Catalogue
France, Napoleon III, gold ten francs, 1857 A (KM.784.3 ); Saudi Arabia, trade coinage, guinea (1950) KM.36) and Australia, sovereign 1895 M. Fine- extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $280
SOLD $280
France, twenty francs, 1909 (KM.857); Hungary, ten corona, 1902 (KM.485); Iran, half pahlavi, SH1346 (1967) (KM.1161). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Germany, Bavaria, Ludwig II, twenty mark, 1873 D (KM.501). Good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Germany, Prussia, Wilhelm II, ten mark, 1899 A (KM.520). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Germany, Weimar Republic, pattern gold medallic issue, five marks in gold, von Hindenburg by Goetz, (22.47 grams), (KM.M1a). Uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $500
SOLD $600
Greece, George I, twenty drachma, 1884 (KM.56). Extremely fine.
Estimate $180
SOLD $210
Greece, proof two and a half thousand drachmai, 1981 (KM.128). FDC.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Hungary, Franz Joseph, ten Korona, 1910 (KM.485). Extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
India, Samudragupta, (c.A.D. 330-370), gold stater, (7.668 grams), standard type, obv. king standing to left, wearing Kushan style coat and trousers, holding a tall standard with his left hand, sacrificing over altar, in the field to left is the garudadhvaja, the Garuda-topped standard, Samudra in Brahmi letters to his immediate right, poetical legend around, rev. goddess Lakshmi seated facing on a two leg stool, holding a cornucopiae and a noose, symbol to left, to right the biruda of the king, the Brahmi legend 'Parakramah', (Altekar cf.plate I, 14, BMC 6 [Pl.I, 6] from very similar dies, cf.M.4774). Of fine style, good very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $350
SOLD $250
India, Vasu Deva III, (c.A.D. 360-365), gold stater, (7.850 grams), obv. king standing, head turned left, holding sceptre in left hand, sacrificing with right hand over altar, trident above altar, legend around, rev. goddess Ardoksho seated facing on throne, holding cornucopiae, symbol to left, to right degenerate legend APDOXPO, (Gobl 574, M.3546). Extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
India, Jammu and Kashmir, Late imitative of Kushan, Kidara issue for king Pratapaditya II (c.5th century A.D.), base gold stater, (7.512, 7.304 grams), obv. debased standing king facing with head to left, rev. crude representation of Goddess Ardoksho enthroned facing, (cf.M.3638-3644). Very fine or better and scarce. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
India, British India, East India Company, William IV, proof retrike gold mohur 1835 (KM 451.1). Nearly FDC.
Estimate $350
SOLD $800
India, East India Company, William IV restrike proof gold two mohurs 1835 (KM.452.1). Minor hairline on obverse at 10 o' clock otherwise nearly uncirculated/ uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $0
India, sovereign, 1918I. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
India, Kutch, Madanasinghji, (1947-1948), gold pattern medallic coinage of one kori, (4.7 grams), struck from dies of the one kori in silver, commemorating Victory for Indian Independence, issued in 1947, (cf.KM.Y.84, unlisted). Uncirculated and extremely rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $800
India, Kutch, Madanasinghji, (1947-1948), gold pattern medallic coinage of one hundred kori, (18.7 grams), struck from dies of the five in gold, commemorating Victory for Indian Independence, issued in 1947, (cf.KM.Y.85, unlisted). Uncirculated and extremely rare.
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $4,000
India, Ghaznavids, Nasir al din Masa'ud, (A.H. 421-432) (A.D. 1030-1041), gold dinar, Ghazna mint, struck in yellow gold, A.H. 431 = A.D. 1039-1040, (A.1619, cf.M.776 BMC -). Weak in places, otherwise nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $260
SOLD $160
Iran, 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 $200
Iran, Phlavi, A.H. 1322 (1942) (KM.1148). Saudi Arabia, guinea, A.H. 1370 (KM.36). Turkey, one hundred kurush, A.H.1293 Yr 2 (KM.725). Extremely fine; uncirculated, nearly extremely fine and scarce. (3)
Estimate $400
SOLD $360
Iraq, fifty dinars, 1980 (KM.M3). Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
Japan, Manen era, (1860-1867), gold koban (one ryo), (3.140 grams), (KM.C22d). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,000
Japan, five yen, meiji 3 (1870) (KM.Y11). Has been mounted otherwise nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $0
Japan, five yen, Meiji 6 (1873) (KM.16). Edge nick on reverse otherwise uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $0
Japan, ten yen, Meiji 4 (1871) (KM.Y12). Uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $11,000
SOLD $0
Japan, five yen, meiji 30 (1897) (KM.Y32). Good extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $1,800
SOLD $0
Japan, five yen, Meiji 30 (1897) (KM. Y32). Good extremely fine/ extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $1,700
SOLD $0
Japan, twenty yen, meiji 30 (1897) (KM.Y34). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $2,700
SOLD $0
Japan, twenty yen, meiji 30 (1897) (KM.Y34). Good very fine.
Estimate $1,700
SOLD $0
Japan, twenty yen, taisho 5 (1916) (KM.40.1). Cleaned otherwise nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $1,700
SOLD $0
Keeling Cocos Islands, mint 150 rupees 1977 (KM.10a). FDC.
Estimate $150
SOLD $280