Malay Peninsular (13) Palembang Tin Pitis (9) with round central hole (8) and square central hole (1) (c.1803-1825) two are in two pieces, one on an octagonal flan, VG to Fine, Palembang cast Tin Pitis (no hole) 1812-1816, Netherlands East Indies Jambi Sultanate Tin Pitis (3) Fine, Palembang Tin Pitis on a small 13mm flan AH1193 Fine, and South-East Asia Double-Ring Tin Money (c.14th to 18th) Century, Fine, along with a further group (9) JavaChineseCash15th Century imitative types (5) VG to Fine, and a Java 'Bantam' Pitis (1652-1681) Anonymous issue with hexagonal hole, 3.70 grammes, Fine, Myanmar Pegu 18th to 19th Century, in lead, 18mm diameter, 1.68 grammes, VG, a Netherlands East Indies Tin Pitis AH12(--) 5.17 grammes, worn, and an unattributed copper 'dump' coin About Fine
World (18) Samoa (3) Tala 1974 10th BritishCommonwealth Games, KM#18 Lustrous UNC, 1976 MontrealOlympics - Weightlifter SilverProof KM#22a, FDC boxed, 1978 Commonwealth Games - Athletes Silver Proof KM#30a FDC boxed, South Korea (2) 5000 Won 1978 World Shooting Championships - Marksman KM#22 UNC and attractively toned, 5000 Won 1978 World Shooting Championships - Archer on horseback KM#23 unfrosted Proof FDC boxed, Singapore (2) Five Dollars 1973 7th Southeast Asia Peninsular Games KM#10 (2) both Lustrous UNC, Malaysia (2) 25 Ringgit 1977FM 9th South East Asian Games KM#23 Proof FDC on the blue card of issue, One Ringgit 1977 South East Asian Games KM#22 Lustrous UNC with a subtle and colourful tone, Japan (3) 1000 Yen 1964 (Year 39) Y#80 Lustrous UNC, 1000 Yen 1972 Sapporo Olympic Games Y#84 Lustrous UNC, 100 Yen 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games Y#79 UNC, New ZealandOne Dollar 1974 Silver Proof KM#44 FDC in the box of issue, Thailand (5) Baht (4) BE2509 (1966) 5th Asian Games - Bangkok Y#87 UNC, BE2513 (1970) 6th Asian Games - Bangkok Y#91 UNC, BE2518 (1975) 8th SEAP Games - Bangkok Y#105 UNC, BE2521 (1978) 8th Asian Games - Bangkok Y#130 Lustrous UNC, 5 Baht 1978 8th Asian Games - Bangkok Y#131 Lustrous UNC
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
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
Japan Kyoto Undated (c.1580) Nan Ryo SilverOban 94mm x 150mm from the Kyoto Goto Family Mint masters, 162 grammes, a fantasy piece believed to have been struck at a later date . EF, Ex-Pacific Coast Auction Galleries, Gillio Coins Asia) Ltd. Hong Kong Coin show 1989, Auction Lot 884, Sold as seen.
China and Asia an interesting and mixed group (22) includes:- China Copper Wu Zhu types (5 Zhu) (9) 23.5mm diameter to 26mm diameter these of varying weights and types in mixed grades, Ban Liang - Western Han Dynasty 2.35 grammes, 100 Cash Tai-Ping Bai-Qian AD221-265 (2) 17mm diameter and 18mm diameter weighing 0.92 and 1.2 grammes respectively, Sichuan Six Dynasties (220-589AD) Wu Quan 15mm diameter, Cash (2) Turgesh's Kaganate Early 8th Century 24mm diameter in bronze, Cash Turgesh's Kaganate 8th to 9th Century on a heavier flan of 6.05 grammes. Ae Cash Liu Bei (221-223AD) 12mm diameter in copper. China Proto-Qarakhanid Ae Cash 10th Century Malik Aram Yinal Qaraj 22.5mm. Central Asia (2) -Sogdiana- Chach Ae 7th to 8th Century Trident/Predatory Animal type 20mm in copper, 2.18 grammes. Sogdiana - Samarqand Ae 20mm in copper Obverse: Portrait of unknown ruler facing, three-quarters left/Reverse: Tamga, struck on an incomplete flan, along with Ancient Cowrie money (2) one believed to be an imitation, Szechuan Province 100 Cash Year 3 (1914) with the appearance of a detector find, low grade and of crude style, accompanied by some attributions, would make an interesting study group
World a mixed group (80) mostly Asian types includes China, Japan, Philippines, Thailand and more, mostly base metal types with a few in silver, includes a few Fantasy issues, in mixed circulated grades, some later issues EF
The Judean Coin Collection a 14-coin set 134BC-79AD John Hyrcanus I to Vespasian a coin from each emperor, in mixed grades, in a presentation box with certificate, Queen Elizabeth II The 90th Birthday Coin Collection a 19-coin set comprising issues from Tristan da Cunha, Pre-Decimal GB issues, and Isle of Man, by 'The Bradford Exchange' all gold plated in a presentation box most with certificates, also 'The Millionaires Collection' a 6-coin set includes three pieces in Rhodium plated gold these weighing around 4 grammes each, the others in .925 silver, Crowns (3) 1891 Fine, 1894 LVIII Near Fine, 1953 EF, Five Pound Crown 2006 Queen Elizabeth II 80th Birthday Proof FDC, Liberia Ten Dollars 2006 Proof in gold plated base metal, Isle of Man Five Pound Crowns 2006 (2) with different reverse designs UNC, and Penny 1908 VG, in a Westminster box, Five Pound Crowns (19) 1998 Prince of Wales 50th Birthday (3), 1999 Millennium (3), 2000 Queen Mother 100th Birthday, 2005 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, Crowns (2) 1972 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince PhilipSilver Wedding, 1981 Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer GEF to UNC, along with a George V Brass Fantasy Sovereign Token
World from a variety of countries some sorted in groups by country mostly 19th and 20th centuries some in silver including Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East and more (lot)
India Rupees (4) 1862, 1889B incuse, 1917 Calcutta, 1938 Bombay, Half Rupee (2) 1893 B incuse, 1919 Bombay, Quarter Rupee 1945 Bombay, Large 5 (2), Portuguese India (2) Rupia 1912 2 over 1, Half Tanga 1903, Ceylon (3) Fractional Kahavanu Gold Fractional Stater Kings of Kandy c.980AD 0.53 grammes, Fine, 1-96th Rixdollar 1802 KM#74 Fine, Half Stiver 1815 KM#80 Fine as part of a group of India and Ceylon 19th and 20th Century (27) in mixed grades to EF ,along with Seychelles Rupee 1939 VF/GVF as part of a group of Asia includes Mauritius, Thailand, Malaya, Hong Kong, and Japan (56) 19th and 20th Century includes a few in silver, in mixed grades to EF
World Crown-sized (16) Marshall Islands 1991 World War II Aircraft issues in silver (12) SilverProofs nFDC to FDC in capsules, Bermuda Two Dollars 1997 Golden Wedding of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Silver Proof with gold insert shield at right of reverse, FDC in capsule, Singapore Five Dollars 1973 South East Asian Peninsular Games Lustrous UNC in slide case, Tristan da Cunha Crown 1978 25th Anniversary of the Coronation UNC, and China Fantasy One Ounce Fantasy 1991 presumed silver, the Panda design from the 1983 gold series UNC toned
West Africa Manila as part of a group of primitive money to include Indian Dump Coinage in copper (14), Ancients in copper (13), India/Asia in silver (9), in mixed circulated grades
West Africa Manila as part of a group of primitive money to include Indian Dump Coinage in copper (14), Ancients in copper (13), India/Asia in silver (9), in mixed circulated grades
World in album pages mostly 20th Century base metal issues in circulated grades also includes some UNC, Proof and silver issues from a wide variety of countries and regions (over 3000 coins) includes GB, Europe, USA, Canada, Africa, Asia and South and Central American regions, in mixed grades
World in album pages mostly late 20th century base metal issues in circulated grades but also includes some Unc, proof and silver issues. From a wide variety of countries and regions (over 3,000 coins) including Europe, Africa, Australasia and Arabic regions
World (2515) comprising Africa an accumulation (470), Asian States and India an accumulation (615), Australia and New Zealand an accumulation (255), Islamic and Arabic Countries an accumulation (650), USA and Canada an accumulation 20th and 21st Century (525) the vast majority modern issues in base metal includes some later coins in UNC
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