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Ceylon (Sri Lanka), under Dutch rule, Javanese copper bar (1785), C for Colombo over VOC, 4 3/4 stivers or half larin, (72 mm long; 39.53 grams) (Sch.1295a; KM.32, M.2185). Very fine, probably a modern copy.
Estimate $100
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Ceylon (Sri Lanka), under Dutch rule, copper wreath type eighth stiver, quarter stivers (3), half stiver, (KM.16, 17, 18, M.2178-2181); India under Dutch Rule, Pulicat copper cash (1615-late 17th century) used in Ceylon (3), (KM.34, M.1599-1603); India, Travancore, silver fanams or chuckrams (13), (c.1790-1830), (KM.1-3), used in Ceylon; India, Mogul, Aurangzeb silver rupee, Surat mint, AH 1113, RY 46, (KM.300.86) (2) others of Aurangzeb (2); and a Islamic overstruck copper coin. Poor - very fine. (26)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), local coinage, 1801-16, silver twenty four stivers, 1808 (KM.76). Fine - very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), local coinage, 1801-16, silver forty eight stivers, 1809 (KM.77). Very fine, rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $270
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), non local coinage, 1802-25, George IV, silver rix dollar, 1821, edge plain (KM.84). Toned, very fine or better.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), non local coinage, 1802-25, George IV, silver rix dollar, 1821, edge plain (KM.84). Polished, surface marks, nearly very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), local coinage, 1801-1815, George III, copper 1/12 rix dollar, 1803 (KM.65), worn dates (2); copper 1/24 rix dollar, 1801 (1), 1803 (2) flat top 3, (KM.64); copper 1/48 rix dollar, 1812 (KM.63); machine made coinage, 1/48 rix dollar 1802 (6) (KM.75); 1/192 rix dollar 1802 (KM.73). Poor - very fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), non local coinage, 1802-25, George III, copper two stivers, one stiver (2), half stiver, 1815, (KM.80-83.1); Dutch coinage used in Ceylon, silver two stivers, Holland 1724 (KM.48); one stiver Overyssel 1629 (KM.23); another Frisia 1623 (KM.42). Fine or better. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), non local coinage, 1802-25, George III, copper two stivers (6), one stiver (3), half stiver, 1815, (KM.80-83); VOC doits, Gelderland 1732 hill (KM.50.1), similar 1790 (KM.50.2); half doits Utrecht, 1754, 1755 (2), (KM.112.1). Very good - nearly very fine. (15)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Ceylon, (Sri Lanka), but struck at Travancore, c.1790-1860, silver fanams (105) of Rama Varma V (KM.29) or earlier, together with similar imitative types. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (105)
Estimate $100
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Ceylon, plantation tokens (34); with much duplication, includes J.M. Robertson & Co Colombo (2) (Pr.80, 82); Lee Hedges & Co, 1867 Colpetty Mills (Pr.61); Kerr Dundas & Co, rev. sailing ship to left (Pr.52); Carey Strachan & Co, Colombo, Union Mills, (30), (Pr.14); JPG 4 1/2d, (cf.Pr.111) name not in Pr. Mostly very fine. (35)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the issues in silver and bronze from 1870 inscribed, Ceylon or Sri Lanka, various different dates silver 50 cents (2), silver 25 cents (23), silver 10 cents (13), minors in copper or base metal alloy (41), modern issues of Sri Lanka (12) including silver 5 rupees 1957 (3), coffee tokens (4); together with approx. 70 minor Sri Lanka coins of modern type issued in the last 20 years. Fine - uncirculated. (lot)
Estimate $250
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Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Maldive Islands and Persian Gulf, silver larins as short lengths of silver wire doubled in two and made like a fish-hook, impressed with imitation Persian legends, used from 16th - 19th century, (Quiggin p.194ff text and illustration, M.2157-2162). Very fine. (18)
Estimate $200
SOLD $170
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), base metal die for a railed tree of the type used by the Andhrabhrityas (Servants of the Andhras) in the Southern Deccan, The Chutus of Banavasi, c.A.D. 160-345, as used on making of lead double karshapana (cf.M.4972, cf.BMC Pl.VIII). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
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Ceylon, (Sri Lanka), collection of seals, sealings and coin moulds, housed in a specially made wooden box, holding each item, the products of ancient Ruhuna, produced from the 3rd century B.C. - 7th century A,D., noted mould for the series of standing Lakshmi with handle (illustrated); others feature animals (mostly cows), another with swastica, a diverse range of shapes similar to examples noted in Osmund Bopearachchi and Ralph Wickremesinhe book "Ruhuna, an Ancient Civilisation Re-Visited, Numismatic and Archaeological Evidence on Inland and Maritime Trade", 1999, 149pp, 36 plates etc. Fine - very fine and all very scarce. (15)
Estimate $150
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Kushan Empire, Vasu Deva III, (c.A.D. 360-365), gold stater, (7.910 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). Nearly extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $800
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Gupta Empire, Samudragupta, (c.A.D. 330-370), gold stater, (7.480 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, rev. goddess Lakshmi seated facing on a two leg stool, holding a cornucopiae and a noose, symbols to left, to right, (Altekar Bayana hoard cf.plate I, 11-15; BMC 1-13 [Pl.I, 1-17, cf.M.4773-4780). Very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $700
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Western Ganges or Gangas of Talakad, (The Ganges of Mysore), gold pagoda (1080-1138 or later), obv. caparisoned elephant standing right, with Kannada characters above, rev. ornamental floral scroll, (3.90 grams), (F.288, M.702). Extremely fine.
Estimate $400
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Western Ganges or Gangas of Talakad, (The Ganges of Mysore), gold pagoda (1080-1138 or later), obv. caparisoned elephant standing right, with Kannada characters above and below, rev. ornamental floral scroll, (3.89 grams), (F.288, M.702). Extremely fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $400
Sultans of Bengal, Nasir al-Din Nusrat, (A.H. 925-938; A.D. 1519-1531), silver tankas, from several mints, (cf.R.514, 519, 521, 525, cf.G&G B805, 810, 820, 840). Mostly fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $160
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Sultans of Delhi, Ala' al-Din Muhammad, (A.H. 695-715, A.D. 1296-1316), gold tanka with nine sides, undated and uncertain mint (Delhi?), (cf.G&G D221). Very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $540
Sultans of Delhi, Islam Shah, (A.H. 952-960; A.D.1545-1552), silver rupees, mintless "1477" type, dates 956, 958, 960, (R.1791, G&G D980). Very fine or better. (3)
Estimate $120
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Aurangzeb, (A.H. 1068-1118, A.D.1658-1707), round Gold mohur, (10.85 grams), struck at Surat mint, issued A.H. XXXX (A.D. 1683-4, but date off flan), Regnal year 28, obv. Aurangzeb name at top, rev. mint name at bottom, Regnal year centre right, (KM. 315.45). Very fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $650
Aurangzeb 'Alamgir', (1068-1118 A.H., 1658-1707 A.D.), silver rupees, Shahjahanabad mint AH1103 regal year 35 (KM.300.81) another Surat Mint AH1097, regal year 29, (KM.300.86); Kashmir, copper paisa of VS 1921 = 1864 (2), KM.Y.7; Bolivia, cob two reales, potosi mint 1766/5 assayer V, (KM.43) with ring attached to edge for support; Islamic, North Africa, Muwahhid, silver square dirham, anonymous issue (M.418). Fair - nearly very fine. (6)
Estimate $80
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Muhammad Shah, (A.H. 1131-1161, A.D. 1719-1748), gold mohur, Dar-ul-Khilafat as mint epithet but struck at Shahjahanabad mint AH 115X, RY 25, = year 1742-3, (10.84 grams), (KM.439.4). Good very fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $480
Muhammad Shah, (A.H. 1131-1161, A.D. 1719-1748), silver rupee, Itawa mint, RY 3, AH 1133 [illustrated], (11.27 grams), (KM.436.29). Brilliant uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
Muhammad Shah, (A.H. 1131-1161, A.D. 1719-1748), silver rupees, Itawa mint, RY 10, AH 11[40], another RY 16 AH 11[45], (11.47 and 11.39 grams), (KM.436.29). Good very fine - nearly extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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Muhammad Shah, (A.H. 1131-1161, A.D. 1719-1748), silver rupees, mostly Itawa mint, various dates, regnal years 10, 12, 13, (KM.436.29). Very fine - nearly extremely fine all on large flans. (3)
Estimate $120
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Native States, Gwalior, Daulat Rao, (A.H. 1209-1243, A.D. 1794-1827), in name of Mohammad Akbar II (A.H.1221-1253, A.D. 1806-1837), Sheopur (Shadorah) mint, silver rupee, dated AH 1228, regal years 8, obv. cannon to left, and regal year 8, rev. date AH 1228, (KM. 201). Nearly very fine with edge knocks, scarce.
Estimate $100
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Sikhs, gold medallion, 19th century, (4.86 grams), obv. Guru Nanak with Mardana and Bala in shade of a tree, various symbols in exergue, rev. Gurmukhi 1 and initial letter within double dotted border, undated. Nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
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