Catalogue
Italy, Kingdom of Sicily, Roger II (1105-1154), issued 1130-1138, AE follaro, Messina, copper coinage, obv. Roger standing with sceptre, P/O/GE/PI/O to left, P/H/S to right, rev. + IC +XC+NI+KA around a cross patent (eight lines), (MEC 178-179, Spahr 78, Biaggi 1223); another similar obv. Roger seated facing similar legend, rev. cross IC-XC/NI-KA; (MEC 180-182, Spahr 77, Biaggi 1222). Fine - very fine and both very scarce. (2)
Estimate $160
SOLD $120
Italy, Kingdom of Sicily, William II the Good, King, (1166-1189), AE follaro, Messina first copper coinage, obv. in centre REX W/SCOS, around +OPE[RATA I]N VRBE MESSANE, rev. three lined legend, in Arabic three lines in centre, around legend in Arabic (King William the second the desirous of power through God), (MEC 401-9, Spahr 119, Biaggi 1233). Very fine or better and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Italy, Kingdom of Sicily, Tancred with his younger son Roger, (1191-1183), AE follaro, Messina, copper coinage, obv. in centre Arabic legend in two lines (king Roger), rev. legend around +ROGERIVS legend, REX in centre, pellets above and below, (MEC 449-453, Spahr 139, Biaggi 1237, [1,500,000 lire = 800 euros]). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Italy, Kingdom of Sicily, Tancred alone, (1190-1194), AE follaro fraction, issued at Salerno (Campania) as part of his Sicilian Kingdom, copper coinage, obv. castle between two pellets, within a frame, rev. .T A./ [.RX.], (MEC 461-465, Cappelli 230, Bellizia 257 [noted as RRR], Biaggi 2304). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $140
Italy, Kingdom of Sicily, Henry VI and Frederick (1196-1197), billon denari, Messina mint, obeagle facing with head left, around +E INPERATOR, rev. FREDERIC REX around, crowned head facing, (MEC 488-490, Spahr 32 [RR], Biaggi -). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Italy, Sicily, Kingdom of Sicily, Frederick II, (1198-1250), silver denaro, struck at Messina, issued 1221, obv. cross, + F IMPERATOR, rev. Imperial eagle, REX SICIL around, (Spahr 107, Pl.XXIV, 107, Biaggi 1254). Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $130
Italy, Kingdom of Sicily, Manfred (1258-1264), billon denari, Messina mint, copper coinage, obv. M in centre omega above, around +[DEI GRAC]R, rev. + [SI]CIL[IE] around a cross potent with dot in each corner, (MEC 621-623, Spahr 217, cf.Biaggi 1280); another Charles I of Anjou, (1266-1285), billon denari, Messina mint, copper coinage, obv. K and lis in centre, around traces of +AROL DEI GRA, rev. cross with pellet at each end, around traces of +REX SICILIE, (MEC 652-653, Spahr 48, cf.Biaggi 1292). Fine - very fine and both very scarce. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Italy, Venice, Bartollomeo Gradenigo, (1339-1342), silver soldino, obv. Doge to left with sword, around +BA GRADO NICO DVX, rev. lion nimbate left, + S MARCVS VENETI, (Biaggi 2815); Andrea Dandolo, (1342-1354), silver soldino vecchio, obv. Doge to left with sword, around +ANDR DAN DVLO DVX, rev. lion nimbate left, + S MARCVS VENETI, (Biaggi 2818). Very fine and very scarce. (2)
Estimate $140
SOLD $130
Italy, a range of issues, two centesimi to five lire, 1867-1928, includes scarce ten centimes 1911. Mostly very good - extremely fine. (16)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Japan, copper one rin, issues of years 6 (1873), 15 (1882), 17 (1884), KM.Y15). Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
Japan, Meiji, ten sen, yr.83 (1875), yr.26 (1893), yr.30 (1897), yr.32 (1899), (KM.23), yr.42 (1909), yr.44 (1911) (KM.29); twenty sen, Meiji yr.29 (1896), yr.31 (3) (1898), yr.38 (1905) (KM.24); fifty sen, Meiji yr.32 (1899), (KM.25), silver one thousand yen, 1964, Olympics commemorative (KM 80), (2). Very fine - uncirculated. (14)
Estimate $200
SOLD $100
Japan, Meiji, one yen, year 38, (1905), type II, (KM. Y.A25.3). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Kiau Chau, German occupation, copper-nickel ten cents, 1909 (KM.Y.2). Good very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Korea, Hung-wu and Yung-lo of Ming, (c.400 B.C.), copper cash (3), 'The Currency of Chao-hsien, the Morning Calm', (Sch. 3); Indonesia, Bantan. brass cash coin 31mm, obv. native script around hexagonal hole. Very fine and scarce. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Korea, silver two chon, nd. issued 1882-1883, Tae Dong Treasury Department, (KM.1082). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Latin East, Tancred (1102-1120), Antiochian copper, Antioch mint, second type, obv. triangular bearded bust of Tancred facing with sword in his right hand, traces of legend, rev. Cross of the Tree of Life, IC-[XC]/NI-KA, (MPS 4a [p.199]; Metcalf 63-70 [p.27, Pl.4]; see Num. Circ 89 [1981, p.234-5] for discussion on issue, Sch. Pl.2, 7). Nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $190
Malaysia, Johore, Tin fish money, 23.4 grams, length 125 mm, width 86 mm, (SS.-, Optiz -). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $600
Malaysia, Perak, Private monetary token (Jokoh), Tin, 19th century, 28mm., (6.92 grams), obv. (in Chinese 'Thai Ping Guan Kee' (Guan Kee Taiping), (SS.82). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
Malaya, Perak, tin mine token, 19th century, 62x33x5mm, 59.2 grams, obv. & rev. incuse inscriptions same both sides, 'Yu-Chang' (shop yu-chang), (SS.-). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Malaysia, Penang, nickel plated brass token, 38mm, issued for the Lee Wah Bank Ltd. c.1950. With usual centre hole, very fine.
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Malaysia, Seremban, brass token, 38mm, issued for the Lee Wah Bank Ltd. c.1950. With usual centre hole, very fine.
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Mexico, Charles II (1675-1700) irregular shaped cob eight reales, date not visible, II of Charles II in (KM.46). Very good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Mexico, Charles IIII, silver eight reales, 1792FM, Mexico mint, (KM.109); 1841ML, (KM.377.1); Switzerland, silver five francs, 1925B, (KM.38). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Mexico, Empire of Iturbide, Augustine (1822-1823), silver eight reales, 1823JM, Mexico city mint, (KM.310). Bright, good fine and scarce.
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
Mexico, eight reales, Guanajuato mint, 1886 RR, 1887 RR, (KM.377.8); Mexico City mint 1880 MH, 1894 AM, (KM.377.10); Zacatecas, 1891 FZ. Mostly nearly extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Mexico, Empire of Maximilian, silver peso, 1866Mo, Mexico city mint, (KM.388.1). Toned, nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Netherlands, Zeeland Province, sixty gros, thirty sous or stuivers, 1602, (KM.12, Del.1071)Has been mounted as a brooch on the reverse, filed edge and polished, otherwise fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Netherlands, 1769-1967, a selection includes silver gulden 1843, 1865, 1892, 1913, 1928, half gulden 1868, 1904 and a mint five cents 1879. Very good - uncirculated. (26)
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Netherlands, various silver issues, Willem II, two and half gulden 1848, one gulden 1846; Willem III, two and a half gulden 1874, one gulden 1861; Wilhelmina, one gulden 1907, 1913, (KM.66, 69, 82, 93, 122.2, 148). Good - very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Netherlands, two and a half gulden, Willem II, 1846 lis privy mark, (KM.69); Willem III 1859 (KM.82). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0