Catalogue
India, Dutch India, Negapatam mint, Indian Style Coinage, Hindu System, gold pagoda, late version, c. 1747-1781, struck at Negapatam mint under Dutch control, (3.42 grams), obv. single standing deity, (Vishnu), on either side bent flaps, five dots above on each side, U U on both sides, waves below, rev. convex and granulated, (Scholten 1229b [p.139, Plate XV]). Nearly extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $450
SOLD $550
India, British, Bengal Presidency, half mohur, Murshidabad type, yr 19 (1793) (6.09g) (KM.101; Pridmore 63). Slightly polished otherwise very fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,400
India, British, Bengal Presidency, mohur, Murshidabad type, yr 19 (1793), oblique milling (KM.103.2; Pridmore 62). Edge minor cut at top otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $1,750
SOLD $1,700
India, British, Bengal Presidency, mohur, yr 19 (1793) jeweller's token (11.61g) edge grained left (Pridmore p273). Cleaned otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,600
India, E.I.C., Madras Presidency, gold star pagoda, circa 1740-1807 (Pr.9: KM.303). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $750
India, Madras Presidency, Indian Style Coinage, Hindu System, Gold pagoda, c.1740-1807, Struck at Fort St. George (Madras) mint, (3.445 grams), obv. three standing half figure deities, (representing Vishnu as Venkatesvara and his two wives, Sridevi and Bhudevi), rev. granulated, (Pr.3B, KM. 304). Uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $850
India, British, Madras Presidency, milled coinage, pagoda (1808-15), oblique milled edge (KM.356; Pridmore 148). Attempted mount removal from top otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $800
SOLD $650
India, British, Madras Presidency, E.I.C, third mohur (1820) (KM.422; Pridmore 244). Extremely fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,700
India, British, Madras Presidency, E.I.C., mohur (1819) (KM.421.3; Pridmore 241 var.), Evidence of mounting on milled edge at 3 and 9, otherwise nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,000
Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shah, SH 1322 (KM.1148); 1/4 pahlavi SH1352 (KM.1160a) SH1355 (KM.1198); medal in .900 fine gold rev Bank Melli MS 2535 (2.46g). First has been mounted otherwise fine; others extrmely fine or better. (4)
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $750
Iran, Muhammad Reza Pahlavi Shah, one pahlavi SH 1354 (KM.1200). Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $2,200
Passed in
Islamic, Umayyad Caliphate, Abd al-Malik, (A.H. 65-86) (A.D. 685-705), gold dinar, (4.26 g), anonymous dinar, no mint name (but Damascus mint), dated A.H. 80 = A.D. 699-700, (A.125, Wilkes 158). Full flan, nearly extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $800
SOLD $950
Islamic, Abbasid Caliphate, al Radi (billah), (A.H. 322-329) (A.D. 934-940), gold dinar, (4.99 g), al-Ahwaz (in Khuzistan, South West Iran) mint, A.H. 324 = A.D. 936, (A.254, Wilkes 441). Nearly extremely fine, scarce.
Estimate $600
SOLD $900
Islamic, Abbasid Caliphate, al Radi (billah), (A.H. 322-329) (A.D. 934-940), gold dinar, (3.76 g), al-Ahwaz (in Khuzistan, South West Iran) mint, A.H. 324 = A.D. 936, (A.254, Wilkes 441). Very fine, scarce.
Estimate $500
SOLD $550
Italy, Tuscany, Florino, 1729 (KM.Fr.328). Good very fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,000
Italy, Kingdom of Napoleon, forty lire, 1808 M (Milan), edge inscription in relief, (KM. 12). Nearly very fine.
Estimate $1,600
SOLD $1,700
Italy, Kingdom of Napoleon, forty lire 1812M (KM.12). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,800
Italy, Kingdom of Napoleon, forty lire 1814M (KM.12). Traces of having been mounted, nearly very fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,600
Italy, Parma, Maria Luigia, forty lire, 1815 (KM.C.32). Good very fine/ extremely fine.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,200
Italy, Sardinia, Carlo Alberto, twenty lire, 1832 (KM.131.2), inscribed edge. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $850
Italy, Sardinia, Carlo Alberto, one hundred lire, 1834 (KM.133.1). Extremely fine.
Estimate $6,000
SOLD $5,000
Sicily, Carlo III, oncia, 1736 (KM.C.140). Nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $1,250
SOLD $900
Italy, Victor Emanuel, twenty lire 1865 T BN (KM.10.1). Some mint bloom, nearly extremely fine/ extremely fine.
Estimate $750
Passed in
Italy, Umberto I, twenty lire, 1881R (KM.21). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $800
Passed in
Italy, Umberto I, twenty lire, 1882R (KM.21). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $900
SOLD $900
Italy, Vatican City, Pope Paul VI, Jubilee Year 1975, 750 fine gold medals set of three (17.70g). In white plastic wallet of issue, FDC. (3)
Estimate $1,600
SOLD $1,800
Italy, Republic of Venice, Ludovico Manin, (1789-1797), silver ducato, (21mm, 3.34g), obv. the Doge kneeling, holding a cross-topped staff, receiving the blessing of St. Mark, rev. Jesus Christ blessing within an almond frame (C.N.I VIII 548/74). Polished, good fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $550
Japan, Shogunate two shu (1832-58), .298 gold, .702 silver (1.62g) (KM.C.18). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
Japan, Shogunate, two shu (Nishu Kin) (1832-58) (KM.C18) (1.63g). Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Japan, Empire, one yen, Meiji yr 4 (1871) (KM.Y.9), high dot. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $480