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India, British East, Queen Victoria, steel die for the obverse of the divided legend gold mohur 1841. Stem impressed 'Calcutta/Mint', rusted surface, otherwise undamaged and very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $10,500
Islamic, Fatimids, al-Nu'izz Ma'add, (AH 341-365, AD 953-975), gold quarter dinar, 14mm, (0.91 g), Siqilliya (Palermo) mint, with two concentric circles of inscription, (Album 698, Wilkes ICC 821, Spahr 10). Fine, scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
Islamic, Fatimids, al-'Aziz Nisar, (AH 365-386, AD 975-996), gold quarter dinar, 13mm, (1.01 g), probably from Siqilliya (Palermo) mint, with two concentric circles of inscription, (Album 704, Wilkes ICC 827, Spahr 14); together with al-Mustansir, (AH 427-487, AD 1036-1094), silver/billon fractional dirham, (0.98 g), (Album 723, Wilkes ICC 834). Fine, scarce. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Islamic, Fatimids, al-Mustansir abu Tamim Ma'add, (AH 427-487, AD 1036-1094), gold quarter dinar, 13mm, (1.03 g), Siqilliya (Palermo) mint, (Album 721, Wilkes ICC 838). Very fine, with scrapes on reverse.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Italy, Kingdom of Sicily, Roger II, (1130-1154), gold tari 13mm, (0.90 g), Messina or Palermo(?) mint, struck c.1140, obv. legend around circle with central area two lines of text, rev. IC/XC over NI/KA in two lines across field flanking central cross cross; [mint and date in outer margin], (Spahr 60, MIR 431). Good fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Italy, Kingdom of Sicily, Roger II, (1130-1154), gold tari 13mm, (1.21 g), Palermo mint, struck c.1140-1152, obv. two concentric Arabic legends around central pellet within beaded circle, rev. IC - XC / NI - KA in two quadrants of Latin cross, (NKS 232; Spahr 69; Travaini 1995, 217; MIR 431). Nearly very fine, rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Italy, Kingdom of Sicily, Roger II, (1130-1154), gold tari 13mm, (1.33 g), Palermo mint, struck c.1140-1152, obv. two concentric Arabic legends around central pellet within beaded circle, rev. IC - XC / NI - KA in two quadrants of Latin cross, (NKS 232; Spahr 69; Travaini 1995, 217; MIR 431). Nearly very fine, off centred on reverse, rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Italy, Naples under Spanish Rule, Kingdom of Naples, Ferdinand IV of Bourbon (1759-1799), gold six ducati 1767, 25mm, (8.66 g), obv. FERDINAN IV D G SICILIAR ET HIER REX, draped bust to right, rev. HISPANIAR - INFANS 1767, crowned arms, 6 D below, (Fr. 846, Pannuti Riccio 10, MIR 352/14, KM.73). Has been mounted, roughness on obverse, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $700
SOLD $1,300
Italian States, Kingdom of Napoleon, Napoleon I, twenty lire, 1808M (Milan) (KM.11). Hairline scratch through portrait, otherwise good very fine/nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $700
SOLD $800
Italian States, Parma, Mary Louise, forty lire, 1815 (KM.C.32). Loop mounted top, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $900
Italian States, Sardinia, Carlo Alberto, twenty lire, 1834 FP anchor (Genoa) (KM.131.1). Very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Italian Sates, Sardinia, Carlo Alberto, twenty lire 1840 FP anchor (Genoa) (KM.131.1). Good very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Italian States, Sardinia, Victor Emanuel II, twenty lire, 1861 FB (KM.146.1). Very fine/good very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Italy, Victor Emanuel, ten lire, 1863T BN (KM.9.3). Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
Italy, Victor Emanuel, twenty lire, 1862T BN (KM.10.1). Good very fine/nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Italy, Victor Emanuel, twenty lire 1863T BN (KM.10.1). Good very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $480
Italy, Victor Emanuel, twenty lire, 1865T BN (KM.10.1). Good very fine/nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Italy, Victor Emanuel, twenty lire, 1873M BN (KM.10.3). Good very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $550
Italy, Umberto I, twenty lire, 1881R (KM.21). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $500
Passed in
Italy, Umberto I, twenty lire, 1882R (KM.21). Extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Italy, Vatican, Pope Pius XI, specimen set of nine including gold 100 lire, 1930 (KM.MS3). In case of issue, uncirculated.
Estimate $1,500
Passed in
Italy, Vatican, Pope Pius XII, specimen set of nine including gold 100 lire, 1941 (KM.MS25). In case of issue, uncirculated.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,500
Iran, Shah Reza Pahlavi, one pahlavi, SH1354 (KM.1200). Very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $600
Islamic, Umayyad Caliphate, al Walid I, (A.H. 86-96) (A.D. 705-715), gold dinar, (4.26 g) as an anonymous dinar, no mint name (but probably Damascus Mint), dated A.H. 93 = A.D. 712, (A.127, BMC 204, Wilkes 175). Full flan, extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,000
Islamic, Abbasid, al-Ma'mun 'abd Allah, (A.H. 194-218) (A.D. 810-833), gold dinar, (4.09 g), citing al-Sari and Dhu'l-Riyasatayn, below inscriptions on obverse and reverse, Misr mint name (Egypt), dated A.H. 203 = A.D. 818-9, (A.222.7, BMC 267, BN 890, Wilkes 389). Fine - nearly very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $360
Islamic, Khwarizmshah, Muhammad, (AH 596-617, A.D. 1200-1220), gold dinar (1.94 g), no mint but in the style of Nishapur mint, (A.1712, Wilkes 1899). Thin, good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Islamic, Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Local Coinage, First Period, Abaqa, (A.H. 665-680) (A.D. 1265-1282), gold dinar, Yazd mint, (6.33 g), issued A.H. [6]80 (A.D. 1281-2), (A.2126.1, M.-, Wilkes 2068). Slightly off centred on the obverse and reverse, double struck on the obverse, otherwise very fine and very rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $500
Japan, Manen era, Koban or 1 Ryo, (1860-7) (KM.C.22d). Extremely fine.
Estimate $900
SOLD $1,500
Mexico, five pesos, 1955 (KM.464). Very fine - good very fine. (2)
Estimate $450
Passed in
Mexico, Republic, twenty pesos, 1959 (KM.478). Uncirculated.
Estimate $1,100
SOLD $1,400