Indian States and related (27) a wide variety includes KashmirSilverRupee (1887-1885) JHS in legend Y#21a, VF, Sind or Pujab Silver Unit Three Dots type c.7th to 8th century CE VF toned, Rajas of Delhi Silver Jital 12th century, Fine, Sultans of Delhi CopperTanka (1239.1331) Fine, Sultans of Delhi Four Gani (Half Tanka) Ghiyath al-din Tughluq (1320-1325) (2) both About Fine, Sultans of Dehi Copper Jital (2) Mahmud I (1246-1246) Fine, Feroz II (1290-1295) Fine, Pala Empire Copper Jital (1200-1300) Fine, Nayaks of Gingee Copper Kasu (1614-1655) About Fine, Pudukottai One cash (1729-1880) About Fine, Hyderabad Copper Dub (1868-1911) Fine, Bombay Presidency One Pice 1829 KM#200 About Fine, the remainder Dump Coinage (8) in silver (2) and Copper (6) Fair to Near Fine, and other worn examples with incomplete designs and/or legends (one in silver), these in mixed lower grades, along with Nepal Five Paisa VS1979 KM#690.2 Fine stained
India - British (29) One Rupee 1862 Madras, Good Fine, Quarter Rupees (5) 1874 Calcutta (2) Good Fine and NVF, 1882 Bombay, Fine, 1940 Calcutta EF, 1946 VF with attempted piercing, Two Annas (10) 1841 Divided Legend Fine, 1886 Calcutta VF, 1888 Bombay, B incuse, Near Fine/Fine, 1907 NEF, 1913 Fine, 1917 (2) both Fine, 1918 EF toned, 1941 NEF, 1944 Fine, One Anna (6) 1907 (4) EF (2) and Good Fine (2, one with an edge crack),1917 Fine, 1933 NEF, Quarter Anna (6) 1830 Bombay Presidency Fine, 1835 Small Reverse Letters, Fine 1858 Near Fine, 1862 Fine with some heavy scuffs, 1887 VG, 1889 VG, Five Cash 1803 Madras Presidency, Fine, along with Indian Princely States One Rupee Bikanir 1892 GF/NVF cleaned, and British Guyana Four pence (2) 1938 VG and 1943 VG/Fine
Indian Princely States (7) Mewar (6) One Rupee (3) undated (1858-1920) Y#11 (2) Fine and Good Fine, VS1985 Friendship with London Y#22.2 VF with some toning, Half Rupee VS1985 Y#21 Good Fine, 1/8th Rupee VS1985 Y#19 Fine, 1/16th Rupee VS1985 Y#18 Fine, Baroda Four Annas VS1949 (1892) Y#34 Fine, India - Bombay Presidency Rupee AH1215/46 KM#224 Good Fine
Indian Princely States (3) Hyderabad (2) Rupee AH1305 Y#17 VF countermarked on the obverse, Half Rupee AH130- (last digit off the flan) VF, India - Bombay Presidency Rupee Year 26 AH date off flan, 11.28 grammes, Fine, along with two unattributed Indian States minors these Fine
World (26) an unusual group containing many seldom offered and interesting issues, comprising Ancient Coinage of Spain, Celiberians - Castilo (Province of Jaen) Ae26 undated (2nd Century BC) Obverse: head right, Reverse: Sphinx (2), 11.09 grammes and 11.14 grammes, Poor to Fair, Celiberians - Castilo (Province of Jaen) Ae32 (4) undated (2nd century BC) Obverse: Head right, Reverses worn 39.36 grammes, 25.42 grammes, 30.60 grammes, 23.61 grammes (this coin holed), Poor, Ae30 undated Obverse: Head right, Reverse worn, 19.84 grammes, Poor, Tobago 1 1/2 Pence (Black Dog) undated (1798-1825) TB countermark on a FrenchGuyana Two Sous 1782 Fair, India - Silver Sunga dynasty (1st to 2nd Century BC) ingot shaped, countermarked with standing figures and horse? 14mm x 9mm, 3.42 grammes, Fine, Libya - OttomanEmpire Para undated (AH1223 - 1808) Mahmud II KM#75 (2) Fine and VG, Libya Para Abdul Hamid I undated (AH1187) Tripoli. KM#46 struck off-centre, 3.69 grammes, VG, Ottoman Empire. Mahmud II (AH 1223-1255 / AD 1808-1839). Para, (AH1223), without regnal year. Tarabalus Gharb (Tripoli in Libya). Name. / Mint. AE. 21mm VG, Libya Para - Tripoli, Mahmud II, AH1223 (1808) 3.19 grammes, KM#115 Fine, Libya 20 Para AH1223/2 (1808) KM#176 Fine, 20 Para - Mahmud II (c.AH1223 - 1808), the reverse struck off-centre , exact type uncertain, 5.36 grammes, Fine, along with Libya Copper Para late 18th and early 19th Century issues a further six examples Poor to Fair with exact types not visible, India - Bombay Presidency 1/5 Rupee undated (1730-1796) KM#273 VF, Japan Sen 1945 in Baked Clay (reddish-brown) KM#110 EF, these only circulated unofficially for a few days in Central Japan, India - Madras Presidency Silver Fanam undated (1704) KM#294.1/294.2 Obverse: Bale mark with CC/E Good Fine, unpriced by Krause, SpanishAmerica2 Reales Cob 3.16 grammes, Shield VG clear on both sides, little detail of lettering visible, and another unattributed piece in silver or billon 14mm diameter, the obverse with a crude standing figure? the reverse a design of pellets and lines, with a small central x-shaped cross 4.49 grammes
India (28) One Rupee (6) 1876 Bombay, Good Fine, 1886 Bombay, B Incuse, Fine/Good Fine, in a brooch mount, 1906 Bombay Good Fine/NVF, 1916 Calcutta EF,1942 Bombay (2) Fine and GVF, Half Rupees (6) 1939 Bombay Mint, First Head, Fine/Good Fine, 1942 Bombay, Fine, 1943 Bombay, Fine, 1945 Bombay, Good Fine, 1945 Lahore (2) both Good Fine, Two Annas (3) 1918 (2) both VF, 1935 Fine, One Anna 1944 Bombay, Fine, Half Anna (3) 1835 VG, 1845 VG, 1875 Good Fine, Ex-Mount and gilded, Quarter Anna (5) 1835 (2) KM#446.1 and KM#446.2 both VG, 1884 Fine, 1898 VF, 1941 VF, 1/12th Anna (3) 1918 VF, 1920 NEF, 1928 NEF, India - Bombay Presidency Quarter Anna 1832 About Fine, Straits Settlements (2) One Cent 1862 VG cleaned, Half Cent 1845 VG, Portuguese India Quarter Tanga 1881 Near Fine
India 8 Annas 1919 Fine, pitted, India Quarter Anna (2) 1830 KM#231.1 Fine/Good Fine, 1832 KM#231.1 Near Fine, 1/12th Anna 1848 VG/Near Fine, India - Bombay Presidency Pie 1833 KM#261 Fine, Netherlands East Indies - Batavian Republic Keping AH1411 (1804) KM#Tn3 Good Fine, Netherlands East Indies - Singapore Merchants (2) Keping AH1250 (1804) KM#Tn2 VF, Keping AH1251 (1804) KM#Tn1 VF, Netherlands East Indies - Island of Sultana AH1219 (1804) P for denomination KM#Tn2 NVF, along with India - 20th Century base metal issues (355) (around 1.2 Kilos) in mixed circulated grades, al few later issues EF to UNC and lustrous
India (7) Bikanir One Rupee 1892 KM#72 NEF, India One Rupee (3) 1906 Bombay Mint KM#508 NEF, 1906 Calcutta Mint KM#508 VF/GVF, 1907 Bombay Mint KM#508 Good Fine, Eight Annas 1919 Calcutta Mint KM#520 Fine, scarce, Four Annas 1921 Bombay Mint KM#519 About Fine/Fine a scarce key date, Bombay PresidencyHalf Anna 1834 KM#253 Good Fine the date below the scales has been removed by scratches
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
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 - British (22) One Rupee (6) 1840 Split legend, WW Raised, 1840 Continuous Legend, No WW (2), 1888 Calcutta, 1903, 1920 Bombay, Half Rupee 1840 Continuous legend, Quarter Rupee (2) 1840 Split legend, 1840 Continuous legend, 2 Annas (6) 1841 Split legend, 1841 Continuous legend, 1862, 1918, 1936, 1947, 1 Anna 1936, Quarter Annas (3) 1862, 1907, 1934, One Twelfth Anna 1862, Half Pice 1862, along with Bombay Presidency Quarter Anna 1833, Indian princely States (3) Travancore (2) Chuckram 1901. Fanam c.1920, Hyderabad Rupee c.1830, in mixed grades, many EF to UNC and lustrous including Victorian issues
India (96) Madras PresidencyGold Star Pagoda (1740-1807) VF, Gold Fanam Fine, Rupee (6) 1835, 1840 (3), 1903, 1904, Half Rupee 1840, 1910, Quarter Rupee 1840, 2 Annas (6) 1841, 1889, 1891, 1897, 1906C, 1907, 1 Anna (8) 1907B, 1913, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1947, Half Anna (4) 1835 East India Company (2), 1877, 1942, Quarter Anna (17) 1832 Bombay Presidency 1835 East India Company, 1858 East India Company, 1891, 1903, 1905, 1910, 1914C, 1919, 1928, 1933, 1934C, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1/12th Anna (32) 1835 East India Company, 1848 East India Company 1862, 1878, 1894, 1897 silvered, 1898, 1904, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1941, Half Pice (6) 1895, 1906, 1910, 1921, 1930, 1932C, One Pie East India Company, Bengal Presidency, 1/96th Rupee Madras Presidency 1794, East India Company Cash Coinage (4) 20 Cash 1808. 10 Cash 1808 (2), 5 Cash 1808, Fantasy Crown East India Company William IV portrait, India - Republic Coinage (6) Rupee 1976, half Rupee (2) 1950, 1954, Quarter Rupee 1950, 10 Paise 1955, One Pice 1955, in mixed grades, many of the fractional Annas lustrous UNC
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