World (9) India - Madras PresidencyQuarter Rupee AH1172/6 frozen date KM#434 GVF, Indian Princely States - Travancore Velli Fanam, undated (1864) KM#24.1, VF, India Temple Token similar to an Akbar Rupee c.1914, square, VF, India Princely StatesCopper Dump coinage (3) each 10.6 to 10.8 grammes, VG or slightly better, Medal Centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar/Nelson, containing Victory copper 1905 16mm in bronze VF, EgyptQirsh AH1293/10 Fine, holed, and an embroidered bag used to house the vendors coins for many years
USAOne Dollar (3) 1921 Morgan GVF once gilded, 1922 EF, 1923S VF the obverse with some scratches, GB Crown 1935 GEF, Cliché medals (2) the first undated by Phillips Aldershot of London, uniface and 32mm diameter Obverse: Angel holding two laurel wreaths facing, with sun and seascape behind, the second 32mm diameter undated and uniface depicting a standing woman above a kneeling man crowning him with a laurel wreath, loosely based on the style of 'Art is Obtained Through Labour' by Nicolas Reyers (c.1780) both EF with light gold tone, along with Indian Princely StatesCopper Dump coinage (5) each 20.3 to 20.4 grammes each 18-20mm diameter and around Fine, along with Book 'The Story of the English Coinage' by Peter Seaby (1952) in Fair second-hand condition
Turkey - OttomanEmpireSilver Akce (9) a mix of types, Near Fine to Fine some on irregularly shaped flans as often, SpanishNetherlands- Flanders 2 Denier 1607 KM#6 Fine on an irregular flan, India Temple Tokens (2) both undated one marked 999 silver Good Fine and EF, China Spade money Fine with green patina, China Fantasy Dollar, early 20th Century styling, 26.31 grammes, VF silver content unknown, Indian States Copper Dump Coinage (4) all around Fine, Maldives copper Half Larin KM#35.1 with date partially off the flan Fine, Ancient Greece - Ionia Miletos Silver 1/12th Stater Obverse: Lion's head right, Reverse: Stellate pattern within square 510-494BC 0.89g, Fine/Good Fine, Ancient India South Region, Copper Kasu, 3.22 grammes Near Fine, Nepal Copper Paisa VS1950 4.34 grammes Near Fine on an Irregular flan
World (14) Dutch India Negapatam GoldFanam Early type, 17th to 18th Century, 9mm diameter, 0.38 grammes Good Fine, Indian Princely States - Travancore Velli Fanam undated (1864) KM#24.1 Fine, ScotlandPennyAlexander III VG with a large edge chip, GB Silver Hammered Penny, worn, Poland3 Polker 1624 NVF, SpanishNetherlandsJeton 1662 30mm diameter in copper Philip IIII Good Fine, France Jeton 1666 Louis XIIII and Maria 25mm diameter in copper VG, France - Feudal Arches-Charleville Liard 1609 VG/Fine, Brazil 5 Reis 1787 Fine, Netherlands - Overijssel Duit 1765 Eagle Near Fine, Russia Polushka 1735 KM#187 VG, Netherlands - Gelderland-Zutphen 6 Stuivers 1691 KM#26.1 NVG, a byzantinebronze in low grade, and a 10mm diameter piece unattributed in silver? Obverse with facing head, reverse with winged caduceus , no legends, possibly a spielgeld piece? GVF looks to have been attached to a mount at some time
World (13) Straits SettlementsOne Cent 1845 KM#3 Fine/Good Fine, Hong Kong One Cent (2) 1877 KM#4.1 NVF/VF, 1901H KM#4.3 Good Fine, India - Ancient Central AsiaSilverDrachm Kumaragupta I, 414-455AD Obverse: Capped Bust, right, Reverse: Garuda - a mythical bird-like creature facing, 13-14mm diameter, 1.98 grammes, Good Fine, Indian States - HyderabadCopper Dump Coinage Paisa (8) late 19th to early 20th Century all but one 9.95-10.8 grammes, the remaining example 6.2 grammes, Fair to VG, India Mughal Empire square silver Rupee Fine
World (187) mostly earlier issues with some useful 18th and 19th centurycopper from a variety of countries such as Russia, Indian States and the Middle East (lot)
A good collection (101) of Indian Princely States/Independent Kingdoms along with other Asia and Asia Minor material including Byzantium, Greek, Indo-Greek and Islamic. Indian States/Independent Kingdoms (23), India - Bombay Presidency (2), Byzantium bronze (13), OttomanEmpire (10), Greek (13), Indo-Greek (2). Islamic (38) includes Indian States Maratha Peshwa Ankush Snake Rupee 1700AD Pune Mint, Fine. Baroda Rupee AH 122- (last digit off flan) C#28, Fine. Jaipur Rupee Ram Singh Year 25 KM#119 Bold Fine, Mewar Rupee undated (1858-1920) 'Friendship with London' legend Y#11 Fine or better. Bombay Presidency Half Rupee date, Ahmadabad Mint, partially off the flan KM#259.1 EF with gold toning. Bombay Presidency Half Rupee Surat Mint undated (1800-1815) Good Fine with grey tone. Seljuk Dynasty - Sultanate of Rum joint rule of Sultan Kay Ka'us II, Sultan Qilich Arslan IV, & Sultan Kay Qubadh II SilverDirham NVF nicely toned, Sultanate of Delhi - Tanka coinage 4 Gani Mubarak 1316-1320, MWI#D275, 3.55 grammes, Good Fine, Indian Independent Kingdoms KutchKori Gohadaji I AH978 (date frozen) KM#43 GVF, Sultanate of Delhi Tanka coinage 2 Gani Muhammad Ala Al-din II Khilji (1296-1316) MWI#2569, 3.40 grammes, Fine. Mauryan silver 'Sun and Wagon' punchmarked coinage (2) 321-297BC, 3.51 and 3.52 grammes, only some of the punchmark detail clear, both near Fine. Indo-Greek Western Satraps Rudrasena I Obverse Bust right with corrupted Greek legend in Indo-Greek style, Reverse: Three-arched hill with river, crescent and sun. Fine with some edge cracks. Indo-Greek Western Region Silver Drachm Nahapana (50-75AD) Obverse: Bust right, collar showing, wearing Satrapal cap, Reverse: Arrow pointing down and to the left, thunderbolt to the right, dot between them with inscriptions in Brahmi and Kharoshti, much of which is off-flan, Mitchener 1253 evenly struck NVF/GF and bold. Rajput Dynasty Chauhans of Delhi Billon Drachm Someshvara (1169-1179) Good Fine. Kutch Kori Bhorajji (1632-1654AD) KM#12 Fine, Baroda Rupee Malhar Rao 1870-1875AD (date off flan) 11.70 grammes, About VF and bold. Indore Rupee AH1204 in the name of Shah Alam II, Yasvanth Rao Malharnagar Mint, KM#76, 11.2 grammes, VF and bold. Ancient India - Gadhalya Portrait type Drachm c.950-1200 AD dump coinage Fine. Indo-Sassanian Gadhlaya Paisa Drachm 800-950AD 3.8 grammes Fine. Indian States - Lunavada Copper Paisa Wakhat Singhji 19th Century, exact issue unclear, 6.31 grammes Near Fine. India - Panchala Kingdom Half Karshapana Indamitra? exact issue unclear About VG. Ancient India Kushan Copper Unit c.Mid 3rd Century CE, NVG with some green surface residue. Islamic Almohade square Silver Dirham 12-13th Century (1150-1238AD) struck in Al-Andalus 1.52 grammes Fine and bold. Islamic Seljuks of Rum Kay Ka'us II, Qilich Arslan IV and Kay Qubadh Silver Dirham AH647-655 (1249-1257AD) 2.48 grammes, Good Fine. Kabul Shahi Dynasties Jital Vakka Deva Lion/Elephant c.900-1000AD, 2.75 grammes, Near Fine. Bahri dynasty - Mamluk Sultanate Fals AH780-781 (1380-1381AD), al-Sultan al-Malik,al-Mansur 2.23 grammes, VG on an irregularly shaped flan, India Independent Kingdomes - Kutch Kori Pagmalji I (1698-1715AD) AH978 date frozen KM#43, 3.82 grammes Fine. India - Bahamids, Sultans of Deccan Copper Ala al-Din Ahmad 1435-1457AD Gani 16.27 grammes Fine. Egypt - Mamluk Al-Ashraf Sha-ban II Copper Fal (1363-1377AD), 2.94 grammes, VG. Egypt - Mamluk Al-Nasir Muhammad Third Reign (1310-1341AD) Copper Fal VG. Habbarids Silver Damma c.9th-10th Century 0.64 grammes, Fine, off-centre with some flan cracks. Parthia - Silver Drachm Phraates IV (38-2BC) Obverse: Diademed bust left, eagle with wreath in beak in right field, Reverse: Archer with bow seated Good Fine and bold with good metal. Mongol of Persia - Ilkans Silver Dirham AH716-736, 2.81 grammes Fine, Abbasaid Caliphate Silver Dirham AH185 First Period al-Rashid, Harun, Madinat al Salam Mint Pleasing Fine. Ottoman Empire AH1115 Ahmed III Para KM#139.1 Fine with a flan crack. Silver Akce (4) Mehmed II the Conqueror AH848-850 (1444AD) some surface pitting, Good Fine and bold, Bayezid II AH886 Fine, off-centre, Suleiman the Magnificent AH926 Fine, Off-centre, the date full showing, scarce thus, the fourth worn and not attributable. Para Musafa III AH1171 (1757-1774) regnal year not visible VG, Para Abdul Hamid I AH1187/6 (1774-1789) KM#371 VG. Copper Akce Bayezid II 1481-1512, 2.97 grammes, Near Fine off-centre. Byzantium B
Indian States - Kushan (6) Tetradrachm Vima Kadphises, first bi-lingual series (1st-2nd Century), weight 17.4 grammes, Good Fine, CopperUnit Vasudeva (c.190-225 AD) 8.43 grammes, About Fine struck on an irregular flan, Huvishka Tetradrachm (4) Elephant riding/Athsho - God of Metals and fire, (1) and King seated/Mithra (3) (6.7, 7.3 and 8.2 grammes) VG to Fine, SailanaQuarter Anna (2) 1908 KM#15 VG, 1912 KM#16 NVF, Dhar (2) Quarter Anna 1887 KM#13 About Fine, One Twelfth Anna 1887 KM#11 VF with an edge nick, Indian States Mughal Kalima Rupee imitation in good quality silver, Akbar Silver Rupee AH999 Kalima type, Fine
India 18th to 20th Century (161) GoldFanam VF, Half Rupees (5) 1835, 1840 Obverse legend continuous over bust, 1840 Obverse legend divided, 1862 Calcutta,1918 (this EF), Quarter Anna 1880 Lustrous A/UNC as part of a group of silver and copper in mixed grades, along with Rupees (2) 1835 Thin Lettering, RS on truncation KM#450.7 NVF/VF with a toning spot on the bust, scarce, 1840 Calcutta, 28 Berries, WW Raised on truncation, Large Diamonds, KM#458.2 A/UNC and lustrous with a stain at the top of the obverse, 2 Annas 1918 Calcutta KM#516 About UNC and lustrous, 4 Annas 1920 Bombay KM#519 EF, along with a further group of India (34), Indian States (2) and Temple Token (1) 19th and 20th Century in mixed grades to EF, along with an additional group, India (4) Half Rupee (2) 1862, 1928, Quarter Rupee (2) 1840, 1944, Ceylon (3) 1/48th Rixdollar 1802 G, 1 Stuiver 1815 VG, Half Stuiver 1815 NF scratched, Mauritius Half Rupees (3) 1934 (2), 1950 VF and F, and a final group of India and Ceylon (48) 19th and 20th Century in mixed grades a few in silver
India and Indian States (56) Rupees (2) 1913, 1943, Half Rupee 1942, Quarter Rupees 1940 (2), One Anna (2) 1936, 1946, Half Anna 1944, Quarter Annas (3) 1862, 1907, 1930, One Twelfth Anna (4) 1920 (2), 1921, 1923, mostly Fine to GVF, Indian States Dump Coinage a varied group (41) Silver (4, 1 holed), Copper (37) in mixed grades
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