Indian Princely States - (8) Hyderabad (4) Quarter Rupee (2) AH1316 Y#15 GEF with a flaw , AH1317 Y#15 A/UNC, One Eighth Rupee date off Fala (first two digits partially visible) GEF, with excellent surfaces and matching tone, One Sixteenth Rupee type as Y#13, date off flan GVF, TravancoreSilver Chuckrams (4), GVF
World a mixed group (70), includes many silver items, India (5) 50 Rupees 1978 FAO Lustrous UNC, Half Rupee 1946 Bombay EF, Two Annas 1918 NVF, 1/12th Anna (2) 1909 EF, 1926 GVF, Netherlands Antilles (6) Gulden 1963 Lustrous UNC, Quarter Gulden 1963 Lustrous UNC with a hint of toning, One Tenth Gulden 1963 Lustrous UNC, Five Cents 1963 Lustrous UNC, 2 1/2 Cents 1959 A/UNC and lustrous, One Cent 1963 Lustrous UNC, Russia (2) Five Kopeks (2) 1780 EM VF, 1781 EM VF, France Ten Francs (3) 1965 (2) the first Lustrous A/UNC, the second EF cleaned, 1966 GEF, Spain100 Pesetas (2)1966 (dated 66) UNC, 1968 (dated 68) NEF, BermudaCrowns 1964 (5) UNC (3), A/UNC and EF, New Zealand (3) Crowns (3) 1949 (2) the first GEF lightly toned, the second NEF with some spots and thin scratches, 1953 UNC, IraqRiyal (200 Fils) 1932 (2) both Fine, India Rupee 1892 Bombay Mint, B incuse VF, with some darker toning, New GuineaShilling 1938 GVF, SeychellesTen Rupees 1974 Sea Turtle Lustrous UNC, Gibraltar Crown 1971 Barbary Ape Proof UNC retaining some original brilliance, Switzerland (2) Five Francs 1967B Lustrous UNC with some minor contact marks, Half Franc 1953B GVF, Canada (12) One Dollar (2) 1961 VF, 1967 Goose EF toned, 50 Cents 1967 Howling Wolf GEF toned, 25 Cents (4) 1909 Fine, 1967 Lynx (3) NEF, EF and GEF the last with attractive toning, Ten Cents (3) 1949 NEF, 1967 Atlantic Mackeral (2) EF and GEF, Five Cents 1967 Rabbit Lustrous UNC, One Cent 1967 Dove A/UNC, Canada - Newfoundland One Cent 1865 NVF, Spain Two Pesetas 1870 (dated 74) Fine, Italian States - Papal States Five Baiocchi 1853R Good Fine, Egypt Ten Qirsh AH1293/32 (1906) Fine, German States - Prussia (2) Four Groschen 1796 KM#362 VG, Groschen 1856A VF, Jersey (2) 1/13th Shilling 1861 NVF, 1/24th Shilling 1923 VF, GuernseyOne Double 1830 NVF, Italian States - Venice Two Lire 1801, 9.389 grammes variant, Near Fine, the reverse with some verdigris, scarce, Indian Princely States - Hyderabad Rupee AH1311 Fine, India Madras PresidencyTen Cash 1803 Fine, Ceylon 25 Cents 1893 NEF, Germany Five Pfennigs 1921E EF, Germany - Weimar Republic (2) Ten Rentenpfennigs 1924J VF, Two Pfennigs 1936F VF, Germany - Third Reich Two Pfennigs 1938D VF, Bulgaria (3) 20 Stotinki 1917 Zinc (2) Good Fine and VF, 10 Stotinki 1913 About Fine, NorwayKrone 1949 GVF, Vatican Ten Centesimi 1933-34 EF MedalBirmingham Peace Celebration 34mm diameter in bronze, holed for suspension, and an unattributed badge/jeton, no legend or date, uniface bust right, the edge with four mounting lugs, one broken, Fine
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 (27) Ancient GreeceDrachmAlexander III, Reverse: Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre, Fine, Poland (3) 3 Polker 1624 (2) KM#41 Fine and Good Fine, Solidus 1663 KM#110 Good Fine, Lithuania Two Denar 1570 Sigismund II Fine, RussiaSilver Kopek 16th Century Fine, struck off-centre on an oval flan as often, India - Bombay PresidencyPice 1819 KM#198 Fine, India - Madras Presidency (4) Twenty Cash 1808 KM#321 EF with pitted surfaces, Ten Cash 1808 KM#319 (2) VF and EF both with pitted surfaces, Five Cash 1803 KM#317 Good Fine, India - Bombay Presidency Quarter Anna 1833 KM#233 AVF, India (4) Half Anna (3) 1835 KM#447.1 Near Fine, 1862 (2) Calcutta and Bombay Mints KM#468 both Fine, 1858 Quarter Anna KM#463.1 VF with some verdigris, Netherlands East IndiesDuit 1742 KM#70 Fine, Italy - Milan Republic Denaro Scodellato Henry III 11th to 12th Century EF dished as often, India Kinnara State Half Anna Token 1936 Good Fine with some surface dirt, Indian Princely States - Nawanagar Dhinglo AH (9)78 frozen date KM#8 Fine, and World in base metal (7) one in the style of an Abbasid Denar, the others possibly India or related all crude types on irregular flans in mixed lower grades
India a collection of Princely Statescopper (30), Silver (24) all attributed by the collector and including Bengal Sultanate, Travencore, Delhi Sultanate, Mysore and more generally in collectable grades some pleasing VF
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
India an accumulation in a stock box includes Princely States, East India Company and British India types, mostly copper and bronze issues (145), along with Half Anna 1946 (17) EF to UNC, One Twelfth Anna (49) 1926 (1), 1933 (46) EF to UNC with varying degrees of lustre, and a further group of One Twelfth Anna coins (214) Victoria to George V all silver dipped in mixed grades
IndiaMughal EmpireRupee AH1068/Year 32 - 1668 (type 235) Fine, India Mughal Empire Rupee Akbar Shah the Great 1556-1605AD, weight 11.16 grammes Fine, India Mughal Empire SilverTanka Sultan Mohammed II (1296-1315) weight 10.82 grammes, Fine, India - Sultan of Delhi Firoz Shah Tughlaq (1351-1388) Silver Tanka, weight 8.88 grammes, Fine, India - Gujarat Rulers Half Tanka 16th Century Good Fine, Indian Princely States - Travancore18th Century Chuckram NVF, Armenia and Cilicia Silver Tram Levon I. 1199-1226 VF, Silver Dirham Seljuqs of Rum Kaykhusru II (1236-1245) Sun and Lion type VF with some weakness of strike (8 coins in lot)
India, Portuguese India and Indian Princely States a collectionRupees to Fractional Annas (183) , with plenty of silver items, includes some Bank check tokens and Transport check pieces in mixed grades a few in high grade and lustrous
IndiaMughal Empire and Indian Princely StatesSilver issues (167) includes many silver Rupees and unattributed silver minors, some square issues and some from an earlier period, in mixed circulated grades, worthy of further research
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