Catalogue
Ghaznavids, Mahmud ibn Sabuktakin, (A.H. 388-421) (A.D. 998-1030), gold dinar, Herat mint, struck in better coloured gold, A.H. 407 = A.D. 1016-1017, (A.1607, cf.M.758). Weak in places, otherwise good fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Khwarizmshahs, 'Ala al-Din Muhammad, (A.H. 596-617) (A.D.1200-1220), silver dirham, probably Davar mint, not dated, inscription inside square within circle, (5.22 grams), (A.1718); Jalayrid, Shaykh Oweys ibn Hasan Buzurg, (A.H. 757-776) (A.D. 1356-1374), silver dinar, Baghdad mint uncertain date (c.762-773), (2.12 grams), (A.2298.2, cf.M.1738); Jalal al din (Sultan) Husayn I ibn Oweys, (A.H. 776-784) (A.D. 1374-1382), silver dinar, Baghdad mint, (2.76 grams), issued from 777-783, (A.2306.3); Ilkhans, (Mongols of Persia), Abu Sa`id, (A.H. 716-736) (A.D. 1316-1335), silver two dirhams, type F, Tabriz mint, dated 725 (AD 1325), (3.59 grams) (illustrated) (A.2210); Tunisia, Ottoman, Mahmud I (A.H.1143-1168, A.D. 1730-1754), (1.16 grams), silver Kharub, year 1167 =1753-4, (illustrated) (KM.46). Fine - extremely fine and several scarce. (5)
Estimate $120
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, with ticket.
Estimate $280
SOLD $420
Timurid, Shahrukh, (A.H. 807-850) (A.D. 1405-1447), silver quarter tanka, Herat mint, not dated, (1.22 grams), (A.2407); copper fals or adliya, Bukhara mint, partial date 932 = 1429 AD, (6.29 grams) (A.2409); silver tanka, Sultaniyah mint, c.A.H. 840 = A.D. 1436-7, but date off flan, (5.07 grams) (A.2405, cf.M.1929), another Tabriz mint, date off flan, (5.06 grams) (A.2405); Sultan Mahmud, (A.H. 873-900) (A.D. 1465-1495), post-reform period, Hisar mint, (4.77 grams), year 897 = 1492, (illustrated) (A.2454.2, notes as Rare). Fine - very fine, last rare. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Antioch, Bohemond III, majority (1163-1201), billon helmet deniers, obv. +BOAMUNDUS, helmeted head left, between crescent and star, rev. +ANTIOCHIA, cross pattee with crescent in first angle, Class B (cf. MPS 65-70a [pp.214-216], Metcalf 368-371, 377-391, [Pls.16]). Very fine or better. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $140
Tripoli, Bohemond VI (1251-1275), AR half gros, obv. +BOEMVNDVS: COMES, cross in pierced quatrefoil, rev. +CIVITAS:TRIPOLI, dots between letters, eight pointed star in tressure of arcs (MPS 23 [p.174], Metcalf 495-496 [Pl.20]). Lightly toned, good very fine, very scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $270
Principality of Achaea, William of Villehardouin (1245- 1278) and successors, Charles I (1278-1285) Charles II of Anjou (1285-1289) and Isabelle of Villehardouin (1297-1301), billon deniers tournoises, Clarentza mint, obv. G. PRINCE ACh or variants for each ruler, cross patt‚e rev. DE CLARENTIA or var. Chƒtel tournois, (MPS 8 [p.358 and onwards], Metcalf 922, 942, 962). Very fine, the Charles I - II denier is scarce. (3)
Estimate $180
SOLD $140
Principality of Achaea, Philip of Savoy (1301-1306) and successors, Philip or Taranto (1306-1313), Maud or Mahaut of Hainault (1316-1321), billon deniers tournoises, obv. Ph'S. D. SAB.P.AChE or var., cross patt‚e rev. DE CLARENCIA or var. Chƒtel tournois, (MPS 18 [p.362 and onwards], Metcalf 973, 979, 1005). Good fine to very fine. (3)
Estimate $180
SOLD $140
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.546 or later B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (1.66 grams), obv. bee with tendrils, line border, rev. star ornament within incuse square, (cf.3516, BMC -, Karwiese Series IIIA-21, cf.SNG Turkey 116-7, Traite 1870 [Pl.CLII, 16]). Hoard patina, otherwise very fine and very rare, unpublished in standard references.
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.546 or later B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (1.88 grams), obv. bee with tendrils, line border, rev. star ornament of six petals within incuse triangle, (cf.3516, BMC -, Karwiese Series IIIA-22 [p.197], Traite -). Hoard patina, otherwise very fine and very rare, unpublished in standard references.
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.546 or later B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (1.86 grams), obv. bee with tendrils, line border, rev. star ornament of six petals within incuse triangle, (cf.3516, BMC -, Karwiese Series IIIA-22 [p.197], Traite -). Hoard patina, otherwise very fine and very rare, unpublished in standard references.
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.546 or later B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (1.49 grams), obv. bee with tendrils, line border, rev. star ornament of six petals within incuse triangle, (cf.3516, BMC -, Karwiese Series IIIA-22 [p.197], Traite -). Good fine/fine and very rare, unpublished in standard references.
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.546 or later B.C.), silver diobol, (0.95 grams) and a hemiobol (0.32 grams), obv. bee with tendrils, line border, rev. partial star ornament within incuse square for diobol and star ornament within incuse square, for second coin, (cf.S.3516, BMC -, Karwiese Series IIIA-24 and 21 [p.197-8], cf.SNG Turkey 116-7, Traite -). Hoard patina, otherwise fine and very rare, both unpublished in standard references. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.500 - 420 B.C.), silver hemidrachm (1.576 grams); obol, (0.446 grams), silver hemiobols, (0.190, 0.262, 0.270, 0.294 grams) and quarter obols (0.090, 0.084 grams), obv. bee, curved wings, most with no border, rev. quadripartite incuse square for first two, all fractional obols with eight pointed star with central pellet one hemiobol crude incuse square, (cf.S.3516, BMC -, Karwiese Series III, [p.160-1 and Plate 21], SNG Turkey 135-137, Traite -). Very good - good fine and rare, several unpublished in standard references. (8)
Estimate $250
SOLD $180
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.late 6th century B.C.), silver obols, (0.578, 0.522, 0.464 grams), obv. bee with tendrils, no border coiled tendrils (volutes) or ethnic, rev. crude incuse square, (cf.S.3516, BMC -, Karwiese Series III-8 to 18 [p.161 and Plate 2], SNG Turkey -, Traite -). Fine - very fine and rare. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.546 or later B.C.), silver obols, (0.484, 0.390, 0.360, grams) and silver hemiobols, (0.242, 0.204 grams), obv. bee with tendrils, no border, rev. crude incuse square, another similar (0.194 grams) with obv. uncertain but similar to the famous conical stone (unpublished?), (cf.S.3516, BMC -, Karwiese Series III-8-12, and 1 to 4 [p.160 and 161], cf.SNG Turkey 115, Traite -). Fine - very fine and very rare, all unpublished in standard references. (5)
Estimate $280
SOLD $140
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.546 or later B.C.), silver obols, (0.530, 0.412, grams) and silver hemiobols, (0.142, 0.160, 0.178, 0.192 grams), obv. bee with tendrils, no border [second hemiobol with border], rev. crude incuse square, several with quadripartite within, (cf.S.3516, BMC -, Karwiese Series III 1-4, 8-14 [p.160-1 and Plate 21], cf.SNG Turkey 115, Traite -). Very good - good fine and rare, all unpublished in standard references. (6)
Estimate $250
SOLD $170
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.546 - 500 B.C.), silver quarter obols or 1/48th stater, (0.220 grams), obv. bee, curved wings, E and **F* on type V, and with dotted border, rev. eagle head to right with ethnic **E F* not struck up, (S.-, BMC 24, Karwiese Group IV, type V, cf.SNG Cop. 211, SNG Turkey 134, cf.Traite 1871). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.546 - 500 B.C.), silver quarter obols or 1/48th stater, (0.148, 0.206 grams), obv. bee, curved or straight wings, E and **F* on type V, and that dotted border, rev. eagle head to right with full ethnic **E F*, (S.-, BMC 24, Karwiese Group IV, types II and V, SNG Cop. 211, SNG Turkey 126-9, 134, cf.Traite 1871). Very fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $60
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.546 - 500 B.C.), silver quarter obols or 1/48th stater, (0.152, 0.156, 0.162, 0.168, 0.188, 0.202, 0.208, 0.210, 0.212, 0.214, 0.226, 0.238 grams), obv. bee, curved or straight wings, most with no border, rev. eagle head to left or right with partial or full ethnic **E F*, (S.-, BMC 24, Karwiese Group IV, types I (3), II (4), III, IV (2), V (2), SNG von Aulock 7816, SNG Cop. 211, SNG Turkey 126-134, Traite 1871). Very good - good fine and rare. (12)
Estimate $400
SOLD $0
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.546 - 500 B.C.), silver quarter obols or 1/48th stater, (0.112 (fragment), 0.144, 0.146, 0.152, 0.166, 0.180, 0.184, 0.188, 0.192, 0.200, 0.204, 0.218 grams), obv. bee, curved or straight wings, some with dotted border, rev. eagle head to right or left with full partial or full ethnic **E F*, (S.-, BMC 24, Karwiese Group IV, types I, II (7), III, V (3), SNG Cop. 211, SNG Turkey 126-130, 134, cf.Traite 1871). Fair - very fine and scarce. (12)
Estimate $400
SOLD $300
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.546 - 500 B.C.), silver quarter obols or 1/48th stater, (0.160 (2), 0.166, 0.184, 0.186, 0.192, 0.196 (2), 0.200, 0.206, 0.218, 0.220 grams), obv. bee, curved or straight wings, some with dotted border, rev. eagle head to right or left with full partial or full ethnic **E F*, (S.-, BMC 24, Karwiese Group IV, types I (4), II, III, IV, V (4), , SNG Cop. 211, SNG Turkey 126-134, cf.Traite 1871). Fair - very fine and scarce. (12)
Estimate $400
SOLD $0
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.546 - 500 B.C.), silver quarter obols or 1/48th stater, (0.148, 0.150, 0.168, 0.182, 0.184, 0.188, 0.190, 0.192, 0.198, 0.200, 0.214, 0.216 grams), obv. bee, curved or straight wings, some with dotted border, rev. eagle head to right or left with full partial or full ethnic **E F*, (S.-, BMC 24, Karwiese Group IV, types I (2), II (4), III (2), V (4), SNG Cop. 211, SNG Turkey 126-130, 134, cf.Traite 1871). Fair - very fine and scarce. (12)
Estimate $400
SOLD $360
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.546 - 500 B.C.), silver quarter obols or 1/48th stater, (0.130, 0.166, 0.180, 0.184, 0.186, 0.192, 0.194, 0.198, 0.206, 0.218, 0.232, 0.236 grams), obv. bee, curved or straight wings, some with dotted border, rev. eagle head to right or left with full partial or full ethnic **E F*, (S.-, BMC 24, Karwiese Group IV, types I (2), II (7), III, V (2), SNG Cop. 211, SNG Turkey 126-130, 134, cf.Traite 1871). Fair - very fine and scarce. (12)
Estimate $400
SOLD $320
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.546 - 500 B.C.), silver hemiobol (0.384 grams), obv. bee, rev. rough incuse square (S.-, Karwiese Group III, No.6); silver quarter obols or 1/48th stater, (0.160, 0.162, 0.170, 0.198 (2), 0.202, 0.204, 0.214, 0.220, 0.224, 0.228 grams), obv. bee, curved or straight wings, some with dotted border, rev. eagle head to right or left with full partial or full ethnic **E F*, (S.-, BMC 24, Karwiese Group IV, types I, II (7), III, uncertain (2), SNG Cop. 211, SNG Turkey 126-130, cf.Traite 1871). Fair - very fine and scarce. (12)
Estimate $400
SOLD $320
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.546 - 500 B.C.), silver quarter obols or 1/48th stater, (0.162, 0.184 (2), 0.186, 0.192, 0.194 (2), 0.200, 0.208, 0.212 grams), obv. bee, curved or straight wings, some with dotted border, rev. eagle head to right or left with full partial or full ethnic **E F*, (S.-, BMC 24, Karwiese Group IV, types II, III, IV (3), V (5), SNG Cop. 211, SNG Turkey 126-129, 131-134, cf.Traite 1871). Fair - very fine and scarce. (10)
Estimate $350
SOLD $0
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.546 - 500 B.C.), silver quarter obols or 1/48th stater, (0.162, 0.180, 0.182 (2), 0.186, 0.192, 0.196, 0.198, 0.216, 0.224, 0.252 grams), obv. bee, curved or straight wings, most with no border, rev. eagle head to left or right with no or partial or full ethnic **E F*, (S.-, BMC 24, Karwiese Group IV, types I (4), II (4), III, IV, V, SNG von Aulock 7816, SNG Cop. 211, SNG Turkey 126-134, Traite 1871); together with Caria, uncertain mint, (5th century B.C.), silver hemiobol, (0.182 grams), obv. forepart of lion to left, rev. bird (quail) within incuse square to left, (S.-, SNG Berry II 1046 [Asia Minor uncertain], SNG Von Aulock 7808, SNG Finland II, 927). Very good - very fine and rare. (12)
Estimate $400
SOLD $360
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.late 6th century B.C.), silver drachm, (3.330 grams), obv. bee with tendrils, no border coiled tendrils (volutes) or ethnic, rev. crude incuse square, (cf.S.3516, BMC -, Karwiese Series V-19 [p.169 and Plate 3], SNG Turkey 114, Traite -). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.late 6th century B.C.), silver hemidrachms, (1.562, 1.596 grams), obv. bee without tendrils, curved wings, no ethnic, rev. crude incuse square, without trace of quadripartite lines, another diobol, (1.006 grams) similar with clearer quadripartite lines, (cf.S.3516, BMC -, Karwiese Group V 1-2, VIA-4 [p.169, 172 and Plate 3], SNG Turkey -, Traite -). Very good - nearly very fine, mostly rare. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $170
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.546 - 500 B.C.), silver diobol (0.994 grams), silver obols, (0.576 and 0.476, grams) and hemiobol, (0.218 grams), obv. bee without letters or border, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (cf.S.3516, BMC -, cf.Karwiese Series VI Type 1A 1-7 (obol), [p.172 and 161], cf.SNG Turkey 115, Traite -). Fine - very fine and very rare, all unpublished in standard references. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $180