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<strong>Ancient</strong>, <strong>British</strong>, <strong>Islamic</strong> and <strong>World</strong> <strong>Coins</strong><br />
<strong>Historical</strong> Medals and Paper Money<br />
To be sold by auction at:<br />
Sotheby’s, in the Upper Grosvenor Gallery<br />
The Aeolian Hall, Bloomfield Place<br />
New Bond Street<br />
London W1A 2AA<br />
Day of Sale:<br />
Thursday 9 June 2011<br />
at 10.30 am, 12.30 pm and 2.30 pm<br />
Public viewing:<br />
45 Maddox Street, London W1S 2PE<br />
Monday 6 June 10.00 am to 4.30 pm<br />
Tuesday 7 June 10.00 am to 4.30 pm<br />
Wednesday 8 June 10.00 am to 4.30 pm<br />
Or by previous appointment.<br />
Catalogue no. 49<br />
Price £10<br />
Enquiries:<br />
Tom <strong>Eden</strong>, Stephen Lloyd, Jeremy Cheek, Paul Wood or James <strong>Morton</strong><br />
Cover illustrations:<br />
Lot 202 (front); lot 411 (back); lot 180 (inside front cover); lot 159 (inside back cover)<br />
in association with<br />
45 Maddox Street, London W1S 2PE<br />
Tel.: +44 (0)20 7493 5344 Fax: +44 (0)20 7495 6325 Email: info@mortonandeden.com Website: www.mortonandeden.com
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cardholder address provided in fulfilment of the sale.
Important Information for Buyers<br />
All lots are offered subject to <strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong> Ltd.’s Conditions of Business and to reserves.<br />
Estimates are published as a guide only and are subject to review. The hammer price of a lot may well be higher<br />
or lower than the range of figures given and there are no fixed starting prices.<br />
* Illustrated lots are marked with an asterisk. Images of some items not illustrated in the printed catalogue may be<br />
available online.<br />
A Buyer’s Premium of 20% is applicable to all lots in this sale and is subject to VAT at the standard rate<br />
(currently 20%). Unless otherwise indicated, lots are offered for sale under the Auctioneer’s Margin Scheme.<br />
‡ Lots marked with a double dagger symbol have been imported from outside the European Union (EU) to be sold at<br />
auction under Temporary Import Rules. When released to buyers within the EU, the buyer becomes the importer and<br />
must pay import VAT (currently 5%) on the hammer price.<br />
g Lots marked with the letter g qualify as Investment Gold as defined by H.M. Customs & Excise. Whilst invoice<br />
totals for such lots will be of equivalent value to those for lots sold under the Auctioneer’s Margin Scheme, the<br />
VAT on the Buyer’s Premium will be itemized separately.<br />
VAT may be refunded to buyers from outside the EU under certain circumstances and if satisfactory evidence of<br />
export is produced promptly. For further advice regarding this matter please contact <strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong> Ltd directly.<br />
<strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong> Ltd will be pleased to execute bids on behalf of those clients unable to attend the sale in person,<br />
subject to our Conditions of Business. Lots will always be purchased as cheaply as possible, depending on any<br />
other bids and reserves. This service is offered free of charge. Written bids should be submitted before 6pm on<br />
the day prior to the sale.<br />
<strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong> Ltd can obtain quotations for the shipping of purchases and assist in applying for export licences.<br />
However buyers are reminded that it is their responsibility to comply with UK export regulations and with any<br />
local import requirements.<br />
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Payment must be made in pounds sterling and is due at the conclusion of the sale and before purchases can be<br />
released.<br />
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Please note foreign cheques will not be accepted.<br />
Credit and Debit Cards. All credit and non-UK debit card payments are subject to a surcharge of 3%. We do not<br />
accept American Express.<br />
Sterling Cash. Subject to statutory limits.
Order of Sale<br />
Thursday 9 June 2011<br />
Starting at 10.30 am<br />
<strong>British</strong> Gold <strong>Coins</strong> lots 1-32<br />
<strong>British</strong> Silver and Bronze <strong>Coins</strong> lots 33-79<br />
<strong>World</strong> Gold <strong>Coins</strong> lots 80-125<br />
<strong>World</strong> Silver and Bronze <strong>Coins</strong> lots 126-150<br />
Paper Money lots 151-159<br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> and Commemorative Medals lots 160-175<br />
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> and Commemorative Medals lots 176-183<br />
Italian Renaissance and other Plaquettes lots 184-192<br />
Weight lot 193<br />
Starting at 12.30 pm<br />
The ‘Dove’ Collection of <strong>Ancient</strong> Greek <strong>Coins</strong> lots 194-222<br />
Other <strong>Ancient</strong> Greek <strong>Coins</strong> lots 223-325<br />
The North Suffolk Hoard of Roman Denarii lots 326-349<br />
Other Roman <strong>Coins</strong> lots 350-363<br />
Byzantine <strong>Coins</strong> lots 364-384<br />
Starting at 2.30 pm<br />
Arab-Sasanian <strong>Coins</strong> lots 385-419<br />
Other <strong>Islamic</strong> <strong>Coins</strong> lots 420-666<br />
Friday 10 June 2011<br />
Russian <strong>Coins</strong>, Medals, Orders and Decorations<br />
<strong>British</strong> and <strong>World</strong> Orders, Medals and Decorations See separate catalogue<br />
* Illustrated lots are marked with an asterisk. Additional images may be available online.<br />
‡ Lots marked with ‡ are sold under Temporary Import regulations (see Important Information for Buyers).<br />
g Lots marked with letter g are sold under Investment Gold regulations (see Important Information for Buyers).<br />
The condition of most of the coins and medals in this catalogue is described by the use of conventional numismatic<br />
terms. For an explanation of these expressions or for any further information, clients are invited to contact us directly.
SESSION ONE<br />
Thursday 9 June 2011<br />
starting at 10.30am<br />
BRITISH GOLD COINS<br />
1<br />
2 3<br />
5 6 8<br />
1<br />
*Henry VIII (1509-47), gold halfcrown, third coinage, Bristol, m.m. WS, 1.59g (N. 1839; S.2315), cracked above shield, light graffiti<br />
to right of shield, about very fine £500-700<br />
2<br />
*James I (1603-25), third coinage, unite (laurel), fourth bust, m.m. trefoil, 9.01g (cf. Schneider 86 (different m.m.); N. 2114; S.<br />
2638B), some weakness in legend, light tone, extremely fine or better £2,000-3,000<br />
3<br />
*William III, ‘fine work’ five-guineas, 1701, second laureate head right, rev., crowned cruciform shields, plain sceptres in angles, DEC-<br />
IMO TERTIO edge, 41.60g (S. 3456), red tone, minor nick on neck, nearly extremely fine £5,000-7,000<br />
4<br />
Anne, post-Union guinea, 1713, third bust (S. 3574), edge smoothed, fine £200-300<br />
5<br />
*George III, ‘spade’ guinea, 1788, fifth head (S. 3729), nearly extremely fine £350-400<br />
6<br />
*George III, restrike pattern guinea in gilt copper, 1791, by Kuchler, 1791, head with one berry in wreath and four leaves at top (cf.<br />
Murdoch lot 317), surface marks and finish rather dulled, good very fine £200-250<br />
g7<br />
George III, third-guinea, 1810, second head, rev., crown (S. 3740), very fine £120-150<br />
8<br />
*George III, ‘military’ guinea, 1813, head right, rev., crowned arms within garter (S. 3730), nearly very fine £600-800
10 12 13<br />
14 15 17<br />
19 20<br />
g9<br />
George III, sovereigns (2), 1817, 1820, head right, rev., St. George (S. 3785, 3785C); third-guinea, 1804, head right, rev., crown (S.<br />
3740), fair to fine (3) £450-550<br />
g10<br />
*George III, sovereign, 1820, head right, rev., St. George (S. 3785C), good very fine £600-700<br />
g11<br />
George III, sovereign, 1820, head right, rev., St. George (S. 3785C); half-sovereign, 1820, laureate head, rev., crowned shield (S.<br />
3786), nearly very fine (2) £500-600<br />
g12<br />
*George IV, sovereign, 1821, laureate head left, rev., St. George (S. 3800), very fine £300-400<br />
g13<br />
*George IV, sovereign, 1825, bare head left, rev., crowned shield (S. 3801), very fine £400-500<br />
g14<br />
*George IV, sovereign, 1827, bare head left, rev., crowned shield (S. 3801), minor surface marks, cleaned, otherwise nearly extremely<br />
fine £400-600<br />
g15<br />
*George IV, sovereign, 1830, bare head left, rev., crowned shield (S. 3801), minor surface marks, nearly extremely fine £700-800<br />
g16<br />
George IV, sovereign, 1830 (S. 3801); William IV, sovereign, 1832, second bust (S. 3829B), fine to good fine (2) £500-600<br />
g17<br />
*William IV, sovereign, 1832, first bust (S. 3829), very fine to good very fine £600-800<br />
18<br />
William IV, sovereign, 1835, second bust (S. 3829B), fine; together with Victoria, (silver) crown, double-florin, halfcrown (2), florin,<br />
shilling, all 1887 (S. 3921, 3923, 3924, 3925, 3926), toned, very fine to extremely fine (7) £350-450<br />
g19<br />
*Victoria, sovereign, 1869, die no. 8, rev., shield (S. 3853), nearly extremely fine £250-300<br />
g20<br />
*Victoria, sovereign, 1871, die no. 29, rev., shield (S. 3853B), nearly mint state £300-400
21 22<br />
23 25<br />
g21<br />
*Victoria, five-pounds, 1887, Jubilee head (S. 3864), minor surface marks, good extremely fine £1,300-1,500<br />
g22<br />
*Victoria, five-pounds, 1887, Jubilee head, (S. 3864), minor surface marks, about extremely fine £1,200-1,400<br />
g23<br />
*Victoria, two-pounds, 1887, Jubilee head (S. 3865), nearly mint state £550-600<br />
g24<br />
Victoria, two-pounds, 1887, Jubilee head (S. 3865), scratches, nearly extremely fine £500-550<br />
g25<br />
*Victoria, sovereign, 1887 M, young head left, rev., crowned shield within wreath (S. 3854; Marsh 68 (R3)), very light bag marks,<br />
good extremely fine, rare thus £4,000-6,000
26 28<br />
g26<br />
*Victoria, five-pounds, 1893, old head (S. 3872), minor rim dents, nearly extremely fine £1,100-1,300<br />
g27<br />
George VI, Coronation, 1937, proof set of four gold coins, comprising five-pounds, two-pounds, sovereign and half-sovereign (S. PS15),<br />
edge scratches on the £5, minor edge bruise on the £2, a few minor abrasions and finger-mark on the sovereign, otherwise good<br />
extremely fine, in fitted case of issue (4) £2,200-2,500<br />
g28<br />
*George VI, proof two-pounds, 1937, rev., St. George (S. 4075), a few minor surface marks, good extremely fine £600-800<br />
g29<br />
Elizabeth II, the ‘Proof Sovereign Collection’, 2002, comprising five-pounds, two-pounds, sovereign and half-sovereign, rev., arms in<br />
wreath (S. PGS36), mint state, in capsules and fitted green leather case of issue (4) £1,600-1,800<br />
g30<br />
Elizabeth II, the ‘Proof Sovereign Collection’, 2002, comprising five-pounds, two-pounds, sovereign and half-sovereign, rev., arms in<br />
wreath, as the previous lot (S. PGS36), mint state, in capsules and fitted green leather case of issue (4) £1,600-1,800<br />
g31<br />
Elizabeth II, proof sovereign, 1979, rev., St. George (S. 4204), almost mint state (uncased) £200-220<br />
g32<br />
Elizabeth II, proof sovereign, 1989, on 500 th anniversary of the sovereign (S. 4272), mint state, in capsule £500-700<br />
BRITISH SILVER AND BRONZE COINS<br />
33<br />
Henry VII (1485-1509), groat, class IIId, m.m. rose both sides (N. 1706 var.; S. 2199A), nearly very fine; Charles I, shilling, group<br />
F, m.m. triangle (N. 2235; S. 2799), obverse scratches, nearly very fine; together with other hammered silver coins (3), one pierced, fair<br />
to fine (5) £150-200<br />
34<br />
Henry VII, halfgroat, Canterbury (N. 1712; S. 2211); William III, shilling, 1697 (S.3497); together with miscellaneous hammered silver<br />
coins (10), some creased, several cleaned, fair to fine, a few better (12) £150-200<br />
35<br />
Henry VIII (1509-47), groat, Tower, m.m. lis (N. 1871; S. 2403), good fine; together with various hammered coins (3), fair to fine<br />
(4) £150-200<br />
36<br />
Edward VI (1547-53), fine silver issue, shilling, facing bust, m.m. tun (N. 1937; S. 2482); Elizabeth I (1558-1603), sixth issue,<br />
shilling, bust 3B, m.m. A (N. 2014; S. 2577), good fine (2) £120-150
37<br />
*Philip & Mary (1554-58), groat, m.m. lis (N. 1973; S. 2508), a few dents, creased and straightened, nearly very fine £150-250<br />
38<br />
*Elizabeth I (1558-1603), seventh issue, crown, m.m. 2 (1602), crowned ornate bust left holding orb and sceptre (B&C bust 9a),<br />
rev., shield over long cross fourchée (N. 2012; S. 2582A), test scratches to left and right of bust and in lower right field on reverse, good<br />
fine and rare £2,000-2,500<br />
Ex Stack’s, New York, 13-15 May, 1982, lot 1404.<br />
39<br />
Elizabeth I, sixpence, 1567 (S. 2599), cleaned, from a mount, nearly very fine; James I (1603-25), halfpenny, third coinage, no m.m.<br />
(S. 2673), extremely fine; together with four copper 18 th century tokens, fine to nearly very fine (6) £120-150<br />
Second ex R. Carlyon-Britton Collection (with ticket).<br />
37 38<br />
41<br />
42 43<br />
40<br />
Charles I (1625-49), Tower Mint under Parliament, shilling, group G, tall narrow crude bust, m.m. sun (Sharp H1/1; Brooker 564; N.<br />
2233; S. 2802), toned, some weakness in legend, very fine; George I, shilling, 1723 SSC, second bust (E.S.C. 1178; S. 3648), nearly<br />
very fine; George III, shilling, 1816 (E.S.C. 1228; S. 3790), nearly mint state; George IV, shilling, 1825, bare head (E.S.C. 1253; S.<br />
3812), nearly extremely fine; Victoria, shilling, 1867, type A4, die no. 1, faint trace of WW on truncation (E.S.C. 1315; S. 3905), two<br />
attempted piercings, scratch on face, very fine (5) £150-200<br />
41<br />
*Cromwell, crown, 1658, laureate bust right, rev., crowned shield of the Protectorate (N. 2745; E.S.C. 10; S. 3226), with usual die<br />
flaw, cleaned, minor marks in reverse field, nearly very fine £2,000-2,500<br />
42<br />
*Cromwell, halfcrown, 1658 (N. 2746; E.S.C. 447; S. 3227A), nearly very fine £1,200-1,500<br />
43<br />
*Cromwell, shilling, 1658 (N. 2747; E.S.C. 1005; S. 3228), minor scratch on reverse, extremely fine/nearly extremely fine and toned<br />
£1,500-2,000
45 48<br />
49<br />
44<br />
Charles II, crown, 1662, edge undated (S. 3553); together with crowns of 1707 E SEXTO, 1821 SECUNDO, 1845 VIII star stops, 1896 LX,<br />
1900 LXIII (S. 3600, 3805, 3882, 3937), some cleaned and from mounts, fair to fine (6) £150-200<br />
45<br />
*William III, crown, 1696, first bust (E.S.C. 89; S. 3470), last two numerals of date weak, about very fine £150-200<br />
46<br />
Anne, post-Union, halfcrown, 1707 E SEXTO; George II, sixpence, 1758; George III, halfcrown, 1817, small head; Victoria, ‘Gothic’<br />
florin, 1883; Edward VII, halfcrown, 1909 (S. 3605, 3711, 3789, 3900, 3980), some cleaned, fine to very fine (5) £150-250<br />
47<br />
Anne, post-Union, shilling, 1712 roses and plumes (S. 3617), good fine; together with miscellaneous coins in silver (9) and copper (13),<br />
fine to very fine (23) £120-150<br />
48<br />
*George II, crown, 1735 OCTAVO, roses and plumes in angles (E.S.C. 120; S. 3686), lightly cleaned, good very fine £800-1,000<br />
49<br />
*George II, crown, 1739, young head, DUODECIMO edge, rev., roses in angles (ESC. 122; S. 3687), some friction on high points but a<br />
pleasing piece, nearly extremely fine £800-1,000<br />
‡50<br />
George II, shillings, 1758 (2) and sixpences (2), 1758 and 1758/7 (S. 3704, 3711), toned, nearly extremely fine to good extremely fine<br />
(4) £100-150<br />
51<br />
George II, halfpenny, 1744 (P. 874; S. 3718), cleaned, good fine; George III, halfpenny, 1799, five incuse portholes (P. 1248; S. 3778),<br />
some spots and a little verdigris, otherwise good extremely fine and lustrous; Victoria, copper halfpenny, 1848/7 (P. 1532; S. 3949),<br />
good very fine; copper halfpenny, 1858/7 (P. 1548; S. 3949), nearly extremely fine; bronze halfpenny, 1860, beaded border (P. 1750; S.<br />
3956), lustrous, nearly mint state; bronze farthing, 1863 (P. 1867; S. 3958), some deposit, nearly extremely fine / good very fine, rare<br />
date; farthing, 1865/2 (P. 1872A; S.3958), good very fine; farthing, 1875 H, older head (P. 1892; S. 3959), nearly very fine; farthing,<br />
1890 (P. 1917; S. 3958), lustrous, nearly mint state (9) £350-450<br />
52<br />
George III, small silver or maundy set, 1786 (E.S.C. 2418; S. 3762), cleaned, very fine to extremely fine (4) £150-250<br />
53<br />
George III, Bank of England dollar, 1804, leaf to centre of E, rev., normal K (E.S.C. 149; S. 3768), obverse die crack, scratch on reverse,<br />
nearly very fine £120-150
54<br />
55 56<br />
58 60<br />
54<br />
*George III, Bank of England dollar, 1804, leaf to centre of E, rev., inverted incuse K (E.S.C. 156; S. 3768), struck on a broad undertype,<br />
a few slight scratches before bust but otherwise extremely fine £400-500<br />
55<br />
*George III, crown, 1818, LVIII, laureate head right, rev., St. George (E.S.C. 211; S. 3787), dark tone, a few minor rim knocks, extremely<br />
fine £250-300<br />
56<br />
*George III, pattern crown, undated, by Webb and Mills for Mudie, large laureate bust right, JM. D and TW. F in script below, rev.,<br />
crowned cruciform shields, rose, thistle, shamrock and Hanoverian horse in angles, mills fecit in script by edge (E.S.C. 221; L&S 214),<br />
light surface marks, polished, otherwise nearly extremely fine, rare £600-800<br />
57<br />
George IV, maundy set, 1827 (E.S.C. 2431; S. 3816), cleaned, nearly extremely fine or better (4) £150-200<br />
58<br />
*George IV, copper penny, 1827, laureate head left, rev., Britannia (P. 1430 (ER); S. 3823), toned, very fine, rare date £300-400<br />
59<br />
Victoria, copper halfpenny, 1838 (S. 3949), good extremely fine; George V, halfcrown, 1918 (S.4011), mint state; together with miscellaneous<br />
<strong>British</strong> coins from George III to George VI, in silver (9) and base metal (13) and a copper token, very fine to nearly mint<br />
state (25) £300-400<br />
60<br />
*Victoria, crown, 1845 VIII, cinquefoil stops, young head, rev., crowned shield (E.S.C. 282; S. 3882), good very fine £300-400
61 62<br />
63 69<br />
61<br />
*Victoria, ‘Gothic’ crown, 1847, plain edge, ornate ‘Gothic’ style crowned bust left, rev., crowned cruciform shields, roses, thistle and<br />
shamrock in angles (E.S.C. 291; S. 3883), pleasant dark tone, minor rim nicks and grazes in fields, otherwise extremely fine, scarce<br />
£2,500-3,000<br />
62<br />
*Victoria, ‘Gothic’ crown, 1847, UNDECIMO edge, similar type (E.S.C. 288; S. 3883), surface marks, polished, good very fine £600-800<br />
63<br />
*Victoria, ‘Godless’ florin, 1849 (ESC 802; S. 3890), toned, minor nicks in field behind head, extremely fine £120-150<br />
64<br />
Victoria, ‘Godless’ florin, 1849 (ESC 802; S. 3890), edge knock, nearly very fine; ‘Gothic’ florin, 1883 (E.S.C. 859; S. 3900), cleaned,<br />
very fine; florin, 1887 Jubilee head (E.S.C. 869; S. 3925), light tone, nearly mint state; florin, 1899, old head (E.S.C. 883; S. 3939),<br />
toned, extremely fine (4) £100-150<br />
65<br />
Victoria, shillings (2), 1856, second young head, 1886, fourth young head (E.S.C. 1304, 1349; S. 3904, 3907), a tiny ‘c/-’ scratched on<br />
reverse of the 1856, otherwise extremely fine or better (2) £150-200<br />
66<br />
Victoria, copper pennies (2), 1857, 1858 WW, date overstruck (P. 1514, 1517; S. 3948); bronze pennies (3), 1890, young head, 1895,<br />
1901 old head (P. 1742, 1939, 1948; S. 3954, 3961); George V, pennies (6), 1912, 1913, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1921 (S. 4051); George<br />
VI, penny, 1951 (S. 4117), the first two with minor scuffs and scratches, nearly extremely fine or better, the 1890 good very fine, others<br />
good extremely fine to mint state (12) £400-500<br />
67<br />
Victoria, maundy set, 1871 (E.S.C. 2483; S. 3916), cleaned, nearly extremely fine (4) £150-200<br />
68<br />
Victoria, crowns (6), 1887 (2), 1889 (2), 1890, 1891, double-florin, 1887, Roman I, halfcrowns (2), 1887, florin, 1887, all Jubilee head<br />
(E.S.C. 296, 299, 300, 301, 394, 719, 868; S. 3921, 3922, 3924, 3925), one 1889 crown with light surface marks, otherwise good<br />
extremely fine; one 1887 crown brooch-mounted and enamelled on reverse, others very fine to extremely fine (10) £250-350<br />
69<br />
*Victoria, crown, 1893 LVI, old head (E.S.C. 303; S. 3938), some tiny rim nicks, about uncirculated £200-300
73<br />
76 77<br />
70<br />
Victoria, shillings (5), 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1900, sixpence 1893, all old head (E.S.C. 1364A, 1365, 1366, 1367, 1369, 1762; S.<br />
3940A, 3942); Edward VII, shillings (2), 1902, 1906, sixpence, 1906 (E.S.C. 1410, 1415, 1790; S. 3982, 3983); George V, shillings<br />
(2), 1911, 1919, sixpence, 1915 (E.S.C. 1420, 1429, 1800; S. 4013, 4014), the Edward VII shillings very fine, others nearly extremely<br />
fine and better (12) £300-400<br />
71<br />
Victoria, halfcrown, florin, and pennies (4), all 1901, the silver toned, the pennies lustrous, nearly mint state; Edward VII, crown,<br />
1902 (E.S.C. 361; S. 3978), extremely fine (7) £300-400<br />
72<br />
Edward VII, florins (2), 1902, 1910 (S. 3981); George V, halfcrowns (5), 1921, 1924, 1927, 1930, 1932 (S. 4021A, 4032, 4037); florins<br />
(2), 1914, 1924 (S. 4012, 4022A), the 1930 about very fine, rare, others very fine to extremely fine (9) £200-250<br />
73<br />
*Edward VII, bronze penny, 1902, low tide variety (P. 2205; S. 3990A), some lustre, nearly mint state £150-200<br />
74<br />
George V, halfcrowns (3), 1912, 1916, first coinage, and 1934, fourth coinage (E.S.C. 759, 763, 783; S. 4011, 4037), the 1934 with<br />
minor carbon spot, otherwise nearly mint state (3) £200-250<br />
75<br />
George V, wreath crowns (2), 1927 and 1936, fourth coinage (E.S.C. 367, 381; S. 4036), the 1927 an impaired proof, very fine/extremely fine,<br />
the 1936 very fine with some verdigris spots (2) £200-250<br />
76<br />
*George V, wreath crown, 1928, fourth coinage (E.S.C. 368; S. 4036), minor edge flaw, nearly extremely fine £150-200<br />
77<br />
*George V, halfcrown, 1930, fourth coinage (E.S.C. 779 (R2); S. 4037), nearly mint state, a rare date £300-400<br />
78<br />
George VI, Coronation, 1937, proof set of 15 coins, comprising silver crown to bronze farthing and including maundy set (S. PS16),<br />
slight toning, nearly mint state, in fitted case of issue (15) £200-250<br />
79<br />
Miscellaneous English coins in silver (35) and bronze (41); also toy money (6) and a medalet, a few creased or pierced, generally fine<br />
to very fine, some better (83) £150-200
81 82<br />
83 84 86<br />
WORLD GOLD COINS<br />
(Please see 10 June catalogue for Russian <strong>Coins</strong>, Orders and Medals)<br />
g80<br />
