Catalogue
Mysore, Krishna Raja Wodeyar, (A.H.1214-1285), (A.D. 1799-1868), gold pagoda, (3.435 grams), obv. Shiva and Parvati seated facing, rev. three lined Brahmi legend 'Sri Krishna ra ja', (KM.210, M.1024-5). Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Mysore, Pulicat, and Travancore, gold fanams, mostly different, two with elephants (left and right). Very fine - extremely fine. (12).
Estimate $160
SOLD $240
India, Princely States, Travancore, Bal Rama Varma I - Bala Rama Varma II, one cash - gold fanam, all coins with annotated tickets. Toned, very good - uncirculated. (68)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Assorted Princely States, eigthteenth - nineteenth century, including Cochin, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Kabul, Mewar, Mysore, Pudukkattai, British India Bengal, some with annotated tickets. Good - very fine. (100)
Estimate $130
SOLD $320
Native States, assorted rupees (16), half rupees (2) (Jaipur, Sagar), quarter rupee (Jaipur), sixteenth rupee (Mewar), various states including Jaipur, Mewar, Poona, Sagar (Gwailor), Kashmir etc. Fine - nearly extremely fine. (20)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Queen Victoria, gold mohur, 1862, Calcutta mint, obv. single flower in bottom panel of jabot, (Pr. 1, KM. 480). Minor surface marks, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $680
Queen Victoria, one rupee, 1840 - 1901, all with annotated tickets. Toned, very good - nearly uncirculated. (34)
Estimate $300
SOLD $760
Queen Victoria, 1840 - 1901, one twelfth anna, half pice, quarter anna, half anna, two annas, quarter rupee, half rupee, all with annotated tickets. Toned, good - uncirculated. (148)
Estimate $250
SOLD $400
Queen Victoria, proof rupee, 1875(C) (KM.468), 1910B A/1 'B'incuse (KM.492) restrikes. Both with annotated tickets. FDC. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $290
Edward VII, proof rupee, 1905, 1910 restrike (KM.508) with annotated tickets. Toned, uncirculated - FDC. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $420
Edward VII, 1901 - 1910, one twelfth anna, half pice, quarter anna, two annas, quarter rupee, half rupee, one rupee, all coins with annotated tickets. Toned, good - extremely fine. (33)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
George V - George VI, proof one twelfth anna and one quarter anna, 1935 (restrikes) (KM.509, 512), one anna, two annas, quarter rupee, 1945B (restrikes) (KM.539, 543, 547), half anna, one anna, 1947 (KM.534b.1, 538), with annotated tickets. FDC. (7)
Estimate $120
SOLD $440
George V - George VI, 1912 - 1947, date set, incomplete, one twelfth anna, half pice, quarter anna, pice, half anna, one anna, two annas, quarter rupee, four annas, half rupee, rupee, also Manilal Chimanal & Co., Bombay, bullion issues (26.46gms, 11.70gms, 5.82gms), all coins with annotated tickets. Toned, very good - uncirculated. (167)
Estimate $230
SOLD $160
George VI, proof rupee, 1945 (KM.557). FDC.
Estimate $150
SOLD $800
Temple tokens of India, a small collection of two rupee size (4) and smaller rupee size (12) ramatankas, of various types Rama-Laksmana (7), Hanuman (3), Krishna (2), temple/mosque (4), Islamic (1), together with copper metal, Thai-Burma tokens or charms (2) (cf.M.2730 but with Chinese characters), rama-tankas are of similar types to those illustrated in Brotman. (19)
Estimate $50
SOLD $130
India and World coins, a curious mixture including India, Indo-Scythian and Ancient India (6); Sassanian, Hormuzd IV drachm, Shapur I large bronze; India, Kabul silver horse/bull issue of Samanta Deva and others (4); White Hun issue billon drachm; Venice, Antonio Venier (1382-1400), silver grosso (Biaggi 2855); Medieval silver (2); Siam bullet money fraction; India, EIC, Madras Presidency, silver fanam, 18th century, (Pr.16); Islamic (1); Russia, three kopeck stamp as currency; 1921 RAS show medal, a copy of Philip II fifth stater. Good - fine. (22)
Estimate $80
SOLD $150
Alfoldi, Maria, R., Antike Numismatik, Teil i: Theorie und Praxis, Teil II: Bibliographie, Mainz am Rheim, 1978, two volumes, xlv + (1) 218 pp. & xxix + (1) + 219-323 + (3) pp., 7 maps, text illustrations of coins, 20 plates coin enlargements, matching pictorial boards. as new, very scarce.
Estimate $140
SOLD $0
American Numismatic Society, Museum Notes, two small runs of volumes Nos.12 - 16, 26-28, published between 1966-1970, 1981-1983. All volumes are as new, all with card covers. (8)
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
(Ancient), various publications, Demareteion, Volume I (1935), 209 pp. (most articles on coins many on ancients); Numismatic review, Vol. 3, No.3 (Vol.11); Optima, March 1956, (includes article Gold & Silver Coins by Prof. Michael Grant); Milne, J.G., Greek & Roman Coins and the study of History; Wayte Raymond, Ancient Coins, Greek Roman and Byzantine guide and price list (c.1936); Seltman, Charles., A book of Greek Coins, 31 pp., 48 plates; The Mining Survey, Artistry in Gold, Vol.6, No.4 (Dec. 1955); Seaby publications, A Catalogue of Greek Coins, 1951; Catalogue of Roman Coins, 1948 edn., another 1954 edn., Coinage of Roman Britain, 1951; Roman Silver Coins, Volume I (1952 edition) & II (1954 edition). Mostly fine - very fine. (13)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
(Ancient), assorted books (5), Babelon, Ernest., Les Monnaies Grecques Apercu Historique, Paris 1921, 160 pp.; Hierri, Jose del., Tratado Elemental de Numismatica Imperial Romana, Madrid, 1919, 359 pp., illustrated throughout; Madden, Fred. W., The Handbook of Roman Numismatics, Soho, 1861, 172 pp., 6 plates; Till, Willm., An Essay on the Roman Denarius and the English Silver Penny...., London, 1837, 230 + x pp.; Weston, Stephen., Historic Notices of the Cities in Greece and in other Countries that have struck coins, 2nd edition with the Town of Kalymna, London, 1827, 167 + vi pp., cover and spine detached. Fair - very good. (5)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
(Ancient Roman Aes Grave), Ratto, Rodolfo., Collection Edward A. Sydenham Esq M.A., de Oxford, Aes Grave Italique, Monnaies Romaines Consulaires, Lugano, 7 February 1927, (4), 33 pp., 653 lots, 29 plates including large fold out plates, prices realised added in. Reimpression of the original edition by Attic Books, 1974, New York. Very fine, scarce.
Estimate $40
SOLD $40
Andrews, Dr. Arthur, Australasian Tokens and Coins, Sydney 1921, blue cloth; Heyde, G.C., Unofficial Coins of Colonial Australia and New Zealand, Adelaide 1967. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $160
Arslan, Ermanno, A., La moneta della Sicilia antica, Comune di Milano, Italy, nd. but produced late 1976, 89 + xxii pp., 52 plates. Fine, scarce and useful.
Estimate $70
SOLD $70
(Athena Fund II), the property of the Merrill-Lynch Investment Fund, sold by Sotheby's in two auctions held in Zurich from 26-28th October 1993, 1890 lots, every coin illustrated with descriptive text, 14 colour plates, the first part (156 lots) with every coin illustrated, detailed text and most coins in colour, with prices realised list; together with the third and final part, sold in the New York sale December 9-10, 1993, 1068 lots, almost every coin illustrated, 4 colour plates, with prices realised list. Fine, all with soft covers, scarce. (3)
Estimate $140
SOLD $0
Atkins, James, The Coins and Tokens of the Possessions and Colonies of the British Empire, London, Quaritch, 1889, 404pp. illustrated by line drawings throughout, half leather, a little worn on the spine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
Auction catalogues, mostly ancient coins, including Glendining & Co., (7); Jean Elsen (2); Italo Vecchi Ltd (4); Leu Numismatik (2); Baldwin's (4); Munzen & Medaillen. Very fine - extremely fine. (20)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Auction catalogues, including Baldwin's Philip D.Greenall Collection 1997; Italo Vecchi Ltd, William L.Subjack Collection, 1998; Spink & Son, Geneva Sale 1974;; Swiss Bank Corporation, 1996; NAC, 1994; Dix Noonan Webb, 1997; Spink Taisei Zurich, 1993, together with coin magazines, Classical Numismatic Review (5), Coin News. Very fine - extremely fine. (23)
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
(Australia), Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia, Volumes 2-10 (duplicate of volume 9); South Australian Numismatic Journal Vol.1 - Vol.4, (1949-1953) (16), and Vol.16/1-Vol.38 (1965-1997) (46), NSSA Newsletters (26) 22-39, 41-2, 44-5, 51 with extras; others Heyde, Coins, Sydney, 1945; Numisma (an occasional Numismatic magazine) Nos 1-8 (1961-4); Field & Millett, Convict Love Tokens; Renniks, Coin & Banknote Guide, 4th edn., another 13th edn.; Australian Commonwealth Coinage, 1910-1960; Australian Coin Catalogue, 1964 (hard bound); another 8th edition; Australian Coin Chart 6th edn. March 1964; The Early History of Currency in Australia (Bank of NSW); others (3). Mostly fine - very fine. (118)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
(Australia), various works on Australian Coins including Heyde's Unofficial Coin, reprint of Hyman, Mira's Coinage & Currency, Foster's Varieties Catalogue Dean's (Hawthorn Press) (Varieties; four works by McNeice Bolton's Auckland tokens and Seven Seas guide to Australian Coins, Australian Coin World No's 1 & 2 1966. Generally fine. (12)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Boardman, John., Greek Gems and Finger Rings: Early Bronze Age to Late Classical, London, 1970, 458pp., 128 plates, with dust jacket. Fine condition and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $130