Catalogue
Greece, partial type collection, 1860s-1960s, includes some silver issues. Fine - uncirculated. (34)
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
Guernsey, crowns, 1977 (KM.31). Uncirculated. (200)
Estimate $200
SOLD $190
Honduras, silver lempira, 1931 (KM.75). Toned good extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Italy, Milano (Duchi), Galeazzo Maria Sforza, (1466-1476), silver testone, obverse, around GALEAZ ? M ? SF ? VICECOS ? DVX ? MLI ? QIT, mitred head with armored bust to right, pellet-in-annulet to left, reverse, around P P ? ANGLIE ? Q3 ? CO ? AG ? IANVE ? D, a crested helmet left above familial coat-of-arms of Sforza, branding irons with buckets to left and right, G3 M across field (Cf. CNI V 67 (legends); Morosini 8; Crippa 6/B; Biaggi 1548). Bright, nearly very fine/good very fine and rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $550
Italy, Milan, Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza und Ludovico Maria Sforza, (1480-1494), silver testone, obverse, IOGZ M SF VICECOMES DVX MIL SV, bust to right, reverse, arms, around LV PATRVO GVBNANTE, (Biaggi 1570). Nearly very fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $800
Italy, Milan, Ludovico Maria Sforza, (1494-1499), silver testone, obverse, LVDOVICVS M SF ANGLVS DVX MLI, bust to right, reverse, arms, around PP ANGLE Q3 CO ACIANVF D 7C, (Biaggi 1579). Nearly very fine/very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $600
SOLD $650
Italy, Milan, Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor and Duke of Milan, 1535-1556, silver denaro of eight soldi (24mm, 2.5gm), obverse, St Ambrose, reverse, Pillars of Hercules (Crippa p64, 16A). Edge wear above Pillars, otherwise fine/very good.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Italy, Casale, William II Paleologus, (1494-1518), silver testone, obverse, bust to left, wearing beretta, medallion around neck, around GVLIELMVS MAR MO FE 7, reverse, quartered arms of the Paleologus family, SACRI RO IMP PRINC VIC PP, (CNI II pg. 105, 28 [bust description incorrect], Morosini 8). Nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $260
Italy, Pavia, Galeazzo II, Visconti of Milan, (1359-1378), silver pegione, (2.46 grams), obverse, helmet with dragon crest, around GALEAZ VICECOMES D MEDIOLANI PP 3C, reverse, St. Sirus seated facing, around S.SIRVS PAPIA, (Biaggi 1844). Fine or better and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Italy, Venice, Tomaso Mocenigo (1413-1423), silver grosso, obverse, S.M.VENETI TOM MOCENIGO, doge standing left, St. Mark standing to right, cross between, Doge to left on right, P C across, reverse, IC XC Christ seated on throne around TIBI LAUS GLORIA, (Biaggi 2866). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Italy, Venice, Francesco Foscari, (1423-1457), silver grosso or grossetto, obverse, FRA FOSCA[RI] SM VENETI /D/V/X, doge and St. Mark standing facing, holding banner between them, reverse, +TIBI LAVS 3 GLORI, Christ enthroned facing, (Biaggi 2873). Nearly very fine, areas of flat strike.
Estimate $70
SOLD $90
Italy, Kingdom of Napoleon, silver five lire, 1812M, Milan Mint (KM.10.4). Good fine/nearly very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Italy, Naples and Sicily, Ferdinand II, silver one hundred and twenty grana, 1856 (KM.C.153c). Good very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
Italy, and States, twenty centesimi - ten lire, 1828-1927, all silver issues, includes Sardinia, one lira, 1828P (KM.C.103.1). Mostly fine - nearly extremely fine. (12)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Italy, Papal States, assorted issues including Papal States, one soldo 1867, half soldo 1867. one baiocco 1759 Rome another Cubbio, two baiocchi 1795 Perugia, others (2); Vatican issues, 1980 year set; five hundred lire 1958 and 1963 both Sede Vacante. Good - uncirculated. (12)
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Italy, Papal States, half baicco, 1816, 1849, 1850, 1851; baioco, 1801, 1802, 1831; Vatican, 1934-1986, five centesimi - one thousand lire, mixed issues and dates; also, three medallic issues, 2000. In a green album, fair - FDC. (169)
Estimate $180
SOLD $260
Italy, copper five centisimi, 1861M, 1861N, 1861B, 1862N, 1867N, 1867M, 1895R, 1896, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1915, 1916. Mostly fine - uncirculated, some scarce. (13)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Italy, Kingdom, Umberto I, silver five lire, 1879R (KM.20). Good very fine.
Estimate $170
SOLD $170
Italy, Kingdom, Emanuele III, silver five lire, 1936 Yr XIV (KM.79); Lithuania, silver ten litu, 1936 (KM.83). Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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Italy, assorted fifty centimes issues, 1919R plain and 1919 reeded edge, 1920 plain and reeded edge, 1921 plain and reeded edge, 1924 reeded edge (damaged), 1925 plain and reeded edges, 1939 XVII, 1939 XVIII, 1940 XVIII, 1941 XIX, 1942 XX, 1943 XXI. A good selection, fine - extremely fine, last rare. (15)
Estimate $120
Passed in
Italy, Republic, one lira - ten lire, 1948-1952, includes scarce one lira, 1948 and two lire, 1949 (KM.87, 88, 89, 93 [2]). Mostly extremely fine or better. (5)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Japan, silver ten sen, Year 3 (1870) shallow scales (KM.Y.2). Good very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Jersey, crowns, 1977 (KM.44). Uncirculated. (120)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Lithuania, John Casimir, (1648-1668), copper solidus, 1661 (4), 1663, 1664 (2), 1665 (5), 1666 (6), others uncertain dates, all reverse SOLI MAG DVC LIT (and date), (KM.50, Hutten-Czapski 2200, 2247, 2268, 2289, 2302). Some weakness in places, otherwise very good - very fine, all scarce. (20)
Estimate $150
Passed in
Mexico, Philip II, (1556-1598), silver cob eight reales, Mexico City Mint, assayer -, not dated issue (cf.Cayan 161 [p.160]); another Philip V (1700-1746), cob eight reales, undated, assayer -, (KM.47a, cf.Cayan type 134) (holed); another two reales uncertain ruler (probably Philip III-IV), from Mexico City Mint; another Philip V (1700-1746), cob one real, 1717 (two dates), Potosi Mint, assayer Y, (Cayan 1415). Poor - good fine. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Mexico, colonial issue, Philip III (Felipe III. King of Spain), 1598-1621. silver cob eight reales (39mm, 24.48gm), Ciudad de MÇxico or Mexico City Mint, dated 1620-D (asayer D), obverse, crowned coat-of-arms, reverse, coat-of-arms within ornate quadrilobe, (KM.44.2, Calic¢ 117, ME 4935). Very fine, a clear and attractive example with a full four digit date, clear assayer letter and mint mark, well struck obverse displaying most aspects of the shield, with grey tone, original surfaces and very rare.
Estimate $1,000
Passed in
Mexico, two reales, 1848Mo GC (KM.374.1); four reales, 1843Go PM (KM.375.4); eight reales, 1831Mo JM, 1853Mo GC, 1854Mo GC, 1873Mo GC. 1876Mo BH, 1878Mo MH, 1879Mo MH, 1883Mo MH, 1892Mo AM, 1895Mo AM (2), 1897Mo AM (3) (KM.377.10), 1835Pi JS, 1876Pi MH (KM.377.12), 1883Zs JS, 1884Zs JS, 1895Zs FZ (KM.377.13), 1884Ga MM (KM.377.2), 1851Do JMR, 1894Do ND, 1895Do ND (KM.377.4), 1893Ga JS (KM.377.6), 1850Go PF, 1863Ga YF, 1883Go SB, 1885Go RR, 1889Go RR, 1892Go RS, 1893Go RS (KM.377.8), 1871Mo MM, 1872Mo MM (KM.408.5), 1898Mo AM, 1899Mo AM, 1901Mo MM (KM.409.2), 1901Zs FZ (KM.409.3), 1900Go RS (KM.414.4). Very good - good extremely fine. (40)
Estimate $850
SOLD $1,200
Nepal, piedfort proof silver one hundred rupees (1981) (KM.P1). FDC and rare, only 88 struck.
Estimate $400
SOLD $460
Netherlands, Friesland, 14 stivers 1686 (KM.8). Nearly very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
Netherlands, Utrecht, ducaton, 1791 (KM.92.1). Obverse with some graffiti in field, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160