Catalogue
Italy, Kingdom of Sicily, Henry VI and Constance (1194-1197), billon denaro, Palermo or Messina mint issued 1194-1196, obv. cross, + E IMPERATOR, rev. eagle facing head to left, C IMPERATRIX, (MEC 483, Spahr 28 [Rare], Biaggi -, CNI Pl.VIII, 20). Minor chip at edge, some mint bloom, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Italy, Kingdom of Sicily, Henry VI and Frederick (1196-1197), billon denari, Messina mint, obv. eagle facing with head left, around +E INPERATOR, rev. FREDERIC REX around, crowned head facing, (MEC 488-490, Spahr 32 [RR], Biaggi -); Frederick as Emperor (1220-1250), bollon denari, Messina mint, issue of 1242, obv. A over crescent and star, around F ROM IMP SEMPR (IMP ligated), rev. cross with star and three pellets in opposite corners, around IERL' ET SICIL R, (MEC 552, Spahr 123, Biaggi -); Charles I of Anjou, (1266-1285), denari (odd shaped flan as usual), Messina mint, obv. KA in centre, traces of legend around, rev. cross, legend traces around, (MEC 641-2, Spahr 37 var., cf.Biaggi 1292). Fine - very fine and all scarce - rare. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Italy, Kingdom of Sicily, Henry VI and Frederick (1196-1197), billon denari, Messina mint, obv. eagle 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 $0
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 $120
SOLD $0
Italy, Kingdom of Sicily, Frederick II, (1198-1250), billon denaro, struck at Messina, issued 1245, obv. I P in field with suspension mark, + F ROMANORVM, rev. cross, + R IERL' ET SICL around, (mec 562, Spahr 13, Biaggi 1266). Dark tone, good very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Italy, Kingdom of Sicily, Frederick III, (1296-1327), billon denaro, struck at Messina, issued c.1300, obv. crowned head to left, + [FRI T DE]I GRA, rev. cross with pellets in each angle, [REX] SICILI[E] around, (MEC 782 [group 14], Spahr 46 [p.15], Biaggi 1312); another similar with rev. cross with pellet as traces in first and star in fourth quarter, (cf.MEC 1780, Spahr 44 [p.15], Biaggi 1312). Fine - very fine, weak in places. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Italy, Venice, Francesco Dandolo, (1328-1329), silver soldino, obv. Doge to left with sword, around +FRA DAN DVLO DVX, rev. lion nimbate left, + S MARCVS VENETI, (Biaggi 2810) (3); 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). Fine to very fine, two with edge chipping, all very scarce. (4)
Estimate $160
SOLD $0
Italy, Bologna, Republican Government, (1416-1419 and maybe slightly later), silver grosso, obv. lion rampant to left holding a flag, .BONONI U DOCET, rev. Saint Peter seated facing with staff and city walls in hand, around S. PETR ONIVS, (Biaggi 401). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $140
SOLD $0
Italy, Venice, Leonardo Loredan, (1501-1521), silver soldino marchetto, obv. St. Mark receiving the Doge kneeling to left with sword, around +LE LAV DVX S.M.V., rev. Christ standing facing with nimbus, around LAVS TI BI SOLI, (cf.Biaggi 2938, Paolucci p.55) (illust), Andrea Gritti, (1523-1538), bezzo or half soldo, obv. cross with dots in angles and at ends of cross, around ANDREAS GRITTI DVX, rev. lion of St. Mark, around + S MARCVS VENETI, (Paolucci p.59) (illust); other bezzos (2); Venetian possessions, Candia (Crete), soldino or four tornesi (2), (16th - early 17th century), obv. Lion of St. Mark, 4 T in exergue, rev. SOL/DINO in two lines, (Eklund 1225). Fair - very fine, mostly scarce. (6)
Estimate $140
SOLD $0
Italy, Vittorio Emaunele III, silver ten lire 1927R (KM.68.1); silver twenty lire 1928R (KM.69). Very fine, the first cleaned. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Jamaica, proof set, 1984, proof ten dollars, 1962; Republic of Panama, proof set, 1973, proof one balboa, 1973; Malawi, mint set, 1971, one crown, 1966; Bahamas, proof set, 1973; Phillipines, proof set, 1975; Cayman Islands, proof twenty five dollars, 1972, proof five dollars, 1973; Republic of Liberia, proof five dollars, 1973; Fiji, mint one dollar, 1970. Uncirculated - FDC. (12)
Estimate $180
SOLD $80
Japan, Meiji era, silver yen, year 15 (1882), (KM.A25.2). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $280
SOLD $0
Japan, Meiji era, silver yen, year 24 (1891), countermarked with gin mark (see p. 811 KM for countermarking), (KM.A25.3). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $180
SOLD $180
Japan, Meiji, fifty sen, yr.40 (1907), yr.42 (20 (1909) (KM.31); twenty sen yr.28 (2) (1895), yr.32 (1899); ten sen yr.10 (1885) yr.26 (1893) (KM.23), yr.44 (1911) (KM.29); five sen yr.34 (1901) (KM.21). Very fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Keeling Cocos Islands, John Clunies Ross, five, ten, twenty-five and fifty cents in bronze,one, two and five rupees in cupro nickel. (KM.1-7). Uncirculated. 97)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Malaya and Indonesia, kingdom of Srivijaya, silver units or namo coins, 13th century A.D., obv. letter 'Na', rev. cut or question mark symbol, (M.3058, 3064). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Malaysia, Johore, 18th century, tin weight, ball shape with three countermarks, 41.3 grams, 22 mm. diameter, Fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Malaysia, Trengganu, tin cent A.H. 1325 (1907), obv. legend rev. 1, 29mm, (KM. 19, SS 18, P.98). Very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Malaysia, Trengganu, tin jokoh, nd (1907), obv. Teck Soon Kongsi (Teck Soon Company), rev. in Jawi 'Sin' and 'Hee' (issuer's name), lion rampant to left and right of central square hole, (SS 44A). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $220
SOLD $0
Malaysia, Trengganu, tin jokoh, nd (1907), obv. Hiap Hin Kongsi' (Hiap Hin Company), edge cmked. 'Chi' (auspicious) rev. in Jawi 'Ini Juru Bahasa Punya' (This is the interpreters), countermarks in Chinese on edge, Kongsi and Hiap Sinlion rampant to left and right of central square hole, both sides with additional paint as in SS illustration, (SS 38, P.111). Holed, good fine and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Mexico, Philip V, (1700-1746), eight reales pillar dollar, Mexico City mint, 1742 M/F., (KM.103). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $160
Mexico, Charles III, eight reales, 1789 F.M. (KM.106.2a). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $270
SOLD $300
Mexico, Charles III, eight reales 1788 F.M, Mexico City Mint (KM.106.2a). Countermarked E L on obverse, scratches in field, otherwise fine/good fine.
Estimate $180
SOLD $120
Mexico, two reales, 1835/4 RM/RL, Ds (Durango mint), (KM.374.4 $200 F). Fine and very rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Military related tokens, including NAAFI (4 different) concentration Camp tokens 1943 for 5 and 10 mark Lipzmanstadt; German Occupation of Baltic, Poland & Russia, 1916 two and three kopecks, all with printed annotations. Very fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Netherlands, William II - Wilhelmina I, half cent, 1903 (KM.133); silver ten cents 1855 (KM.80); silver gulden 1846 (KM.66), 1857, 1859, 1860, 1863, 1865(2) (KM.93), 1905 (KM.122.2), 1915 (KM.148); silver two and a half gulden, 1858 (KM.82). Very good - extremely fine. (12)
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
Netherlands East Indies, Java, United East Company, Batavian Republic, dump bonk coinage, copper two stuivers, 1797 (48.68 grams), one stuiver, 1806, (15.68 grams). (KM.206, 211). All with clear dates, fine - very fine, scarce. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Norway, Oscar II, ten ore 1880 (KM.350); copper five ore 1896 (KM.349). First coin good very fine; nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Palestine, British administration, ten mils, 1942 (KM.4). Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Panama, silver quarter balboa, 1931 (KM. 11.1). Good very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $0