Catalogue
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, silver akche (34) of various rulers and mints from Murad I (A.H. 761-791) (1360-1389) to Ahmad I (A.H.1012-1026) (1603-1617); copper manghir (12) of several rulers). Mostly fine - very fine. (46)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Suleiman I ibn Selim (The Great and The Magnificent), (A.H. 926-974, A.D. 1520-1566), gold sultani (dinar), Constantinople mint, year 926, (3.33 grams), (A.1317, M.1252, [£85]). Slightly off centred, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $140
SOLD $110
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], date partially off flan, (3.54 grams), (A.1317, M.1253, [£85], Artuk 1552). Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $250
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Suleiman I ibn Selim (The Great and The Magnificent), (A.H. 926-974, A.D. 1520-1566), gold sultani (dinar), Divarbakir mint, year 926, (3.50 grams), (A.1317, Pere 158). Good very fine, scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mustafa II (A.H. 1106-1115, A.D. 1695-1703), silver yarim kurus, year 1106, (A.-, KM.116); Mustafa III (A.H. 1171-1187, A.D. 1757-1774), silver piastres, years [11]86, half piastre (holed) [11]77, (KM.313, 320), silver two zolata year 11[82], (KM.324); Abdul Hamid I (A.H. 1187-1203, A.D. 1774-1789), silver two zolota year 3 and 9, (KM.401, 402), silver piastre year 2, (KM.396); Selim III (A.H. 1203-1222, A.D. 1789-1807), silver piastre, year 4; silver two piastres year 3, silver yuzluk year 4, (KM.498, 504, 507), six piastres 1223/29 (KM.603); other issues in bronze (2). Nearly fine - very fine, one holed. (13)
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Turkey, Ahmad III, (A.H. 1115-1143) (A.D. 1703-1730), gold eshrefi altin, Constantinople mint, A.H. 1115 = A.D. 1703, (KM.173); Selim III (AH 1203-1222, 1789-1807 A.D.), quarter zeri mahbub, Constantinople mint, years of reign 11, (KM.510); Mahmud II (AH 1223-1255, A.D. 1808-1839), gold Rumi Altin, year 15 Constantinople mint, (KM.616); other gold fractions (6). All holed, except one fraction, otherwise mostly very fine. (9)
Estimate $180
SOLD $330
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Ahmed III (A.H. 1115-1143) (1703-1730), silver onluk (KM.147); silver half Zolota, (KM.150); yirmilik (KM.153); zolota (KM.156). Very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Turkey, Ottoman Empire to modern times, a range of issues in billon, a few in silver and many in copper from Mahmud I (A.H.1143-1168) (1730-1754) to 1999, all with tickets. Many holed as usual, otherwise very good - uncirculated. (61)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Misr (Egypt) mint, Abdul Hamid I (A.H. 1187-1203) (A.D. 1774-1789), gold zeri mahbub, First type, Egypt mint, A.H.[119]2 = A.D. 1779. (KM. 127); Algeria, Mahmud I (A.H.1143-1168, A.D.1730-1754), gold half sultani, 1160, (1746), (KM.19). Very fine or better. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $620
Turkey, various rulers, gold one hundred kurush, dated A.H. 1255/6, 1277/11, 1293/30, 1327/6, 1327/9, gold twenty five piastres, 1327/4, (KM.679, 696, 730, 752, 754, 776). Fine - extremely fine, two have been mounted. (6)
Estimate $750
SOLD $700
Turkey, various rulers, silver twenty piastres A.H. 1255/8, 1277/4, 1277/9, 1277/10, 1293/3, 1327/9, (KM.675, 693, 722, 780); six piastres, 1255/1, (KM.656) (holed); issues of Egypt, silver twenty qirsh, 1293/24W, 1327/3H, 1327/6H, (KM.296, 310); silver ten qirsh 1293/30H, 1327/6H, (KM.295, 309); Sudan, twenty piastres, A.H. 1310, year 8, (KM.15). Very fine - extremely fine, two have been mounted, one holed. (13)
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Turkey, collection of minor issues in silver, cupro-nickel and a few bronze, issues from Abdul Mejid, (A.H. 1255-1277, A.D. 1839-1861), to end of Ottoman empire, includes silver ten piastres (4), five piastres (6) also includes Balkan Campaign medal. About twelve, holed or mounted, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (48)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Turkey, a large range of modern issues including gold twenty five piastres 1923/43; another 1966; gold fifty piastres 1967 (KM.851, 870, 853); commemorative silver including twenty five lira 1970 (KM.897); fifty lira 1971, 1972 (KM.900, 901); one hundred lira 1973 (KM.903); five hundred lira 1979, 1982 (KM.931, 952, 953); ten thousand lira 1986 (KM.1009); other issues (174) mostly in base metal or steel to 2005, a few as duplicates. Most extremely fine - uncirculated. (185)
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Algeria, Mahmud II (A.H.1223-1255, 1808-1839), silver quarter budju 1236, (KM.67); five aspers, 1237 (KM.71); Tunisia (4); Sudan, copper twenty piastres A.H. 1315 (KM.26); Egypt, a range of issues (36) including a five qirsh of Abdul Aziz, year 4 (KM.253.1) (illustrated); Hejaz (Saudi Arabia) countermarked issues forty para (KM.4, 6); glass weight; Sinkiang Province, Rebel Coinage of Yakub Beg, silver half miscal AH 1292 (1875-6), Kashgar mint, (KM.37-1.1). One holed, another mounted otherwise, fine - extremely fine. (52)
Estimate $250
SOLD $210
Egypt, Abdul Mejid, (A.H. 1255-1277, A.D. 1839-1861), one hundred qirsh, year 15 = 1270 = 1853-4, (KM.235.2). Has been mounted, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $170