Morocco from an old collection (26) SilverDirhams and Half Dirhams many types represented includes Abn m, al-Sharif 1082, Saidian Sharifs, Marinids, and hammered issues, up to 1903 issues with some bronze Mazuna issues, of the many early silver issues included, these with attributions and would make an interesting study group, in mixed grades, the hammered types VG to VF, milled issues NVF to NEF
World (34) includes many Crown-sized and in silver, comprising France (9) Five Francs (8) 1833H VG, 1834A Fine, 1838 W Near Fine, 1847A Fine, 1875A (2) Near Fine and GVF, 1876A VF toned, 1877A NVF toned, Ten Francs 1970 EF, Belgium (4) Five Francs (3) 1869 Good Fine, 1873 Fine, 1876GVF with speckled tone, 100 Francs 1951 GVF, Spain (3) Five Pesetas (2) 1871 (dated 71) SD-M Fine/Good Fine, 1882 (dated 81) MS-M Fine/Good Fine, toned, 100 Pesetas 1966 (dated 66) VF/GVF, Israel (2) Ten Lirot 1973 Pidyot Haben KM#70.1 UNC, 1973 25th Anniversary of Independence KM#71 Lustrous UNC, Austria (5) 500 Schilling 1982 1500th Anniversary of the Death of St. Severin GEF, 50 Schiilings 1972 350th Anniversary of Salzburg University KM#2913 (2) both EF toned, 25 Schilling 1957 800th Anniversary of the Mariazell Basilica NEF, Five Schillings 1935 KM#2853 EF toned, Hungary Five Korona 1900KB GF/NVF toned, Bulgaria Five Leva 1894KB Fine, Straits SettlementsDollar 1908 KM#26 VF, Canada Five Dollars 1973 MontrealOlympics KM#84 Lustrous UNC, Romania Five Lei 1880 Name near truncation KM#12 Near Fine, Bahrain 500 Fils 1968 NEF, Germany - Federal Republic 40th Anniversary of the Republic KM#173 A/UNC, Switzerland20 Francs 1999 500th Anniversary of the Battle of Dornach KM#87 Lustrous UNC, IranMedallic 1348-1368 Obverse: Mosque, Reverse: Islamic inscription EF toned, MoroccoDirham 1960 Fine, German States - PrussiaGroschen 1861A A/UNC, all housed in a Lindner Tray
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
MoroccoDirhams, Milled Coinage (5) AH1309 Paris Y#5 NEF, AH1310 Paris Y#5 (2), AH1311 Paris (2) Y#5 NEF to GEF, each with collector's inked marks on the obverse
World a small group (4) Isle of ManHalfpenny 1813 NVF, Sweden 1/6 Skilling 1832 Draped Bust with Plain Border KM#634 Good Fine cleaned, Morocco 2 1/2 Dirhams AH1313 Paris Mint Y#6 About VF, Roman Denarius Vitellius Obverse: Laureate head right A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P/Tripod with raven below and dolphin above XV VIR SACR FAC, RIC 109, 2.76 grammes, Near Fine with dark tone
Morocco (29) 5 Dirhams (5) AH1299 (1881) Paris Mint, AH1320 (1901) London Mint , AH1321 (1902) London Mint, AH1336 (1917) Paris Mint (2) , 2 1/2 Dirhams AH1299 Paris (6), Dirhams (7) AH1299 Paris Y#5 (3) AH1310 Paris Y#5 (2), AH1320 London Y#19, AH1321 London, Half Dirhams (11) AH1299 Paris Y#4 (4), AH1320 Paris (2) Y#18.2, AH1321 London Y#18.1 (5) in mixed grades, a few EF and lustrous
Morocco (5) 2 1/2 Dirhams (3) AH1309 (1892) Paris Y#5 VF scarce, AH1311 (1894) Paris Y#5 VF with a tone spot on the reverse, AH1317 (1900) Y#9.2 Paris VF, Half Dirhams (2) AH1310 (1893) Paris Y#4 NEF, AH1315 (1898) Paris Y#9.2 NEF
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)
China10 Yuan 1992 Lustrous UNC in capsule, GuernseyOne Pound 2000 Queen Mother 100th Birthday SilverProof nFDC in capsule, Medal George V Coronation 1911 31mm diameter in silver UNC toned, boxed, Coins mounted as spoons (2) Brazil400 Reis 1809 Fine and Morocco One Dirham AH1313 Good Fine
World hammered issues (16) Spain Ummayyad Dirhams (7) About Fine, Timurids Tankah (4) 14th and 15th Century Fine, Ilkhanids Mongols 2 Dirhams 14th Century (2), Ilkhanids 6 Dirhems and Bazar both 14th Century issues Fine, Italian States - Ravenna Denaro undated 1232-1440 Fine
Qatar and Dubai (8) 5 Dirhams 1966 VF, 1969 GEF lustre, 10 Dirhams 1966 (2) A/UNC lustre and EF with lustre, 25 Dirhams 1966 (2) both EF, 50 Dirhams 1966 (2) EF and VF
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