Catalogue
India, British, William IV, silver rupees, 1835B (KM.450.1) (3); Queen Victoria, 1840C, 1892C (KM.458.2, 492) (2). The first three cleaned, very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $160
SOLD $160
India, copper twelfth annas, 1862, 1886, 1889 (2), 1891, 1901, 1906, 1907, 1908 (3), 1910, 1912-1936 various dates and duplication, (KM.465, 483, 498, 509). Mostly extremely fine - nearly uncirculated. (50)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
India, British India and India Republic, silver rupees 1835 no initials, 1840 (19 berries) continuous legend, 1840 divided legend, 1862 (3, one with A/1 another with two dots below top flower), 1877, 1879, 1885, 1886, 1901, 1907, quarter rupee 1835 'RS' incuse on truncation (KM.448.2); together with modern base metal (12) of mostly rupees and two rupees, and a 1889 Travencore silver quarter Rupee (KM.37). Fine - nearly uncirculated. (26)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
India, British, Queen Victoria, silver half rupee, 1862 Bust B, Bombay mint, (KM.472). Brilliant uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
India, mostly British India described as follows, silver rupees 1862, 1901 (2), 1913, 1919, 1944 (2); half rupees 1840, 1913, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, quarter rupees 1835 (2), 1840 (3 of both types), 1862 (2), 1885 (3), 1886, 1889, 1893, 1910, 1926, 1940 (5 including KM.544a), 1943 (2), two annas a range of issues from 1841-1891, (15), half annas 1835 (4), quarter annas 1835, 1858, 1910-1940 (5), twelfth annas 1835 (4), minor copper one and half pice pice (8), East India Company one cent 1845 (6) and a brass cast copy, half cent 1845, quarter cent 1845 (2), India Straits 1862 one cent; earlier EIC issues including 20 cash 1803, 10 cash 1808, silver rupee year 19, plain edge, half rupee (KM.426); Native States, various rupees Bikanir 1892, Hyderabad 1313AH (KM.Y.32), Mewar 1928 (KM.22), Baroda 1894 (2), (KM.36a), other fractional silver (5), assorted copper etc (20), a brooch mostly of 1893 coins made up of 6 silver two annas and a quarter rupee, a base silver temple token. Fair - uncirculated. (130)
Estimate $200
SOLD $1,200
India and Indian States, Hyderabad silver rupee year 5, A.H. 1278 (1861) (KM.Y.6), with Kashmir JHS rupee VS 1943 (1886), others of Gwalior, Jhansi mint (KM.152), and from Lashkar mint 1310/37 (KM.245); together with East India Company half Anna with quarter Anna (4), 1939 quarter Anna, 1904 quarter rupee, 1940 dot 1/2 rupee with 2 Anna 1918, 1919 & 1935. Fair - extremely fine. (19)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
India and Ceylon, a small group of interesting coins, including Ceylon silver five rupees, 1957, 2500 years after Buddha (KM.126), George III, copper dump 1815 1/24 rix dollar, (KM.64); Portuguese India, silver rupia, 1882 (KM.12); India, French possession, Pondichery, silver rupee, Arkat (Arcot) mint, year 5, in the name of Ahmad Shah Bahadur, (KM.9, date not listed); British India, Bombay Presidency, silver 1/16th rupee, year 15? (cf.KM.208); and a Awadh, silver rupee year 31, (cf.KM.116). Very fine or better. (6)
Estimate $300
Passed in
Portuguese India, Diu, bazaruco, (16)70, 1686 (KM.2, 6) (2), half atia, 1787 (KM.41), atia, 1750, 1768, 1778 (KM.34, 38, 42) (3); Goa, fifteen reis, undated (KM.216) (ex S.V.Hagley Collection), tanga, undated (1826-34), (1834-53) (KM.251, 266) (2), Colonial coinage, quarter tanga, 1881, 1884, 1886 (KM.308) (3), Kingdom, half tanga, 1903 (KM.16). In 2x2 holders with details, poor - fine. (13)
Estimate $70
SOLD $120
India, a mixed group including Portuguese India (4); Indian native states (4), East India Company (3); Ancient India (1); square temple token in base metal imitating Akbar; Roman Egypt, billon tetradrachms late 3rd century (3); other Indian (5). Mostly fine - very fine. (21)
Estimate $130
Passed in
Indo China, Yunnan or Burma, silver tael, c1943, possibly made in Hanoi, 40mm (37.61g), obverse in Burmese and Chinese, 'Genuine silver one tael', reverse stag head in linear circle (Kann 939). Fine - very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $780
Indonesia, Chinese cash imitations in tin stored in stacks or clumps as imitations of Sung Dynasty issues c.1200. Poor. (lot)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Indonesia, Java - Sumatra, Kerajaan, Demak Sultanate, tin pitis or cash, Pangeran Ratu Al Patah Sultan, (1475-1518) various issues obv. script, rev. plain, (M.-). Fine - very fine. (50)
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Indonesia - Malay Peninsula, tin animal coinage probably of the 17-19th century, these however are believed to be later in this period, elephant on flat support base, both very similar with basket on back, each 46x70mm (32.5g each), type not noted in Tony Lye's book. Fine - very fine, both rare. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Indonesia, Sumatra, Sultantate of Palembang and nearby areas, reading 'Sultan fi balad Palembang, sanat' otherwise anonymous tin pitis, c.1700, all in 2X2 described, some with clear AH dates, a good study collection, mostly round 15mm, (cf.Millies Pl.XIX, 182-187). Mostly fine - very fine, mostly very scarce. (110)
Estimate $250
Passed in
Indonesia - Malaya Peninsula, post Srivijaya Empire, tin animal coinage, these however are believed to be much later (18th century SS p.174) from Perak, turtle - tortoise cast tin, (a) turtle long legs hollow centre 60x90mm (86.2g); (b) tortoise solid base with Chinese character on back 53x64mm (130g) this from Banka Island; (c) baby tortoise solid base 24x39mm (8.9g), similar noted in Tony Lye's book (cf.SS 44-46; cf.TL 74-82). Fine - very fine, all rare. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Indonesia, Conservation Series, mint silver two thousand rupiah, 1974 Javan Tiger and five thousand rupiah, 1974 Orangutan (KM.39 [3], 40 [3]). Uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Indo-Portuguese, Malacca, Dom Philip III (1621-1640), silver two tangas, (5.92 g), dated but off flan, 1631-1639, obv. arms, rev. Tanga monogram D M below, (SS F3.36, Nge TL 452-460). Good fine and rare.
Estimate $240
SOLD $160
Ionian Islands, British Administration, lepton, 1857 (KM.34). Toned, uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Ionian Islands, British Administration, lepton, 1862 (2), two lepta, 1819 (2), thirty lepta, 1852 (KM.34 [2], 31 [2], 35). One lepton with mint red but attempted piercing near edge, the other dark toned extremely fine, the last with surface scuffing, overall fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $70
SOLD $100
Isle of Man, proof silver five pounds, 1981 (KM.88a); proof silver crowns, 1977 Silver Jubilee Appeal, 1978 25th Anniversary of Coronation, 1979 300th Anniversary of Manx Coinage, 1980 Queen Mother's 80th Birthday, 1981 International Year of Disabled (4, different), 1981 Charles & Diana Wedding, 1984 Olympics (4, different), 1986 World Cup (KM.42a, 43a, 45a, 68a, 77a, 78a, 79a, 80a, 82a, 117a, 118a, 119a, 120a, 161b) (14). All in capsules, no packaging, FDC. (15)
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
Italy, Kingdom of Sicily, Roger II (1105-1154), issued 1130-1138, AE half follaro, Messina, copper coinage, obv. octagon in the centre of a cross, star in centre, rev. Arabic legend in six lines as a star around circle, (MEC 221-225A, Spahr 79, Biaggi 1224); William I (1154-1168), AE follis fraction, Messina mint, obv. REX/W around Kufic script, rev. bust of Virgin and child, (MEC 286-289A, Spahr 99, Biaggi 1226). Fine - very fine in packets described. (2)
Estimate $200
Passed in
Italy, Sicily, Philip II of Spain (1554-1598), four tari, 1558 (11.64g) Messina Mint, Tommaso Paulillo. Short of flan as always, portrait slightly doubled, otherwise toned very fine and scarce.
Estimate $350
Passed in
Italy, Napoli (Regno), Carlo II di Spagna, (1665-1700), silver tari, 26mm, (5.01 g), Napoli (Naples) mint, Andrea Giovane, mintmaster, Marco Antonio Ariani, trial master, dated 1688, obv. draped and cuirassed bust right, AG/A to left, M below bust, rev. crowned coat-of-arms, (CNI XX 281, Pannuti-Riccio 15, MIR 299/1). Good very fine, toned, a few light adjustment and cleaning marks, reverse struck with slightly rusty die.
Estimate $180
Passed in
Italy, Naples, Charles II of Spain, silver tari, 1686, Luca and Piedmont, Felix and Alisa silver franc, 1806; Sardinia, Carl Felix, 25 centimes, 1830; Pius IX, 5 baiocchi, 1858R; Umberto I, one lire, 1886R. Good very fine - good extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $400
SOLD $400
Italy, Papal States, Vatican, Pius VII (1800-1823), silver scudo, 1802 II (KM.1249). Lightly toned, nearly very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Italy, ten centesimi - ten lire, 1911-1954, all carefully selected by a collector over 40 year period. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (20)
Estimate $150
Passed in
Italy and Colonies, Victor Emanuelle III, silver twenty lire, 1927, ten lire, 1927; Albania, five lek, 1939; others (four including Governor of Toscana, five centesimi, 1859). Fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
Java, subsequent coinage of the Sailendra kingdom of Java, silver twenty rattis issued 1150-1300 (11) smaller denominations (4), obv. Devanagari letter Ma but stylised design, rev. flower with four petals in incuse square, (M. SEA 735-8). Fine - very fine, these issues rare. (15)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Java, United East India Company, silver rupee, 1765 mm 5 (Sch.457i) (KM.175.1). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Java, United East India Company, silver rupee, 1765 mm 6 (Sch.457g) (KM.175.1). Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $170