Catalogue
India, British, EIC, 1835 to Republic, includes half rupees 1835, 1840 (3, 2 holed), rupees 1835 cut in half, 1862, 1888B, 1874 dot (holed), 1906, 1910, 1914, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1943B, 1943L, 1944L, 1944B, 1944 (diamond, 1946B (2), 1947B, 1950B, 1954; rupees 1876 (holed), 1917B, 1947, 1947B, 1964; quarter rupee 1954 (nearly FDC) (in envelope by C.E.Pitchfork (16/-); Portuguese India rupia 1881, 1947; 1/2 tanga 1903. Poor - nearly FDC. (73)
Estimate $200
SOLD $340
India, British EIC, William IIII, rupee 1835 plain (KM.450.1), quarter rupee 1835 (KM.454.4); AE half anna 1835 (KM.447.1), 1/12 Anna (KM.445); Queen Victoria, rupees, 1840 continuous legend, Bombay mint, 19 berries small diamonds, plain truncation (KM.457.3) (illustrated); another similar Calcutta mint (KM.457.1); another divided legend, W.W. in truncation, Bombay mint (KM.458.3) (illustrated); half rupee DL, WW incuse (KM.456.2); 1/4 rupee DL, (KM.453.4); silver 2 annas 1841 continuous legend (KM.459); Divided legend (3 varieties); AE half pice 1853 (KM.464). Nearly fine - good extremely fine, some with cabinet patination, several scarce. (14)
Estimate $300
SOLD $650
India, British, EIC and Imperial, William IV - George VI, described in 2x2 holders, 1/12th annas to one rupees, noted 1919 eight annas, some better grade (illus); also Ceylon from George III, 2 stiver 1815 plated, rest 1870 on by types some better grade (illus), all in white binder album. Fine - proof FDC. (118)
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,800
India, British, copper half pice, 1853 (KM.464) (illustrated); 1862 (KM.466); 1885 (2), 1886, 1887, 1888, 1891, 1893, 1897, 1898 (KM.484); 1904, 1908, 1909, 1910 (KM.499); 1912, 1913, 1916, 1918 (BU), 1919, 1920, 1922, 1931, 1934, 1936 (KM.510); 1940 (KM.528). Fine - uncirculated. (26)
Estimate $150
SOLD $260
India, British, Queen Victoria - George V, silver two annas, 1862 (2, one illustrated), 1874, 1874C, (KM.469), 1877, 1878, 1886C, 1888, 1897C, (KM.488), others Edward VII - George V (5). Queen Victoria all very fine - uncirculated, others very good - nearly very fine. (15)
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
India, British India, Queen Victoria, as Queen 1862, silver rupees, bust A 0/4, another bust B 2/0, reverse II (very rare illustrated), another 0/0, (KM.473.1); silver quarter rupees 1862 (2), (KM.470); 1877 silver rupee as Empress 0/1, reverse I, others 1893B, 1901B (KM.492); silver quarter rupees 1883 dot, 1884B, 1901 (KM.460); 2 annas 1862 (KM.469); others 1882, 1887, (KM.488); AE half anna 1862 (KM.468); 1877 (KM.487); AE quarter annas 1876, 1877, 1883, 1895 (KM.467, 486); 1/12 anna 1862 (KM.465). Very good - very fine. (21)
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
India, British, copper-nickel one annas, 1907B (2) (one illustrated), 1908B, 1909B, 1910B (2) (KM.504), 1917, 1925B, 1926C, 1934C, 1935C, 1936B (KM.513); 1939B, 1940C, 1941C (KM.537), 1943B, 1944B (KM.537a), 1946B, 1947C (KM.538); half annas various metals 1942 with .INDIA. (KM.534b.2) (illustrated); 1942 no dots (KM.534b.1); 1946 (KM.535.1); one pice 1945 (3), 1947 (KM.533). Fine - uncirculated. (26)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
India, British India, Edward VII - George VI, collection of issues, silver rupees 1904, 1911 (illustrated) scarce, 1918, 1938 no dot (illustrated) scarce, 1940 dot, 1941 dot, 1942 dot, 1943 dot, 1944 dot, 1944 L, 1945 dot, 1945 L; half rupee 1928, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944 (2); quarter rupees 1905, 1910, 1912, 1940, 1943 (3), 1944, 1945; 2 annas 1905, 1910, 1917; cupro-nickel 8 annas 1919, 4 annas 1919; nickel rupee 1947, quarter rupee 1946, 1947; copper, pice 1944, 1945, quarter annas 1908, 1935, 1940; 1/12 (twelfth) annas 1910, 1912, 1917, 1932, 1934. Very good - uncirculated. (45)
Estimate $300
SOLD $320
India, British, George V, cupro-nickel eight annas, 1919C, (KM.520); cupro-nickel two annas, 1918C, 1935B (KM.516), 1939C (KM.540). Very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
Passed in
India, British, George V, silver rupee, 1919C (KM.524). Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
India, Republic, standard coinage, quarter rupee 1954 (KM.5.3), decimal coinage, bronze one paisa, 1957-1964 (KM.8-9a) (20), aluminium 1965-1971 (KM.10.1) (16); two paise, copper-nickel, 1957-1964 (KM.12.1, 2) (20), aluminium, 1965-1970, 1975 (2) (KM..11-13) (15); three paise, 1966-1970 (KM.14) (9); five paise, 1962B (3), 1967 (both sizes), 1974 (5), 1975, 1976, 1977 (KM.18); ten paise, cupro nickel 1957B (2) 1959, 1965B (KM.24-5) (4), aluminium 1972-1979, 1984 (KM.27-33) (19), twenty paise 1969B (KM.41); twenty five paise 1973B - 1987B (KM.49) (16); also mis-strikes two paise 1971 off centre, ten paise 1965B wrong collar (round), twenty five paise 1974 off centre. Fine - uncirculated. (137)
Estimate $300
Passed in
India, Republic, decimal coinage, fifty paise, 1970, 1973B (2), 1973, 1973B, 1975 (2), 1975B, 1976B, 1984B (2) (KM.58, 61, 62, 63, 65), one rupee, 1975, 1976, 1976B, 1977B (2), 1978B (3), 1984B, 1985H (2), 1985B (2); medallic coinage, Independence commemorative 'one and two annas' (1947) in cupro nickel (KM.BruceX104). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (26)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
India, Republic, decimal coinage, proof fifty paise and proof rupee, Bombay Mint, 1964 (KM.56, 76), Death of Jawaharlae Nehru. In Bombay Mint envelopes, FDC. (2)
Estimate $400
SOLD $300
India, minors 19th - 20th centuries, also Ceylon (34, including proof ten cents 1951). Poor - FDC. (approx 80)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
India and Islamic, an accumulation of various issues including approx 30 very worn Islamic mostly debased silver Ilkanids and other local issues and 132 copper Mughal, Sultanate and native state issues mostly in very worn condition, several are in packets roughly described. Poor - very good. (approx 160)
Estimate $80
SOLD $240
India, Temple token, domed mosque with six minarets, dated AH1232 (1817), reverse Kalima in circle (cf Brotman 6/4), silver (31mm) oblique milled edge (23.77g). Good fine.
Estimate $70
Passed in
Ionian Islands, copper one lepta 1857 (KM.34), silver thirty lepta, 1849 (4 over?) (KM.35). Toned very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Iran, 1700s to 1900s, mostly silver, includes four medalets, including Shah Husain I, (AH 1105-1135), oblong silver five shahi, Tabriz Mint (M.2081), Nadir Shah, rupee or ten shahi, Mashad mint AH 1153 (AD1740) (cf M.2111); portrait half kron, Nasri al din Shah AH1264 (AD1848) (KM.823), others (28) plus, Ummayad dirham, Wasit mint, AH97 (715-6), Sulaiman (AD715-717). Fair - extremely fine. (32)
Estimate $300
SOLD $900
Medieval, Islamic and ancient, a mixed group mostly uncertain or not identified, as left overs from Dr Sherwin's collection, noted: an Antioch on the Orontes large AE30 of Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian (S.4359); Parthia, Mithradates IV, AE chalkos rev. facing bull, (Sell. 82/4); Islamic AE (8), Islamic silver (3) including Ghaznavid dirham and a Buwayhid dirham, uncertain worn Italian minors etc (2). Fair - fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate, (c.685-692), AE fals, 18mm, (3.96 [illustrated], 4.10, 4.29 g), Hims (Emesa) mint, obv, crowned facing imperial bust, holding globus cruciger, K/A**L*/O/N (= "good") to left, bi-hims to right rev, Large m, star between annulets above, E/M/I-C/H/C across each side, in exergue 'tayyib' (= "good"), (SICA 1, 544 var. [star after bi-hims], Album 3524, Wilkes 133). Fine - very fine most with an earthen patina. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Islamic, Umayyad, a collection of (20) silver dirhams from AH 92, 94, 95 (2, one illustrated), 98, 106. 107, 108, 115, 119, 122 (2), 123 (2, one illustrated), 124 (4, one illustrated), 130, all from Wasit mint. Mostly with full flans, nearly fine - nearly extremely fine. (19)
Estimate $400
SOLD $650
Islamic, Abbasid, a collection of (55) silver dirhams from AH 141 to AH 195, for various rulers and mints with some duplication, al Basra 141, 143 (2), 144, al Kufa 145, al Muhammadiya 150, 152 (2), 153 (2), 155, 161 (2, one with Ja'far below illustrated), 168 (2, one with additional dots), 169, 180, 181, 182 (2), 186 (5), 191 (2), 192 (3), 193 (2), 194, Madinat al Salem, 179, 185, 190 (8), 191 (4, one illustrated), 193, 194 (2), 195, Tabaristan (rare) 192 (2). Mostly with full flans, nearly fine - nearly extremely fine, several scarce. (53)
Estimate $700
SOLD $1,100
Islamic, Timur (Tamerlane), 1369-1405, AR tanka, 1388-1405 of uncertain Central Asian mint (probably Samarkand), the Kalima in 3-lines within square and the four sucessors around, reverse, Arabic script for Sultan Mahmud by order (of) Amir Timur, the Defender (MI.1887). Broad flan of nice silver with attractive tone, a little flatly struck in parts, nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Islamic, various silver issues, mostly tiny minors c1700-1800 (18), single (46mm) Coin Trends 17.12.90 (lot 1460) (1), Sale 187 (lot 1371 (9), and Sale 90 (9 of 18), J. Anderson, Martin Daniel 8.12.88 (12), others (5) in 2x2 holders described, includes dirhams AH904, 905, Georgia (2), AH903, 900. Fair - very fine. (54)
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Islamic and Indian minors, mostly copper, in packets as bought (Spink Australia Sale 21, lot 1208 (37 out of 49); Coin Trends Sale 10.3.90, lot 972 (49 out of 69), 30.4.92 lot 1886 (2 of 13), 30.3.90 (1 of 9); 13.10.94 lot 1508 (16); Geoff K.Gray 12.10.85, lot 573 (12); Indian States (10), Gupta c1400s ex Oberon 4.5.91 in 2x2 holder. Poor - very fine. (129)
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Italy, Papal Coinage, Innocent XI, (1676-1689), silver scudo (32.18 g), Roma mint. Dated year 2, obv. INNOCEN XI PONT MAX A II (triskeles stops), mantled bust right, wearing zucchetto; HAMERANVS F below, rev. PORTAE INFERI N ON PRAEALEBVNT around the facade of St. Peter's Basilica, RO MA in exergue, (CNI 17; Muntoni 38 [piastra]; Berman 2089 [piastra]). Gilt, has been mounted on edge, otherwise good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $800
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Italy, Normans in Calabria, Roger I (1072-1101), AE trifollaro (10.60 g), obv. knight with triangular shield and conical helmet, holding flag on long pole, on horse standing left, rev. Virgin Mary seated right holding infant Christ, (CNI XVIII pg. 287, 15; Biaggi 1583; MEC 14, 93; Sambon 876). About fine, scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Italy, Apulia (duchi), Salerno (in Campania), Robert Guiscard, (1077-1085), AE follaro, obv. bust of Christ facing, rev. [XC RE/ X]C IMPE in two lines, (Bellizia 69, Cappelli 38, MEC 75-82; Vecchi Auction I, Feb. 1-2, 1996 [lot 1256 realised £175]; William I, (1154-1166), AE follaro fraction, obv. palm within dotted border, rev. .W./ RX (as a monogram and reversed in two lines, (Bellizia 217, Cappelli 198, MEC 357-362, Vecchi Auction I, Feb. 1-2, 1996 [lot 1395 realised £40]. First overstruck on obverse at 90 degrees, otherwise fine and rare; second very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $260
Italy, Apulia (duchi), Ruggero Borsa, (1085-1111), AE follis, 20mm, (2.50 g), Salerno mint (Campania), obv. crowned bust facing, holding sceptre, [stars flanking], rev. ROG[E]/RI[VS]/DV[X] in three lines; trace of star above, (Bellizia 80, CNI XVIII 319, Travaini 87, MEC 14, 111, see Vecchi, Auction I, Feb 1-2, 1996 [lot 1267]); William Duke of Apulia, (1111-1127), AE fraction, obv. bust of Christ facing, rev. cross with letters V-V D-X in corners, (Bellizia 105, Cappelli 88, Vecchi I, [lot 1283-4]). First coin nearly fine, dark brown patina, second with green patina both with rough surfaces, rare. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Italy, Salerno, Anfuso, Princeps of Capua, (1135-1144), AE follaro, 13mm, (1.23 g), Capua mint, obv. large cross; A P R in quarters; R ligate with cross, rev. soldier on horseback to right, (CNI XVIII 1 (Atenulf), Travaini, Monetazione type 204, MEC 14, 189). Very fine with brown patina, rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170