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Austria, copy of gold two ducat, 1642, in silver; World Trade 1973, one silver mundinero, one ounce silver; The Ruff Times Fifth Annual National Convention, 1982, one ounce silver; New York Mets World Champions, 1986, one ounce silver; China, 15th Anniversary of Xiamen Special Economic Zone, 1996, one ounce silver; France, Spring-Summer medal featuring female bust on each side wearing appropriate season's fashion. Very fine - uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
France, French Confederation, 1790, modern restrike, in copper (41mm); Battle of Marengo, 1800, in bronze (50mm) by Brenet & Auguste (Bramsen 38); Death of Bichat, 1802 (1826), in bronze (40mm), by L. Dubour; marriage medal, 1844, in silver (28mm) by Depaulis; Louis Philippe, 1847 in bronze (37mm), by Barre; revolution/memorial medals in bronze (24mm) (2), 1848, by de Saulay; Charles Lucien - Jules Laurence Bonaparte (Ornothologist), c1850, uniface in white metal (50mm), by A.Dumont/H.Ponscarme; Napoleon II, Second Republic 1848-1852, in bronze (32mm) by L.Merley; London Exhibition, Paris, c1855, in gilt bronze (50mm); Napoleon II, Italian Campaign, 1859 in silver (30mm), ring top suspension. Very fine - extremely fine. (11)
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
French Revolution, The Last Interview, 1793, obv. busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, in white metal (38mm) by W. Mainwaring (Hennin 464); Execution of Louis XVI, 1793, in white metal (32mm), by W. Mainwaring (Hennin 472); Death of Marie Antoinette, 1793, in white metal (33mm), by W. Mainwaring (Hennin 538). The first with carbon spot on obverse, otherwise good very fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $70
France, Coronation of Napoleon, 1804, in bronze (40mm), by Andrieu/Jeuffroy (Bramsen 326); Napoleon, Battle of Wurtchen, restrike post 1830, in silver (41mm) (Bramsen 1232); Death of Napoleon, 1821, in white metal (54mm) by Thomason & Jones (Bramsen 1851). Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $350
Aviation, Germany, Dr Hugo Eckener, first flight of Zeppelin LZ126 to USA, 1924 in silver (33mm); First East-West Atlantic Crossing, obv. busts of Fitzmaurice Kohl and Von Hunefeld, 1928 in silver (36mm); Denmark, Copenhagen, Balloon Ride, c1890 in bronze (21mm), loop removed; Aviation Expo, Copenhagen, 1927 in gilt (35mm), loop top suspension with ribbon; Switzerland, Famous Men - Auguste Piccard (Balloonist), in silver (30mm). Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $70
Hungary, State Opera House, memorial medal, undated, in silver (55mm), obverse, Opera House building, reverse, plain except for inscribed date, '1945-1970'; another identical but in bronze and with no date on reverse; 100 Year Commemorative for the Rebuilt Opera House 1884-1984, in bronze (43mm), obverse, exterior of Opera House with 100 below, reverse, interior of Opera House. All in cases of issue, toned extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
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Italy, Napoleon's Coronation, Milan, in silver (42mm), plain edge, by Manfredini (Bramsen 420). Extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $220
Japan, WWI, The Treaty of Versailles, 1919, in bronze (55mm) by I.Sato (obverse) and J.Lida (reverse), obverse, flags of five allies with Japan to the front, all within a wreath of oak at left and palm leaves at right, reverse, Peace with doves below stands before palace buildings. Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
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Netherlands, William V, Amsterdam Calendar Medal, 1767, in silvered bronze (38mm), obverse, cuirassed bust right, scroll and flourishes below, around, Willem.De.Vde.Pr.Van Oran, reverse, calendar 'Amsterdames Almanack'. Slight bend at 11 0'clock, most silver wash missing from obverse, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Panama Canal worker's badge, six pointed brass star (approx 60mm x 50mm), pierced hole at top, impressed, 'ISTHMIAN CANAL / COMMISSION / 13565', stored in a paperweight-style dome, marked as an 'Official Panama Souvenir' for sale at Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915, base with cardboard insert, 'In Memory of the Unknown Man Who Wore this Badge', with poem below. Discolouration on badge, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
South Africa Wildlife Society, 50th Anniversary, 1976, set of twenty four gold plated sterling silver medals (37.3gm each) by the Africana Commemorative Mint, over twenty six and a half ounces of fine silver. No set case, uncirculated. (24)
Estimate $650
SOLD $620
Thailand, Rama V, in bronze (50mm)(1897) by August Patey, a rough cast; another by August Patey with facing bust, in bronze (58mm), appears to be locally struck; very rough sand cast in bronze of Rama IV, award medal by L. C. Wyon. Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
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Vatican, Clement VII (1523-34), struck c1810, in bronze (32mm), commemorating reconciliation between Pontiff and Florentines in 1530, scene by B. Cellini or G. Bernardi (Spink 469; Mazio 47); Leo XII (1823-29), in gilt bronze (31mm), loop top suspension (Spink 2121); Leo XIII (1878-1903), 1887 in bronze (30mm), loop top suspension. Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Vatican, Pius IX, Railway at Rome, 1856, in silver (43mm) by P. Girometti (Moyaux 224; Lincoln 2284 (Spink); Motti 713; cf.Swan 317). Slight edge bruise on reverse, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $140
World peace medals WWI, Belgium, Victory 1914-18, in bronze (irregular 70mm x 55mm) by Jacques Marin 1919, obverse, King Albert in wartime uniform, reverse, naked male holding flag and blowing horn; France, soldiers speak with workers, Victory (CMOEM), in bronze (41mm) by G.Joret, obverse, soldiers and factory workers; another, uniface medal of soldier on battlefield 1914-18, in bronze (24mm); another, voided badge of Victory with wreath behind, in white metal (67mm x 50mm); Spain, tribute medal for the peace, in bronze (31mm) by Horta, obverse, Victory, reverse, inscription of homage by 'The Trust Jeweller Watchmaker'; USA, Gratitude of the Swiss Families, 1918, in silver (?) by Hans Frei, obverse, flying eagle, wheat stalks in talons, US flag above, reverse, inscription with Swiss emblem above. Very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
World medals, Canada, Confederation Centennial, 1967, in silver (37mm, 24.7gm); Germany, XXXL International Beethovenfest in Bonn, 1983, in fine silver (40mm, 19.8gm); Great Britain, George VI Coronation, 1937, in .925 silver (32mm, 15.9gm); USA, American Bicentennial, 1976, in fine silver (39mm). The Canada medal in official wallet and box, the Coronation Medal very fine, the rest uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $110
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World medals, Great Britain, Seal of John, King of England, Duke of Normandy and of Aquitane, 1199-1216, in coloured plastic compound (90mm) cased; Israel, World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, 1981, in bronze (59mm) in damaged box; Japan, Tokyo Olympics, 1964, in silver (30mm) design by Yusaku Kamekura, cased with certificate; USA, Apollo-Soyez Space Mission, 1975, proof medal in silver (38mm) in folder with Apollo-Suyez link-up postmarks on official commemorative Russian and USA stamps. Uncirculated - FDC. (4)
Estimate $70
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World medals and coins, Great Britain, Oliver Cromwell, copper medallion, 25mm, dated 1658; Napoleonic Wars gilt medallion, 15mm, dated 1813; Alma medallion in white metal, 40mm, dated September 20 1854; Transvaal War, Australian contingent, gilt medal, 20mm, dated 1900; France, Louis XV silver medallion, 30mm, rev. Arms of Bordeaux (illustrated); Napoleon Bonaparte, silver medal, 30mm, obv. three quarters facing portrait of Napoleon [illustrated]; one centime, dated 1848; Hungary, Sigismund, (1386-1437), silver dinar; Denmark, 8 skilling, dated 1694. Good - nearly extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
World medals, Poland, sporting prize medal in silver (40mm; 29.8gm) loop suspender, obverse, depictions of eleven different sports in cartouches around the edge, man blowing horn at top, in centre a shield inscribed '1.ngr. / 5 boj / I.K1.', reverse, wreath around edge, in centre inscribed, 'Zaw.Okreg 1 / 21.IX.30'; Switzerland, Geneva School, award medal, undated, in silver (41mm; 28gm), obverse, robed male seated left holding book on lap with harp in front and lamp on pedestal beside, legend, 'Studio Et Vigilantia', reverse, arms of City of Geneva, legend 'Post Tenbras Lux (Geneva's motto) and 'Schola Genevensis'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $90
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Charles A. Lindbergh, obv. head half left, CHARLES AUGUSTUS LINDBERGH, AVIATION HALL OF FAME 1902 by P.A.M. and R.Beck, 1972, rev. four aircraft as used for main historic flights listed below as text, plus rank, Brig. Gen. USAFR, AE 45mm EF, edge: by Medallic Art Co, N.Y.; another obv. bust half right CHARLES A. LINDBERGH NEW YORK PARIS, A.E.TATIS SVAE XXV, by G.Prud Homme, rev. ALARUM REMIGIO IVNCTA PRIMUM OCEANI LITTORA MCMXXVII, AE 67mm near EF; another obv. bust in flying gear, COLONEL CHARLES A. LINDBERGH, by A. Pietz Sc., rev. eagle in flight, FIRST SUSTAINED FLIGHT NEW YORK - PARIS MAY 20 1927, AE 64mm VF; LINDBERGH FLIGHT 1927 Western Samoa one dollar Commemorative proof issue, rev. bust Lindbergh, monoplane above, Statue Liberty and Eiffel Tower with route marked between, 1977 below, FDC. Very fine - FDC. (4)
Estimate $120
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President Kennedy Memorial medal, 1965 in .750 fine gold by Johnson Matthey & Co Ltd, London, certificate No A0577. In plush box of issue, FDC.
Estimate $280
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Flags of the United Nations, in sterling silver (37mm x 25mm) part set. In a blue album, FDC. (10)
Estimate $170
SOLD $140
Umayyad Caliphate, Ibrahim, (A.H. 126-127) (A.D. 744), silver anonymous dirham, Wasit mint, A.H. 127 = A.D. 744, (A.140). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Egypt, Fatimids, al-Mustansir Billah, (AH 427-487, A.D. 1036-1094), gold tari, 14mm, (0.86 grams), SiqillŒyah (Palermo) mint, (A.722). Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Egypt, Mamluk Sultans, al-Zahir Sayf al din Jaqmaq, (A.H. 842-857) (A.D. 1438-1453), gold ashrafi or dinar, Cairo mint, date uncertain, (3.38 grams), obv. & rev. four lines of legend divided by three horizontal cables to left, (A.1006, Balog 736). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Egypt, Mamluk Sultans, al-Zahir abu Sa'id Khushqadam, (A.H. 865-872) (A.D. 1461-1467), gold ashrafi or dinar, Damascus mint, not dated, (3.43 grams), obv. & rev. four lines of legend divided by three horizontal cables to left, only two visible on each coin, with cartouche on obv., (A.1019, Balog 788). Very fine, scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Zangids (Sinjar), Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk), Qutb al-Din Muhammad. (AH 594-616, A.D. 1197-1219), copper dirhem AE 26, (11.61 grams), Sinjar mint, dated AH 596 (AD 1199/1200), obv. bareheaded, draped and cuirassed male Roman-style bust left, holding spear or sceptre over shoulder and shield, tamgha before, mint name and AH date around, rev. names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Qutb al-Din Muhammad bin Zengi in five lines across field, name continued to right and left, Zengid tamgha in exergue, (A. 1880.2, S&S Type 81.1). Very fine with attractive green patina.
Estimate $100
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Salghurids of Fars, Queen Abisha bint Sa'id, (1265-1285), gold dinar (3.46 grams), Shiraz mint, dated AH 673 but off flan, (1274/5 AD), obv. Kalima with titles of Abisha, rev. legend citing Ilkhan overlord Abaqa, mint and date in margin, (A.1928, Mitchiner, ATEC 5841; MWI -). Off centred both sides, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $400
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Islamic, various silver used in the region of Israel, includes Mamluk-Ottoman types, mostly 13th - 17th century coins of various denominations. Good - fine. (7)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Ancient India, East Bengal, very debased gold of Kingdom of Gauda, Mahasamanta Sasanka Deva, (c.595-635), (7.24 grams), obv. king reclining to left on bull, rev. Lakshmi seated facing cross-legged on a lotus, (M. 319-320); together with several fantasy issues in base gold or plated, includes a copy of a gilt Plautilla, wife of Caracalla, (c. A.D. 202-205), silver denarius, type issued 203, (5.07 grams), obv. draped bust of Plautilla to right, around PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA, rev. Pietas standing to right holding a child, around PIETAS AVG, (cf.S.7072, RIC 367, RSC 16); copy of California Gold 1850 (fifty cents); another thin copy of US style inscribed India Hindu Orna Ment, dated 1900. Fair - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $250
SOLD $320