Catalogue
World, silver and bronze coins, including India, Spain, Ireland, U.S.A., Great Britain, Germany, Poland, France, South Africa, contained in two albums. Poor - uncirculated. (100's)
Estimate $150
SOLD $250
World, silver and bronze coins, tokens, medalets and banknotes, including Australia, crowns, 1937 (4), tokens, Parker, Geelong penny (3); Great Britain (1691 - 1965), crowns, 1890, 1953 (3), 1965 (3), sixpence, 1711, George V, silver Jubilee medals with cases; Isle of Man, halfpenny, 1813; Hong Kong, Japan; stamps, Australia, mostly pre decimal including blocks of four two shillings, Coronation 1953, Olympic Games, 1956; singles, two shillings silver Jubilee 1935; also stamp booklets, F.D.C.s. Used - MUH; poor - uncirculated. (100's)
Estimate $200
SOLD $250
World, various coins, modern minor issues, including Italy, Turkey, Lithuania, Singapore, U.S.A., Uganda, Ecuador, in a brown album. Very good - FDC. (approx 520)
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
World, silver and bronze coins, including Australia, halfpennies - florins, one cent - fifty cents; Great Britain; U.S.A., housed in an orange album; together with stamps, Papua New Guinea, MUH, in a red album. Poor - extremely fine. (576)
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
World, modern minor coin issues, including Poland, France, Russia, Greece, Jamaica, in two albums. Good - uncirculated. (580)
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
World, silver coins, many poor or damaged, a few base metal mostly 19th century issues, noticed Malta,thirty tari 1761 (brooch mount), Guatemala peso 1872 (edge holes). Poor- very fine. (approx 250)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
World, coins and medals, an accumulation, including U.S.A., Great Britain, Fiji, New Zealand, proof sets, 1978, 1979. Poor - FDC. (16 kilos)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Umayyad Caliphate, `Abd al-Malik, (A.H. 65-86) (A.D. 685-705), gold dinar, anonymous dinar, no mint name (but Damascus mint), dated A.H. 80 = A.D. 699-700, (A.125, BMC 4, W.190). Full flan, nearly extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $550
SOLD $0
Umayyad Caliphate, al-Walid I (A.H. 86-96) (A.D. 705-715), silver anonymous dirham, Damascus mint, A.H. 90 = A.D. 709, (A.128, BMC 95, W.365, cf.M.46-7); another `Umar, (A.H.99-101, A.D. 7127-720), Damascus mint, A.H. 100 = A.D. 718, (A.133, M.48, BMC 105, W.377). Some minor edge oxidation on first coin, otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
Umayyad Caliphate, Hisham, (A.H. 105-125) (A.D. 724-743), silver anonymous dirham, Wasit mint (on Euphrates river), A.H. 112 = A.D. 729-730, (A.137, cf.M.61, BMC 195, W.560). Full flan, uncirculated with ticket.
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
Umayyad Caliphate, Hisham, (A.H. 105-125) (A.D. 724-743), silver anonymous dirham, Wasit mint (on Euphrates river), A.H. 124 = A.D. 741-2, (A.137, cf.M.61, BMC 206, W. 576). Full flan, good very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
Merinds, Abu Yahya Abu Bakr, (A.H. 642-656) (A.D.1244-1258), gold dinar, Madinat Fas mint, undated, (A.520, Hazard 682). Of crude style, holed, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $0
Ayyubid, al-Kamil Muhammad , (A.H. 615-635) (A.D. 1218-1238), gold dinar, Al Qahira mint (Cairo), dated AH 636, (AH 624-635 type) = A.D.1239), (4.73 grams), (A.811, Balog 505, cf.M.829). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Ayyubid, al-Kamil Muhammad , (A.H. 615-635) (A.D. 1218-1238), gold dinar, Al Qahira mint (Cairo), dated AH 6[3]5, (AH 624-635 type) = A.D.1237), (5.14 grams), (A.811, Balog 382 Type B, [p.150 with die link], cf.M.829). Slightly crinkled as usual, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Mamluk, al Mansur Salah al-Din Muhammad II, (A.H. 762-764) (A.D. 1361-1363), gold dinar, (8.77 grams), Damascus mint, (Syria), A.H. 7[63] = A.D. 1361-1362, obv. & rev. five lines of legend with various symbols in the field, (A.952, Balog 380). Slightly double struck, some weakness in legend, otherwise very fine and very rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Suleiman I ibn Selim (The Great and The Magnificent), (A.H. 926-974, A.D. 1520-1566), gold sultani (dinar), Misr (Egypt) mint, year 926, (3.126 grams), (A.1317, M.1253, [£85], Artuk 1552). Crinkled, good fine.
Estimate $140
SOLD $0
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Suleiman I ibn Selim (The Great and The Magnificent), (A.H. 926-974, A.D. 1520-1566), gold sultani (dinar), (3.462 grams), Sidri Qapsi mint, year 926, (A.1317, Artuk 1568, M.1254, [£95]). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Buwayhid (Buyid) Coinage, Samsam al-Dawla Abu Kalinjar al-Marzuban, (A.H. 367-372) (A.D. 978-983), gold dinar, (4.4 grams), Suq al Ahwaz mint, A.H. 368 = A.D. 979, (A.1567). Full round flan, weak in places near complete legends, extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Buwayhid (Buyid) Coinage, Baha' al-Dawla Abu Nasr, (A.H. 379-403) (A.D. 989-1012), gold dinar, (4.4 grams), Suq al Ahwaz mint, A.H. 400 = A.D. 1012, (A.1573). Full round flan, complete legends, extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
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 dinars, (2, 6.8 grams), Ghazna mint, uncertain dates, and variants of this period 1074-1094, (A.1637, cf.SNA Tubingen 425 [basic type], cf.M.790 [basic type, values £125]). Weak in places, crudely struck as usual, otherwise nearly - very fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $400
SOLD $0
Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Local Coinage, First Period, Abaqa, (A.H. 665-680) (A.D. 1265-1282), gold dinar, Kashan mint, (4.01 grams), issued A.H. [679] (A.D. 1280-1), (A.2126.1, M.-). Clipped, otherwise good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Local Coinage, First Period, Abaqa, (A.H. 665-680) (A.D. 1265-1282), gold dinar, Uncertain mint, (6.26 grams), issued A.H. [6]7[X] (A.D. 1280-1), (A.2126.1, M.-). Weak around edge, a large and heavy flan, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Local Coinage, First Period, Abaqa, (A.H. 665-680) (A.D. 1265-1282), gold dinar, Yazd mint, (2.90 grams), issued A.H. 6[79] (A.D. 1280-1), (A.2126.1, M.-). Large and thin flan weak in places, otherwise very fine and very rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Timurids, Abu al Qasim Baber (Babur) ibn Baisunqur ibn Shah Rukh, (A.H. 851-861) (A.D. 1447-1457), silver tanka, (Firuzkuh) mint type, dated A.H. 860 = A.D. 1455-6, another not dated but struck over Shah Rukh from Kirman mint, A.H. 84X, (A.2420, cf.M.1970). Weak in places, otherwise very fine, and scarce. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
The Zands and Qajars Coinage, Nasir al-Din Shah (A.H. 1264-1313) (A.D 1848-1896), gold toman, Isfahan mint, A.H.1279 = A.D. 1862-3, (A.2921, KM.853). Unlisted and unpublished mint for date, weak in places, very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Islamic and Roman, a small group including gold Fatimid Caliphate, quarter dinar of al-Hakim (386-411 A.H., A.D.996-1021), (A.710, scarce) probably Siqilliyah mint; a silver tanka of the Kara Koyunla c.1400; a fractional dirhem of Fatimid style; India, Sultans of Delhi, Muhammad (A.H.695-715, A.D.1296-1316) silver tanka (G&G D226), Delhi mint; Roman AE, Commodus (177-192), sestertius rev. Forutuna seated left; Zeno (474-491) nummus; Constantius II (337-361), follis (S.3998) Siscia mint; Maxentius (306-312), follis, Rome mint (RIC 258, S.3779). Very good - good fine. (8)
Estimate $80
SOLD $150
Armenia, Levon I (1198-1219), silver tram with two lions, obv. king seated facing on throne, rev. long cross between two lions, (cf.Nercessian 282ff). The second of cruder style, otherwise very fine or better. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Armenia, Levon III (1301-1307), silver takvorin, obv. king on horseback riding to right, rev. lion walking to right, cross behind and above, includes three branch tail, lion with claws and various legend variants (cf.Nercessian 419-428). Mostly fine. (4)
Estimate $60
SOLD $120
Bohemia, Ottakar II (1253-1278), later as king of Bohemia, as Margrave of Moravia, (period 1247-1251), silver bracteate, 26mm., obv. crowned facing head of ruler, (Fiala 651, plate XV). Toned, very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $250
Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, Bohemond I and II (1098- 1130), gold saracenic bezant, (F.2) Slightly clipped, otherwise fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $270