World a collection of mostly circulated 20th century base metal issues by country GB Farthings to Crowns includes some Silver 3ds and the odd pre 47 silver issue, India, South Africa including 1952 Silver Crown, Isle of Man including cupro crowns and Five Pounds and a set of 1977 issues Unc in a Perspex holder, Australia, Chanel Islands including GuernseyFifty Pence Crown 2017 65th Anniversary, along with WINDSOR Coin Collection Tristan Da Chuna base metal gold layered crowns (6) these Unc with certificates
World from an old collection, (511) different denominations in old brown coin envelopes sorted by country this lot covering countries alphabetically from H to Z a wide variety with no obvious duplication including silver, generally in collectable grades. We have taken out a few countries from the original collection such as India, Hong Kong and BritishColonialMalaysia which are offered in separate lots the countries remaining in this lot are offered unpicked and as formed many decades ago by the original collector
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 mostly Ancient and Medieval issues a collection in 3 albums (426) , a wide range of states and types includes silverdrachms and jitals, many interesting types included, in mixed grades the majority with attributions, would make an interesting study group
India Ancients to 18th century a collection in an album (127) includes Mughal Empire, Bengal SilverTankas, along with examples from Deccan, Delhi, Kashmir, Gujarat, Juanpur, Jajapellas, Kabul, Kushan Empire, Ummayyad, Travancore, Punjab, and many more, a wide ranging group including many silver pieces, many with attributions, and worthy of extensive study, in mixed grades
India Ancients to 18th century a collection in an album (129) includes Mughal Empire, Bengal SilverTankas, along with examples from Deccan, Delhi, Kashmir, Gujarat, Juanpur, Jajapellas, Kabul, Kushan Empire, Ummayyad, Travancore, Punjab, and many more, a wide ranging group including many silver pieces, many with attributions, and worthy of extensive study, in mixed grades
India - Republic a collection in an album 10 Rupees to Paisa along with a small group of 1950s issues half Rupee to One Pice, in mixed grades many later coins lustrous, Nepal (14) 19th and 20th Centuries mostly in silver 1 Mohur to 1 Paisa in mixed grades a few lustrous
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
India a collection in album pages and flips mostly republic base metal issues in high grades, with some British India issues such as George V bronze, along with a bag of earlier coppers back to EIC from circulation some cleaned, and another bag of mixed Indian British and Republic including some silver and some in higher grades (lot)
India/Islamic, Collection of bronze and silver Islamic/Indian coins. Most have been identified with old tickets. An interesting selection which requires further study. Various condition and grades. [42] Poor to GVF.
India and Indian States Ancient to 20th Century a collection in an album (165) includes 61 in silver, a wide variety of types, the vast majority with attributions, in mixed grades many VF to EF
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