Belgium, Leopold II, 20-francs, 1875 (F. 412; KM. 32), almost mint state £140-160<br />
81<br />
*Chile, Ferdinand VI, 4-escudos, 1750, Santiago, assayer I, 13.59g ( C & C 52; Cal. 135), some weaknesses, edge scuff on reverse,<br />
about extremely fine with some brilliance £800-1,000<br />
Ex Uruguayan Treasure sale, Sotheby's New York, 1993; recovered from the wreck of the Nuestra Señora de la Luz (sank in 1752 off Montevideo).<br />
82<br />
*Colombia, Carlos III (1759-1788), 8-escudos, 1761, Popayán, J (Cal. 11; Cay. 12746), dents behind head, by QU on reverse and<br />
on top rim, light scratches before face, about very fine £800-1,000<br />
g83<br />
*France, Louis XVIII (1814-24), 20-francs, 1818, Lille (Gad. 1092; F. 536), extremely fine £300-400<br />
g84<br />
*Germany, Hamburg, 10-marks, 1873 E (J. 206; F. 30), removed from a mount, lightly polished, otherwise good very fine, a rare date<br />
£500-700<br />
85<br />
Indian Sultanates, Sultans of Dehli, Muhammad bin Sam, gold unit, Kanauj type, 4.20g; silver coins (34), mostly tankas of<br />
Sultans of Dehli (9), Sultans of Bengal (19), including a tanka of Shams al-Din Ahmad (G&G B393), and one quarter-tanka;<br />
Bahmanid (2), Sultans of Gujarat (2), Sultans of Malwa (2), fine to very fine, some of the Bengal coins with shroff marks; mostly<br />
identified in envelopes (35) £250-300<br />
86<br />
*India, Mughal, Muhammad Shah, gold mohur, Lahore, 1152h, year 22, very fine £250-300<br />
87<br />
India, East India Company, Madras Presidency, gold quarter-mohur, 2.90g, undated, 1819 issue (Pr. 243); quarter-rupee, Arkot<br />
(Pr. 143 ( Machhlipatan?)); rupees (2) of Benares, 1192h, 1216h year 44; Farrukhabad rupee; Saharanpur rupee (12)18h, year 44 with<br />
St. Stephen’s cross; miscellaneous coins (7), including some French Indian copper coins, the quarter-mohur scarce and very fine, the<br />
silver coins very fine, the copper coins mixed condition (13) £300-400<br />
88<br />
India, East India Company, two jeweller’s copies of half-mohurs, dated 1202, initials CD (Pr. 413), mounted side-by-side, both reverses<br />
uppermost, on a tie-pin hallmarked 9ct, good very fine (2) £300-400
89<br />
India, East India Company, Victoria, mohur, 1841, type II, Calcutta (Pr. 22.1), loop attached and also with damage from previous<br />
mounting, fair to fine £300-350<br />
90<br />
Indian States, coins in gold (9), silver (26) and copper (18): Jaisalmir (1), Jhabua (1), Jhalawar (2), Junagadh (1), Kalat (1), Karauli<br />
(1), Kashmir (3), Lunavada (1), Mewar (5), Mysore (9), Nawanagar (1), Orchha (1), Partabgarh (6), Arakan (1), miscellaneous (19),<br />
including some imitation base gold fanams, mostly very fine, some identified in envelopes (53) £120-150<br />
91<br />
India, Sikhs, gold rupee of Mulraj, struck in Multan, VS 1905, extremely fine and silver rupees (2) of Amritsar, VS 1857, VS 1884/87,<br />
very fine (3) £120-150<br />
92<br />
*Italy, Antignate, Giovanni II Bentivoglio (1463-1506), double ducato, capped bust right, rev., crowned coat of arms surmounted<br />
by eagle, 7.21g (F. 59; CNI IV, 2.10 var.), minor edge marks, very fine and rare £5,000-7,000<br />
Ex Astarte XIII, 13 September 2005, lot 1228.<br />
92 93<br />
94<br />
93<br />
*Italy, Venice, Alvise Mocenigo II (1700-09), zecchino, the Doge kneeling before Christ, rev., Christ standing in benediction surrounded<br />
by 16 stars within mandorla (CNI. VIII, 375.74 var.; Pa. 2; F. 1358), extremely fine £300-400<br />
94<br />
*Italy, Venice, Lodovico Manin (1787-97), eight-zecchini, the Doge kneeling on plinth holding cross before Christ, LUDOV•MANIN•-<br />
S•M•VENET (rose), DVX• vertically by cross, rev., Christ standing in benediction surrounded by 16 stars within mandorla, SIT•T•XPE•DAT•Q•TV•<br />
– REGIS•ISTE•DVCAT•, 27.89g, 51.1mm (CNI. VIII, 546.64; Pa. 10; F. 1441), pierced at top, possibly once cleaned and with some light scuffs<br />
and scratches, otherwise about extremely fine and a very rare denomination £4,000-5,000<br />
95<br />
Italy, Venice, Lodovico Manin, zecchino (Pa. 14; F. 1445), creased, fine £120-150<br />
g96<br />
Monaco, Albert I, 100-francs, 1904 (F. 13), very fine £700-800<br />
97<br />
Netherlands, Holland, ducats (4), 1758, 1776 (2), 1777, knight standing, rev., legend on tablet (Del. 775; F. 250), the first fine, others<br />
very fine or better (4) £550-650
99 100<br />
108 111<br />
98<br />
Netherlands, Utrecht, 14-gulden, 1751, rider, rev., arms (Del. 751; F. 288), brooch-mounted, very fine £220-250<br />
99<br />
*Netherlands, Batavian Republic, Gelderland, ducat, 1801 (Del. 1171A; Sch. 17; F. 318), slightly creased, good very fine £150-200<br />
100<br />
*Netherlands, Kingdom of Holland, Louis Napoleon (1806-10), ducat, 1809, bare head left, rev., crowned arms over date (Sch.<br />
132; F. 322), nearly extremely fine £350-450<br />
g101<br />
Netherlands, Willem I (1815-40), 10-gulden (2), 1824, 1825, Brussels (Sch. 190, 191; F. 329), minor edge knocks, nearly extremely fine<br />
(2) £400-600<br />
g102<br />
Netherlands, Willem III (1849-90), 10-gulden (3), 1875 (2), 1876 (Sch. 549, 550; F. 342), nearly extremely fine or better (3)<br />
£450-550<br />
g103<br />
Singapore, 150-dollars, 1969, commemorating the sesquicentenary of the founding of Singapore, arms, rev., the Raffles lighthouse (F.<br />
1; KM. 7), mint state, in fitted case of issue £550-650<br />
g104<br />
U.S.A., 20-dollars (2), 1904, Liberty head, and 1908, St. Gaudens, good very fine (2) £1,600-1,800<br />
g105<br />
U.S.A., 20-dollars (2), 1904 S, Liberty head, and 1910 D, St. Gaudens, light edge knocks, extremely fine (2) £1,800-2,000<br />
g106<br />
U.S.A., 20-dollars (2), 1908, 1928, St. Gaudens, 1908 extremely fine, 1928 with minor rim nicks, otherwise almost mint state (2)<br />
£1,800-2,000<br />
g107<br />
U.S.A., 10-dollars (2), 1910 D, 1910 S, Indian head, very fine to nearly extremely fine (2) £800-1,000<br />
g108<br />
*U.S.A., 10-dollars, 1911, Indian head, minor rim nick, otherwise almost mint state £400-500<br />
g109<br />
U.S.A., 5-dollars, 1908, Indian head, good very fine £200-300<br />
g110<br />
U.S.A., 2½-dollars, 1902, Liberty head, nearly extremely fine £150-200<br />
g111<br />
*U.S.A., 2½-dollars, 1903, Liberty head, some spots, nearly mint state £200-300
113 114<br />
115 116<br />
g112<br />
U.S.A., 2½-dollars, 1903, Liberty head, very fine; together with Sweden, Oscar II, 10-kronor, 1883 (F. 94a), minor edge knock,<br />
extremely fine (2) £150-200<br />
g113<br />
*U.S.A., 2½-dollars, 1904, Liberty head, nearly mint state £400-500<br />
g114<br />
*U.S.A., 2½-dollars, 1905, Liberty head, nearly mint state £300-400<br />
g115<br />
*U.S.A., 2½-dollars, 1905, Liberty head, nearly mint state £300-400<br />
g116<br />
*U.S.A., 2½-dollars, 1907, Liberty head, nearly mint state £400-500<br />
g117<br />
U.S.A., 2½-dollars (3), 1908 (2), 1909, Indian head, good very fine to nearly extremely fine (3) £450-550<br />
g118<br />
U.S.A., 2½-dollars (3), 1910 (2), 1911, Indian head, good very fine to nearly extremely fine (3) £450-550<br />
g119<br />
U.S.A., 2½-dollars (3), 1911 (2), 1912, Indian head, good very fine to nearly extremely fine (3) £450-550<br />
g120<br />
U.S.A., 2½-dollars (3), 1912, Indian head, good very fine to nearly extremely fine (3) £450-550<br />
g121<br />
U.S.A., 2½-dollars (3), 1913 (2), 1914, Indian head, good very fine to nearly extremely fine (3) £450-550<br />
g122<br />
U.S.A., 2½-dollars (3), 1914, 1915, 1929, Indian head, good very fine to nearly extremely fine (3) £450-550<br />
g123<br />
U.S.A., Constitution Bicentennial commemorative $5, 1987 and ‘bullion’ $10/one-quarter oz 1996 (2); Canada, $10/one-quarter oz,<br />
1984; Mexico, 5-pesos (4), 1906, 1955 (3), the Mexican very fine, others mint state (8) £1,000-1,200<br />
124<br />
Miscellaneous gold coins (11) and medals (2), including quarter-guinea, 1762, ‘spade’ guinea, 1794 and small gold Diamond Jubilee<br />
medal, 1897, Russian gold rouble, 1756 and 5-roubles, 1866, U.S.A. 5-dollars, 1884-S and 10-dollars, 1914; total weight, 85.8g, all with<br />
mounts attached or removed from jewellery, fine to very fine (13) £2,500-3,000<br />
125<br />
Miscellaneous: Tunisia, gold 25-piastres, 1290h, silver 20-francs 1353h; Harar, mahallaks (2), 1258h, 1284h; Sudan, 20 piastres,<br />
1310h; Lamu and Mombasa, tin coins (2) of uncertain status (Val. 2, 3); Ghurfah, 60–khumsi and 30-khumsi, 1344h; Yemen (6);<br />
Egypt (3); Morocco, 5-dirhams and 2½-dirhams, 1299h, 5-dirhams 1331h, 2½-dirhams 1316h, other (1); Turkey (5); Iraq (5); Saudi<br />
Arabia (1); Khwarizm Republic (1), the Tunis gold coin with edge knocks and cut, some surface marks; very fine to extremely fine, some<br />
pleasantly toned, the tin coins scarce (35) £300-400
WORLD SILVER AND BRONZE COINS<br />
126<br />
*Afghanistan, <strong>British</strong> Occupation (second Afghan War), copper falus, 1296h / 1879 AD, crown within wreath, rev., mint, date off flan<br />
(Pridmore, SNC, 1976, pp.455-6; Val. 55; KM. 94), good very fine, a good example of this scarce and interesting issue £150-200<br />
Ex B.A. Seaby Ltd., March 1990.<br />
126 Ex 129<br />
127<br />
Armenia, Guy (1342-44), silver takvorin, king on horseback right shouldering lis-headed sceptre, two large pellets in field, rev., lion<br />
walking right, cross behind (cf. Bed. 2037; Nerc. 469), toned, good fine, scarce; together with Cyprus, Hugh IV (1324-59), gros, B<br />
with annulet in left field (CLC 28/7), nearly very fine (2) £150-200<br />
Ex B.A. Seaby Ltd., 1953 (Cyprus) and 1956 (Armenia).<br />
130<br />
128<br />
Australia, George V, Melbourne Centenary florin, 1934/5 (KM. 33); Denmark, 2-kroner, 1906 (KM. 803); Mexico, peso, 1898 AM,<br />
Mexico City (KM. 409.2); Rhodesia & Nyasaland, proof set, 1955 (7 coins) (KM. PS2), the set with some toning, minor fingermarks<br />
and spots, otherwise nearly mint state, others good very fine or better (10) £100-150<br />
129<br />
*Austria, Leopold I (1657-1705), box-taler, 1680, Hall, laureate, cuirassed bust right, rev., crowned arms within collar (MzA. p.179;<br />
Vog. 221/II; Dav. 3241), containing two painted end-papers, one depicting a standing nude, and nine painted mica inserts of various<br />
scenes, some single figures, some pairs, including a lute player, coin very fine, screw thread slightly damaged, one end-paper and mica<br />
inserts damaged but most scenes or parts of scenes visible (lot) £200-300<br />
130<br />
*Austria/Hungary, Josef II (1765-1790), enamelled taler, 1789 A (Vienna), radiate Virgin and Child seated on clouds, crescent and<br />
m.m. below (cf. MzA. p.291, Vog.295/II & Dav. 1169); the field cut out around the clouds, rays and halo leaving a partly open-work<br />
design, rev., the same design engraved and enamelled in polychrome, blue and red, enamelled legend around, punched beaded border<br />
around edge, with ornate loop-mount, good very fine and of high quality workmanship £150-200<br />
131<br />
Austria, a collection of modern commemorative 50-schillings (50) and 25-schillings (13), together with other Austrian and world coins<br />
in gold (1), silver (41) and base metal (30), including a Netherlands 5-gulden, 1826, the gold coin mounted and sweated, others very<br />
fine to mint state (135) £450-550
132<br />
<strong>British</strong> Trade Dollars (9), 1899 B (2), 1900B, 1901C, 1902 B (2), 1908 B, 1930B (2) (Pr. 8, 9, 12, 13, 18, 27), the 1901 a later copy,<br />
one 1930 stained, very fine to nearly mint state (9) £180-220<br />
133<br />
*Cambodia, Kingdom, tical, thin, broad flan, CS 1208 (AD 1847), hamsa bird, rev., temple (Dav. 147; KM. 37), toned, about very fine,<br />
reverse better £140-180<br />
134<br />
China, Sinkiang (Chinese Turkestan), 5-mace, 1325h/1907 AD, Tihwa (Ming 805; Kann 1227; KM. 35a), some edge filing, cleaned, otherwise<br />
good very fine; Burma, Srikshetra, Kingdom, quarter-unit, c. 400/750 (Mitch. 2627), good very fine; Cambodia, Funan, Kingdom, c.<br />
190/550, quarter-unit (Mitch. 2573/6), good very fine; Malaya, Samudra, gold coupang, 15 th century (Mitch 3074), very fine; Thailand,<br />
Ayuthia, ‘bullet money’ quarter-baht, c. 1350/64, elephant right and conch shell (Le May pl. XIII; Mitch. 2711), fine (5) £120-150<br />
135<br />
*Comoro Islands, Sultan Said Ali ibn Said Amr, 5-francs, 1308h/1890 AD, A (Paris), crossed flags dividing Arabic inscription within<br />
wreath, rev., various weapons – dagger, cannon, bow and arrows, pistol, etc. (Dav. 9; KM. 3), good very fine, scarce £500-600<br />
Ex B.A. Seaby Ltd., June 1990.<br />
133 135<br />
136<br />
Germany, Brunswick-Luneburg, George III, 2/3-taler, 1789 C, wildman type, Zellerfeld (Smith 229; Welter 2813); 2/3-taler, 1807<br />
GM, Clausthal (Smith 230; Welter 2815); George IV, half-taler (16 gute groschen), 1821, Hannover (Smith 311D; Welter 3013); William<br />
IV, half-taler (16 gute groschen), 1834 A, Hannover, w on ground (Smith 352D; Welter 3056), toned, the last nearly mint state, others<br />
very fine to extremely fine; together with miscellaneous 20 th century world coins in silver (4) and base metal (4) (12) £200-250<br />
137<br />
Indian Sultanates, billon and copper coins (121): Sultans of Dehli (92), Bahmanis (13), Sultans of Gujarat (3), Sultans of<br />
Jaunpur (2), Sultans of Malwa (7), miscellaneous others (4), very good to very fine, many identified in envelopes (121) £250-300<br />
138<br />
India, Mughal, rupees (39) and quarter-rupee (1): Akbar (7, and quarter-rupee), Jahangir (3), Shah Jahan I (9), Murad Bakhsh<br />
(1), Aurangzeb (8), Shah Alam I (2), Jahandar (1), Farrukhsiyar (4), Muhammad Shah (3), Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1); copper<br />
coins (30): Humayun (2), Akbar (28); together with a base metal forgery of an Akbar rupee, rupees mostly very fine, coppers fine<br />
to very fine, most identified in envelopes (71) £300-400<br />
139<br />
Indian States, coins in silver (34) and copper (6), of Assam (1), Bahawalpur (1), Banswara (2), Bharatpur (1), Bhopal (5), Bundi (2),<br />
Cooch Bihar (2), Gwalior (2), Hyderabad (7), Indore (11), and Jaipur (6); together with an old jeweller’s copy of an Assamese one-eighth<br />
mohur of Rajesvara Simha, mostly very fine to extremely fine, some identified in envelopes (41) £250-300<br />
140<br />
Ionian Islands, 30-lepta, 1834, no dot (Pr. 10), fine; Switzerland, Confederation, franc, 1850 A (DT 305), very fine; together with<br />
miscellaneous foreign coins in silver (24) and base metal (37), generally fine to very fine, some better (63) £150-250<br />
141<br />
Italy, Sicily, Guglielmo II ‘the Good’ (1166-89), copper follari (2), Messina mint, 1.07g, 0.96g (MEC 401/409; Spahr 119), good<br />
fine to very fine (2) £100-120<br />
142<br />
Italy, Sicily, miscellaneous denari (99), mainly Henry VI (1194-97) to Charles of Anjou (1266-82), a few earlier, mainly fair to fine (99)<br />
£200-300<br />
143<br />
Mexico, Felipe IV (1621-65), cob 8-reales (3), all 162x and assayer D (Cal. 307/323; Cay. 6189/6257); cob 4-reales, 1624/3, assayer<br />
D (Cal. 695; Cay. 6001); cob 4-reales, undated, assayer D (?); another, no date or assayer visible; cob 2-reales, 1623 (assayer D ?)<br />
(Cal. & Cay – (date unlisted); cob 2-reales, undated, assayer D, nearly very fine (8) £600-800
144<br />
Mexico, Carlos III (1759-88), ’pillar dollar’ 8-reales, 1770 Mexico City, FM (Cal. 912; Cay. 11980), minor edge bump, toned, good<br />
very fine; Bolivia, 2-reales, 1775, Potosi, JR; Guatemala, 2-reales, 1786, M, and real, 1773, P; and Canada, bronze cents (2), 1913,<br />
1917, fine to very fine (6) £120-150<br />
145<br />
Southern Rhodesia, George V, halfcrowns (8), 1932 (2), 1934 (2), 1935 (2), 1936 (2) (KM. 5); George VI, halfcrowns (6), 1937<br />
(2), 1941 (2), 1942 (2) (KM. 13, 15), the George V very fine to nearly extremely fine, the George VI nearly extremely fine to almost<br />
mint state (14) £120-150<br />
146<br />
*U.S.A., copper cent, 1813, distant star (Sheldon 292), good very fine £500-600<br />
147<br />
*U.S.A.: A Collection of 155 Buffalo and Jefferson Nickels, 1917-1991, all certified and encapsulated by third-party grading services,<br />
housed in eight albums and briefly comprising:<br />
1917-S, ANACS EF40<br />
1918-D, ANACS F15<br />
1918-S, ANA MS61<br />
1919-S, ANACS VF20<br />
1920, PCGS MS64<br />
1920-D, ANACS VF20<br />
1920-S, ANACS AU50<br />
1921, PCGS MS64<br />
1921-S, ANACS F15<br />
1923, NGC MS63<br />
1924-D, ANACS VF30<br />
1924-S, ANACS VF30<br />
1925, ANACS MS64<br />
1925-D, PCGS MS60<br />
1926, PCGS MS66<br />
1926-D, PCGS MS62<br />
1926-S, ANACS VF30<br />
1927, NGC MS65<br />
1927-D, NGC MS64<br />
1927-S, ANACS VF30<br />
1928-D, PCGS MS64<br />
1928, PCGS MS65<br />
1928-S, PCGS MS64<br />
1929, NGC MS65<br />
1929-D, NGC MS64<br />
1929-S, NGC MS63<br />
1930, PCGS MS66<br />
1930-S, PCGS MS64<br />
1936, NGC MS66<br />
1936-D, PCGS MS65<br />
1936-S, PCGS MS66<br />
146 Ex 147<br />
1937, PCGS MS66<br />
1937-S, NGC MS66<br />
1937-D, NGC MS66<br />
1938-D, PCGS MS66<br />
1938-D, ANACS MS66<br />
1938, NGC PF66<br />
1938, PCGS MS66<br />
1938-S, ANACS MS66<br />
1939, PCGS PR65<br />
1939, ANA MS66<br />
1939-S, ANA MS65<br />
1940, PCGS PR65<br />
1940, PCGS MS65<br />
1940-D, PCGS MS66<br />
1940-S, PCGS MS66<br />
1941, PCGS MS65<br />
1941, PCGS PR66<br />
1941-D, NGC MS65<br />
1942-P, NGC PF64<br />
1942-P, PCGS MS66<br />
1942, ANACS PF65<br />
1942-D, PCGS MS66<br />
1942-P, ANACS PF65<br />
1942-P, ANACS MS66<br />
1942-S, PCGS MS65<br />
1942-P/P, ANACS MS65<br />
1942-S/S, ANACS MS64<br />
1943-D, NGC MS67<br />
1943-P, NGC MS66<br />
1943-S, PCGS MS66<br />
1943-S/S, ANACS MS65<br />
1944-D, PCGS MS66<br />
1944-D/D, ANACS MS64<br />
1944-P, ANACS MS65<br />
1944-S, ANA MS66<br />
1945-D, ANA MS66<br />
1945-P, PCGS MS66<br />
1945-S, ANACS MS65<br />
1946, PCGS MS65<br />
1946-D, PCGS MS65<br />
1946-S, NGC MS66<br />
1947, PCGS MS65<br />
1947-D, PCGS MS66<br />
1947-S, PCGS MS66<br />
1948, ANACS MS64<br />
1948-D, NGC MS66<br />
1948-S, PCGS MS66<br />
1948-S/S, ANACS MS65<br />
1949, PCGS MS65<br />
1949-D, PCGS MS65<br />
1949-S, PCGS MS65<br />
1949-D/S, NGC MS64<br />
1950, ANACS PF67<br />
1950-D, PCGS MS66<br />
1951, PCGS PR66<br />
1951-D, PCGS MS65<br />
1951-S, ANACS MS66<br />
1952, PCGS PR66<br />
1952, PCGS MS65<br />
1952-D, ANACS MS65<br />
1952-S, ANACS MS65<br />
1953, PCGS PR66<br />
1953-D, NGC MS66<br />
1953-S, PCGS MS65<br />
1954, PCGS PR67<br />
1954-S, ANACS MS64<br />
1954-S/D, ANACS MS62<br />
1955-D/S, ANACS MS64<br />
1955, ANACS PF68<br />
1955, PCGS MS64<br />
1955-D, PCGS MS65<br />
1956, ANACS PF66<br />
1956, PCGS MS66<br />
1956-D, PCGS MS66<br />
1957, PCGS PR67<br />
1957, PCGS MS65<br />
1957-D, PCGS MS65<br />
1958, PCGS PR66<br />
1958-D, ANACS MS65<br />
1959, PCGS PR67<br />
1959-D, ANACS MS64<br />
1960, PCGS PR67<br />
1961, PCGS PR67<br />
1961, ANACS PF66Cam<br />
1961-D, ANACS MS64<br />
1962, PCGS PR67<br />
1962, ANA PF65Cam<br />
1963, ANACS PF67<br />
1964, PCGS PR68<br />
1965, ANACS MS65<br />
1966, ANACS MS66<br />
1967, PCGS MS66<br />
1968-S, PCGS PR67<br />
1969-S, PCGS PR68<br />
1970-S, PCGS PR68<br />
1971-D, ANACS MS65<br />
1971-S, PCGS PR68<br />
1972-S, PCGS PR68<br />
1973, ANACS MS65<br />
1973-S, PCGS PR67<br />
1974-S, PCGS PR67<br />
1975-D, ANACS MS64<br />
1975-S, PCGS PR67<br />
1976-S, PCGS PR68<br />
1977-S, PCGS PR68<br />
1978-S, PCGS PR69<br />
1979-S, PCGS PR69<br />
1979-S, PCGS PR68<br />
1980-D, ANACS MS63<br />
1980-S, PCGS PR68<br />
1981-S, PCGS PR68<br />
1981-S, ANACS PF66<br />
1981-S, PCGS PR67<br />
1982-S, PCGS PR68<br />
1983-S, PCGS PR67<br />
1984-S, PCGS PR69<br />
1985-S, PCGS PR68<br />
1987-S, PCGS PR68<br />
1988-S, PCGS PR69<br />
1989-D, ANACS MS64<br />
1989-P, ANACS MS65<br />
1989-S, PCGS PR69<br />
1990-S, PCGS PR68<br />
1991-S, ANACS PF68<br />
Further images of all these coins in their holders are available on request (155) £3,000-4,000<br />
148<br />
U.S.A., miscellaneous coins in silver (38) and base metal (9), including silver dollars (19), and one copy, generally fine to very fine, some<br />
better (47) £250-350<br />
149<br />
U.S.A., proof sets (11) and uncirculated sets (4), 1976-1992; with modern commemorative coins and medals (13), all silver and each<br />
weighing 1oz, and other U.S. and world coins, sets etc., mixed grades, most sets and commemoratives in original packaging (lot) £250-300<br />
150<br />
Plaster Models: Jamaica, uniface plaster models for 250-dollars and 25-dollars (1981), unsigned, to commemorate the wedding of<br />
Prince Charles and Diana: conjoined portraits, small arms of Jamaica over, ROYAL WEDDING to right, value on left, all within a plain circle<br />
(cf. KM 94 & 95), 177mm and 180mm; the reverses plain, but with ink inscription JAMAICA on the 250-dollars, in good order (2) £300-400
PAPER MONEY<br />
151<br />
*Bank of England, J.S. Fforde (1966-70), a most unusual pair of error £1 banknotes, identically mis-numbered in prefix T55C, each<br />
with no. ‘841054’ at upper left and ‘841055’ at lower right, good extremely fine (2) £300-400<br />
152<br />
*Fiji, Fijian Government Debenture for $10, issue date 1 January 1872, folio 6 no. 49, ‘No.’ printed at upper right only, cancelled signatures<br />
of F.W. Hennings as Treasurer and of Horace Smith as registrar, main body of text including manuscript ‘Ten’, ‘Fifteenth’, ‘December’<br />
and ‘73’ in designated spaces (cf Pick 5b), very fine £200-300<br />
153<br />
*Fiji, Fijian Government Debenture for $10, issue date 1 January 1872, folio 8 no. 61, ‘No.’ printed at upper left and at upper right, cancelled<br />
signatures of F.W. Hennings and Horace Smith as the last, main body of text now with printed ‘Ten’, ‘Fifteenth’ and ‘73’ but with<br />
manuscript ‘December’ (cf Pick 5b), good very fine £200-300
154<br />
*Fiji (redeemable in Australia), Kingdom of Fiji Government Debenture for $500, issue date 1 August 1872 under authority of the<br />
Loan Act, 1872, no. 20, printed in green ink on vellum, with signatures of Howard Clarkson as Treasurer and of A. Fleming (?) as registrar,<br />
payable at the Oriental Bank Corporation, Sydney and with franked New South Wales 2/- duty stamp affixed, stamped ‘CANCELLED’,<br />
200 x 226mm (Pick --), central fold, extremely fine and rare £800-1,200<br />
155<br />
156 157<br />
155<br />
*Fiji, fractional tax note for 12½ cents, dated Sept. 1 1873, cancelled by stamp and by ink over signatures (Pick 7b), better than very<br />
fine but torn £80-120<br />
156<br />
*Fiji, fractional tax note for 100 cents, dated 1 st April 1872 and numbered, but unsigned and cancelled (Pick 12b), fine £200-300<br />
157<br />
*Fiji, Treasury, $25, Levuka, 15 July 1872, with cancelled signature of Howard Clarkson as Treasurer (Pick 16b), about very fine £300-400<br />
158<br />
Notgeld: a collection of German and Austrian notgeld (about 550), c. 1918-23, a typical range of currency and souvenir types together with<br />
many local inflationary issues, also including some Reichsbank notes, etc., mixed grades, in a contemporary album (lot) £200-300<br />
159<br />
*Bonds: The Thames Navigation Commission, Improvement Loan, 4½% bonds for £100 dated 1774 (2) and ‘Loan of 10,000l. on<br />
the General Tolls’, 5% bonds for £100 dated 1788 (4), all issued under the 1771 Act ‘for improving and compleating the Navigation<br />
of the Rivers Thames and Isis from the City of London to the town of Cricklade in the county of Wilts’; both types printed<br />
in black on vellum, with numerous manuscript endorsements and records of interest payments to circa 1860, each 230 x 330mm approx.,<br />
generally fine (see illustration on inside back cover) (6) £1,200-1,500
160 161<br />
164 165<br />
BRITISH COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS<br />
160<br />
*James II, Coronation, 23 April 1685, silver medal, by J. Roettier, laureate bust right, rev., hand issuing from clouds holding crown,<br />
wreath on cushion below, 34mm (MI 605/5; Woll. 6; Eimer 273), some scratches, good very fine £200-300<br />
161<br />
*Anne, Coronation, 23 April 1702, gold medal, by J. Croker, draped bust left, rev., Pallas standing hurling thunderbolt at hydra,<br />
17.94g, 34mm (MI 228/4; Woll. 10; Eimer 390), edge marks, other marks in field, good very fine £500-700<br />
162<br />
Anne, Coronation, 23 April 1702, silver medal, by J. Croker, as the previous lot (MI 228/4; Woll. 10; Eimer 390), toned, filed on edge,<br />
minor marks in field, good very fine £120-150<br />
163<br />
George I, Arrival in England, 1714, silver medal, by J. Croker, laureate bust right, rev., the king as Neptune in marine car approaching<br />
the coast, 68mm (MI II, 422/6; Eimer 466), polished, edge knock, very fine, with unrelated shagreen case £300-400<br />
164<br />
*George I, Coronation, 20 October 1714, gold medal, by J. Croker, laureate, cuirassed and draped bust right, rev., the king,<br />
enthroned, crowned by Britannia, 21.80g, 34mm (MI 424/9; Woll. 11; Eimer 470), very fine £600-800<br />
165<br />
*George I, Coronation, 20 October 1714, silver medal, by J. Croker, as the previous lot (MI 424/9; Woll. 11; Eimer 470), toned,<br />
some wear on the high points, nearly extremely fine £200-300<br />
166<br />
George III, Marriage of Frederick, Duke of York to Princess Frederica of Prussia, 1791, silver medal by F.W. Loos, conjoined<br />
busts left, rev., Hymen standing between shields of arms, 45mm (BHM 347), toned, good very fine, in unrelated shagreen case; together<br />
with a Droz restrike pattern halfpenny, 1788, probably by Taylor, in bronzed copper with milled edge, cleaned and scratched, wedged<br />
in a fitted ivory case with reverse only visible (2) £200-250<br />
167<br />
George III, Death of Nelson, 21 October 1805, silver medal, after T. Webb, bust left with bare head, rev., Bellona over galleys at<br />
sea, IPSE BELLI FVLMEN, 53mm (cf. BHM. 577; Eimer 957), a later striking, cleaned, almost extremely fine £150-200
168 169<br />
170 171<br />
174<br />
168<br />
*George IV, Coronation, 19 July 1821, gold medal, by B. Pistrucci, laureate head left, rev., the king, enthroned, is crowned by<br />
Victory, the figures of Britannia, Hibernia and Scotia standing before him, 31.39g, 35mm (BHM 1070; Woll. 24; Eimer 1146a), some<br />
scratches and scuffs, otherwise extremely fine, in contemporary fitted red leather case (this with lid detached) £800-1,000<br />
169<br />
*William IV, Coronation, 8 September 1831, gold medal, by W. Wyon, bare head of the king right, rev., diademed head of Queen<br />
Adelaide right, 27.48g, 33mm (BHM. 1475; Woll. 25; Eimer 1251), a few minor scratches, good extremely fine £800-1,000<br />
170<br />
*William IV, Coronation, 8 September 1831, gold medal, by W. Wyon, as the previous lot, 27.53g (BHM. 1475; Woll. 25; Eimer<br />
1251), light scratches and dents, about extremely fine £700-900<br />
171<br />
*Victoria, Coronation, 28 June 1838, gold medal, by B. Pistrucci, draped bust left wearing a bandeau, rev., Victoria, enthroned, is<br />
offered the crown by Britannia, Hibernia and Scotia, 31.34g, 36mm (BHM. 3801; Woll. 26; Eimer 1315), light scratches and dents, about<br />
extremely fine £700-900<br />
172<br />
Victoria, St. Saviour’s School, Southwark, silver prize medal, by W.J. Taylor, bust of Elizabeth I, rev., view of building (restored<br />
1839), 42mm (MI 110/38; Taylor 126a), toned, good extremely fine; with copper medals (3) by Dassier from the series of Kings and Queens<br />
of England (1731), Edward VI, James I and Cromwell, 40, 40, 38mm (MI 62/20, 237/104, 435/87; Eimer 526), extremely fine (4) £140-180<br />
173<br />
Victoria, David Roberts (painter), Art Union series, 1875, silver medal, by G.T. Morgan, head left, rev., Moorish scribe and female<br />
seated, 56mm (BHM 3016; Beulah 22; Eimer 1649), cleaned, extremely fine, rare in silver £150-200<br />
174<br />
*George V, Coronation, 22 June 1911, gold medal, by B. Mackennal, crowned bust left, orb on left, rev., crowned bust left of Queen<br />
Mary, 31mm (BHM 4022; Woll. 28; Eimer 1922), surface marks, good very fine £400-500<br />
175<br />
Edward VIII, portrait plaque, 1937, in bronze, by L. Jennings for Spink & Son, 224mm (cf. Gi. CM262a), minor spots, extremely<br />
fine, only 30 specimens made; Visit to Bombay, 1921, oval copper medal by C. Thomas, 32 x 60mm (Gi. CM64a), good very fine,<br />
scarce; Visit to Patna, 1921, copper medal, by C. Thomas, 41mm (Gi. CM65b), pierced as issued, about very fine; Abdication, 1936,<br />
three large black bakelite medals with the full script of the abdication speech, by Clang Ltd (1937), 114mm (3, one with postage stamp<br />
within panel (Gi. CM343; BHM 4272), these double pierced for suspension as issued, extremely fine, minor chips (6) £400-600
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS<br />
176<br />
Austria, Maria Theresia, Bohemian Coronation (1743), oval bronze medal by M. Donner, 57 x 50mm (Mont. 1727), ex mount,<br />
extremely fine; Count Rudolph Wrbna-Freudenthal, silver medal, 1817, by J.P. Harnisch, 47mm (BDM III, 429), extremely fine (2)<br />
£150-200<br />
177<br />
France, Marie de Medici, uniface bronze medal (1624) by G. Dupré, her bust right wearing elaborate lace collar and with retrograde<br />
inscription around, 101mm (Jones 59; Mazerolle 696; Kress 568), pierced, two minor casting holes near base, a very fine old cast £200-250<br />
From the collection of Lady Charlotte Schreiber (1812-95), her son-in-law the 8th Earl of Bessborough and by family descent. Lady Charlotte<br />
Schreiber was an important figure in the study of Welsh literature and the Welsh language, as well as being a keen collector of ceramics; her<br />
collection is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum.<br />
178<br />
*Germany, Saxony, Adam and Eve/the Crucifixion, silver-gilt medal by Hans Reinhart, issued by Johann Friedrich I, 1536, Adam<br />
and Eve and the Tree of Knowledge, rev., Christ crucified between the two thieves, 66.7mm (Habich 1968), a very fine but somewhat<br />
later cast £500-600<br />
179<br />
*Hungary, Death of Louis II at the Battle of Mohacs, 1526, struck silver medal by Christof Füssl, busts of Ludwig II and his wife<br />
Maria von Habsburg vis à vis, rev., the king on horseback in full armour with his troops facing a Turkish cavalry charge, 45mm, 19.66g<br />
(Montenuovo 585; Domanig 698; Donebauer 984), finely toned original striking, extremely fine £2,000-2,500<br />
From the collection of Dr Elder L. Bolla and Dr Helena J. Bolla of Beaumont, California. The medallist Christof Füssl was principal engraver at the<br />
Kremnica mint from 1536 and died in 1561 (see Schillerová, J., ‘Renaissance Medals from the Kremnica Mint’, The Medal 10, 1986, p. 3, fig. 2).<br />
The medal commemorates the Battle of Mohacs where the Hungarian forces were heavily outnumbered by the Ottomans under Suleyman the<br />
Magnificent and Louis himself was killed.
180<br />
*Italy, John VIII Palaeologus (Byzantine Emperor, 1423-1448), lead medal by Pisanello, bust right wearing hat with tall<br />
crown and turned-up brim, rev., OPVS PISANI PICTO-RIX, the emperor on horseback riding past a shrine and a page on horseback seen from<br />
behind, in a rocky landscape; below, ΕΡΓΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΠΙΣΑΝΟΥ ΖWΓΡΑΦΟΥ, 104mm (Hill 19; Pollard 1 = Kress 1; Bargello 2; Syson &<br />
Gordon 71), with some surface scuffs and edge knocks, pierced, a very fine contemporary cast with grey patina £10,000-15,000<br />
This is generally considered to be the earliest of Pisanello's medals and as such represents the birth of the portrait medal in the Renaissance.<br />
The Byzantine emperor was in Italy from 8th February 1438 to 19th October 1439 to attend the ecumenical council of the Greek and Latin churches<br />
which opened in Ferrara in April 1438. The council was subsequently moved to Florence in January 1439 after Ferrara was invaded by Milanese<br />
mercenaries under the condottiere Niccolò Piccinino. Preparatory drawings by Pisanello for elements of the designs in the medal are in the Louvre,<br />
Paris.
181<br />
*Italy, Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (Lord of Rimini and Fano, 1432-1468), bronze medal by Matteo de' Pasti,<br />
armoured bust left, rev., the castle of Rimini, 79.5mm (Hill 185; Arm. I, 20, 12; Pollard 29 var.), a very fine contemporary cast with corrosion<br />
at edge suggesting an excavation piece, with dark patina £3,000-4,000<br />
182<br />
*Italy, Constantine the Great (AD 307-337), bronze medal by Christoforo di Geremia (unsigned), laureate, draped and<br />
cuirassed bust right, rev., Constantine as Pax joining hands with the Church as Concord, 71.4mm (cf. Hill 755; Arm. I, 31, 2; Pollard<br />
241), a very fine contemporary cast with brown patina £1,200-1,500<br />
Ex Stack collection, <strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong>, 9 December 2009, lot 86.<br />
181<br />
182<br />
183<br />
*Italy, Lorenzino de' Medici (1514-1547), bell metal medal, bust<br />
right, rev., VIII ID IAN, cap of Liberty between daggers, 37mm (Arm. II,<br />
151, 3; Pollard 570; Attwood 891), two attempted piercings, fine old<br />
cast after a struck original £200-300<br />
The medal was struck to commemorate Lorenzino's murder of Alessandro<br />
de' Medici in January 1537. The design copies the famous coins of Brutus<br />
issued after the assassination of Julius Caesar.
184 185<br />
186<br />
(all illustrations at 70% actual size)<br />
187
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE PLAQUETTES<br />
184<br />
*North Italian, after Donatello (late 15th century), The Virgin and Child, gilt-bronze plaquette mounted as a pax, the Virgin<br />
and Child cast separately and set within an architectural frame, the arched pediment containing a half-length figure of God the Father<br />
between cherub's heads, surmounted by a cross and flanked by rosettes, the frieze below and the columns with alternating shells and<br />
rosettes and the base inscribed SANCTVS SALVATOR MONDI; with scrolling foliate stand brazed onto the back, 130 x 77mm, a very fine early<br />
cast, the gilding worn £700-1,000<br />
Ex Cyril Humphris collection, Sotheby's New York, 11 January 1995, lot 300. The Virgin and Child, which is a separate cut-out silhouette, is copied<br />
from (and is a slightly smaller version of) the plaquette entitled Virgin and Child between Candelabra (as Molinier 368; Bange 345; Kress 59;<br />
Rossi, Mantegna 1).<br />
185<br />
*Moderno, The Flagellation, bronze rectangular plaquette, Christ tied to the central pillar scourged by soldiers against a background<br />
of classical arches, 140 x 108mm (Molinier 170; Bange 453; Kress 134; Lewis 42; Astarte XIII, 13 September 2003, lot 1935, this piece;<br />
Scaglia Coll. V.37, variant B, A.5, this piece), a very fine old cast with brown patina, with two lugs on the reverse for mounting<br />
£700-1,000<br />
186<br />
*Moderno, Sacra Conversazione: The Madonna and Child with Saints, a silver and parcel-gilt copy of the original plaquette in<br />
the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, with two ET hallmarks (Paris, 24 October 1864 to 30 May 1893), 142 x 106mm (cf. Lewis 41 and<br />
pl. 1 for the original; cf. Scaglia Coll. V.36), extremely fine £600-800<br />
187<br />
*In the manner of Moderno, The Pietà between Candelabra, gilt-bronze plaquette, the dead Christ supported at the sarcophagus<br />
by the Madonna and St. John flanked by two candelabra, IHS on tablet suspended from above; within an integral frame ornamented<br />
with foliage and fruit and with a stippled background, 109 x 96mm (cf. Molinier 386; Bange 436; Kress 181; Lewis 12; Rossi, Mantegna<br />
12; Astarte XVIII, 9 May 2005, lot 338, this piece), pierced and with traces of solder on the reverse, a very fine old cast £600-800<br />
188<br />
*<strong>And</strong>rea Briosco, called Riccio, The Sacrifice of a Swine, bronze plaquette, within a temple are two youths flanking the swine in<br />
the centre foreground with numerous figures looking on, two blowing trumpets on the left, 90 x 75mm (Molinier 235; Bange 369; Kress<br />
217; Planiscig p. 492, 231 and fig. 343; Rossi, Mantegna 35; Scaglia Coll. VII.7), pierced, edges filed, a very fine old cast with dark patina<br />
£600-800
189<br />
191<br />
(all illustrations at 70% actual size)<br />
190
189<br />
*Italian, The Annunciation, silvered bronze pax, the Angel Gabriel kneels before the Virgin who is accompanied by a figure of<br />
Religion; on the left are St. John the Baptist and a bishop; in the domed top is a representation of the Holy Women kneeling before<br />
Christ's tomb, addressed by the angel; within an architectural frame flanked by two cherubs; with scrolled stand brazed to the back, 190<br />
x 135mm (Astarte XVIII, 9 May 2005, lot 385, this piece: for the scene in the arched pediment see Molinier 569-570 and Bange 1028),<br />
an old cast with tooling to the fields £400-600<br />
190<br />
*Netherlandish, late 15th century, The Madonna and Child, bronze and enamelled plaquette, the Virgin and Child on a crescent<br />
beneath a gothic arch and within ornamented frame, with blue, white and traces of black enamel work as well as traces of gilding and<br />
silvering, 118 x 75mm (Molinier 719; cf. Bargello 345; Scaglia Coll. XI.1), an early cast £600-800<br />
191<br />
*The Martyrdom of a Saint (St. Paul?), silver-gilt plaquette hallmarked with the HR monogram of Hermann Ratzersdorfer (Viennese<br />
goldsmith, 1815-1891), rectangular with domed top, 96.5 x 55mm (cf. Molinier 625; Bange 732; Kress 382; Wixom 70), the HR monogram<br />
stamped into the top left hand corner of the predella as well as on the silver wire stand attached to the reverse, very fine £300-400<br />
For another example of this plaquette, also with the mark of the celebrated Viennese goldsmith Hermann Ratzersdorfer, see <strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong> auction 42,<br />
20 May 2010, lot 355.<br />
192<br />
South Russia, small bronze triptych, the central section with the Virgin and Child flanked by angels and surmounted by Christ's head,<br />
the sides with images of the twelve apostles, 47 x 93mm, very fine £100-150<br />
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193<br />
*France, Carcassonne, bronze pound weight, 1667, + L XIV LIVRE POIX DE CARCASSONNE, crowned arms dividing date, rev., L MARCHAND F<br />
COVTAVD I FOVRNIE P CASTELM, Paschal Lamb to left with fleurs-de-lys in field, 62mm, 408g, good fine, the Lamb a little weak £300-400<br />
END OF FIRST SESSION
SESSION TWO<br />
Starting at 12.30pm<br />
ANCIENT GREEK COINS<br />
The property of a European private collector<br />
The ‘Dove’ Collection of Greek <strong>Coins</strong><br />
195 194 196<br />
194<br />
*Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, gold third stater, c. 334-330 BC, head of Hera right, wearing stephane and pendant earring, her hair<br />
in curly locks falling to her shoulders, rev., ΜΕΤΑΠΟΝ, six-grained ear of barley with dove perched on leaf on the right, 2.65g (Johnson<br />
p. 84, G1; SNG ANS 395; Dewing 377), minor marks but extremely fine and very rare £10,000-15,000<br />
Ex Tradart auction, Geneva, 8 November 1992, lot 16.<br />
195<br />
*Italy, Lucania, Thurium, stater, attributed to Phrygillos, c. 400 BC, head of Athena right wearing crested helmet adorned with the<br />
sea-monster Skylla; before, Φ, rev., ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ, bull butting to left, with Φ on rump ; below, a finch (Phrygillos) taking flight; in ex.,<br />
tunny fish, 7.99g (SNG ANS 984; BMC 50; SNG Munich 1177), good very fine £1,500-2,000<br />
Ex Tradart auction, Geneva, 25 June 1998, lot 14. While the bird below the bull could be a dove, it is generally thought of as a finch, which is<br />
Phrygillos in Greek, and would have been used as a punning device on the name of the artist Phrygillos whose initial is found on both the obverse<br />
and reverse of the coin.<br />
196<br />
*Italy, Bruttium, Terina, stater, 420-400 BC, head of nymph Terina right, her hair bound with sphendone, rev., Nike, wearing chiton<br />
and himation, seated left on square cippus, a dove alighting on her extended right hand, 7.94g (Holloway & Jenkins 63, this piece;<br />
Regling 66-67; SNG ANS 841), toned, about extremely fine £4,000-6,000<br />
197<br />
*Italy, Bruttium, Terina, stater, 420-400 BC, head of nymph Terina right, her hair bound with sphendone; on left, ΤΕΡΙΝΑΙΟΝ, rev.,<br />
Nike, wearing chiton and himation, seated left on square cippus, a dove alighting on her extended right hand; to right of cippus, Π,<br />
7.38g (Holloway & Jenkins 64; Regling 68; SNG ANS 843), with surface marks, very fine £1,000-1,500<br />
Ex Tradart auction, Geneva, 12 December 1991, lot 30.<br />
197 198<br />
198<br />
*Italy, Bruttium, Terina, stater, 420-400 BC, head of nymph Terina right, her hair bound with sphendone; on right, ΤΕΡΙΝΑΙΟΝ, rev.,<br />
Nike, wearing chiton and himation, seated left on square cippus, a dove alighting on her extended right hand, 7.36g (Holloway & Jenkins<br />
62; Regling 64-65; SNG ANS 840; Kraay-Hirmer 277), very fine to extremely fine £3,000-4,000<br />
Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt collection, Sotheby's New York, 21 June 1990, lot 218.
199<br />
*Italy, Bruttium, Terina, stater, 420-400 BC, head of nymph Terina left, her hair bound with sphendone and wearing necklace; on<br />
left, ΤΕΡΙΝΑΙΟΝ; behind head, Π, rev., Nike, wearing chiton and himation, seated left on square cippus, a dove alighting on her extended<br />
right hand in which she holds a wreath; to right of cippus, Π, 7.74g (Holloway & Jenkins 61; Regling 63; SNG Copenhagen 2010)<br />
SNG ANS 853; Kraay-Hirmer 280), light marks and with slight obverse double striking, toned and about extremely fine £4,000-6,000<br />
Ex Leu 71, Zurich, 24 October 1997, lot 44.<br />
199 200 201<br />
200<br />
*Italy, Bruttium, Terina, stater, 400-356 BC, head of nymph Terina right (after the style of Euainetos), her hair bound with sphendone,<br />
wearing triple-drop earring and necklace; on right, ΤΕΡΙΝΑΙΟΝ, rev., Nike, wearing chiton and himation, seated left on square<br />
cippus, a dove alighting on her extended right hand, 7.58g (Holloway & Jenkins 84; Regling 79; SNG ANS 853; Kraay-Hirmer 280), two<br />
reverse scratches, very fine £1,000-1,500<br />
Ex Tradart auction, Geneva, 8 November 1992, lot 26.<br />
201<br />
*Italy, Bruttium, Terina, drachm, c. 300 BC, head of nymph Terina left, wearing triple-drop earring and pearl necklace; on left, ΤΕΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ,<br />
and behind head, triskeles, rev., Nike, wearing chiton and himation, seated left on square cippus, a dove alighting on her extended right<br />
hand; in field left, star, 2.46g (Holloway & Jenkins 114; SNG Lockett 680, same reverse die), toned, extremely fine £1,000-1,500<br />
Ex Leu 54, Zurich, 28 April 1992, lot 19, Ars Classica 15, Geneva, 2 July 1930, lot 262 and Hirsch 26 (Berlin Museum duplicates), Munich, 1910, lot 358.<br />
202<br />
*Sicily, Aitna, drachm, 476-470 BC, naked youth on horseback riding to right, rev., ΑΙΤΝ-ΑΙ-ΟΝ, Zeus Aitnaios, wearing himation, seated<br />
right on throne, holding thunderbolt and sceptre surmounted by an eagle or possibly a dove (also sacred to Zeus), his feet resting<br />
on footstool, 4.18g (Boehringer, C., Hieron's Aitna und das Heroneion, JNG 18, 1968, pp. 67-98 and pl. 7, 2, this piece; Dobretsberger,<br />
J., Mitteilung der Österreichischen Numismatischen Gesellschaft, 1961, 6, p. 49-50; Kraay, ACGC, p. 212; de Callataÿ, F. and H. Gitler,<br />
‘The Coin of <strong>Coins</strong>,’ Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2004, p. 29 and footnote 17), with faint traces of overstriking in the reverse field, good<br />
very fine, of historical importance and the only recorded example £40,000-50,000<br />
Ex Auctiones 20, Basel, 8 November 1990, lot 117.<br />
202<br />
In 476/5 BC the tyrant Hieron of Syracuse moved his capital to Katana, expelling the indigenous population and renaming it Aitna because of its<br />
close proximity to Mount Etna. The occupation lasted some 15 years until 460 BC when, after Hieron's death, the Katanians retook their city, in<br />
turn expelling the former Syracusans who resettled at nearby Inessa. The present coin stems from Aitna's first coinage of 475-470 BC and,<br />
together with a unique tetradachm (Antikenmuseum Basel 250), they are today the only recorded specimens of this coinage. Their obverses are copied<br />
from Syracusan prototypes, the tetradrachm with its quadriga (although driven here by Athena) and the present drachm, with its naked youth<br />
on horseback, which is virtually identical to Boehringer (Syracuse) obverse die V.29. However both display on their reverses a new type of the enthroned<br />
Zeus Aitnaios, the patron god of Mount Etna, and of the two, the drachm is the better preserved in terms of revealing the entirety of the design. Both<br />
show traces of overstriking suggesting a brief issue when old coins were re-struck rather than using new flans manufactured for the coining process.<br />
Besides its great rarity, the importance of the present coin lies in the iconography of the enthroned Zeus for it must have acted as an inspiration<br />
for the famous and unique tetradrachm of Aitna of circa 460 BC now in the Brussels cabinet (Collection Lucien de Hirsch 269; Boehringer pl. 15,<br />
Z1; Jenkins 364; Kraay-Hirmer 33 etc.) by the so-called Aitna Master, who is also considered to have been the author of the Naxos tetradrachm<br />
of the same date (Cahn 54; Kraay-Hirmer 6 etc.). It has been suggested that the reverses of the coins of Aitna may be evidence of the existence<br />
of a cult statue of Zeus erected on the summit of Mount Etna, now lost (see de Callataÿ and Gitler, op. cit., p. 20).
204 203 205<br />
203<br />
*Macedonia, Scione, tetrobol, c. 424 BC, young bare head of Protesilaus right, rev., ΣΚΙ-ΟΝ, dove standing right, 1.88g (SNG ANS<br />
711; Peus 386, 124, same dies), about very fine and extremely rare £600-800<br />
204<br />
*Corinthia, Corinth, stater, c. 350 BC, Pegasus flying left, rev., head of Athena left wearing Corinthian helmet; behind, dove flying left<br />
within wreath, 8.56g (Ravel 1029 var.), light reverse scratch, about extremely fine £400-600<br />
Both this and the following stater are struck from the same reverse die which lacks the letter Γ as mentioned in Ravel's corpus for this variety.<br />
205<br />
*Corinthia, Corinth, stater, c. 350 BC, Pegasus flying left, rev., head of Athena left wearing Corinthian helmet; behind, dove flying left<br />
within wreath, 8.56g (Ravel 1029 var.), good very fine £300-500<br />
Ex Tradart auction, Geneva, 17 November 1994, lot 62 and John Ward collection (from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), Sotheby's,<br />
Zurich, 4 April 1973, lot 431.<br />
206 207 208<br />
206<br />
*Sicyonia, Sicyon, stater, c. 431-400 BC, Chimaera walking left on ground line; below Chimaera, ΣΕ, rev., dove flying left within<br />
wreath, 11.97g (BMC 22; BCD 186), punch mark on obverse, good fine £200-300<br />
207<br />
*Sicyonia, Sicyon, stater, c. 431-400 BC, Chimaera walking left but without ground line; below, ΣΕ, rev., dove flying left within wreath;<br />
beside dove's tail, small letter T, 12.08g (BMC 54-59 var.), graffiti below Chimaera, good very fine, a very rare variety £1,000-1,500<br />
208<br />
*Sicyonia, Sicyon, stater, c. 431-400 BC, Chimaera walking left without ground line; below, ΣΕ, rev., dove flying left within wreath,<br />
12.02g (BCD 189), with surface marks, very fine £700-1,000<br />
209 210<br />
209<br />
*Sicyonia, Sicyon, drachm, c. 431-400 BC, dove alighting left; in field, [Σ] - Ε, rev., dove flying left within wreath, 5.94g (BMC 26 ff;<br />
BCD 174 ff), well-centred obverse in high relief, some light pitting in fields, about extremely fine £500-700<br />
210<br />
*Sicyonia, Sicyon, stater, c. 360-320 BC, Chimaera walking left on ground line; below Chimaera, ΣΕ and above, wreath, rev., dove flying<br />
left within wreath; letter I below dove's head, 12.26g (BMC 56; BCD 219), extremely fine £1,500-2,000
211 212 213<br />
211<br />
*Sicyonia, Sicyon, stater, c. 360-320 BC, Chimaera walking left on ground line; below Chimaera, ΣΕ and above, wreath, rev., dove flying<br />
left within wreath; letter I below dove's head, 12.26g (BMC 56; BCD 219), about extremely fine, large flan, struck from the same<br />
reverse die as the previous lot £1,000-1,500<br />
Ex Tradart auction, Geneva, 12 December 1991, lot 123.<br />
212<br />
*Sicyonia, Sicyon, stater, c. 360-320 BC, Chimaera walking left on ground line; below Chimaera, ΣΕ and above, wreath, rev., dove flying<br />
left within wreath; letter I below dove's head, 12.23g (BMC 56; BCD 219), about extremely fine, toned £1,000-1,500<br />
213<br />
*Sicyonia, Sicyon, stater, c. 360-320 BC, Chimaera walking left on ground line; below Chimaera, ΣΕ and above, wreath, rev., dove flying left<br />
within wreath; letter N below dove's head, 12.24g (BMC 57; BCD 218), two old scratches before Chimaera, otherwise extremely fine and toned<br />
£1,500-2,000<br />
214 215 216<br />
214<br />
*Sicyonia, Sicyon, drachm, c. 360-320 BC, Chimaera walking left on ground line; below Chimaera, ΣΕ, rev., dove flying left within<br />
wreath; letter I below dove's head, 5.82g (BMC 68; BCD 227-230), toned, about extremely fine £400-600<br />
215<br />
*Sicyonia, Sicyon, drachm, c. 360-320 BC, dove alighting left; in field, Σ - I, rev., dove flying left within wreath; above tail, E, 5.88g<br />
(BMC 107-108; BCD 223-226), toned, very fine £500-700<br />
216<br />
*Sicyonia, Sicyon, drachm, c. 360-320 BC, dove alighting left; in field, Σ - I, rev., dove flying left within wreath; above tail, E, 5.65g<br />
(BMC 107-108; BCD 223-226), about very fine £200-300<br />
217 218 219<br />
217<br />
*Sicyonia, Sicyon, hemidrachm, late 4th century BC, Chimaera walking left on ground line; below Chimaera, ΣI, rev., dove flying left;<br />
in right field, Σ, 2.81g (BMC 119), almost extremely fine £200-250<br />
218<br />
*Sicyonia, Sicyon, hemidrachm, late 4th century BC, Chimaera walking left on ground line; below Chimaera, ΣI, rev., dove flying left;<br />
in right field, NO, 2.83g (BMC 118), almost extremely fine £200-250<br />
219<br />
*Sicyonia, Sicyon, hemidrachm, late 4th century BC, Chimaera walking left on ground line; below Chimaera, ΣI, rev., dove flying left;<br />
below dove's head, I, 2.83g (BMC 117), good very fine £100-150
220 221 222<br />
220<br />
*Sicyonia, Sicyon, hemidrachm, late 4th century BC, Chimaera walking left on ground line; below Chimaera, ΣI, rev., dove flying left;<br />
in right field, pellet, 2.82g (BMC 124), about very fine £70-100<br />
221<br />
*Sicyonia, Sicyon, obol, c. 340-320 BC, laureate head of Apollo right, rev., dove flying left; in right field, ΣI retrograde, 0.79g (BMC<br />
167; BCD 262), very fine £200-300<br />
222<br />
*Crete, Praisos, stater, c. 350 BC, naked archer (Heracles?) kneeling right, shooting from bow, rev., dove alighting left, within linear<br />
frame, 11.03g (Svoronos pl. 27, 9, same dies; BMC 3; Jameson 2134, this piece; Weber 4580, this piece), good fine and very rare<br />
£1,000-1,500<br />
Ex Walter Niggeler collection, Bank Leu and Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, 3 December 1965, lot 337. Formerly in the Jameson and Weber collections.<br />
224 227<br />
225 226<br />
Other Properties<br />
223<br />
<strong>Ancient</strong> <strong>British</strong>, Regni, Commios, silver unit, head left, rev., horse, ‘E’ above, 1.30g (S. 69; ABC 1040), good very fine; Roman,<br />
Theodosius I, siliqua, Trier mint, flan crack, good very fine; with minor coins in silver (5) and base metal (8), all recorded single finds<br />
from the Chichester area (15) £180-220<br />
224<br />
*Sicily, Syracuse, tetradrachm, c. 410 BC, by Euainetos and Eukleides, fast quadriga right with broken wheel of chariot in exergue;<br />
traces of Euainetos's signature on exergual line, rev., head of Arethusa left surrounded by dolphins; EV(kleides) below truncation, 17.06g<br />
(Tudeer 36; SNG ANS 265, same dies), obverse die flaw, otherwise good very fine £1,500-2,000<br />
‡225<br />
*Zeugitana, Carthage, electrum stater, c. 300 BC, head of Tanit left with pellet before, rev., horse standing right with two pellets<br />
below, 7.49g (Jenkins & Lewis 259ff.), edge marks from mount, minor scuffs, otherwise good very fine, toned £1,000-1,500<br />
‡226<br />
*Zeugitana, Carthage, electrum stater, c. 300 BC, head of Tanit left with pellet before, rev., horse standing right with cluster of three<br />
pellets below, 6.97g (Jenkins & Lewis 280ff.), edge smoothed from mount, very fine £700-1,000<br />
227<br />
*Thrace, Thasos, stater, c. 480 BC, satyr kneeling right carrying nymph, rev., quadripartite incuse square, 8.61g (Svoronos pl. 10, 17),<br />
very fine £600-800
228 229 230<br />
228<br />
*Macedon, Philip II (359-336 BC), tetradrachm, Amphipolis, c. 323-315 BC, laureate head of Zeus, rev., horseman right; below, laurel<br />
branch, 14.27g (Le Rider pl. 46, 12), test-mark and scuff on reverse, about extremely fine £300-400<br />
229<br />
*Macedon, Alexander III (336-323 BC), gold stater, Salamis, Cyprus, head of Athena right, rev., Nike standing left, eagle at feet,<br />
8.54g (Price 3129), scuff by nose of Athena, some other marks, otherwise about very fine £800-1,000<br />
230<br />
*Macedon, Alexander III , tetradrachm, Macedonian mint, head of Heracles, rev., Zeus seated left; cock in field to left, 16.69g (Price<br />
79), about extremely fine £300-350<br />
231 232<br />
231<br />
*Macedon, Alexander III, tetradrachm, Babylon, early posthumous, head of Heracles, rev., Zeus seated left; monogram in wreath in<br />
field and H below throne, 16.95g (Price 3704), slight reverse scuff, extremely fine £300-350<br />
232<br />
*Macedon, Alexander III, tetradrachm, Babylon, early posthumous, head of Heracles, rev., Zeus seated left; monogram in wreath in<br />
field and MI below throne, 17.06g (Price 3746), slight obverse scratch, extremely fine £300-350<br />
233 235<br />
233<br />
*Attica, Athens, tetradrachm, c. 430 BC, helmeted head of Athena, rev., owl, 16.88g, about very fine, with square countermark in<br />
reverse field £250-300<br />
234<br />
Attica, Athens, tetradrachms (2), c. 430 BC, similar type, 16.61g and 16.70g, mainly very fine, the second an Eastern imitation (2)<br />
£600-700<br />
235<br />
*Attica, Athens, tetradrachm, Eastern imitation, late 5th century BC, head of Athena, rev., owl, 16.96g, good very fine £300-350<br />
236<br />
Attica, Athens, new style tetradrachm, 133-132 BC (Thompson 833ff), very fine; and Byzantine gold solidus of Justinian I, creased,<br />
good fine (2) £300-350
Ex 237 240<br />
242 243<br />
‡237<br />
*Black Sea area, Panticapaeum, AE 20mm (3), c. 325-300 BC, bearded head of Pan right, rev., forepart of griffin left (Anokhin 111;<br />
SNG Stancomb 541), very fine to about extremely fine, with dark patinas (one piece illustrated) (3) £200-250<br />
‡238<br />
Black Sea area, Panticapaeum, AE 20mm (2), similar to previous lot; with other bronze issues of Panticapaeum (5, Anokhin 113,<br />
125, 132, 165 and 322; cf. SNG Stancomb 545, 552, 557, 614), mainly very fine, some better (7) £250-300<br />
‡239<br />
Kings of Bosporus, Aspurgus (c. AD 10-39), AE 22mm, head right, rev., bare head of Caligula right (RPC 1904), entirely tooled,<br />
very fine; AE sestertius probably of Sauromates I, curule chair, rev., HM (sic) in wreath (cf. Frovola pl. X, 26 ff var.); and late billon stater<br />
of Thothorses, year 296 (AD 299/300), 8.34g (cf. Anokhin 739); with bronzes of Phanagoria (2, Anokhin 147, 227), Sinope (Anokhin 214)<br />
and sestertius of Trebonianus Gallus, fine to very fine (7) £150-200<br />
240<br />
*Mysia, attributed to Cisthene, under the Persian satrap Orontes (4th cent. BC), diobol, helmeted head of Athena left, rev.,<br />
forepart of winged boar left; around, ΟΡΟ[Ν]Τ[Α], 1.32g (cf. Troxell, Orontes, Satrap of Mysia, SNR 60, 1981, p. 30, 4, for tetrobol),<br />
very fine, possibly unpublished, very rare £200-250<br />
241<br />
‡241<br />
*Mysia, Cyzicus, electrum stater, c. 500-450 BC, protome of horse left with tunny fish behind, rev., quadripartite incuse square, 16.06g<br />
(von Fritze -), good very fine, unpublished and apparently unique £7,000-10,000<br />
This is a previously unrecorded type for a stater of Cyzicus although it is known as a hecte, a single example of which was published by Hurter<br />
and Liewald, SNR 81, 2002, p. 33, 40.<br />
242<br />
*Caria, Mausolus (377-353 BC), drachm, laureate head of Apollo three-quarters right, rev., Zeus Labraundus; wreath in field, 2.98g<br />
(BMC 14), very fine £150-200<br />
243<br />
*Caria, Achaemenid period, c. 350-334 BC, tetradrachm, Persian King kneeling right, drawing bow, rev., Persian satrap on horseback<br />
right; behind, O; below, dolphin, 14.86g (Babelon, Perses.., 620, pl. 17, 14), flan flaw across obverse, very fine and rare £600-800
244 245 Ex 246<br />
248 249 251<br />
244<br />
*Lydia, post Croesus, c. 540-500 BC, silver half stater, lion and bull heads confronting, rev., bipartite incuse, 4.83g (Carradice 3 and 9;<br />
Rosen 663-665), slightly underweight, small obv. punch mark, good very fine £400-500<br />
245<br />
*Lydia, post Croesus, c. 540-520 BC, silver third stater, lion and bull heads confronting, rev., bipartite incuse, 3.41g (Carradice 4; Rosen<br />
666), rough surface, very fine £200-250<br />
246<br />
*Lydia, siglos, c. 500-485 BC, king kneeling right drawing bow, rev., oblong incuse, 5.27g (Carradice I-IIIa), well centred, good fine<br />
(illustrated); siglos, c. 485-420 BC, king with bow and transverse spear (Carradice IIIb); and siglos, c. 420-375 BC, king with bow and<br />
dagger (Carradice IV, B), fine to very fine (3) £250-300<br />
247<br />
Pamphylia, Aspendus, stater, c. 400 BC, two wrestlers in combat, rev., slinger and triskeles, 10.97g (SNG von Aulock 4505), very fine;<br />
Cilicia, Tarsus, Mazaeus, stater, 10.45g (SNG Levante 111), very fine but pitted; with drachms (3) of Alexander the Great, Alexander<br />
I of Syria and Mithradates II of Parthia; and denarii (3) of Hadrian, Commodus and Caracalla, fine to very fine (8) £350-400<br />
248<br />
*Pamphylia, Side, tetradrachm, c. 200 BC, head of Athena right, rev., Nike left; pomegranate in field, 16.60g (BMC 25), some reverse<br />
corrosion, good very fine and toned £400-500<br />
249<br />
*Syria, Seleucus I (312-280 BC), tetradrachm, Seleukia, laureate head of Zeus right, rev., Athena in quadriga of elephants right;<br />
above, anchor and ∆Ι, 17.47g (cf. SC 130.1; ESM 29), small reverse punch mark, very fine £400-500<br />
250<br />
Syria, Antiochus III (223-187 BC), tetradrachms (2); with tetradrachm of Lysimachus of Thrace and broad flan posthumous<br />
tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, fine to very fine (4) £400-450<br />
251<br />
*Phoenicia, Sidon, tetrashekel, c. 380 BC, galley on waves, rev., Persian King in chariot driven to left; King of Sidon, on foot, follows<br />
behind, 27.95g (BMC 17-19; Betlyon, MN 21, 16), good fine £400-500<br />
252<br />
Arabia, Nabataea, drachms of Aretas IV with Huldu, Aretas IV with Shaqilat and Rabell II with Gamilat (3); and Nabataean bronzes<br />
(8), fine, some better (13) £400-500<br />
253<br />
Arabia, Bostra, Trajan (98-117), drachm, bust right, rev., camel (SNG ANS 1158), very fine; together with denarii (9) of Nero,<br />
Vespasian, Domitian (2), Trajan (2), A. Pius, S. Severus (rev., legionary eagle) and Geta, mainly fine to very fine (10) £400-500<br />
254<br />
Arabia, Sabaeans, drachm of Athenian type with Sabaean letter on obverse (S. 6112); Himyarites, drachm, head left, rev., bucranium<br />
(S. 5710); Amdan Bayyin Yanaf, silver units (3, S. 5717); Amdan Bayyin, silver scyphate units (3, S. 5718), very fine to extremely<br />
fine; Nabataea, Aretas III, Ae 20mm (S. 6109); Aretas IV, Ae 18mm (2, S. 5699), fine to very fine; Judaea, Agrippa I, Ae prutah, year<br />
6 (S. 5567); First Revolt, Ae prutah (2, S. 5639), fine to very fine (14) £250-350
255 256 262<br />
264 265<br />
255<br />
*Parthia, Arsaces II (211-191 BC), drachm, head left in bashlyk, rev., archer seated right; eagle in field, 4.27g (Sellwood 6.1; Shore<br />
4), extremely fine £400-500<br />
256<br />
*Parthia, Mithradates I (171-138 BC), tetradrachm, bust right, rev., Heracles standing left; monogram below, 13.64g (Sellwood<br />
13.2), very fine but with corroded surfaces £300-400<br />
257<br />
Parthia, Mithradates I, drachms (3, Sellwood 9.1, 10.1 and 11.1); Artabanus I (127-124 BC), drachms (2, Sellwood 20.1 and<br />
20.4), second plugged, last lacquered, mainly very fine (5) £150-200<br />
258<br />
Parthia, Phraates III (70-57 BC), drachm (cf. Sellwood (Darius) 36; Shore 150 ff); Vonones I, drachm (Sellwood 60.5);<br />
Parthamaspates, drachm (Sellwood 81.1), very fine to extremely fine (3) £250-300<br />
259<br />
Parthia, tetradrachms (5) of Orodes II, Phraates IV (3 different varieties) and Gotarzes II (Sellwood 47.1, 51.22, 52, 54 and 65),<br />
mainly very fine (5) £400-500<br />
260<br />
Parthia, drachms of Orodes II (2), Phraates IV (3), Phraataces and Vologases VI (2) (Sellwood 47.9, 47.21, 52.10, 52.16 (2),<br />
56.6, 88.19 (2)), mainly very fine, some better (8) £200-300<br />
261<br />
Parthia, tetradrachms (5) of Phraates IV, Vardanes I, Gotarzes II, Vologases I and Pacorus II (Sellwood 54, 64.17, 65.12, 68<br />
and 73), mainly very fine (5) £500-600<br />
262<br />
*Parthia, Phraataces (c. 2 BC-AD 4), drachm, bust left between wreath-bearing Nikes, rev., bust of Queen Musa left, 3.40g<br />
(Sellwood 58.9), very fine and rare £400-600<br />
263<br />
Parthia, Vologases IV (c. 147-191), tetradrachms (2), bust left; B behind, rev., Tyche and king, dated year 466 and 500 (cf. Sellwood<br />
84.16 and 84.119), first good very fine, second about very fine; Vologases V, tetradrachm, year 509 (cf. Sellwood 87.16), small flan,<br />
very fine (3) £200-250<br />
264<br />
*Parthia, Vologases V (c. AD 191-208), drachm, facing bust with pointed beard and hair in bunches, rev., archer seated right, 3.58g<br />
(Sellwood 86.4; Shore 449), good very fine and toned, rare £300-400<br />
265<br />
*Elymais, Kamnaskires V, silver drachm, bust left with pointed beard, rev., bust left with short beard, 3.30g (cf. Alram 464), fine and<br />
rare £150-200<br />
266<br />
Elymais, Kamnaskires VI, base tetradrachms (3), very fine; and later Elymaic small bronzes (11), fine, some better (14) £200-300
267 268<br />
272 278<br />
267<br />
*Characene, Apodakos (c. 110-100 BC), tetradrachm, bust right, rev., Heracles seated left; unclear date, 15.84g (cf. Alram 496),<br />
very fine and rare £400-600<br />
268<br />
*Characene, Apodakos, tetradrachm, similar type but dated year 209 of the Seleucid era (104/103 BC), 16.07g (cf. Alram 496), almost<br />
very fine and rare £500-700<br />
269<br />
Characene, Attambelos I (c. 47-24 BC), tetradrachm, year 275 (38/7 BC), and others (2), unclear dates, fine to very fine;<br />
Theonesios I, tetradrachm, date mostly off flan, reverse double struck, very fine (4) £400-500<br />
270<br />
Characene, Attambelos III (c. AD 53-72), base tetradrachm, year 365 (53/4), good very fine; another, fair; and tetradrachms of<br />
Attambelos III or IV (4), fine (6) £150-200<br />
271<br />
Characene, base tetradrachms of Obadas, Meredates (dated year 454 = 142/3) and Maga; and another, uncertain ruler, fine to very<br />
fine (4) £200-300<br />
272<br />
*Persis, Vahbarz/Oborzos (3rd cent. BC), drachm, head right in satrapal headdress, rev., fire altar flanked by king and standard,<br />
4.26g (Alram 527), very fine, obverse weak but reverse unusually clear £300-500<br />
273<br />
Persis, unknown king (2nd cent. BC), drachm, king's head right with rosette before, rev., fire altar flanked by king and standard,<br />
3.73g (Alram pl. 18, NB1); and drachm attributed to Darius I, 3.93g (Alram 554), both good very fine (2) £250-300<br />
274<br />
Persis, Darius II (1st cent. BC), drachm and hemidrachm (Alram 564 and 565); drachms of Artaxerxes II (cf. Alram 570) and<br />
Namopat (Alram 603); diobols of unknown king II (cf. Alram 619), mainly very fine or better (6) £300-400<br />
275<br />
Persis, Darius II, drachm (Alram 564); drachms of Artaxerxes II (Alram 570 - overstruck on a Republic denarius with serrated edge),<br />
Oxathres (Alram 582); hemidrachms of Namopat (2, Alram 601 and 604) and Manchithr III (cf. Alram 646 for drachm); and diobol<br />
(1.22g) of unknown king (cf. Alram 621), mainly very fine (7) £400-500<br />
276<br />
Persis, Artaxerxes II (1st cent. BC), drachm, 3.82g (Alram 570), good very fine, reverse weak; drachms of Oxathres (Alram 579) and<br />
Namopat (2, Alram 599) and diobol (1.25g) of Pakorus I (Alram 589), mainly good very fine, some with weaknesses (5) £400-500<br />
277<br />
Indo-Parthian, the Sacaraucae, Otannes (1st cent BC), drachms (3), with his countermark on a local drachm of his predecessor<br />
Tanlismiadates and Lady Raggodeme (Mitch. 608), and on Parthian drachms of Orodes I and Phraates III (Mitch. 609 and 610), generally fine<br />
(3) £300-400<br />
278<br />
*Sasanian, Ardashir I (224-240), drachm, Parthian style bust right, rev., fire altar, 3.68g (SNS IIa/3a; Göbl 6), very fine and rare<br />
£250-300
280 284<br />
287 288<br />
279<br />
Sasanian, Ardashir I, drachms (2, Göbl 10) and hemidrachm (Göbl 11), one drachm with fragmentary edge; Shapur II, drachms (3,<br />
Göbl 23), one pierced; Varhran I, drachm (Göbl 45), mainly very fine (7) £300-400<br />
280<br />
*Sasanian, Ardashir I, AE 8 chalkoi, busts of king and prince face to face, rev., fire altar, 12.64g (SNS VIII/3a; Göbl 20), good fine<br />
£150-200<br />
281<br />
Sasanian, a group of obols comprising Ardashir I with Parthian style bust (SNS IId/3a; Göbl -), Ardashir I with normal bust (Göbl<br />
12), Shapur I (Göbl 25), Varhran I (Göbl 43) and Varhran II with busts of king and queen facing heir (Göbl 65), second and fourth<br />
with edges chipped, fine to very fine (5) £500-600<br />
282<br />
Sasanian, obols of Ardashir I (2, Göbl 12), Shapur I (3, Göbl 25), Varhran II with busts of king and queen facing heir (2, Göbl 65);<br />
and another of a later uncertain ruler, mainly fine, some better (8) £300-500<br />
283<br />
Sasanian, drachms of Ardashir I (Göbl 10), Shapur I (Göbl 23, edge chipped) and Hormazd II (Göbl 85), very fine (3) £250-300<br />
284<br />
*Sasanian, Varhran II (276-293), drachm, busts of king and queen facing heir, rev., fire altar and attendants, 4.07g (Göbl 68),<br />
extremely fine £200-250<br />
285<br />
Sasanian, Narses (293-303), drachm, 3.73g (Göbl 76); Hormazd II (303-309), drachm, 3.15g (Göbl 85), very fine, slightly clipped<br />
(2) £200-250<br />
286<br />
Sasanian, drachms of Shapur II (7), Shapur III (4) and Varhran IV (9), many very fine (20) £200-300<br />
287<br />
*Sasanian, Shapur III (383-388), gold dinar, Sind mint, crowned bust of king right with inscription before face, rev., fire altar and<br />
attendants, 7.30g (cf. Paruck 265), about very fine/fine and rare £2,500-3,000<br />
288<br />
*Sasanian, Zamasp (497-499), drachm, bust of king facing heir, year 2 VH (Veh-Ardashir), 4.05g (Göbl 180; Mitch. ACW 1007),<br />
extremely fine £150-200<br />
289<br />
Sasanian, drachms of Yazdegard I (18), Kavad I (2), Khusru I (10) and Hormazd IV (19), mainly very fine (49) £350-400<br />
290<br />
Sasanian, Khusru II (591-628), drachms (10), one with a Hephthalite countermark, mainly extremely fine (10) £200-250<br />
291<br />
Sasanian, Khusru II, drachms (23); Ardashir III, drachms (2), many of the coins of Khusru II with old black ink inscriptions, a few<br />
corroded, mainly very fine (25) £250-350
292 293<br />
294 295<br />
296 297<br />
292<br />
*Sasanian, Queen Buran (629-631), drachm, year 1, WYHC, 3.36g (Malek and Curtis, NC 1998, 122, 15; Göbl I/1), slightly clipped,<br />
very fine and rare £500-700<br />
293<br />
*Sasanian, Queen Buran, drachm, year 2, SK (Sijistan), 3.64g (Malek and Curtis, 121, 12), very fine £250-350<br />
294<br />
*Sasanian, Queen Buran, drachm, year 2, SK (Sijistan), with Hephthalite countermark, 2.88g (Malek and Curtis, 121, 12), slightly<br />
clipped, good very fine £250-350<br />
295<br />
*Sasanian, Hormazd V (631-632), drachm, year 2, MI (Meshan), 3.71g (Göbl 230; Mitch. ACW 1245), extremely fine £300-400<br />
296<br />
*Kushano-Sasanian, Varhran Kushanshah (4th cent. AD), gold stater, king standing left, rev., Siva and bull, 7.80g (Göbl,<br />
Dokumente, pl. 3, VIII, 1), extremely fine £700-1,000<br />
297<br />
*Alchon Huns, Khingila (c. 440-490), electrum stater, king standing left, rev., plain, 7.11g (Göbl, Dokumente, pl. 26, 85; Mitch.<br />
1420), very fine £400-500<br />
298<br />
Hephthalites, drachms (4) in name of Shahi Mepame (cf. Mitch. ACW, 1442), Napki Malik (2, Mitch. 1491 and 1502) and Sri Sahi (Mitch.<br />
1536), mainly very fine, the last better (4) £150-200<br />
299<br />
Turko-Hephthalites, drachms (3) in the name of Vasu Deva, with two countermarks (Mitch. ACW, 1561), Vasu Deva and Mardanshah<br />
(Mitch. 1563) and Shahi Tigin (Mitch. 1566), very fine (3) £200-300
300 301<br />
303 304<br />
305 307<br />
300<br />
*Indo-Sasanian, electrum dinar, Sind, c. 5-6th cent., bust right, rev., fire altar, 6.80g, good fine £150-200<br />
301<br />
*Indo-Sasanian, electrum dinar, Sind, c. 5-6th cent., bust right, rev., fire altar, 6.93g, good fine £150-200<br />
302<br />
Bactria, Euthydemus I (c. 230-200 BC), tetradrachm, bust right, rev., seated Hercules, 15.82g (Bop. series 9; Mitch. 94), pitted,<br />
tooled, about very fine; Euthydemus II (c. 190-185 BC), tetradrachm, bust right, rev., Hercules standing, 15.86g (Bop. series 1, 2-<br />
3; Mitch. 113), pitted, fine (2) £250-300<br />
303<br />
*Bactria, Antimachus I Theos (c. 185-170 BC), tetradrachm, bust right wearing kausia, rev., Poseidon standing facing, holding trident<br />
and palm, 16.55g (Bop. series 1, 1-2; Mitch. 124f), some corrosion on obverse, otherwise extremely fine £800-1,000<br />
304<br />
*Bactria, Antimachus I Theos, tetradrachm, as previous type, 15.04g (Bop. series 1, 1-2; Mitch. 124f), corroded and with some tooling,<br />
very fine £200-300<br />
305<br />
*Bactria, Eucratides (c. 170-145 BC), tetradrachm, helmeted head right, rev., the Dioscuri riding right, 16.09g (Bop. series 6, 29;<br />
Mitch. 177ee), about very fine £200-250<br />
306<br />
Bactria, Eucratides, tetradrachm, similar to previous lot, 16.81g (Bop. series 6, 41-42; Mitch. 177e), about very fine £200-250<br />
307<br />
*Bactria, Heliokles I (c. 145-130 BC), tetradrachm, diademed bust right, rev., Zeus standing facing, 16.62g (Bop. series 1, 3; Mitch.<br />
284t), good very fine £300-400
308 310<br />
311 312<br />
313 314 315<br />
308<br />
*Bactria, Menander (c. 155-130 BC), tetradrachm, diademed bust right, rev., Athena Alkidemos, 9.78g (Bop. series 12, 54-55; Mitch.<br />
214c), good very fine £200-300<br />
309<br />
Bactria, Menander, drachms (5, Mitch. 215, 218 (2), 224, 225); Apollodotus I, square drachm (Mitch. 207); Philoxenus, square<br />
drachm (Mitch 218d), some lacquered, very fine or better; Antialcidas, drachm (Mitch. 277); Apollodotus II, Ae obol (Mitch. 432)<br />
and other coins in silver (1) and bronze (5), some fine (15) £250-300<br />
310<br />
*Bactria, Philoxenus (c. 100-95 BC), tetradrachm, diademed head right, rev., king on horseback right, 9.70g (Bop. series 3; Mitch.<br />
338d), dark patina, very fine £350-450<br />
311<br />
*Bactria, Apollodotus II (c. 80-65 BC), tetradrachm, diademed bust right, rev., Athena Alkidemos, 9.62g (Bop. series 3; Mitch.<br />
423b), cleaned, extremely fine £250-300<br />
312<br />
*Indo-Scythian, Azes (c. 58-12 BC), tetradrachm, Zeus standing left, rev., Nike standing right holding wreath with long fillets and<br />
palm, 9.65g (Mitch. 737), extremely fine £300-400<br />
313<br />
*India, Kushan, Kanishka I (c. 127-152), gold stater, king standing left, rev., goddess Nanashao standing right, 7.83g (Göbl 60;<br />
Mitch. 3062), good fine £200-250<br />
314<br />
*India, Kushan, Huvishka (c. 152-192), gold stater, bust of king left on clouds, rev., four-armed Siva, 8.02g (Göbl 155; Mitch. 3199),<br />
very fine £300-400<br />
315<br />
*India, Kushan, Huvishka, gold stater, bust of king left on clouds, rev., Pharro, god of good fortune, standing left holding torque (?)<br />
in extended right hand, 7.89g (cf. Göbl 206 var.), good very fine and rare £600-800
316 317<br />
323<br />
316<br />
*India, Kushan, Vasu Deva II (c. 260-300), gold stater, king standing left before altar, rev., Siva and bull, 8.04g (Göbl 528), good<br />
very fine £200-300<br />
317<br />
*India, Kushan, Kanishka II (3rd cent.), gold stater, king standing left before altar, rev., Siva and bull, 7.81g (Göbl 634), about<br />
extremely fine £250-350<br />
318<br />
India, late Kushan, Kidara (4th cent.), gold stater, king left, rev., seated goddess Ardoksho, 7.81g (Göbl 615), edge flaw, good very<br />
fine £150-200<br />
319<br />
India, Kidarite, base gold staters (6), various types, very fine (6) £200-300<br />
320<br />
India, miscellaneous ancient and medieval coins in silver (27) and base metal (28), including Kota Kula, Indo-Sasanian, Ghadaiya coins,<br />
Rajas of Kashmir, Kangra, Shahis of Kabul, fine to good very fine (55) £150-200<br />
321<br />
Southern India and Ceylon, gold padma tankas (2), probably of the Kadambas, gold fanams (10) of various dynasties, including some<br />
possibly modern imitations, silver drachms (2) of Gautamiputra Sri Satakarni, Ceylon base gold (2), other copper, potin or lead coins of<br />
Ceylon, the Satakarnis, Vijayanagar (19), fine to very fine (35) £300-400<br />
322<br />
Egypt, Ptolemy II (285-246 BC), tetradrachms (3) of Sidon (2, one scratched on obv.) and Tyre; Cleopatra VII (51-30 BC) Ae<br />
26mm, bust right, rev., eagle, corroded, with reasonably clear portrait; together with diobol of Miletus and eastern imitation of an<br />
Athenian fraction, 0.97g, fine to about very fine (6) £500-600<br />
323<br />
*Egypt, Ptolemy VI (180-145 BC), didrachm, Cypriote mint, dated year 116 = 147/6 BC, 6.72g (Svoronos 1226; Lorber, Num. Chron.<br />
2007, pp. 105ff), good very fine £200-250<br />
324<br />
Egypt, Ptolemy VI, didrachms (2), similar, Cypriote mint, dated year 115 = 148/7 BC and year 116 = 147/6 BC (Svoronos 1224 and<br />
1226), mainly good very fine (2) £400-450<br />
325<br />
Miscellaneous, ancient coins in silver (15) and bronze (3) comprising Seleucid tetradrachm of Philip, drachms of Seleucus I and<br />
Demetrius I, Syrian tetradrachms of Elagabalus, Gordian III (2), Philip I (2), Parthian drachms (2) and Roman silver (5); bronzes comprising<br />
Philip II AE 30mm of Bostra (Spijkerman 60), sestertius of Marcus Aurelius and 6 nummi of Heraclius (S. 862), mainly fine to very<br />
fine (18) £600-800
Ex 331 Ex 333 Ex 334<br />
ROMAN AND BYZANTINE COINS<br />
THE NORTH SUFFOLK HOARD OF ROMAN DENARII<br />
This hoard of 206 Roman silver coins was discovered by metal detector users John Halles and Norman Howard in April and May 2009. The coins<br />
appear to have been concealed in a small pit in the ground with no evidence of a container present. The earliest coins date to the 2nd century<br />
BC and the latest to the reign of Domitian, around AD 82-83. Of special interest are denarii of the Imperatorial period including issues of<br />
Pompey, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony as well as Imperial denarii of Augustus, Caligula, Claudius, Nero and the emperors of the Civil War of<br />
AD 68-69, Galba, Otho and Vitellius.<br />
Nine coins have been purchased by the <strong>British</strong> Museum and the remainder are offered here. A synopsis of the hoard has been published in the<br />
2010 edition of The Numismatic Chronicle, p. 409, no. 8. The coins are mainly offered in the condition in which they were discovered although<br />
some of the better preserved examples have been lightly cleaned to remove encrustation. All coins are identified in paper envelopes.<br />
326<br />
Roman Republic, denarii (48), various types from 179/170 to 42 BC (cf. Cr. 159/163, 199, 214 (2), 222, 249, 252, 277, 281 (2), 284,<br />
298, 302, 308, 316, 319, 324, 335, 337, 350A (2), 353, 354, 361, 367, 374, 378, 383 (2), 393, 394, 413 (3), 414, 415 (3), 432, 442,<br />
449, 450, 463 (3), 453, 459, 494); and a drachm of Juba I of Numidia (Mazard 84), mainly fair, a few better (49) £350-450<br />
327<br />
Pompey the Great, denarius, 49-48 BC, head of Numa Pompilius, rev., prow (Cr. 446/1); and posthumous denarii (4), 46-45 BC, helmeted<br />
head of Pompey, rev., Hispania presenting palm to Pompeian soldier (Cr. 469/1a, 1d and 1e (2)), some with punch marks, fair to<br />
good fine (4) £300-400<br />
328<br />
Julius Caesar, denarii (6), elephant, rev., sacrificial implements (2, Cr. 443/1), head of Venus, rev., Aeneas and Anchises (Cr. 458/1),<br />
head of Ceres, rev., sacrificial implements (Cr. 467/1), head of Venus, rev., trophy of Gallic arms (Cr. 468/1) and posthumous portrait of<br />
Julius Caesar, rev., Venus (Cr. 480/17), some with punch marks, mainly fair (6) £250-350<br />
329<br />
Mark Antony, denarii (5), head right, rev., trophy (Cr. 536/4), head of Jupiter Ammon, rev., Victory (2, Cr. 546/2a and 2b), head of<br />
Antony, rev., head of Octavian (2, Cr. 517/2); Domitius Calvinus (in Spain), denarius, male head, rev., sacrificial implements (Cr.<br />
532/1); Octavian, denarius, head right, rev., sacrificial implements (Cr. 538/1), mainly fair to fine (7) £350-450<br />
330<br />
Mark Antony, legionary denarii (25), of Leg III (a large fragment), IIII (2), IV (2), X, XIII, XV, XVI, XIX (possibly plated) and XX; together<br />
with others of uncertain legions (14, one broken in two), poor to about fine (25) £250-300<br />
331<br />
*Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), denarii (6), Spanish mints (RIC 33b, 51 (2), 77a, 86b, 105a), fair to fine, first coin illustrated (6) £300-400<br />
332<br />
Augustus, denarii (8), Lugdunum, rev., Caius and Lucius Caesars (RIC 207 (6), 210, 212), fair to fine, one scratched (8) £250-300<br />
333<br />
*Augustus, denarii (5), Rome (RIC 270, 314, 412, 472, 547a), fair to good fine, last with encrustation on reverse, second coin illustrated<br />
(5) £300-400<br />
334<br />
*Tiberius (14-37), denarii (4), rev., PONTIF MAXIM, Livia as Pax seated right (RIC 30), patchy toning, fine to about very fine, one illustrated<br />
(4) £400-500<br />
335<br />
Tiberius, denarii (7), similar (RIC 26 (2), 28 (2), 30 (3)), three pitted, some fine (7) £250-300<br />
336<br />
Tiberius, denarii (7), similar (RIC 30), one test marked, one underweight (2.28g) and possibly plated, another pitted, some fine (7)<br />
£250-300
337 340 342<br />
343 346<br />
337<br />
*Caligula (37-41), denarius, Lugdunum, 37, bare head of Caligula right, rev., bust of Agrippina Senior right, 3.72g (RIC 8; BMC 8;<br />
Giard 12), somewhat off-centre, about very fine and rare (lightly cleaned) £800-1,000<br />
338<br />
Claudius (41-54), denarius, rev., Pax-Nemesis (RIC 10ff.), encrusted, good fine; and denarius in the name of Nero as Caesar (50-54),<br />
young head left, rev., sacrificial implements (RIC 77), lightly scratched, good fine (2) £150-200<br />
339<br />
Nero (54-68), denarii (5), rev., Virtus, emperor, Concordia and Salus (2) (RIC 26ff, 47, 49, 67), one of the last a large fragment, generally<br />
good fine or slightly better (5) £300-350<br />
340<br />
*Civil Wars (68-69), attributed to the revolt of Vindex in Gaul, 68, anonymous denarius, Vienne, [MARS] VLTOR, helmeted bust of<br />
Mars right, rev., SIGNA P-R, legionary eagle and altar between standards, 3.47g (RIC 51; BMC 40; C 406), some light scratches, very fine<br />
and rare £600-800<br />
341<br />
Galba (3 April 68-15 January 69), denarius, rev., S PQROBCSwithin oak wreath, 3.30g (RIC 167), good fine £100-120<br />
342<br />
*Otho (15 January-17 April 69), denarius, head right wearing wig, rev., SECVRITAS P R, Securitas standing left, 3.37g (RIC 8; BMC 18),<br />
light scratch before portrait, minor marks, about extremely fine (lightly cleaned) £600-800<br />
343<br />
*Vitellius (2 January-20 December 69), denarius, laureate head right, rev., Concordia seated left, 3.16g (RIC 73; BMC 7), flan lamination<br />
below Concordia, minor marks, about extremely fine (lightly cleaned) £250-300<br />
344<br />
Vitellius, denarii (2), rev., LIB[ERTAS] RESTITVTA, Libertas standing, 3.00g (RIC 81; BMC 13), light marks, punch mark in reverse field, good<br />
very fine; and rev., dolphin on tripod (RIC 86; BMC 17), light scratches, very fine (2) £300-400<br />
345<br />
Vitellius, denarii (5), rev., dolphin on tripod (2, RIC 86 and 109), Concordia (2, RIC 90) and Libertas (RIC 105), mainly fine or good<br />
fine (5) £350-400<br />
346<br />
*Vespasian (69-79), denarius, uncertain mint, c. 69-71, laureate head right, rev., PACIS EVENT, Bonus Eventus standing left, 3.44g (RIC<br />
1374; BMC 421; Sp. 2263), about very fine and very rare £150-200<br />
An early issue of Vespasian with a reverse borrowed from one of Galba's Spanish issues of the Civil War (as RIC 4-6).<br />
347<br />
Vespasian, denarius, 70, rev., Pax seated left (RIC 29); and denarius, 76, of Titus as Caesar, rev., Jupiter standing facing (RIC 874),<br />
about extremely fine (lightly cleaned) (2) £200-300<br />
348<br />
Vespasian, denarii (18), 70-71, rev., Judaea (reverse encrusted), Fortuna (4, one a fragment), Aequitas, Mars (a fragment), Pax standing<br />
(2), Pax seated (6, one broken in two), Mars (cracked), sacrificial implements and Vesta (RIC 2, 19 (4), 21, 23, 27 (2), 29 (6), 39,<br />
43, 46), mainly fine to about very fine (18) £250-300
350<br />
351 352<br />
349<br />
Vespasian, denarii (5), 72-73, rev., sacrificial implements (2), Vesta seated, Vesta standing, Victory (RIC 356 (2), 359, 360, 362);<br />
denarii (3), 73, rev., Salus, S PQRin wreath, emperor seated (RIC 513, 514, 545/6, the latter a fragment); denarius, 74, rev., emperor<br />
(RIC 702, a fragment); denarii (4), 75, rev., Pax (3), Victory (RIC 772 (3), 776); denarius, 76, rev., Jupiter (RIC 849); denarii (4), 77-<br />
78, rev., Mars (2, one a fragment), Mars and corn ear, sow (RIC 937 (2), 939, 982); Domitian, as Caesar, denarii (5), 76-78, rev.,<br />
Pegasus (2), Wolf and Twins (2) and emperor on horseback (RIC 921 (2), 961 (2), 957), the last two fragments; Titus, as Caesar,<br />
denarius, 77-78, rev., Mars (RIC Vespasian 948), edge fragmentary; Titus (79-81), denarius, 80, rev., elephant ((RIC 115); Domitian<br />
as Caesar (under Titus), denarius, 80-81, rev., helmet on altar (RIC 271); Domitian (81-96), denarius, 82-83, rev., Salus seated<br />
(RIC 145), mainly fine, some better, with miscellaneous associated fragments (4) (31) £350-400<br />
Other Properties<br />
350<br />
*Roman Republic, Aes Grave coinage, as, c. 225-217 BC, head of Janus with mark of value below, rev., prow right with mark of value<br />
above, 296g (Crawford 35/1; Sp. 570), small file mark at top, otherwise very fine with green/brown patina £1,000-1,500<br />
Purchased undescribed at a general auction in Hertfordshire, December 1982 (offered with photocopy of a contemporary newspaper article<br />
describing the find and including a photograph of this piece).<br />
351<br />
*Julius Caesar, denarius, head of Venus, rev., Aeneas and Anchises, 3.75g (Cr. 458/1), very fine £250-300<br />
352<br />
*Caligula (37-41), denarius, Lugdunum, 37/8, laureate head of Caligula right, rev., bare head of his father Germanicus right, 3.05g<br />
(RIC 18; BMC 19), some old knocks, otherwise very fine and rare £1,000-1,250<br />
Found at Stillington, N. Yorks, in October 2010 (PAS no. LANCUM D97B93). Possibly the most northerly find-spot recorded for a denarius of<br />
Caligula.
353 354 355<br />
362 363<br />
353<br />
*Titus (79-81), aureus, as Caesar, 74, T CAESAR IMP VESP, laureate head right, rev., PONTIF TR POT, statue of Fortuna on garlanded base,<br />
holding rudder and cornucopia, 7.32g (RIC 177a; BMC 153; cf. UBS 64, 2006, 176, same dies), from a somewhat worn obverse die,<br />
about extremely fine £2,000-2,500<br />
354<br />
*Lucius Verus (161-169), aureus, 166, L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev., VICT AVG TR P VI COS II, Victory<br />
flying left holding open diadem, 7.24g (RIC 551; BMC 424; C. 337; S. 5344), minor scratch in reverse field, almost extremely fine<br />
£2,500-3,000<br />
355<br />
*Gordian III (238-244), aureus, 241-3, IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev., VIRTVTI AVGVSTI,<br />
Hercules standing right, leaning on club, 4.77g (RIC 108; C. 401), light traces of mounting, edge slightly smoothed, about extremely fine<br />
£2,500-3,000<br />
356<br />
Denarii (8), of Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla and Plautilla; and Republican denarius of<br />
Aemilia 8 (Cr. 422/1b), very fine to extremely fine (8) £250-300<br />
357<br />
Denarii (5), of Macrinus, Elagabalus, Severus Alexander, Julia Mamaea and Maximinus I, mainly very fine or better (5) £200-300<br />
358<br />
Denarii (9), various types; and Seleucid drachm of barbarous style, fair or better (10) £150-200<br />
359<br />
Denarii (46), 1st to 3rd centuries; with antoniniani (2) and Greek drachms (2), fair to fine, a few better (50) £400-600<br />
360<br />
Antoniniani (11), of Julia Domna, Elagabalus, Gordian III, Philip I, Philip II, Trajan Decius, Herennia Etruscilla, Trebonianus Gallus,<br />
Volusian, Valerian II and Postumus; with siliquae of Gratian and Honorius; and Alexandrian billon tetradrachms of Aurelian, Tacitus and<br />
Diocletian, many very fine, some better (16) £350-450<br />
361<br />
Miscellaneous ancient coins, comprising silver (11) including Alexander drachm and denarius of Crispina, Roman AE (5), including<br />
follis of Severus II, Greek Ae (92), mainly Macedonian, Greek Imperial (30), Byzantine folles of Justinian I (2), later silver coins (12) and<br />
modern <strong>British</strong> (10), some fine (162) £250-300<br />
362<br />
*Leo II (473-474), solidus, DNLEOETZENOPPAVG, facing bust, helmeted, with spear, rev., SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Leo II and his father Zeno<br />
enthroned facing; officina Γ, 4.48g (RIC 803; Depeyrot p. 259, 98; Hahn 1c), about extremely fine and rare £800-1,200<br />
363<br />
*Zeno with Leo Caesar (c. 476-477), tremissis, D N ZENO ET LI-EONOV CAES, diademed bust right, rev., VICTOBIA (sic) AVGVSTORVM, Victory<br />
advancing, head to left; in ex., CONOB, 1.20g (RIC 907 and footnote; Depeyrot p. 261, 107, 2; Hahn 13), creased and with some reverse<br />
graffiti, good fine and very rare (see enlargement above) £500-700
364 365 366<br />
367 368 369<br />
370 371 372 373<br />
BYZANTINE COINS<br />
364<br />
*Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine (613-638), solidus, facing busts, rev., cross potent on steps; officina E, 4.50g (DO 13; S.<br />
738), partly weak, about extremely fine £250-300<br />
365<br />
*Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, solidus, facing busts, rev., cross potent on steps; officina Θ, 4.45g (DO 13; S. 738), about<br />
extremely fine £250-300<br />
366<br />
*Heraclius with Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas (638-641), solidus, three standing figures, rev., cross potent on steps<br />
flanked by Heraclius monogram and I; officina S and with + following CONOB, 4.39g (DO 37; S. 762), light rev. graffiti, about extremely<br />
fine £250-300<br />
367<br />
*Heraclius with Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas, solidus, similar, cross flanked by Heraclius monogram and IB monogram;<br />
officina Γ, 4.46g (DO 41; S. 767), graffiti in form of A on rev., good very fine £250-300<br />
368<br />
*Heraclius with Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas, solidus, similar, cross flanked by Heraclius monogram and IB monogram;<br />
officina S, 4.37g (DO 41; S. 767), some double striking and rev. graffiti, good very fine £250-300<br />
369<br />
*Constans II (641-668), solidus, facing bust with short beard, rev., cross potent on steps; officina E; in right field, S, 4.45g (DO 7;<br />
S. 944), slight marks, good very fine £250-300<br />
370<br />
*Constans II, solidus, facing bust with long beard, rev., cross potent on steps; officina S, 4.36g (DO 19; S. 956), good very fine<br />
£250-300<br />
371<br />
*Constans II, solidus, similar; officina Z retrograde, 4.41g (DO 19; S. 956), good very fine £250-300<br />
372<br />
*Constans II and Constantine IV (654-659), solidus, two facing busts, rev., cross potent on steps; officina Θ, 4.38g (DO 25; S.<br />
959), good very fine £250-300<br />
373<br />
*Constans II and Constantine IV, solidus, similar; officina ∆; below, CONOBI, 4.41g (DO 26; S. 960), good very fine £250-300
374 375<br />
376 377<br />
378 379<br />
374<br />
*Byzantine solidi (5), of Phocas (S. 618), Heraclius with Heraclius Constantine (2, S. 738, 739) and Heraclius with Heraclius<br />
Constantine and Heraclonas (2, S. 758, 764), mainly very fine (5) £1,000-1,200<br />
375<br />
*Byzantine solidi (5), of Phocas (S. 620), Heraclius with Heraclius Constantine (2, S. 738, 751) and Heraclius with Heraclius<br />
Constantine and Heraclonas (2, S. 767, 769), mainly very fine (5) £1,000-1,200<br />
376<br />
*Byzantine solidi (5), of Heraclius with Heraclius Constantine (2, S. 738, 751) and Heraclius with Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas<br />
(3, S. 759,764, 769), mainly very fine (5) £1,000-1,200<br />
377<br />
*Byzantine solidi (5), of Heraclius with Heraclius Constantine (S. 738), Heraclius with Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas (2, S.<br />
764, 769), and Constans II (2, S. 939, 956), mainly very fine (5) £1,000-1,200<br />
378<br />
*Byzantine solidi (5), of Heraclius with Heraclius Constantine (S. 739), Heraclius with Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas (2, S.<br />
764, 769) and Constans II (2, S. 949, 956), mainly very fine (5) £1,000-1,200<br />
379<br />
*Byzantine solidi (5), of Heraclius with Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas (3, S. 759, 763, 769) and Constans II with Constantine<br />
IV (2, S. 959), mainly very fine (5) £1,000-1,200
380 381<br />
382 383<br />
384<br />
380<br />
*Byzantine solidi (5), of Heraclius with Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas (2, S. 764, 767), Constans II (2, S. 955, 956) and<br />
Constans II with Constantine IV (S. 959), mainly very fine (5) £1,000-1,200<br />
381<br />
*Byzantine solidi (5), of Heraclius with Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas (3, S. 764, 767, 769), Constans II (S. 956) and Constans<br />
II with Constantine IV (S. 959), mainly very fine (5) £1,000-1,200<br />
382<br />
*Byzantine solidi (5), of Heraclius with Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas (4, S. 763, 764, 767, 769), and Constans II with<br />
Constantine IV (S. 959), mainly very fine (5) £1,000-1,200<br />
383<br />
*Byzantine solidi (3), of Constans II, with young and older portraits (S. 955, 956) and Constans II with Constantine IV (S. 959), mainly<br />
very fine (3) £600-700<br />
384<br />
*Byzantine, bronze uncia weight, incised with crude facing bust of an emperor surrounded by three crosses, 26.01g, very fine<br />
£200-300<br />
END OF SECOND SESSION
SESSION THREE<br />
Starting at 2.30pm<br />
ISLAMIC COINS<br />
386 387<br />
391 393<br />
ARAB-SASANIAN COINAGE<br />
385<br />
Anonymous, drachm, Yazdgerd III type, SK (Sijistan) 20ye, 2.73g; Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, drachm, BYŠ (Bishapur) 54h, 3.13g, about<br />
very fine and good very fine (2) £100-120<br />
386<br />
*`Abdallah b. `Amir, drachm, BN (unidentified mint) 42h, 3.48g, some peripheral corrosion, otherwise very fine and extremely rare,<br />
believed to be an unrecorded date for this mint £200-250<br />
387<br />
*Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, drachm, MY (Maysan) 53h, 3.35g (Qatar I, 52), with countermark in first obverse marginal quadrant, good very<br />
fine and rare £150-200<br />
388<br />
Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, drachms (3), BYŠ 54h, DA 43YE, DAP 43YE, 3.12, 3.97, 4.07g (SICA I, 150, 239, 267), very fine to good very<br />
fine (3) £150-200<br />
389<br />
`Ubaydallah b. Ziyad, drachms (6), BCRA (Basra) 57h, 59h, 60h, 61h, 62h, 63h, 4.07, 4.14, 3.90, 3.99, 3.50, 3.78g (SICA I, 52, 57ff,<br />
59ff, 77ff, 87ff, 95), good very fine to extremely fine (6) £250-300<br />
390<br />
`Ubaydallah b. Ziyad, drachms (8), DA (Darabjird) 50, 51YE; SK (Sijistan) 56h; BCRA (Basra) 59h, 60h, 61h, 62h, 63h (SICA I, 252,<br />
254ff, 365, 58, 59ff, 77ff, 87ff, 95), mainly very fine or better, in envelopes with identifications (8) £350-400<br />
391<br />
*`Ubaydallah b. Ziyad, drachm, GD (Jayy) 63h, 4.11g (SICA I, 298), toned, almost extremely fine and scarce £150-200<br />
392<br />
`Ubaydallah b. Ziyad, drachms (7), KRMAN (Kirman) 58h; NY (Nihawand) 57h; SK (Sijistan) 56h; BCRA (Basra) 59h, 60h, 61h, 62h<br />
(SICA I, 308, - [Walker p.66, ETN. 13], 365, 58, 66ff, 77ff, 87ff), first clipped, second hoard-stained and with some corrosion, generally<br />
fine to very fine (7) £300-400<br />
393<br />
*`Ubaydallah b. Ziyad, drachm, KRMAN-BN (uncertain location in Kirman) 63h, 3.89g, light scratches and some dark staining, otherwise<br />
good very fine and rare, apparently unpublished £200-300
394<br />
*`Ubaydallah b. Ziyad, drachm, SYWN (or ZRGWN) 60h, 3.99g (SCC 74), extremely fine, rare £200-300<br />
395<br />
`Abdallah b. Khazim, drachms (2), both MRW (Marw), dated 66h, 4.03g (SICA I, 335), almost extremely fine, and date unclear (possibly<br />
63h), 2.82g (cf Walker p.90, 167), chipped, flan buckled, fine (2) £150-200<br />
First ex CNG auction 58, lot 839.<br />
394 396<br />
398 402<br />
396<br />
*Salm b. Ziyad, drachm, MRW-RWT (Marw al-Rudh) 70h, 3.34g (Walker 148-149), Hephthalite countermark in obverse margin, good<br />
very fine and rare £300-400<br />
397<br />
Talha b. `Abdallah, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 64h, 4.03g (SCC 86), about extremely fine and rare £300-400<br />
398<br />
*Talha b. `Abdallah, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 65h, 3.52g, edge chipped, two countermarks in obverse margin, otherwise very fine and<br />
extremely rare, believed to be an unpublished date for this governor £500-700<br />
399<br />
`Abdallah b. al-Zubayr, drachms (3), DA (Darabjird) 56YE, 59YE, and DA+RA 60YE, 3.97, 4.04, 4.14g (SICA I, 257 var., 260, - [Walker<br />
p.35, 47]), about extremely fine (3) £200-250<br />
Ex CNG auction 45, lot 728, and auction 47, lots 719 and 721 respectively.<br />
400<br />
`Abdallah b. al-Zubayr, drachms (4), DA+P (Fasa) 54YE, DAP 56YE, DA (Darabjird) 59YE, DA+P 60YE, 3.90, 3.37, 4.09, 3.92g (SICA<br />
I, 270 var.; 271, 259, - [SCC 75]), very fine to extremely fine (4) £200-250<br />
401<br />
`Abdallah b. al-Zubayr, drachms (3), KRMAN-NAR (Narmashir) 67h (with lillah countermark); TART (Tawwaj) 67h; YZ (Yazd) 69h,<br />
3.67, 3.25, 2.61g (SICA I, - , 388, 486), last clipped, fine to very fine, all scarce (3) £150-200<br />
402<br />
*`Abdallah b. al-Zubayr, drachm, ‘YZB’ (probably a variant of YZ for Yazd) 63h, with symbol in third quadrant, 3.87g (cf SICA I, 486ff),<br />
minor surface deposit, otherwise good very fine £250-300<br />
403<br />
`Umar b. `Ubaydallah, drachms (5), ART (Ardashir Khurra) 68h, 70h; BYŠ (Bishapur) 67h, 68h, 70h, 3.80, 4.03, 3.74, 3.91, 3.84g<br />
(SICA I, 19, 25, 156, 159, 174), second ex-mount, generally very fine to good very fine (5) £250-300<br />
404<br />
al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra, drachms (4), ART (Ardashir Khurra) 76h, 3.79g (SICA I, 35), pierced, very fine; BYŠ (Bishapur) 75h, 3.84g<br />
(SICA I, 199ff), good very fine; DA (Darabjird) 76h, 4.10g (SICA I, 262ff), deposit on reverse, almost very fine; ST (Istakhr) 76h, 3.63g<br />
(SCC 165), fine and rare (4) £200-300
405 406<br />
407 408<br />
409 410<br />
405<br />
*Muqatil b. Misma`, drachm, BYŠ (Bishapur) 73h, 3.91g (SICA I, 190), fine scratches and minor staining in margins, otherwise good<br />
very fine £200-250<br />
406<br />
*`Abd al-Aziz b. `Abdallah, drachm, TART (Tawwaj) 74h, 3.66g (SICA I, 390), some horn silver in margins, very fine £200-250<br />
407<br />
*al-Qatari b. al-Fuja`a, drachm, ART (Ardashir Khurra) 75h, 3.58g (Walker p.112, N.2; SICA I, 32), reverse with patch of hoard-staining and<br />
slightly double-struck, otherwise good very fine and rare £1,000-1,200<br />
408<br />
*al-Qatari b. al-Fuja`a, drachm, BYŠ (Bishapur) 75h, 3.73g (Walker 219; SICA I, 193-198), cleaned, very fine £600-800<br />
409<br />
*al-Qatari b. al-Fuja`a, drachm, BYŠ (Bishapur) 75h, similar to the last, 2.56g, clipped, cleaned, otherwise very fine £300-400<br />
410<br />
*al-Qatari b. al-Fuja`a, drachm, BYŠ (Bishapur) 75h, similar to the last, 2.87g, clipped, cleaned, some deposit, otherwise very fine<br />
£300-400<br />
411<br />
*Later Khusraw II type, drachm, Dimashq 74h, standard bust of Khusraw II with his name in Pahlawi before, in outer margin in<br />
Arabic: bismillah | la ilaha illa Allah wa- | hdahu Muhammad | rasul Allah, rev., fire-altar with attendants, to right: Dimashq (in Arabic);<br />
to left: arbat wa saba`in, 3.73g (cf Walker p.23, DD.1; cf ANS 1971.316.35), some deposit in centre of reverse, otherwise almost<br />
extremely fine and extremely rare (see also back cover illustration) £15,000-20,000<br />
Apparently an unpublished variety of this important transitional issue, with a different spacing of the legends in the obverse margin and the unit<br />
of the date written arb`at with a final ta marbuta.
412 414<br />
415 416<br />
417 418<br />
412<br />
*al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf, drachm, BYŠ (Bishapur) 77h, with legends arranged radially in obverse margin and pellets to left and right of<br />
crown, 3.51g (SICA I, 216), good fine £500-700<br />
413<br />
al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf, drachms (3), BYŠ (Bishapur) 79h, 80h, 81h, 3.43, 4.03, 3.89g (SICA I, 222ff, SICA I, 226ff, Walker p.120, Th.17),<br />
first pierced, last plugged, fine to very fine, in envelopes with identifications (3) £150-200<br />
414<br />
*al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf, drachm, TART (Tawwaj) 77h, 3.95g (cf SICA I, 393 [78h]), traces of mounting, otherwise almost very fine and<br />
rare £400-600<br />
415<br />
*al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf, drachm, YZ (Yazd) 81h, 3.72g (cf SICA I, 493 but apparently lacking the Pahlawi name MNSWR in third obverse<br />
marginal quadrant), about fine, rare £400-500<br />
416<br />
*`Amr b. Laqit, drachm, GRM-KRMAN (uncertain location in Kirman) 83h, with `Amr Allah in third obverse marginal quadrant, 4.11g<br />
(SCC 188), good very fine and very rare £500-700<br />
417<br />
*Eastern Sistan Series, Khalid, drachm, blundered mint and date, governor’s name in first quadrant of obverse margin, 3.78g (Album<br />
84), extremely fine and very rare thus £200-300<br />
418<br />
*Eastern Sistan Series, Ishaq, drachm, similar type to the last, 3.79g (SCC 219), weakly struck but almost extremely fine for issue<br />
and rare thus £150-200<br />
419<br />
Arab-Sasanian fulus (8), various types, fair to fine (8) £150-200
420 421 422<br />
424 425 426<br />
427 428 429<br />
430 431<br />
POST-REFORM UMAYYAD COINAGE<br />
420<br />
*Dinar, 78h, 4.28g (Walker 187), very light graffiti on reverse, otherwise extremely fine £400-500<br />
421<br />
*Dinar, 78h, 4.25g (Walker 187), very fine £250-300<br />
422<br />
*Dinar, 79h, 4.23g (Walker 189), about extremely fine £250-300<br />
423<br />
Dinars (2), 80h, 4.15g, fine and 92h, 4.23g, ex-mount and with punch-mark in reverse field, otherwise very fine (2) £300-400<br />
424<br />
*Dinar, 80h, rev., points below a of ahad and m of samad, 4.29g (Walker 190), light graffiti, good very fine £200-250<br />
425<br />
*Dinar, 82h, 4.23g (Walker 192), minor scrapes and die-rust, very fine or better £200-250<br />
426<br />
*Dinar, 84h, two points in lower reverse field, 4.31g (Walker 194), trifling marks on reverse and light deposit, extremely fine £250-300<br />
427<br />
*Dinar, 85h, point over kh of khams in date, 4.26g (Walker 195), light graffiti, edge shaved, otherwise good very fine and rare<br />
£300-400<br />
428<br />
*Dinar, 86h, point over d of duriba, 4.26g (Walker 197), small area of tooling in obverse field, extremely fine £250-300<br />
429<br />
*Dinar, 87h, points over d of duriba and b of sab`a in date, 4.26g (Walker 198), almost extremely fine £250-300<br />
430<br />
*Dinar, 88h, two points below i of dinar, 4.26g (Walker 199), about extremely fine £250-300<br />
431<br />
*Dinar, 89h, two points below i of dinar, 4.28g (Walker 200), minor graffiti on reverse, almost extremely fine £250-300
432 433 434<br />
435 436 437<br />
438 439 440<br />
441 442 443<br />
432<br />
*Dinar, 90h, point below b of duriba, 4.24g (Walker 201), extremely fine £250-300<br />
433<br />
*Dinar, 91h, points below s of bismillah and b of duriba, 4.25g (Kazan 15), good very fine £200-250<br />
434<br />
*Dinar, 92h, point below b of duriba, 4.24g (Walker 204), extremely fine £250-300<br />
435<br />
*Dinar, 93h, point below b of duriba, 4.30g (Walker 205), extremely fine, some lustre remaining on reverse £250-300<br />
436<br />
*Dinar, 94h, 4.26g (Walker 207), good extremely fine and lustrous £300-350<br />
437<br />
*Dinar, 95h, 4.23g (Walker 209), extremely fine £250-300<br />
438<br />
*Dinar, 96h, 4.23g (Walker 210), about extremely fine £250-300<br />
439<br />
*Dinar, 97h, 4.26g (Walker 212), about extremely fine £250-300<br />
440<br />
*Dinar, 98h, point below b of duriba, 4.24g (Walker 213), about extremely fine £250-300<br />
441<br />
*Dinar, 100h, 4.23g (Walker 216), extremely fine £250-300<br />
442<br />
*Dinar, 105h, 3.96g (Walker 224), edge smoothed, about very fine, scarce £200-250<br />
443<br />
*Dinar, 109h, 4.25g (Walker 229), some double-striking on reverse, almost extremely fine £250-300
444 445 446<br />
447 448 449<br />
450 451<br />
452 453<br />
444<br />
*Dinar, 110h, point below w of wahdahu, 4.21g (Walker 230), very faint marks on edge, good very fine £200-250<br />
445<br />
*Dinar, 111h, 4.25g (Kazan 38), extremely fine £250-300<br />
446<br />
*Dinar, 112h, 4.25g (Walker 232), about extremely fine £250-300<br />
447<br />
*Dinar, 113h, 4.21g (Walker 233), light file-marks on edge, otherwise extremely fine £200-250<br />
448<br />
*Dinar, 114h, 4.25g (Walker 234), very fine £180-220<br />
449<br />
*Dinar, 117h, 4.25g (Walker 237), good very fine £200-250<br />
450<br />
*Dinar, 122h, 4.26g (Walker 242), toned, almost extremely fine £250-300<br />
451<br />
*Dinar, 131h, 4.23g (Walker 251), good very fine £200-300<br />
452<br />
*Third-dinar, 99h, 1.41g (Walker 215), good very fine £300-400<br />
453<br />
*Third-dinar, 100h, 1.30g (Walker 217), graffiti on obverse, very fine or better £200-300
454 455 456<br />
457 458 459<br />
460 461<br />
454<br />
*Dirham, Abrashahr 80h, 1.15g (Klat 3, citing a single example in a private collection), severely clipped but with mint and date fully<br />
legible, otherwise good fine and extremely rare £4,000-6,000<br />
455<br />
*Dirham, Abarqubadh 96h, 2.25g (Klat 21), clipped, good fine/fine, rare £200-300<br />
456<br />
*Dirham, Adharbayjan 105h, triplet of pellets pointing upwards, 2.62g (Klat 24.a1), fine £120-150<br />
457<br />
*Dirham, Adharbayjan 106h, rev., triplet of pellets pointing upwards, 2.80g (Klat 25.a), very fine £200-300<br />
‡458<br />
*Dirham, Arminiya 95h, 2.87g (Klat 49), toned, minor scuffs, almost extremely fine £200-250<br />
459<br />
*Dirham, Arminiya 97h, 2.70g (Klat 51), very fine to good very fine £200-300<br />
‡460<br />
*Dirham, Arminiya 100h, 2.87g (Klat 54), toned, good very fine £150-200<br />
‡461<br />
*Dirham, Arminiya 102h, pellet bellow A and two pellets below m of Arminiya, 2.91g (Klat 56.b), extremely fine £250-300<br />
462<br />
Dirhams (27): Ifriqiya 103h; Ardashir Khurra 94h; Istakhr 92h; al-Basra 82h; Darabjird 91h; Dimashq 89h, 90h, 100h;<br />
al-Kufa 101h; Wasit 90h, 91h, 93h, 94h (2), 95h, 97h, 107h, 113h, 120h (2), 122h, 123h, 125h (2), 127h, 128h, 130h,<br />
Dimashq 90h pierced, others fine to extremely fine (27) £400-600
463 464 466<br />
468 470 471<br />
472 473 474<br />
463<br />
*Dirham, al-<strong>And</strong>alus 107h, 2.59g (Klat 120, same obverse die), some porosity, almost very fine £600-800<br />
464<br />
*Dirham, al-Basra 128h, 2.70g (Klat 175), very fine £150-200<br />
465<br />
Dirhams (3): Balkh 128h; al-Rayy 94h; Hamadhan 94h, 2.46, 2.87, 2.73g (Klat 186, 403, 671), good fine to very fine, the second<br />
piece lacquered (3) £150-200<br />
466<br />
*Dirham, al-Jazira 132h, 2.83g (Klat 228.b), good fine/very fine £200-250<br />
467<br />
Dirhams (3): Jayy 81h; Sabur 80h, 81h, 2.24, 2.69, 2.62g (Klat 255.b, 415, 417.b), fine to very fine (3) £350-450<br />
468<br />
*Dirham, Jayy 83h, 2.64g (Klat 257), with some graffiti, very fine or better and rare £600-800<br />
‡469<br />
Dirhams (2): Jayy 94h, without pellet by mint-name and Dastawa 90h, 2.84, 2.86g (Klat 262.2, 309), both cleaned, good very fine<br />
(2) £150-200<br />
470<br />
*Dirham, Dabil 85h, 2.92g (Klat 286), some horn silver, especially on reverse, very fine £800-1,200<br />
471<br />
*Dirham, Darabjird 80h, 2.81g (Klat 289), good very fine, rare £800-1,000<br />
472<br />
*Dirham, Dasht Maysan 80h, 2.58g (Klat 319), fine to good fine, rare £700-1,000<br />
473<br />
*Dirham, Sijistan 91h, 2.74g (Klat 433), good very fine £80-120<br />
474<br />
*Dirham, Sijistan 130h, four pairs of annulets on obverse, 2.75g (Klat 448.b), very fine and rare £700-1,000
475 476 477<br />
478 479 480<br />
481 482<br />
‡475<br />
*Dirham, Sarakhs 92h, 2.88g (Klat 452, same dies), minor marks, good very fine and toned £200-250<br />
476<br />
*Dirham, al-Sus 81h, 2.20g (Klat 475), good fine £250-300<br />
477<br />
*Dirham, al-Sus 94h, 2.89g (Klat 479), obverse graffiti, about extremely fine £150-200<br />
478<br />
*Dirham, Shaqq al-Taymara 79h, 2.69g (Klat 201), very fine, rare £700-1,000<br />
479<br />
*Dirham, Shaqq al-Taymara 81h, 2.94g (Klat 203), some hoard-staining, otherwise extremely fine £250-300<br />
480<br />
*Dirham, al-Furat 80h, 2.62g (Klat 502), small edge chip, surfaces corroded, fine to good fine and rare £500-600<br />
481<br />
*Dirham, Fasa 81h, 2.84g (Klat 512), cleaned, graffiti on obverse and small patch of corrosion on reverse, very fine overall and rare<br />
£700-1,000<br />
482<br />
*Dirham, al-Kufa ‘79’h, date written defectively with one ‘tooth’ missing from tis`a and two from saba`in, 2.36g, very fine, rare and<br />
unusual £1,000-1,500<br />
Although this may be an official issue of 79h with the year poorly engraved, the calligraphy seems somewhat thicker and coarser than normal<br />
and resembles other pieces with curious dates classified as North African imitations, such as coins of ‘al-Basra 40h’ (Klat 167) and ‘al-Mubaraka<br />
30h’ (Klat 568).
