Catalogue
Algeria, Ottoman Empire, Mahmood II, (1808-1837), copper five asper AH1238, another AH1240 (KM.71), silver two budju AH1241 (1825/6) (KM.75); Libya, Tripoli Mint, copper para AH1223/12 (KM.75) (3.06g) (?), another undated (KM.75) (3.24g), another (KM.91.2) (3.06g) (Valentine 52; Cr.92). Fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
Armenia, Leo I, (1185-1219), silver tram (Bedoukian 25) (2); Hethoum I & Zabel, (1226-1271), silver tram (Bedoukian 46), copper tank, Sis Mint (Bedoukian 52), copper kardez (Bedoukian 57); Hetoum II, (1295-1306), copper kardez, Sis Mint (Bedoukian 77) (2); Semvat, (1296-1298), copper pogh, Sis Mint (Bedoukian 83) (2); Leo III (IV) (1301-1307), silver takvorin, Sis Mint (Bedoukian 90), copper (19mm), Sis Mint (Bedoukian 93); Oshin, (1308-1320), silver takvorin, Sis Mint (Bedoukian), copper pogh, Sis Mint (Bedoukian 101); Constantine IV, (1365-1373), silver takvorin, Sis Mint (Bedoukian 119), silver tram (22mm); Leo V, (1374-1375), billon (15mm) (Bedoukian ), all in packets. Fair - good very fine. (16)
Estimate $150
SOLD $280
Asian, a range of issues from various countries including Annam (Vietnam), AE 10 van (KM.Y.2); Bhutan AE pice (KM.7); Brunei, 18th-19th century, anepigraphic tin pitis (4.10g), SS-36A, flowery pattern both sides, boldly cast, (illustrated); Cambodia AE att (KM.1); Ceylon including (2, one illustrated) Native coinages, Period of the Chola Invasion,(c.990-1070), gold aka or eighth Kahavanu 10mm, (c.0.52 g), obv. Vishnu standing right, holding globe; altar in right field, rev. legend below annulet, (Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 826; Friedberg 3), others as AE massa various rulers described (6); also 1/96, 1/192 rix dollar, 2 and 1 stivers 1815 (KM.81, 82.1), silver fanam c.1814-5 (KM.83), Stewart token (Pr.96); Indo-China, piastre 1902 (KM.Y.13); Japan (4) including 100 mon; Korea (2) AE mum; Maldive Islands (3) including a 4 larin (Ex Spink). Manchukuo, ten fen; Kelantan (Legeh or Lachon) 'Khalifat al Muminin" tin pitis AH 1256, (KM.4). Mostly very fine. (30)
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
Asian selected countries, Sarawak five cents 1927H, cent 1937; Sumatra, 4 kepings 1804 (KM.266); Taiwan (1) five dollars 1970, (year 59) unc; Thailand a selection of issues including bullet shaped baht, 1/8th and 1/16 baht; half fuang (KM.2a); silver baht (KM.Y34, illustrated), 2 att 1890 (KM.Y23), half att (KM.Y21), others modern issues (7); Tibet, silver tankas 15-24 (KM.YA13) holed and (KM.Y13.1); together with East Africa, Kilwa Sultanate, al-Hasan bin Sulayman, (c.AH 715 = AD 1315), AE fals 21mm, (2.35 g), Kilwa Kisiwani mint, obv. al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman yathiku in four lines in Arabic rev. bi-Wahid al-Mannan in three lines in Arabic,(Album 1183; Walker, Kilwa XVIII; SICA 10, 613-21, rare ilustrated). Fine - very fine, some better.(20)
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
Austria, Maria Theresa, one kreuzer, 1760H (KM.1993); Franz Joseph I, half kreuzer, 1816A (KM.2110); quarter florin, 1859B (KM.2214). Extremely fine; mint red, uncirculated; uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Azerbaijan, Ganja, Anonymous, silver abbasi (1184AH (A.A2944), copper dirhem. Nearly very fine; very good. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $60
Belgium, five francs, 1939 (KM.116.2). Very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Bermuda, Elizabeth II, silver crowns 1964 (11), 1972 (3, cased); Bahamas, silver five dollars 1966 and silver ten dollars 1973; Biafra, silver one pound 1969 (KM.6). Uncirculated - FDC. (17)
Estimate $300
SOLD $400
Bolivia, Philip IV, cob real 1660E, Potosi Mint; Philip V, cob half real 1717, Potosi Mint, cob reals 1762, 1775JR, cob two reals 1747D. First, second and fifth holed, very good - good fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $420
British Borneo, estate within Bandjermasin, founded by Alexander Hare, copper duit, 1813 (Pridmore 5), another countermarked with wheel of law (Pridmore 6). Fine; good fine, both rare. (2)
Estimate $520
SOLD $320
British Commonwealth, Patina Collection, various issues in different metals and alloys, various monarchs and countries. Uncirculated. (approx 14.00kg)
Estimate $200
SOLD $800
British Trade dollar, 1897 B incuse (KM.T5). Blotchy tone, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $280
British Trade dollar, 1901 B incuse (KM.T5). Die break on obverse at five o'clock, good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
British Trade dollar, 1902 B incuse (KM.T5). Underlying mint bloom, good extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $280
British Trade dollars, 1902 B incuse and 1911 B incuse (KM.T5). The second has edge filed in part, otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $480
British Trade dollar, 1909 B incuse (KM.T5). Die break on reverse at six o'clock, light scratches, otherwise lightly toned good extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
British West Africa, Edward VIII, specimen or mint halfpenny, 1936KN (KM.15). Choice uncirculated.
Estimate $50
SOLD $500
Brunei, one cent (1886) (KM.3), one cent 1967 (KM.5), five sen 1967 (KM.7), twenty sen 1994 (KM.34), proof and uncirculated one, five, ten and twenty sen 1994 (KM.35-7), fifty sen 1996 (KM.38), in 2x2 holders with attributions. Very good - FDC. (8)
Estimate $80
Passed in
Bulgaria, Tsar Michael Shishman (1323-1330), copper trachy (20mm) (D&D.8.2.3). Lacquered, very fine.
Estimate $70
Passed in
Canada, Queen Victoria, bronze "Mayflower" halfpenny token, 1856 (KM.5a). Brown, uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Canada, Newfoundland, Queen Victoria, silver fifty cents, 1900 (KM.6). Surface marks, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $240
Canada, George VI - Elizabeth II, fifty cents, 1950, with lines in 0 (KM.45); one ounce fine silver maple leaf five dollars, 1998 (KM.187). Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Canada, Elizabeth II, Montreal Olympics 1976, proof sets, 1973-1976 series I - VII (each set ASW 4.335oz). In cases of issue with certificates, FDC. (7)
Estimate $700
SOLD $600
Canada, Elizabeth II, mint silver one ounce Maple leaves or five dollars, 1990. In packs of issue, uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
Canada, Elizabeth II, proof fine silver dollars, 2004 (2), 400th Anniversary of First French Settlement in North America and "The Poppy"; proof sterling silver fifteen dollars, 2004 (2), Lunar series, Monkey and Sheep; proof fine silver twenty dollars, 2011, Royal Wedding. In cases of issue with certificates, FDC. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Central Asian, Hunnic, a group of four (4) silver hemidrachms of an uncertain Hunnic tribe, these all late 7th century A.D., obv. head to right, rev. trident, (cf. the new types of early medieval silver portrait coins from northern Pakistan in ONS 181) these all ex CNG eSale 254, April, 20, 2011 (lot 470) (one illustrated); Hephthalites, anonymous AE billon drachms (2), Shahi Javukha (5th-6th century), obv. Hephthalite bust right with tamgha behind head, rev. in both cases a fire altar, barely visible due to force of obverse strike (cf.G?bl Hunnen 50, 150; MAC.1444) (ex I.S.Wright, January 22, 2008); 'Napki Malik' (c.475-576), billon Drachms (3), Kabul, obv. bust of king right, wearing winged headdress, surmounted by bull's head, control letter behind head, legend Napki Malka in right field, rev. fire altar flanked by two attendants, a wheel above each one (MAC 1507-8), (ex R.Loosely 1981, 1984 amd 1987), (last illustrated); Nezak Huns, Vasudeva, (c.720 A.D.), silver drachm (3.13 g), 31 mm, Zabulistan/Sistan mint. obv. bust right, wearing crown with two wings surmounted by lion's head, rev. fire altar with ribbon; two attendants flanking; star and crescent flanking flames, countermarked in oval, (Gobl, Dokumente, Em. 244 (Sahi Tigin), Sunrise 1037) (illustrated); Local issues, Semireche(?), (c.7th century A.D.), AE 14mm, (1.54 g), obv. Urn and solar wheel(?), rev. bird left on altar(?), unpublished (ex CNG eSale 176 November 14, 2007, [lot 185]) (illustrated). Fine - very fine, several very rare. (11)
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
Ceylon, (Sri Lanka), an extensive collection of rulers from the restoration of Singhalese independence in the Polonnaruwa period (A.D. 1070-1302) together with the earlier kings of Ceylon (A.D. 985-1012), these issues are known as massa, others are copper kahavanunu or massa (17) of various kings from Parakrama Bahu II; Queen Lilavati (1197-1200, 1209-1211); Sahasa Malla (1200-1202); Parakramma Bahu II (1236-1271) and other later rulers. Mostly fine or better in 2x2 packets. (19)
Estimate $70
SOLD $220
China, Han and Qin Dynasties, Ban Liang (300 B.C - A.D. 25), various types, (23 mm - 34 mm). In 2 x 2 holders with Collector's notes, good - fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
China, Northern Sung Dynasty, Emperor Hui Tsung (1101-1125), "Chung Ho Tung pao", round ten cash, 41mm, value ten with square hole, (13.57 g), (issued 1107-9), diameter 30mm, (Sch. 630, cf.TFP 1060, Pl.100). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
China, assorted collection of issues from the Northern Sung Dynasty - Ching Dynasty, noted Hui Tsung, ten cash, (1102-1106) (Sch.619) (2); Wen Tsung (1851-1861), ten cash Chekiang mint (Sch.1593); another a large charm 69mm, (see illustration); together with a Japan 100 mon (Tempo Tsuho) (KM.C.7). Mostly very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90