Catalogue
Gwalior, Madho Rao, (VS 1943-1982, A.D. 1886-1925), milled coinage quarter annas, VS 1953-1958 (1896-1901) (7); VS 1970, 1974, (thick and thin planchets) (9 variants); half pice VS 1956-8 (1899-1901); Jivaji Rao, (A.D. 1925-1948), quarter anna 1929, 1942, half anna 1942 (3 including proof); all Lashkar mint; Rajod mint, obv. lingam to right, AE paisa (1873); others (6), (KM. 142-3, 146, 164, 169-172, 176, 178, 179, 192-4). Fine - good extremely fine, a few scarce. (33)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Hyderabad, Mir Usman Ali Khan, (A.H. 1329-1368) (A.H. 1911-1948), gold quarter ashrafi, A.H.1345 = 1926-7, Regal year 16, (KM.55). Good extremely fine, unpublished date.
Estimate $70
SOLD $90
Mysore, Haidar Ali, (A.H.1174-1197), (A.D. 1761-1782), gold pagoda, (3.42 grams), undated issue, uncertain mint, obv. god and goddess, rev. letter He above dots, (KM.15, M.971-971a). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Travancore, Bala Rama Varma I (1798-1810) and Rama Varma IV (1860-1880), silver chuckram, not dated, (KM.1, 21, C.11, Y.8). Very fine - extremely fine. (54)
Estimate $20
SOLD $50
Travancore, Rama Varma VI, (1885-1924), milled coinage, copper cash, not dated, (KM.46, Y.41.1). Fine - brilliant uncirculated. (228)
Estimate $40
SOLD $40
Tripura, Chattra Manikya, (SE c.1583-1589, A.D. c.1661-1667), silver tanka, SE 1583 (1661), no dots inside circles on outer border, (KM. 145). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Assorted states in copper, mostly paisas with some duplication, a few attributed, Awadh (2), Banswara (2), Baroda (50), Bharatpur (1), Bhawalpur (1), Bhopal (9), Bikanir (2), Bijapur (4), Bundi (6), Cambay (32), Chola (2), Chhota Udaipur (1), Datia (2), Dhar (9) Elichpur (9), Gwailor (73), Hyderabad (35), Indore (127), Jaipur (16), Jamnagar (1), Janjira (3), Jaora (4), Jhabua (5), Jodhpur (48), Junaghar (28), Kutch (4), Lunawada (1), Kishangarh (3), Mysore (16), Porbundar (1), Pratapgarh (1), Ratlam (6), Sailana (4), Tonk (5), Travancore (6), Udaipur etc (9), Zabua (1), uncertain miscellaneous issues (86). A few fine or better, mostly very good. (620)
Estimate $300
SOLD $560
India, sovereign, 1918. Extremely fine.
Estimate $105
SOLD $120
British India, George VI, silver one rupee, Bombay mint, 1939 dot, (KM. 555). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Assorted issues in various metals, 1/12 annas (160), half pice (62), one pice (163), quarter annas (287) and 1936 issues mostly uncirculated (230), half anna (26), one anna (159), two annas (65), four annas (5), quarter rupees (8), eight annas 1919, half rupee 1946-7 (6), one rupee 1947 (4). Very good - uncirculated. (1176)
Estimate $200
SOLD $190
George VI, 1938-1945, rupees 1940-1944 (26), half rupees (16), quarter rupees (13), others George V rupees (2) 1917, 1918, fractions Edward VII - George V (7). Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (64)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Republic, a wide range of modern issues with much duplication, one pice (70), half anna (5), one anna (2), two annas (2), one paisa (67), two paisa (65), three paisa (14), five paisa (81), ten paisa (331), twenty paisa (332), twenty five paisa (135), quarter rupee (12), fifty paisa (115), half rupee (6), Nehru rupee (24), others (287), two rupees (89), five rupees (27). Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (1664)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Assorted issues, including Sultans of Delhi, silver tanka of Mahmud Shah I (A.H. 644-664) (Rajgor 920); Travancore fanam base gold; temple tokens (3), Indore rupee Ladakh ja'u, etc. Fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $30
SOLD $30
Miscellaneous group, Mysore, Tipu Sultan (1787-1799), two paisa AM 1225 (1796), Patan mint, (KM.124.6); another Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1810-1868), silver quarter rupee AH1214 (1799), (KM.202); Baroda, Sayaji Rao III (1875-1938), rupee VS 1955 (1898), (KM.36a); India, rupee 1919, with wheel countermark, jewellers copy of EIC rupee (cf.KM.774.2), Iran, coppers with animal obverses (4). First two coins extremely fine, others very good - very fine. (9)
Estimate $70
SOLD $110
Islamic, Umayyad Caliphate, al-Walid I (A.H. 86-96) (A.D. 705-715), silver anonymous dirham, Wasit mint (on Euphrates River), A.H. 93 = A.D. 712, (A.128, cf.M.93, BMC 536-7). Full flan, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Islamic, Umayyad Caliphate, al-Walid I (A.H. 86-96) (A.D. 705-715), silver anonymous dirham, Wasit mint (on Euphrates River), A.H. 94 = A.D. 713, (A.128, cf.M.93, BMC 538). Full flan, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
Islamic, Umayyad Caliphate, al-Walid I (A.H. 86-96) (A.D. 705-715), silver anonymous dirham, Wasit mint (on Euphrates River), A.H. 94 = A.D. 712-3, others Hisham (A.H. 105-125) (A.D.724-743), Wasit mint, A.H. 105, 121, 124 = A.H. 723/4, 738/9, 741/2), others Marwan II (A.H.127-132, A.D. 744-750), (A.128, 137, 141, BMC 538, 548, 571, 576, 582, 584). Mostly bent or mounted, but dates and mint legible, very good - very fine. (6)
Estimate $40
SOLD $35
Islamic, Umayyad Caliphate, Hisham (A.H. 105-125) (A.D.724-743), silver anonymous dirham, Wasit mint (on Euphrates River), A.H. 120 = A.H. 739, (A.137, BMC 570). Full flan, extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Islamic, Umayyad Caliphate, Hisham (A.H. 105-125) (A.D.724-743), silver anonymous dirham, Wasit mint (on Euphrates River), A.H. 121 = A.H. 740, (A.137, BMC 571). Full flan, extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Islamic, Umayyad Caliphate, al-Walid II, (A.H. 125-126) (A.D. 743-744), silver anonymous dirham, Wasit mint (on Euphrates river), A.H. 125 = A.D. 743, (A.138, cf.M.61, BMC 577). Full flan, nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $65
Islamic, Umayyad Caliphate, al-Walid II, (A.H. 125-126) (A.D. 743-744), silver anonymous dirham, Wasit mint (on Euphrates river), A.H. 126 = A.D. 744, (A.138, cf.M.61, BMC 578). Full flan, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Abbasid Caliphate, al-Mansur, (A.H. 136-158) (A.D. 754-775), silver anonymous dirhams, Al Basra mint (Basra in Iraq), A.H. 147, = A.D. 764, (A.213, cf.M.147), another Al Kufa (near Nejef in Iraq), A.H. 142 = A.D. 759, (A.213, cf.M.140). Very fine to good very fine, scarce. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Abbasid Caliphate, al-Rashid, (A.H. 170-193) (A.D. 786-809), silver dirhams, Al Mohammadiya mint (Teheran in Iraq after 148), A.H. 188, = A.D. 804, (A.219, cf.M.185). Original mint bloom, good extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Abbasid Caliphate, al-Rashid, (A.H. 170-193) (A.D. 786-809), silver dirhams, Al Mohammadiya mint (Teheran in Iraq after 148), A.H. 190, = A.D. 806, (A.219, cf.M.185). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Abbasid Caliphate, al-Rashid, (A.H. 170-193) (A.D. 786-809), silver dirhams, Al Mohammadiya mint (Teheran in Iraq after 148), A.H. 188 (4), 189 (2), = A.D. 804, 805, (A.219, cf.M.185). Mostly very fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Islamic, Abbasid Caliphs, al-Mutawakkil, (A.H. 232-247) (A.D. 847-861), gold dinar, Misr mint (Cairo, Egypt), A.H. 245, = A.D. 859-860, with additional field inscriptions, on the obverse al-Muqtadir billah' (powerful through Allah) and the reverse 'li-Ilah' (to Allah) and 'al-Mutawakkil billah' the name of the caliph, (A.229, cf.M.211). Weak in places, slightly crinkled, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Islamic, Abbasid Caliphs, al-Mutawakkil, (A.H. 232-247) (A.D. 847-861), gold dinar, (4.1 grams), Merv mint, A.H. 247, = A.D. 861, (A.229, cf.BMC 319). Bent, weak in places, crinkled, otherwise nearly fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $200
Islamic, Buwayhids (Buyids), Mu'ayyid al-Dawla Abu Mansur, (A.H. 356-373) (A.D. 967-983), gold dinar, Suk al-Ahwaz mint, A.H. 368 = A.D. 979, (A.1567). Full strike with complete legends, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $230
Islamic, Buwayhids (Buyids), Mu'ayyid al-Dawla Abu Mansur, (A.H. 356-373) (A.D. 967-983), gold dinar, Suk al-Ahwaz mint, A.H. 370 = A.D. 981, (A.1567). Full strike with complete legends, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $270
Islamic, Ghaznavids, Ibrahim ibn Mas'ud, (A.H. 451-492) (A.D. 1059-1099), associated with the Caliph Al-Muqtadi Bi'amir Allah (A.H. 467-487). (A.D. 1074-1094), gold dinar, Ghazna mint, uncertain date, (A.1637, SNA Tubingen 425, cf.M.790). Weak in places, crudely struck as all known types of this ruler, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $200