Ancient, British, Islamic and World Coins Historical Medals and Banknotes

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*Austria, Rudolph II (1576-1612), thaler, 1609, Hall, laureate bust right with ornate cuirass, date over, rev., crowned arms within straight-sided...

Austria, Archduke Leopold (1619-32), thaler, 1632, Hall (Vog. 183/IV; MzA. p.129; Dav. 3338B), toned, almost extremely fine; Leopold I (1657-1705)...

Austria, Josef I (1705-11), thaler, 1707, Hall (Vog. 245/I; MzA. p. 206; Dav. 1018), good very fine; Karl VI (1711-40), thaler, 1713, Hall, posthu...

Austria, Francis I (1806-35), thaler, 1824 E (Karlsburg) (Vog. 309/III; J. 190); France, Provence, Robert of Anjou (1309-43), carlin d’argent, Avi...

*China, Warring States (c. 475-221 B.C.), flat handled and arch footed spade, inverted inscription reads “liang yi jin” (Jen 15), patinated, very ...

China, Warring States (c. 350-250 BC), state of Yan, square foot spade fine; Wang Mang (7/9-23 AD), spade, very fine; other cash coins (17), 3rd c...

China, various early currency, including ‘Ming’ knives (2), ‘pu’ money (10), fish ‘money’ (2), together with various cash (94), mostly early, West...

*Courland, Duchy, Jacob Kettler (1639-82), thaler, 1644, armoured bust right wearing lace collar, rev., stylized arms portraying eagle and horsema...

*Crete, under Greek administration (1898-1906), 2 lepta, 1900, Paris mint, an off-metal striking in cupro-nickel (KM Pn1), good very fine and of t...

*Crusaders, Kingdom of Jerusalem, attributed to the siege of 1187, billon denier, Tower of David, rev., Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 1.06g (Slocu...

France, Louis XV (1715-74), écu, 1742 v, Troyes mint, edge bruise, very fine and scarce [8,311 struck]; and Netherlands, Gelderland, silver ducat,...

France, Napoleon III, Erection of monument at Lille Bourse, 3 December 1854, 10 centimes module silver medal (VG 3404), extremely fine

*Germany, Dortmund, Heinrich IV (1056-1105), denar, crowned bearded head facing, sceptre on left, star on right, thrtm( )ne, rev., cross, stars in...

*Germany, Gittelde, Archbishop of Magdeburg’s mint, Hartwig (1079-1102) with Vogt Dietrich III v. Katlenburg (1088-1106), denar, bust facing, swor...

*Germany, Goslar, Heinrich IV (1056-1106), denar, facing bust, rev., facing busts of SS Simon and Jude, 0.96g (Dann 676), partly weak, very fine

Germany, Goslar, Heinrich IV, denars (4), crowned bearded head facing, sceptre on left, staff on right, rev., facing busts of SS Simon and Jude, ...

Germany, Köln, Hermann III (1089-99), denar, bust facing holding crozier and book, ( )archeps, rev., three-towered walled church, aicta colo( ), 1...

*Germany, Köln, Free City, double Dreikönigentaler, undated, circa 1620, struck on a flan of double thickness, obv., the Magi with arms of Köln, l...

Germany, Weimar Republic, Graf Zeppelin commemorative, 5 marks, 1930 f, extremely fine; Prussia, Baltic Resorts Lottery prize medal, 1884, in silv...

Germany, a collection of coins, tokens, medals, medallets, and a few encased postage stamps and tags, mostly 1914-18 and 1939-45, of Germany and a...

*Hungary, Maximilian II (1564-76), thaler, 1575 Kremnitz, 28.09g (Huszar 978; Dav. 8058), scratch to right of bust, good very fine, rare thus

India, Portuguese possessions, Goa, D. Maria II, pardau, 1839, 5.63g (AG 18.01), toned, good very fine. Ex Huntington collection and Hispanic Soc...

*Ionian Islands, quarter-obol or lepton 1821, undertype unidentifiable (Pr. 22), faults both sides especially on obverse, good very fine for the i...

Italy, Victor Emanuel III, 10th Anniversary of the end of World War 1, 20 lire, 1928, very fine; Ceylon, 48 stuivers, 1803, extremely fine; miscel...

*Italy, Gaeta, Richard of Aquila (1105-11), AE follaro, type with cross potent, obverse legend retrograde, 5.03g (MIR 442; MEC 55v.), weak legends...

Italy, Lucca and Piombino, Elisa Bonaparte and Felix Baiocchi, 5 franchi, 1808 over 7 (Dav. 203), about very fine; with modern coins (44), medals ...

*Italy, Papal States, Pius V (1566-72), testone, Rome, arms, rev., Pope kneeling before cross, tiara at base (Munt.3; Berm. 1092), very fine

*Italy, Salerno, Gisulf II (1052-1077), AE follaro, facing bust, rev., view of Salerno, 2.14g (MIR 530; MEC 13-15), partly weak, very fine, rare

*Italy, Salerno, Gisulf II or Robert Guiscard, AE follaro, lion right, rev., cross with stars in angles, 2.62g (MIR 541; MEC 30-30A), overstruck, ...

Italy, Salerno, AE follari of Robert Giuscard (3, MIR 550, 552 (2)), Roger Borsa (5, MIR 555, 556 (2), 559 (2)), anonymous (2, MIR 561, 562), Will...

Italy, Salerno, AE follari of William, Duke of Apulia (MIR 588), Roger II (6, MIR 603, 612 (2), 628, 645, 647), Lothar (MIR 653), William I (4, MI...

*Italy, Savoy, Carlo II (1504-33), testone, type 2, Bourg en Bresse, capped bust right, rev., arms, legend commences nildeest and ends b.b., 9.01g...

Italy, Sicily, Messina, miscellaneous follari or fractions (39), Roger II (1105-54) (4) (MIR 29, 30 (3)), William I (1054-66) (3) (MIR 33), Willia...

Italy, Sicily, Messina, follari of William II (MIR 37 and 38) and Tancred (MIR 45) and denaro of Henry VI and Frederick II (MIR 58), fine or bette...

*Low Countries, Utrecht, bishopric, Konrad v. Schwaben (1076-99), denar, bust facing holding crozier, piconradvs, rev., cross, annulets in angles,...

*Mexico, Felipe II (1556-98), 8 reales, undated, assayer O, 26.99g (Cal. 156; Cy. 3918), trace of corrosion above crown, otherwise very fine and o...

Morocco, miscellaneous coins including dirham, 1196h, Marrakesh (C. 32.18); with 10 dirhams (20), 1299 (Y. 8), 1320 (Y. 22.1), 1321 (Y. 22.2), 132...

*Morocco, Filali Sharifs, Moulay al-Hasan I, ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, ‘Abd al-Hafiz and Yusuf, a complete collection of the machine struck silver coins, 129...

*Poland, Litzmannstadt (Lodz) Ghetto, aluminium 20 marks, 1943, 7.00g, 33.3mm diameter, 3.1mm thick, (Franquinet et al (1994), p. 66 – mintage: “p...

Russia, Catherine II, 20 kopeks, 1784 St. Petersburg (Bitkin 397); 15 kopeks, 1775, Red mint, 1784, 1789, St Petersburg (Bitkin 169, 442, 452), f...

Russia, Alexander II, 20 kopeks (8), 1859-1866 inclusive, St. Petersburg (Bitkin 160, 168, 173/174 with no mint master initials, 175, 176, 177, 17...

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