484 485<br />
487 488<br />
489 490<br />
483<br />
*Dirham, Mahay 99h, 2.80g (Klat 565, citing a single example), some marginal staining, otherwise better than very fine and extremely<br />
rare £5,000-7,000<br />
This is the latest date for the mint of Mahay before the issues of the Revolutionary period, struck in the late 120s.<br />
484<br />
*Dirham, Marw 84h, unit of date reads arba`, rev., marginal legend ends mushrikun, 2.80g (Klat 586.c), rough surfaces where corrosion<br />
has been removed (especially on the reverse), very fine/good fine, rare £600-800<br />
485<br />
*Dirham, Hamadhan 80h, 2.44g (Klat 663), very fine or better, rare £500-600<br />
486<br />
Dirhams (17): Wasit 89h, 90h, 92h, 93h, 94h, 96h, 97h, 99h, 104h, 105h, 108h, 109h, 111h, 115h, 119h, 123h, 124h,<br />
last with traces of horn silver, generally extremely fine (17) £250-300<br />
487<br />
*Revolutionary Period, `Abdallah b. Mu`awiya, dirham, al-Taymara 128h, 2.84g (Wurtzel 4; Klat 215), very fine £350-450<br />
488<br />
*Revolutionary Period, `Abdallah b. Mu`awiya, dirham, Jayy 129h, 2.87g (Wurtzel 17; Klat 270.a), very fine £200-300<br />
489<br />
*Revolutionary Period, al-Dahhak b. Qays al-Shaybani, dirham, al-Kufa 128h, with la hukm illa lillah in obverse margin, 2.87g<br />
(Klat 548.a), some deposit, fine to good fine £150-200<br />
490<br />
*Revolutionary Period, Abu Muslim, fals, no mint, 131h, 1.87g (Wurtzel 36; Album 208), fine, rare £150-200
491 492 493<br />
494 495 496<br />
497 499 500<br />
491<br />
*Abbasid, temp. al-Saffah (132-136h), dinar, 133h, 4.27g (Lowick 179), fine style, almost extremely fine £250-300<br />
492<br />
*Abbasid, temp. al-Mahdi (158-169h) or al-Hadi (169-170h), dinar, 169h, 4.24g (Lowick 350), about very fine £150-200<br />
493<br />
*Abbasid, al-Mu`tasim (218-227h), dinar, Misr 223h, 3.93g (Bernardi 151De), scratches in fields, fine and scarce £150-200<br />
494<br />
*Abbasid, al-Mu`tamid (256-279h), dinar, Surra man ra`a 264h, 3.95g (Bernardi 175Jc), good fine £200-300<br />
495<br />
*Abbasid, al-Mu`tamid, dinar, al-Rafiqa 273h, citing al-Mufawwid and Ahmad b. al-Muwaffaq, 3.73g (Bernardi 181Hn; Album 239.4),<br />
minor marks on edge, very fine and rare £500-700<br />
496<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir (295-320h), dinar, al-Ahwaz 309h, 4.18g (Bernardi 242Nd; Album 245.2), minor weakness, very fine and<br />
scarce £200-300<br />
497<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, al-Ahwaz 316h, 3.33g (Artuk 439; Bernardi 242Nd; Album 245.2), flat in parts, otherwise very fine<br />
£150-200<br />
498<br />
Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinars (3), al-Ahwaz 316h, Suq al-Ahwaz 317h, al-Karaj 318h, about very fine (3) £400-500<br />
499<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, al-Ahwaz 317h, 4.31g (Lavoix 1117; Album 245.2), reverse double-struck, good very fine £200-250<br />
500<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, al-Ahwaz 319h, 5.06g (Kazan 189; Album 245.2), minor weakness in margins, good very fine<br />
£200-250
501 502 503<br />
504 505 506<br />
508 510 511<br />
501<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, al-Ahwaz 320h, with the names of the heir Abu’l-`Abbas and the vizier `Amid al-dawla, 4.10g (RIC 196-<br />
198; Bernardi 243Nd; Album 248), minor double-striking on reverse, very fine £200-250<br />
502<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, Tustar min al-Ahwaz 320h, with the names of the heir Abu’l-`Abbas and the vizier `Amid al-dawla, 3.64g<br />
(Lavoix 1118; Bernardi 243Ne; Album 248), two edge splits, very fine £150-200<br />
503<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, Suq al-Ahwaz 318h, 4.39g (BMC I, 411; Bernardi 242Nf; Album 245.2), minor weakness in margins,<br />
very fine £150-200<br />
504<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, Suq al-Ahwaz 320h, with the names of the heir Abu’l-`Abbas and the vizier `Amid al-dawla, 5.32g (Artuk<br />
453; Bernardi 243Nf; Album 248), two edge splits, some weakness in margins, otherwise good very fine £200-250<br />
505<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, al-Karaj 317h, 4.31g (Bernardi 242Jf; Album 245.2), weak in parts but almost very fine and rare £400-500<br />
506<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, al-Karaj 318h, 5.39g (Bernardi 242Jf; Album 245.2), margins partly flat, some staining, otherwise very<br />
fine £250-300<br />
507<br />
Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinars (2), al-Karaj 318h; Suq al-Ahwaz 318g, 2.62, 4.18gg (Bernardi 242Jf, Nf; Album 245.2), both slightly<br />
bent, very fine (2) £400-500<br />
508<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 305h, 4.21g (BMC IX, 419g; Album 245.2), slightly creased, light scratches on reverse,<br />
good very fine and scarce £250-300<br />
509<br />
Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinars (3), Madinat al-Salam 305h, 306h, 307h, 3.64, 4.39, 4.82g (Bernardi 242Jh; Album 245.2), good fine to<br />
very fine (3) £500-700<br />
510<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 306h, rev., plain below name of caliph, 3.74g (Bernardi 242Jh; Album 245.2), edge<br />
clip, almost very fine and a rare variety £150-200<br />
511<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 307h, 3.54g (Qatar 1329; Album 245.2), edge knock, good very fine £200-250
512 513 514<br />
515 516 517<br />
518 520 521<br />
512<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 307h, similar to the last, 4.00g, some marginal weakness, very fine £200-250<br />
513<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 310h, 4.34g (Bernardi 242Jh; Album 245.2), almost extremely fine, scarce £300-400<br />
514<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 311h, 4.09g (Bernardi 242Jh; Album 245.2), minor marks, very fine or better, a rare<br />
date £400-500<br />
515<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 314h, 4.09g (Lavoix 1134; Album 245.2), some flan cracks, weak in parts, otherwise<br />
very fine, rare £250-300<br />
516<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 317h, 4.04g (Artuk 444; Album 245.2), minor weakness in margins, very fine<br />
£200-250<br />
517<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, Misr 301h, 4.11g (Bernardi 242De), about extremely fine £200-250<br />
518<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinar, Misr 302h, 4.12g (Bernardi 242De), good very fine £200-250<br />
519<br />
Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dinars (3), Suq al-Ahwaz 317h, 318h; al-Karaj 318h, 4.93, 4.18, 2.89g (Bernardi 242Nf, Jf; Album 245.2) and<br />
al-Qahir, Mah al-Basra 321h, with the name of the heir Abu’l-Qasim, 3.34g (Bernardi 277Mq; Album 250.2), second with attempted<br />
piercing, generally fine to very fine (4) £700-900<br />
520<br />
*Abbasid, al-Qahir (320-322h), dinar, Hamadhan 321h, 3.37g (Bernardi 275Mu; Album 250.1), edge chip and flan crack, otherwise<br />
very fine, rare £200-250<br />
521<br />
*Abbasid, al-Qahir, dinar, Mah al-Basra 321h, with the name of the heir Abu’l-Qasim, 5.20g (Bernardi 277Mq; Album 250.2), doublestriking<br />
on reverse, otherwise almost very fine, scarce £300-400
522 523 524<br />
525 526<br />
531 527 533<br />
522<br />
*Abbasid, al-Qahir, dinar, Mah al-Basra 321h, similar to the last, some weakness in margins, almost very fine £250-300<br />
523<br />
*Abbasid, al-Qahir, dinar, Suq al-Ahwaz 322h, 4.41g (Bernardi 278Nf), partly weak, good very fine £200-250<br />
524<br />
*Abbasid, al-Radi (322-329h), dinar, Suq al-Ahwaz 323h, 4.93g (Kazan 194; Album 254.1), good fine £150-200<br />
525<br />
*Abbasid, al-Musta`sim (640-656h), dinar, Madinat al-Salam 642h, 6.27g (BMC 505; Kazan 212), bend in flan, almost extremely<br />
fine £300-400<br />
526<br />
*Abbasid, al-Musta`sim, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 645h, 7.73g (BMC 507; Kazan 213), some marginal weakness, struck from old dies,<br />
good very fine £300-400<br />
527<br />
*Abbasid, al-Musta`sim, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 647h, 6.88g (Lavoix 1326), some weakness, very fine and scarce £300-400<br />
528<br />
Abbasid dinars (3): 145h (clipped), 200h (crimped), 206h citing `Ubaydallah b. al-Sari, mainly fine (3) £400-500<br />
529<br />
Abbasid dinars (3): 183h, 184h (2), fine to very fine (3) £400-500<br />
530<br />
Abbasid dinars (2): 185h, 199h, about very fine, the first creased, the second scratched (2) £200-250<br />
531<br />
*Abbasid, temp. al-Saffah (132-136h), dirham, Dimashq 134h, 2.81g (Lowick 589), possible attempted piercing at 2 o’clock, otherwise<br />
good fine and rare £300-400<br />
532<br />
Abbasid, temp. al-Saffah and al-Mansur, dirhams (26): Arminiya 143h; al-Basra 133h, 136h, 144h, 147h; al-Kufa 134h, 136h, 141h,<br />
146h; al-Muhammadiya 150h (2), 151h, 152h (2), 153h; Madinat al-Salam 148h, 150h, 151h, 152h (2), 156h, 157h, 158h (4), mostly<br />
very fine, a few better (26) £300-400<br />
533<br />
*Abbasid, temp. al-Mansur (136-158h), dirham, al-Hashimiya 139h, 2.79g (Lowick 1080; SCC 848), spots of horn silver, good very<br />
fine £250-300
535 536 537<br />
538 539 540<br />
541 543 544<br />
534<br />
Abbasid, al-Mahdi and al-Rashid, dirhams (50): al-Basra 162h; Madinat Balkh 186h; Madinat Jayy 162h; Madinat Zaranj 184h;<br />
Ma`dan al-Shash 190h; al-`Abbasiya 160h, 168h; al-Muhammadiya 165h (2), 166h, 183h, 188h (2), 190h (2), 192h; Madinat al-Salam<br />
160h, 161h, 162h (2), 163h, 180h, 181h, 182h, 187h (6), 188h (5), 189h (2), 190h (2), 191h (4), 192h (4), 193h (3), mainly very fine,<br />
some better (50) £400-600<br />
535<br />
*Abbasid, al-Hadi (169-170h), dirham, al-Haruniya 170h, 2.94g (Lowick 877), about extremely fine £100-150<br />
536<br />
*Abbasid, al-Rashid (170-193h), dirham, Arminiya 186h, in the name of the heir al-Amin, citing Muhammad b. Yazid, 2.92g (Lowick<br />
719), minor deposit, good very fine and rare £300-350<br />
537<br />
*Abbasid, al-Rashid, dirham, Sijistan 191h, citing `Ali and Muhammad, 2.41g (Lowick 2384 var.), weak in parts otherwise very fine,<br />
rare £120-150<br />
538<br />
*Abbasid, al-Ma`mun (194-218h), dirham, al-Muhammadiya 196h, citing Tahir b. al-Husayn and al-Fadl, 2.79g (Miles, Rayy 97C;<br />
Lowick 1933; Album 223.3A), very fine, scarce £100-120<br />
539<br />
*Abbasid, al-Ma`mun, dirham, Madinat Isbahan 204h, citing the Shi`ite Imam al-Rida as heir, 2.35g (Lowick 1541), good fine £300-400<br />
540<br />
*Abbasid, al-Mutawakkil (232-247h), donative dirham, Surra man ra`a 243h, presentation type with broad margins, 2.81g (Ilisch<br />
DI 6), creased, good fine and very rare £400-600<br />
541<br />
*Abbasid, al-Mutawakkil, dirham, Dimashq 243h, with the name of the heir al-Mu`tazz, 2.72g, creased and straightened, weak in<br />
parts, good fine/fine, very rare £150-200<br />
542<br />
Abbasid, al-Mutawakkil, dirhams (2), Dimashq 247h, Samarqand 247h, the first very fine with edge split, the second pierced but otherwise<br />
very fine and rare (2) £200-250<br />
543<br />
*Abbasid, al-Mu`tadid (279-289h), dirham, Arminiya 285h, 3.32g, about extremely fine and extremely rare, believed to be an<br />
unpublished date for the mint £300-400<br />
544<br />
*Abbasid, al-Mu`tadid, dirham, Halab 287h, 2.61g, about very fine, rare £150-200
546 547 548<br />
549 550<br />
552 553<br />
545<br />
Abbasid, al-Muktafi (289-295h), dirhams (3), Dimashq 292h, 293h, 294h, fine to very fine, all scarce (3) £300-400<br />
546<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muktafi, dirham, al-Rahba 294h, 3.15g, almost very fine, rare £150-200<br />
547<br />
*Abbasid, al-Mukfati, dirham, al-Karaj 293h, 2.90g (cf Qatar I, 2117 [dated 295h]), creased and straightened, good fine to very fine<br />
and toned, rare £200-300<br />
548<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muktafi, dirham, Misr 294h, 2.55g, flan crack on reverse, very fine and rare £150-200<br />
549<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muktafi, dirham, Makka 291h, 2.69g (SICA X, 489), obverse double-struck, otherwise very fine, rare £1,500-2,000<br />
550<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muktafi, dirham, Hamadhan 291h, citing Wali al-dawla, 3.90g (SCC 1426), edge chip, otherwise very fine and toned,<br />
rare £150-200<br />
551<br />
Abbasid, al-Muqtadir (295-320h), dirham, Arrajan 301h, 2.98g (Album 246.2), good very fine £80-100<br />
552<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, dirham, al-Rahba 297h, with the name of the heir Abu’l-`Abbas, 2.87g (cf Spink Zurich Auction 27, 1 June<br />
1988, lot 259 - same obverse die), very fine to good very fine, rare £200-250<br />
553<br />
*Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, donative dirham, Madinat al-Salam 304h, presentation type with broad outer margin, 3.04g (SCC 1544), good<br />
very fine and rare £500-600<br />
554<br />
Abbasid, al-Radi (322-329h), dirhams (2), al-Basra 327h, Wasit 325h, very fine and good very fine, both rare (2) £120-150<br />
555<br />
Abbasid dirhams (10): al-Ahwaz 309h; Samarqand 279h; al-Kufa 290h; Madinat al-Salam 282h, 307h; Misr 292h; al-Mawsil 282h;<br />
Nasibin 286h and date unclear, fine to good very fine, the second pierced, some scarce (9) £300-400
556 557 558<br />
562 563<br />
565 566<br />
556<br />
*Abbasid, al-Mahdi (158-169h), fals, Sabur, undated, in the name of the heir Musa, citing the governor Salih b. Da`ud, 3.05g (SICA<br />
II, 1497; Shamma p. 280, 3), harshly cleaned, good fine and very rare £150-200<br />
557<br />
*Abbasid, temp. al-Ma`mun, fals, Ardashir Khurra 205h, 0.77g (Lowick 707; Shamma p.267, 8), two edge splits, only fine but very<br />
rare £150-200<br />
558<br />
*Abbasid, temp. al-Ma`mun, fals, Shiraz 214h, citing al-Qasim b. Nasr and Muhammad b. Yahya, 2.47g (Shamma -), good fine, very<br />
rare £120-150<br />
559<br />
Abbasid, fulus (6): Ardashir Khurra 134h; Istakhr 140h, 149h; Sabur 145h, 167h; al-Muhammadiya?, date unclear, mostly fine, all scarce<br />
or rare (6) £250-300<br />
560<br />
Abbasid, fulus (8): Istakhr 145h, 149h (2), 159h; Jurjan 190h; Sabur 167h; Harat, date unclear; mint and date unclear, fair to very fine<br />
(8) £300-400<br />
561<br />
Abbasid, fulus (30): Ardashir Khurra (4), 167h (2) and date unclear (2); Istakhr (26), 167h (24) and date unclear (2), fine to very fine<br />
(30) £300-400<br />
562<br />
*Abbadid, al-Mu`tadid `Abbad (433-461h), dinar, al-<strong>And</strong>alus 439h, 3.60g (Album 401; Prieto 397a), creased, one small edge nick,<br />
otherwise very fine and rare £300-400<br />
563<br />
*Midrarid, al-Shakir Muhammad b. al-Fath (321-347h), dinar, 341h, without mint-name but struck at Sijilmasa, 3.85g (cf Kazan<br />
298-299), good very fine £300-400<br />
564<br />
Idrisid, Idris II (175-213h), dirham, Tudgha 179h (Album 420); Idrisid Contemporaries, Khalaf b. al-Muda` (175-176h),<br />
dirham, Tudgha 175h (Album 430), the first fine and scarce, the second very fine but with edge split (2) £150-200<br />
565<br />
*Aghlabid, Ziyadat Allah I (201-223h), dinar, 207h, citing Masrur, 4.17g (al-`Ush 17; Bernardi 124), very fine £200-250<br />
566<br />
*Almoravid, `Ali b. Yusuf (500-537h), dinar, Aghmat 500h, 4.12g (Hazard 152), very fine £300-400<br />
567<br />
Tulunid, Khumarawayh b. Ahmad (270-282h), dinars (2), Misr 273h, 277h; Fatimid, al-Zahir (411-427h), quarter-dinar, mint<br />
(Siqilliya) and date unclear, the first fine, the second about very fine with ragged edge, the last about very fine (3) £250-300
568 569 570<br />
571 572 573<br />
574 575 576<br />
568<br />
*Ikhshidid, Abu’l-Qasim Unujur (335-349h), dinar, Misr 342h, 4.19g (Bacharach 60), almost extremely fine £250-300<br />
569<br />
*Ikhshidid, `Ali b. al-Ikhshid (350-354h), dinar, Filastin 353h, 3.05g (Bacharach 193), extremely fine £300-400<br />
570<br />
*Fatimid, al-Mu`izz (341-365h), dinar, Misr 364h, 4.08g (Nicol 370), very fine £150-200<br />
571<br />
*Fatimid, al-Mustansir (427-487h), dinar, Misr 403h? (sic, legends as Nicol H1) 4.06g, decade of date omitted and unit unclear,<br />
very fine and unusual £150-200<br />
572<br />
*Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinar, Misr 440h, 4.33g (Nicol 2121), edge shaved, about extremely fine £180-220<br />
573<br />
*Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinar, Misr 440h, legends in three concentric circles, 4.06g (Nicol 2122), edge shaved, good very fine<br />
£150-200<br />
574<br />
*Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinar, Misr 444h, 4.17g (Nicol 2126), edge shaved, flan very slightly buckled, about extremely fine<br />
£150-200<br />
575<br />
*Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinar, al-Mansuriya, date unclear, rev., cross (?) in margin between inner and outer legends, 4.11g, about<br />
very fine, crude style, possibly a Crusader imitation £200-250<br />
576<br />
*Fatimid, al-Mustansir, lead weight of one wuqiyya, 33.71g (Balog, ‘Poids forts Fatimites en plomb’, Revue Belge de Numismatique<br />
105 (1959), p.184, no. 12), fair to fine and rare £150-200<br />
577<br />
Fatimid, miscellaneous quarter-dinars (9), one with edge damage, mainly fine or better (9) £300-350
578 579 580<br />
581 582<br />
583 587 584<br />
578<br />
*Crusaders, gold bezant struck in imitation of a Fatimid dinar of al-Amir, 3.27g, wavy flan, very fine £200-250<br />
579<br />
*Crusaders, gold bezant struck in imitation of a Fatimid dinar of al-Mustansir, 3.58g, accretion on both sides, good very fine<br />
£200-300<br />
580<br />
*Ayyubid, Saladin (567-589h), dinar, al-Iskandariya 584h, 3.95g (Balog 57), very fine but with some edge damage £180-220<br />
581<br />
*Governors of `Uman, Ahmad b. Halil (fl.290-305h), dirham, `Uman 301h, 4.46g (Oman -; Album F1160), ex-mount, otherwise<br />
very fine and very rare, the date believed unpublished £500-700<br />
582<br />
*Governors of `Uman, Ahmad b. Halil, dirham, `Uman 303h, 3.28g (Oman p.129; Album F1160), centres weak, otherwise very fine,<br />
rare £400-500<br />
583<br />
*Governors of `Uman, Ahmad b. Halil, dirham, `Uman 305h, 3.71g (SICA X, 458; Oman p.130; Album F1160), some weakness in<br />
margins, very fine and rare £500-700<br />
584<br />
*Governors of `Uman, Ahmad b. Halil, dirham, `Uman 305h, similar to the last, 4.30g, some weakness in margins, reverse slightly<br />
double-struck, very fine and rare £500-700<br />
585<br />
Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, 20-piastres, 1334h year 8 (Dav. 244; KM. 30), minor rim flaw, some toning, about extremely fine £100-150<br />
586<br />
Seljuq of Rum, Sulayman II (592-600h), fals, with title al-malik al-qahir (Album 1205.1), good very fine; Mangujakid of Erzincan,<br />
Fakhr al-Din Bahramshah (c. 563-622h), fals, Erzincan 579h, head to left within hexagon (Album 1892.3), fine, scarce; with Artuqid<br />
pictorial dirhams (2), types as SS 29 and 36, very fine (4) £150-200<br />
587<br />
*Artuqid, Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan (539-570h), bronze dirham, 562h, facing bust with long hair, date written vertically to left and<br />
right, rev., four-line inscription, 9.90g (SS 7), almost very fine/good fine, scarce £100-150<br />
588<br />
Artuqid pictorial bronzes (10), types as SS 19, 26, 29, 33, 34, 36, 39, 43, 46, 51, good fine to very fine (10) £200-300
592 593 596<br />
597 598 599<br />
589<br />
Artuqid pictorial bronzes (8), types as SS 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 40, 43, mainly very fine or slightly better (8) £200-300<br />
590<br />
Zangid pictorial bronzes (11), types as SS 60 (2), 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 81, 82, 83, 85 fine to very fine; Zangid of Aleppo, fals, standing<br />
figures type (Album 1850), good fine; Zangid of al-Jazira, `Izz al-din, countermark `Izz on an anonymous Byzantine follis, good<br />
fine (13) £200-300<br />
591<br />
Miscellaneous Artuqid and Zangid pictorial bronzes (31), many fine (31) £300-400<br />
592<br />
*Ottoman, Venetian zecchino of Pasquale Cicogna (1585-1595), countermarked ‘sah’ on obverse, 3.18g, host coin pierced, fine, countermark<br />
very fine, rare £400-500<br />
593<br />
*Ottoman, Suleyman I (926-974h), sultani, Siruz 926h, 3.37g (Pere 189 var.), file-mark on edge, good very fine and scarce £150-200<br />
594<br />
Ottoman, sultanis (5): Jaza`ir 926h, Halab 974h, Dimashq 982h, Siruz 926h, Misr 982h, the first pierced, otherwise fine to very fine,<br />
all with some deposit (5) £500-700<br />
595<br />
Ottoman, sultanis (3): Sidre Qipsi 926h, Qustantiniya 926h, Sidre Qipsi 982h, very fine (3) £300-400<br />
596<br />
*Ottoman, Suleyman I (926-974h), sultani, Misr 931h, 3.16g (Pere 182), minor marginal weakness, very fine and rare £250-300<br />
597<br />
*Ottoman, Murad III (982-1003h), sultani, Janja 982h, 3.07g (Pere 263), good very fine, rare £600-800<br />
598<br />
*Ottoman, Murad III, sultani, Jaza`ir 982h, 3.50g (Pere 264), weak areas on both sides, otherwise good very fine £200-300<br />
599<br />
*Ottoman, Osman III (1168-1171h), zeri mahbub, Misr 1168h, 2.59g (Pere 596), minor scuffs, extremely fine £200-250<br />
600<br />
Ottoman, Selim III (1203-1222h), zeri mahbub, Islambul 1203h, year 8; Mahmud II (1223-1255h), gold quarter-altin,<br />
Qustantiniya 1223h, with small countermark on reverse (Pere 755); Abdul Mejid (1255-1277h), gold 5-piastres, Tunis 1272h; Abdul<br />
Aziz (1277-1293h), gold 10-qirsh, Misr 1277h, year 12; Mehmed V (1327-1336h), 25-qirsh, Qustantiniya 1327h, year 4, the first<br />
pierced, two others ex-mount, otherwise very fine to extremely fine (5) £250-300<br />
601<br />
*An Ottoman oval gold seal, probably 17th century, inscribed mazhar-i feyz-i huda ola Hazan Abaza (‘May Hazan Abaza<br />
be the object of God's favour’), 10.28g, 13mm x 16.8mm and 23mm high, very fine and rare £700-1,000
602 603<br />
605 606<br />
607 608<br />
609<br />
602<br />
*Tahirid, Talha b. Tahir (207-213h), dirham, al-Muhammadiya 210h, 2.97g (Miles, Rayy 112A; Lowick 1993; Album 1393), very fine<br />
and very rare £150-200<br />
603<br />
*Dulafid, `Umar b. `Abd al-`Aziz (280-284h), dirham, Isbahan 282h, 3.03g (Lavoix 1047; Album 1400), very fine and rare £150-200<br />
604<br />
Saffarid, Muhammad b. `Amr (272-274h), dirham, Fars 273h; Abbasid, al-Mu`tamid (256-279h), dirham, Arminiya 276h;<br />
Samanid, Isma`il b. Ahmad (279-295h), dirham, <strong>And</strong>araba, date unclear; Buwayhid, Sultan al-dawla (403-412h), dirham,<br />
mint and date unclear, fine to very fine, the second badly scratched (4) £150-200<br />
605<br />
*Saffarid, `Amr b. al-Layth (265-288h), double-weight dirham, Nishapur 286h, 6.27g (Vasmer -; cf M&M Basel Auction 69, 20-21<br />
October 1986, lot 120; see note to Album 1402), very fine and very rare £250-300<br />
606<br />
*Saffarid, Tahir b. Muhammad (288-296h), dirham, Arrajan 289h, with the name of the caliph al-Muktafi, 2.38g (cf Peus Auction<br />
355, 27-29 April 1998, lot 1602 - same obverse die), about very fine, extremely rare £250-300<br />
607<br />
*Saffarid, Tahir b. Muhammad, dirham, `Uman 294h, 2.84g (Qatar III, 3630 = Sotheby’s, 27 May 1999, lot 189, same obverse die;<br />
Tübingen EA4B6 = Oman p.129), minor weakness in margins, very fine and very rare £800-1,200<br />
608<br />
*Saffarid, Kuthayyir b. Ahmad (fl. 305-306h), dirham, Sijistan 305h, 2.73g (Artuk 468; Album 1408), very fine, rare £150-200<br />
609<br />
*Saffarid, Kuthayyir b. Ahmad, dirham, Sijistan 306h, 5.67g (BMC III, 29 - same dies; Album 1408), full broad flan, extremely fine<br />
and very rare, an exceptional specimen £400-500
610 611<br />
612 613<br />
614 615<br />
616 617<br />
610<br />
*Saffarid, Ahmad b. Qudam (fl. 307-310h), dirham, Sijistan 307h, 3.24g (Qatar 2153; Album 1409), very fine, rare £200-250<br />
611<br />
*Amirs of al-Khuttal, al-Harith b. Asad (fl. 285-293h), dirham, al-Khuttal 293h, citing the Samanid ruler Isma`il b. Ahmad, 2.64g<br />
(SNAT XIVc, 1181 var.; Album B1440), edge flaws, minor weakness otherwise very fine, very rare £150-200<br />
612<br />
*Ziyarid, Mardawij b. Ziyar (315-323h), dinar, Mah al-Basra 322h, citing the Abbasid caliph al-Qahir, 3.92g (Album 1530; Bernardi<br />
280Mq), weakly struck but almost extremely fine for issue £250-300<br />
613<br />
*Samanid, Isma`il b. Ahmad (279-295h), dirham, Madinat Balkh 290h, 2.82g (SNAT XIVc, 550 - same dies), good very fine, very<br />
rare £150-200<br />
614<br />
*Samanid, Isma`il b. Ahmad, dirham, no mint name, 303h (sic), 3.99g (SNAT -), extremely fine and extremely rare £200-250<br />
615<br />
*Samanid, Ahmad b. Isma`il (295-301h), dirham, Madinat Balkh 300h, 2.89g (SNAT -; Tornberg 186), about extremely fine, very<br />
rare £150-200<br />
616<br />
*Samanid, Ahmad b. Isma`il, dirham, Banjhir 299h, 4.89g (SNAT -), very fine and very rare £150-200<br />
617<br />
*Samanid, Ahmad b. Isma`il, dirham, al-`Askar al-Banjhir 299h, 5.37g (Markov 270 var.), some edge splits, otherwise very fine,<br />
extremely rare £300-400
620 621<br />
623 624 625<br />
626 627<br />
618<br />
Samanid, Ahmad b. Isma`il, dirham, Banjhir 299h; Saffarid, `Amr b. al-Layth (265-288h), dirham, Shiraz 281h; Buwayhid,<br />
Abu Kalinjar (415-440h), dirham, Shiraz 423h, generally very fine, the last pierced, all rare (3) £200-250<br />
619<br />
Samanid, Ahmad b. Isma`il, dirhams (3): <strong>And</strong>araba 301h, al-Banjhir 299h, Nishapur 296h, very fine, the last two rare but both with<br />
edge splits (3) £250-300<br />
620<br />
*Samanid, Ishaq b. Ahmad (301h), dirham, Samarqand 301h, 2.77g (SNAT XVa, 736 - same obverse die; Album 1448), weakly<br />
struck, better than very fine, rare £300-400<br />
621<br />
*Samanid, Nasr II b. Ahmad (301-331h), donative dirham, Nishapur 305h, 2.74g, small piercing at edge, almost extremely fine,<br />
very rare £250-300<br />
622<br />
Samanid, dirhams (7): Balkh 293h; Samarqand 302h; al-Shash 283h (2), 291h (with Wali al-dawla), 293h; Nishapur 302h, very fine to<br />
extremely fine, the last scarce (7) £250-300<br />
623<br />
*Samanid, Nasr II b. Ahmad (301-331h), dinar, al-Muhammadiya 317h, 3.74g (Miles, Rayy 161; Bernardi 269Mh), some deposit,<br />
very fine or better for issue £200-250<br />
624<br />
*Samanid, Nasr II b. Ahmad, dinar, al-Muhammadiya 317h, similar to the last but with star above obverse field, 3.61g, very fine to<br />
good very fine £200-250<br />
625<br />
*Samanid, Nasr II b. Ahmad, dinar, al-Muhammadiya 318h, 2.76g (Miles, Rayy 162A; Bernardi 269Mh), small edge flaw, weak in<br />
parts otherwise very fine £150-200<br />
626<br />
*Samanid, Nasr II b. Ahmad, dinar, al-Muhammadiya 319h, 4.77g (Miles, Rayy -; Bernardi 269Mh), some surface deposits and areas<br />
of weak striking, good fine and scarce £150-200<br />
627<br />
*Samanid, Ahmad b. Sahl (fl. 301-308h), dirham, Badakhshan 302h, citing Nasr II b. Ahmad, 4.44g (SNAT -; Album B1453), some<br />
flan cracks, scratched on reverse, very fine and rare £200-250
628 629 630<br />
633 634 635<br />
636 637 638<br />
628<br />
*Samanid, Ahmad b. Sahl, dirham, Badakhshan 306h, citing Nasr II b. Ahmad, 5.40g (SNAT XIVc, 237; Album B1453), good very<br />
fine, very rare £300-400<br />
629<br />
*Samanid Rebel, Yahya b. Ahmad (fl. 319h), dirham, Naysabur 319h, 3.34g (cf <strong>Islamic</strong> Coin Auction 4, 8 May 2002, lot 380, same<br />
reverse die), good very fine and extremely rare £600-800<br />
630<br />
*Samanid, Nuh b. Mansur (365-387h), dinar, Nishapur 370h, citing Muhammad and Nasir al-dawla, 4.05g (Album 1468), very fine<br />
£150-200<br />
631<br />
Samanid, Nuh b. Mansur, dinars (2), Nishapur 375h (citing Husam al-dawla), and Nishapur 377h (citing Nasir al-dawla), 3.92, 3.41g<br />
(Album 1468), slightly clipped, very fine (2) £250-300<br />
632<br />
Samanid dinars (4), all Nishapur, 320h, 336h, 367h, and date unclear, fine to very fine, one with edge clip (4) £400-500<br />
633<br />
*Sajid, al-Afshin b. Diwdad (276-288h), dirham, Ardabil 286h, 3.21g (Album -), good very fine and extremely rare £400-500<br />
634<br />
*Sajid, Yusuf b. Diwdad (288-315h), dirham, al-Maragha 292h, 3.27g (Album 1479), cleaned, otherwise very fine and extremely<br />
rare, believed to be an unpublished date for the mint £300-400<br />
635<br />
*`Alid of Tabaristan, anonymous dinar, al-Muhammadiya 316h, 3.62g (Miles Rayy 160C), flat in parts, scratch on obverse, otherwise<br />
good fine, scarce £300-400<br />
636<br />
*Buwayhid, `Adud al-dawla (338-372h), dinar, al-Basra 372h, 4.12g (Treadwell Ba372G), good very fine £200-250<br />
637<br />
*Buwayhid, Abu Kalinjar (415-440h), dinar, `Uman 432h, 5.60g (Treadwell Um432G; Oman p.138), almost very fine £400-500<br />
638<br />
*Buwayhid, Abu Kalinjar (415-440h), donative fractional dirham, no mint or date, citing the caliph al-Qa`im, unread word in lower<br />
obv. field, 0.78g (Treadwell -), mount removed, otherwise very fine and extremely rare, believed unpublished £400-600
639 642<br />
644 645 647<br />
639<br />
*Buwayhid, al-Muluk al-Sayyidayn? b. Abu Kalinjar, dirham, Fasa 445/8h?, citing the Great Seljuq ruler Tughril Beg as overlord,<br />
obv., al-Sultan al-Mu`azzam / Tughril Beg, rev., al-Muluk al-Sayyidayn? / banua? Muhyi din Allah / Abu Kalinjar, 5.05g (Treadwell -),<br />
overstruck, weak in parts, very fine and extremely rare, believed unpublished £600-800<br />
640<br />
Ghaznavid, Mahmud (388-421h), dinars (2), Nishapur 401h, Herat 393h, first pierced but otherwise very fine, second fine (2) £200-250<br />
641<br />
Ghaznavid, Tughril (443-444h), dirham, mint (Ghazna) and date off flan (Album 1632), fine and very rare; Ziyarid, Qabus b.<br />
Wushmagir (367-403h), billon dirham, Jurjan?, date off flan (Album 1536), fine; Buwayhid, Baha` al-dawla (379-403h), base<br />
gold dinar, Suq al-Ahwaz 399h, very fine (3) £150-200<br />
642<br />
*Great Seljuq, Tughril Beg (429-455h), dinar, Nishapur 437h, 3.35g (Album 1665), some weakness, very fine £150-200<br />
643<br />
Great Seljuq, Tughril Beg, dinars (2), Nishapur 445h, 453h, first good fine, second very fine but clipped (2) £150-200<br />
644<br />
*Great Seljuq, Barkiyaruq (486-498h), dinar, Madinat al-Salam 490h, 2.51g (Album 1682), some weakness in margins, very fine<br />
£150-200<br />
645<br />
*Seljuq of Kirman, Qawurd (440-465h), dinar, Jiruft 448h, citing Chaghri Beg as overlord, 4.11g (Album 1697; cf Alptekin 216),<br />
margins a little weak, very fine or better £250-300<br />
646<br />
Khwarizmshahs, `Ala al-din Muhammad (596-617h), base gold dinars (2), no mint or date (Album 1713); Ildegizid, Shams aldin<br />
Ildegiz (531-571h), billon dirhams (2), Urmiya, dates unclear (Album 1898); Safavid, silver larin, uncertain ruler, no mint or date<br />
visible, fine to very fine (5) £250-300<br />
647<br />
*Great Mongol, Anonymous, dinar, no mint or date visible, 2.46g, crude style, some flan cracks, about very fine, rare £300-400<br />
648<br />
Ilkhanid, Abaqa (663-680h), dirhams (3), Tus, undated, obv., lion (Diler 94; Album C2130), all poorly struck, otherwise very fine or<br />
better (3) £150-200
649 650 653<br />
654 658 659<br />
649<br />
*Ilkhanid, Arghun (683-690h), dirham, Kashan 689h, rev., hawk, 1.72g (Diler 172 - this date not listed; Album 2148), very fine, a<br />
rare mint for this type £120-150<br />
650<br />
*Ilkhanid, Abu Sa`id (716-736h), dinar, Sabzawar 733h, type G, 6.14g (Diler 525), weak areas in margins on both sides, generally<br />
very fine £350-450<br />
651<br />
Ilkhanid, Abu Sa`id, 6-dirhams (3): Damghan 33 Khani, Sabzavar 33 Khani, Nishapur? 730h, fine to very fine (3) £120-150<br />
652<br />
Jalayrid, Sultan Ahmad (784-813h), silver tanka, no mint or date (Album -); Mehrabanid, Muhammad b. Abi`l-Fath (659-<br />
718h), silver dinar, Nimruz 703h (Album 2355); Safavid, Sulayman I (1079-1105h), Abbasi, Nakhjavan 1096h (Album 2666);<br />
Sultan Husayn (1105-1135h), rectangular 5-Shahi, Iravan, date unclear (Album 2677.1), about very fine to good very fine, the first<br />
rare (4) £200-250<br />
653<br />
*Kart, Mu`izz al-din Husayn (732-771h), silver half-tanka, Balad Harat, date off flan, 2.55g (Album 2350A RRR), struck off-centre,<br />
some minor marks but very fine with clear mintname, very rare £120-150<br />
654<br />
*Safavid, Isma`il I (907-930h), ashrafi, Yazd, no date visible, 3.48g (Kazan 1060; Album 2569), good very fine, scarce £200-250<br />
655<br />
Safavid, Sultan Husayn (1115-1135h), rectangular 5-shahi, Tabriz 1128h, 7.56g (Album 2677.1), almost very fine; with other <strong>Islamic</strong><br />
coins (18), mostly Abbasid dirhams but also including an Arab-Sasanian drachm of `Umar b. Ubaydallah, BYŠ 70h, and a Rum Seljuq<br />
lion-and-sun dirham, this with some deposit but almost extremely fine, others generally fine to very fine (19) £250-300<br />
656<br />
Afsharid, Nadir Shah (1148-1160h), abbasi, type A, Mashhad 1148h, chronogram reverse (Album 2748); abbasis (2), type B, Qazvin<br />
1149/1148h, 1149h (Album 2749), very fine to good very fine, all scarce (3) £150-200<br />
657<br />
Afsharid, temp. Ibrahim (1161-1162h), abbasi, Qazvin, no date visible (Album 2762); temp. Amir Arslan Khan (1161h), abbasi,<br />
Tabriz, no date visible (Album 2768), the first very fine, the second ex-mount, very fine and scarce (2) £100-120<br />
658<br />
*Zand, Karim Khan (1166-1193h), quarter-mohur, type C, Dar al-Marz Rasht 1187h (date retrograde), 2.68g (Album 2791), good<br />
very fine £150-200<br />
659<br />
*Zand, Karim Khan, quarter-mohur, type D, Darrabkhana-yi Mubarak Rikab 1178h, 2.63g (Album 2792), good very fine, rare<br />
£200-250
660 661 662<br />
660<br />
*Zand, temp. Sadiq Khan (1193-1196h), quarter-mohur, Dar al-`Ibada Yazd 1194h, 2.58g (Album 2810), peripheral weakness, very<br />
fine and scarce £300-350<br />
661<br />
*Zand, `Ali Murad Khan (1196-1199h), quarter-mohur, Dar al-Mu`minin Kashan 1198h, 2.51g (Album 2815), traces of mounting<br />
on edge, very fine and scarce £250-300<br />
662<br />
*Qajar, Nasir al-din Shah (1264-1313h), toman, Tehran 1303h, 2.82g (KM 933), extremely fine £200-250<br />
663<br />
Hotaki Afghan, Azad Khan (1163-1170h), rupi, Kashan 1170h; silver coins (9): Safavid (5), Afsharid (3), and Zand (1); copper coins<br />
(2); together with Turkey, 20-kurush (2), 1293h, 1327h, and 5-kurush 1277h, very fine to extremely fine, mostly identified in envelopes,<br />
the Azad rupi very rare (15) £200-250<br />
664<br />
Afghanistan: Durrani and Barakzai, rupees (13) and half-rupee (1) of Ahmadshahi (1), Attock (1), Anwala (1), Kabul (8), and<br />
Kashmir (2), including rupees (2) of Fath Jang; copper coins (7), mostly very fine and mostly identified in envelopes (21) £200-250<br />
665<br />
Miscellaneous silver (20) and copper (19) coins: Umayyad (5), Abbasid (1), Muwahhid (1), Seljuq of Rum (6), Ottoman (3), Saffarid<br />
(3), Chaghatayid (1), Golden Horde (1), Ilkhanid (2), Jalayrid (1), Walid (7), Timurid (2), China (3), Burma (1), unidentified (2), mostly<br />
fine to very fine, one pierced (39) £300-400<br />
666<br />
Miscellaneous copper coins (24), mostly Ilkhanid, including many pictorial types, mostly fine or slightly better, an interesting lot (24)<br />
£200-300<br />
END OF SALE
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limit the liability of M&E or the Seller for<br />
death or personal injury caused by the<br />
negligent acts or omissions of M&E or the<br />
Seller.<br />
5. Bidding at Auction<br />
(a) M&E has absolute discretion to refuse<br />
admission to the auction. Before sale,<br />
Bidders must complete a Registration Form<br />
and supply such information and references<br />
as M&E requires. Bidders are personally<br />
liable for their bid and are jointly and<br />
severally liable with their principal, if<br />
bidding as agent (in which case M&E’s prior<br />
and express consent must be obtained).<br />
(b) M&E advises Bidders to attend the<br />
auction, but M&E will endeavour to execute<br />
absentee written bids provided that they are,<br />
in M&E’s opinion, received in sufficient<br />
time and in legible form.<br />
(c) When available, written and telephone<br />
bidding is offered as a free service at the<br />
Bidder’s risk and subject to M&E’s other<br />
commitments; M&E is therefore not liable<br />
for failure to execute such bids. Telephone<br />
bidding may be recorded.<br />
6. Import, Export and Copyright<br />
Restrictions<br />
M&E and the Seller make no representations<br />
or warranties as to whether any lot is subject<br />
to import, export or copyright restrictions. It<br />
is the Buyer's sole responsibility to obtain<br />
any copyright clearance or any necessary<br />
import, export or other licence required by<br />
law, including licenses required under the<br />
Convention on the International Trade in<br />
Endangered Species (CITES).<br />
7. Conduct of the Auction<br />
(a) The auctioneer has discretion to refuse<br />
bids, withdraw or re-offer lots for sale<br />
(including after the fall of the hammer) if<br />
(s)he believes that there may be an error or<br />
dispute, and may also take such other action<br />
as (s)he reasonably deems necessary.<br />
(b) The auctioneer will commence and<br />
advance the bidding in such increments as<br />
(s)he considers appropriate and is entitled to<br />
place bids on the Seller’s behalf up to the<br />
Reserve Price for the lot, where applicable.<br />
(c) Subject to Condition 7(a), the contract<br />
between the Buyer and the Seller is<br />
concluded on the striking of the auctioneer's<br />
hammer.<br />
(d) Any post-auction sale of lots shall<br />
incorporate these Conditions of Business.<br />
8. Payment and Collection<br />
(a) Unless otherwise agreed in advance,<br />
payment of the Purchase Price is due in<br />
pounds sterling immediately after the auction<br />
(the "Payment Date").<br />
(b) Title in a lot will not pass to the Buyer<br />
until M&E has received the Purchase Price in<br />
cleared funds. M&E will generally not<br />
release a lot to a Buyer before payment.<br />
Earlier release shall not affect passing of title<br />
or the Buyer's obligation to pay the Purchase<br />
Price, as above.<br />
(c) The refusal of any licence or permit<br />
required by law, as outlined in Condition 6,<br />
shall not affect the Buyer’s obligation to pay<br />
for the lot, as per Condition 8(a).<br />
(d) The Buyer must arrange collection of lots<br />
within 10 working days of the auction.<br />
Purchased lots are at the Buyer's risk from<br />
the earlier of (i) collection or (ii) 10 working<br />
days after the auction. Until risk passes,<br />
M&E will compensate the Buyer for any loss<br />
or damage to the lot up to a maximum of the<br />
Purchase Price actually paid by the Buyer.<br />
M&E’s assumption of risk is subject to the<br />
exclusions detailed in Condition 5(d) of the<br />
Conditions of Business for Sellers.<br />
(e) All packing and handling of lots is at the<br />
Buyer's risk. M&E will not be liable for any<br />
acts or omissions of third party packers or<br />
shippers.<br />
9. Remedies for non-payment<br />
Without prejudice to any rights that the<br />
Seller may have, if the Buyer without prior<br />
agreement fails to make payment for the lot<br />
within 5 working days of the auction, M&E<br />
may in its sole discretion exercise 1 or more<br />
of the following remedies:-<br />
(a) store the lot at its premises or elsewhere<br />
at the Buyer’s sole risk and expense;<br />
(b) cancel the sale of the lot;<br />
(c) set off any amounts owed to the Buyer by<br />
M&E against any amounts owed to M&E by<br />
the Buyer for the lot;
(d) reject future bids from the Buyer;<br />
(e) charge interest at 8% per annum above<br />
Lloyds TSB Bank plc Base Rate from the<br />
Payment Date to the date that the Purchase<br />
Price is received in cleared funds;<br />
(f) re-sell the lot by auction or privately, with<br />
estimates and reserves at M&E’s discretion,<br />
in which case the Buyer will be liable for any<br />
shortfall between the original Purchase Price<br />
and the amount achieved on re-sale,<br />
including all costs incurred in such re-sale;<br />
(g) Exercise a lien over any Buyer’s Property<br />
in M&E’s possession, applying the sale<br />
proceeds to any amounts owed by the Buyer<br />
to M&E. M&E shall give the Buyer 14 days<br />
written notice before exercising such lien;<br />
(h) commence legal proceedings to recover<br />
the Purchase Price for the lot, plus interest<br />
and legal costs;<br />
(i) disclose the Buyer’s details to the Seller<br />
to enable the Seller to commence legal<br />
proceedings.<br />
If <strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong> Ltd. sells an item of<br />
Property which is later shown to be a<br />
“Counterfeit”, subject to the terms below<br />
<strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong> Ltd. will rescind the sale and<br />
refund the Buyer the total amount paid by<br />
the Buyer to <strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong> Ltd. for that<br />
Property, up to a maximum of the Purchase<br />
Price.<br />
The Guarantee lasts for two (2) years after<br />
the date of the relevant auction, is for the<br />
benefit of the Buyer only and is nontransferable.<br />
“Counterfeit” means an item of Property<br />
that in <strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong> Ltd.’s reasonable<br />
opinion is an imitation created with the intent<br />
to deceive over the authorship, origin, date,<br />
age, period, culture or source, where the<br />
correct description of such matters is not<br />
included in the catalogue description for the<br />
Property.<br />
Property shall not be considered Counterfeit<br />
solely because of any damage and/or<br />
restoration and/or modification work<br />
(including, but not limited to, traces of<br />
mounting, tooling or repatinating).<br />
Please note that this Guarantee does not apply<br />
if either:-<br />
10. Failure to collect purchases<br />
(a) If the Buyer pays the Purchase Price but<br />
does not collect the lot within 20 working<br />
days of the auction, the lot will be stored at<br />
the Buyer's expense and risk at M&E’s<br />
premises or in independent storage.<br />
(b) If a lot is paid for but uncollected within<br />
6 months of the auction, following 60 days<br />
written notice to the Buyer, M&E will re-sell<br />
the lot by auction or privately, with estimates<br />
and reserves at M&E’s discretion. The sale<br />
proceeds, less all M&E’s costs, will be<br />
forfeited unless collected by the Buyer<br />
within 2 years of the original auction.<br />
11. Data Protection<br />
(a) M&E will use information supplied by<br />
Bidders or otherwise obtained lawfully by<br />
M&E for the provision of auction related<br />
services, client administration, marketing and<br />
as otherwise required by law.<br />
(b) By agreeing to these Conditions of<br />
Business, the Bidder agrees to the processing<br />
of their personal information and to the<br />
disclosure of such information to third<br />
<strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong> Ltd.’s Authenticity Guarantee<br />
(i) the catalogue description was in<br />
accordance with the generally accepted<br />
opinions of scholars and experts at the date of<br />
the sale, or the catalogue description indicated<br />
that there was a conflict of such opinions; or<br />
(ii) the only method of establishing at the date<br />
of the sale that the item was a Counterfeit<br />
would have been by means of processes not<br />
then generally available or accepted,<br />
unreasonably expensive or impractical; or<br />
likely to have caused damage to or loss in<br />
value to the Property (in <strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong><br />
Ltd.’s reasonable opinion); or<br />
(iii) there has been no material loss in value of<br />
the Property from its value had it accorded<br />
with its catalogue description.<br />
To claim under this Guarantee, the Buyer<br />
must:-<br />
(i) notify <strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong> Ltd. in writing<br />
within one (1) month of receiving any<br />
information that causes the Buyer to<br />
question the authenticity or attribution of the<br />
Property, specifying the lot number,<br />
parties world-wide for the purposes outlined in<br />
Condition 11(a) and to Sellers as per<br />
Condition 9(i).<br />
.<br />
12. Miscellaneous<br />
(a) All images of lots, catalogue descriptions<br />
and all other materials produced by M&E are<br />
the copyright of M&E.<br />
(b) These Conditions of Business are not<br />
assignable by any Buyer without M&E’s<br />
prior written consent, but are binding on<br />
Bidders' successors, assigns and<br />
representatives.<br />
(c) The materials listed in Condition 1(a) set<br />
out the entire agreement between the parties.<br />
(d) If any part of these Conditions of Business<br />
be held unenforceable, the remaining parts<br />
shall remain in full force and effect.<br />
(e) These Conditions of Business shall be<br />
interpreted in accordance with English Law,<br />
under the exclusive jurisdiction of the<br />
English Courts, in favour of M&E.<br />
date of the auction at which it was<br />
purchased and the reasons why it is believed to<br />
be Counterfeit; and<br />
(ii) return the Property to <strong>Morton</strong><br />
& <strong>Eden</strong> Ltd. in the same condition as at the<br />
date of sale and be able to transfer good title in<br />
the Property, free from any third party claims<br />
arising after the date of the sale.<br />
<strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong> Ltd. has discretion to waive<br />
any of the above requirements. <strong>Morton</strong> &<br />
<strong>Eden</strong> Ltd. may require the Buyer to obtain at<br />
the Buyer's cost the reports of two<br />
independent and recognised experts in the<br />
relevant field and acceptable to <strong>Morton</strong> &<br />
<strong>Eden</strong> Ltd. <strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong> Ltd. shall not be<br />
bound by any reports produced by the Buyer,<br />
and reserves the right to seek additional<br />
expert advice at its own expense. In the<br />
event <strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong> Ltd. decides to rescind<br />
the sale under this Guarantee, it may refund<br />
to the Buyer the reasonable costs of up to<br />
two mutually approved independent expert<br />
reports, provided always that the costs of<br />
such reports have been approved in advance<br />
and in writing by <strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong> Ltd.
A Marble Head of the Diadumenos after Polykleitos,<br />
Roman Imperial, Hadrianic Period, circa AD 117-138<br />
ESTIMATE $500,000-700,000<br />
Egyptian, Classical, and Western Asiatic Antiquities<br />
AUCTION IN NEW YORK 8 JUNE 2011 I ENQUIRIES +1 212 606 7266 I SOTHEBYS.COM<br />
© SOTHEBY’S, INC. 2011 TOBIAS MEYER, PRINCIPAL AUCTIONEER, #9588677
in association with<br />
Sale Title:<br />
<strong>Ancient</strong>, <strong>British</strong>, <strong>Islamic</strong> and<br />
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Coins</strong>, <strong>Historical</strong> Medals<br />
and Paper Money<br />
Date:<br />
9 June 2011<br />
Please mail or fax to:<br />
<strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong> Ltd.<br />
45 Maddox Street<br />
London W1S 2PE<br />
Fax: +44 (0)20 7495 6325<br />
Important<br />
Please bid on my behalf at the above sale for<br />
the following Lot(s) up to the hammer price(s)<br />
mentioned below. These bids are to be<br />
executed as cheaply as is permitted by other<br />
bids or reserves and in an amount up to but not<br />
exceeding the specified amount. The<br />
auctioneer may open the bidding on any lot by<br />
placing a bid on behalf of the seller. The<br />
auctioneer may further bid on behalf of the<br />
seller up to the amount of the reserve by<br />
placing responsive or consecutive bids for a lot.<br />
I agree to be bound by <strong>Morton</strong> & <strong>Eden</strong>’s<br />
Conditions of Business. If any bid is successful, I<br />
agree to pay a buyer’s premium on the hammer<br />
price at the rate stated in the front of the<br />
catalogue and any VAT, or amounts in lieu of<br />
VAT, which may be due on the buyer’s premium<br />
and the hammer price.<br />
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