux lis sous couronne (3.57 gm), Rouen mint, Struck after November 1413, 0bv. Cross pattee, rev. crown surmounting three lis, border of small cross and eleven lis, (Duplessy 384A; cf.Ciani 521, Roberts 2874). Good very fine, scarce.
Estimate $400
SOLD $240
France, Valence, Feudal issue of Bishops of Valence, 12-13th century, silver deniers, obv. +S APOLLINARS, cross pomme with annulet in fourth quarter, rev. +VRBS VALENTIA, winged angel or eagle facing (P d'A 4690, [Pl.CII, 19], Roberts 4782, Metcalf 19-40, [Pl. 2]). Fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
France, Louis XVI, fifth ecu d'argent, 1777 Pau (KM.570); jeton in silver, Louis XV, 1722, reverse river god. Very fine; toned, extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
France, Kingdom, Louis XVI, ecu, 1793A (KM.615.1). A few minor edge nicks, porous from cleaning, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
France, Republic, six livres, 1793A, L'an II (KM.624.1). Toned, good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $340
France, Napoleon, five francs, 1812A (KM.694.1). Peripheral gold toning, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $180
SOLD $420
France, Napoleon, five francs, 1815I (Limoges)(KM.702.6), struck during the one hundred days of restored rule. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $320
France, Henry V, pattern half franc, 1833 (Bruce X23). Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
French Indo China, piastre, 1907, 1928 (KM.5a.1), 1947 (KM.32.2), ten cents, 1937 (KM.16.2). Good extremely fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $270
SOLD $240
German East Africa, five heller, 1908J (KM.11). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
German East Africa, ten heller, 1911A (KM.12); quarter rupie, 1891, 1904A, 1906A (KM.3, 9 [2]) (3); one rupie, 1901, 1911J, 1912J (KM.2, 10 [2]) (3). A few coins cleaned, nearly very fine - very fine. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $320
German East Africa, Wilhelm II, two rupien, 1893 (KM.5). Brooch pin removed from reverse, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Germany, Brunswick, Heinrich the Lion, (1142-1195), silver bracteate pfennig (0.80 g). ...BRVNNSVVICH DHVNE..., heraldic lion left, pellets-in-annulets in field, (Fiala 35; Bonhoff 363; L”bbecke 143; Reichmann -). Extremely fine, with old collection toning, slightly double struck, with 180 degrees rotation between strikes.
Estimate $400
SOLD $240
Germany, Hesse, Hermann II of Thuringia, (1227-1242), silver bacteate pfennig (0.65 g), obv. VSVS, armored knight on horseback left, holding banner, Calvary cross to left. (Bonhoff 1420, Lobbecke 948, Reichmann 1884). Dark tone, good very fine struck on a broad flan.
Estimate $400
Passed in
Germany, Metz, free city (c.1450), silver groschen, (2.80 g), obv. cross stars in angles, legend within two inner circles, rev. St.Stephen, (Saurma 1890 [Pl.XXX, 922]). Slightly bent, very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Germany, Brandenburg (Prussia), Albrecht of Brandenburg (1528-1569), silver groschen 1537, (1.85 g), (Saurma 5069 as cf.Pl.LXXXVIII, 2686]). Toned, very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $180
Germany (France), Provincial issue for Lorraine (duchy), Leopold I, (1690-1729), silver teston (8.38 g), dated 1712, obv. draped bust to right, around LEOP I D G D LOT BA REX IER, rev. crowned cross potent (cross of Jerusalem), around IN TE DOMINE SPER AVI 1712, (KM.95 [VF $300), De Saulcy pl. XXX, 8; Boudeau 1576). Nearly extremely fine, with traces of original mint bloom with minor deposits on the obverse, rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $220
Germany, Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle, Christian Ludwig, (1648-1665) three thaler, 1648 (71mm;86.3g), Clausthal Mint, HB (Heinrick Bonhorst), obv. Duke Christian Ludwig attired in armour proceeding right on horseback, his left hand at the rein, his right holding a staff or sceptre, rev. ornate circling of fourteen crowned heraldic shields of the Duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle with inner medallion depicting the white horse of Westphalia courant left (the heraldic ensign of Brunswick and Hannover)(KM.195, Dav.LS.146). Slight old tooling in obverse field, toned, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $3,300
Germany, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, August II, (1634-1666) one and a half thaler, 1664 (1-1/2 counterstamped on obverse)(63mm; 43.24g), Goslar or Zellerfield Mint, HS (Henning Schluter), obv. Duke August proceeding on horseback to the right, reins in his left hand and right carrying a sceptre, attired in armour and plumed hat, rev. the arms of the Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel adorned with floral ornature and surmounted by five crested helmets heightened with coronets, the central crest of the dukes of Brunswick and Luneburg consists of a column, surmounted by a crown, between two facing sickles embellished with peacock rosettes, in front of the column is a horse courant left (the heraldic ensign of Brunswick and Hannover)(KM.450.1, Dav.LS.77). Toned, good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $750
SOLD $1,700
Germany, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Heinrich Julius (1589-1613), two thaler, 1612 (65mm;57.59g), Zellerfield Mint, Heinrich Oeckeler, obv. Duke Heinrich Julius on armoured horseback proceeding left and holding a staff or sceptre in his right hand, rev. the arms of the Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel adorned with floral ornature and surmounted by five crested helmets with coronets, the central crest of the dukes of Brunswick and Luneburg consists of a column, surmounted by a crown, between two facing sickles embellished with peacock rosettes, in front of the column is a horse courant left (the heraldic ensign of Brunswick and Hannover)(KM.38, Dav.LS.32). Nearly very fine/very fine and scarce.
Estimate $750
SOLD $1,700