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Lot 82
An Umayyad Gold Dinar from the reign of 'Abd al-Malik (AD 685-705) probably Damascus, dated AH 77/AD 696-697with three lines of inscription in kufic surrounded by a band of inscription in kufic to each side, anonymous, no mint, in NGC holder graded AU53 (About Uncirculated) 20 mm. approx.; 4.29 g. Footnotes:See John Walker, A catalogue of the Arab-Byzantine and Post-Reform Umaiyad Coins, London, 1956 p. 84, no. 186; Stephen Album, Checklist of Islamic Coins, Santa Rosa, 2011, no. 125; and Giulio Bernardi, Arabic Gold Coins Corpus, Trieste, 2010, no. 41.Inscriptions:In three lines to center:la ilah illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lahu.'There is no god but God alone, He has no associate'.And around:Muhammad rasul Allah arsalahu bi'l-huda wa din al-haqq li-yuzhirahu 'ala al-din kullihi.'Muhammad is the messenger of God, who sent him with guidance and the religion of truth that he might make it supreme over all religions' (Qu'ran sura IX (al-tawbah) part of verse 33).In three lines to center:Allah ahad Allah al-samad lam yalid wa lam yulad'God is one, God is eternal, He does not beget, nor is He begotten' (Qur'an sura CXII (al-Ikhlas) verses 1-3)And around:bism Allah duriba hadha'l dinar fi sana sab wa sab'in'In the name of God, this dinar was struck in the year seven and seventy'.The significance of the Year 77h Dinar to early Islamic history cannot be over-stated.To Abd al-Malik it seemed inconceivable that the flourishing Umayyad Caliphate did not have a currency of its own and that affairs of state, and everyday commerce, were being conducted using Byzantine coinage, or copies of it, with Christian symbols and the images of foreign leaders.After what is thought to have been a relatively short period of development during which we see de-christianized Byzantine solidi, a proto-type gold coinage with the image of a standing caliph, and notwithstanding a bi-lingual coinage of Latin and Arabic that circulated in north Africa and Spain, the first wholly Islamic coin was struck in the year 77h.Highly symbolic in its simplicity, there is no image, no reference to a ruler or place. There are only statements of faith and a date in the context of the Hijrah. The 77h Dinar was to succeed in forming the basis of almost a thousand years of subsequent coinage in the Islamic world.The exact date at which the Caliph 'Abd al-Malik actually introduced his new coinage is not recorded, but because of the rarity of this issue it has been suggested that it was probably towards the end of the year 77, perhaps for the pilgrimage season at the time of the 'Eid al-Adha. Anyone bearing the coin carried with them a powerful religious message, which explained to new followers the principle tenets of the new faith. In an age before printing and modern communications, coinage was without doubt the most effective messenger that the government possessed to sway the hearts and minds of the people under its rule.The present lot is believed to be the only professionally graded example of this coin.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 1230
Old British Coin Collection, World Coins & Banknotes, includes a large amount of Georgian copper coins, pre 20 & pre 47 Silver, India Bengal Presidency Rupee and two Quarter Rupee, a small novelty padlock made of two Victorian Silver Threepence one dated 1871, Two Coronation medals in Original Case, with other British, World Coins & Tokens/Restrike.
Lot 1263
Large Silver coin collection includes, 2 x 1889 Crowns, 1889 Double Florin, Halfcrowns 1817, 1876, 1883, 2 x 1887, 3 x 1889, 1893, 1898, 2 x 1900, Florins 1858, 1889, 190?, 2x 1918 (high grade), Shillings 1872 (die No’ 38), 1875, 1890, 1893, 1899, one engraved with ‘From Lizzie To Charlie’ with other pre 20 and pre 47 coins.
Lot 1311
UK and World Coin Collection Pre 20 and Pre 47 Silver. Includes William IIII Silver Halfcrown 1834, Edward VII Florin 1910, Belgium one franc 1869, Birmingham workhouse Penny Token 1814, 1806 half penny, Pre 47 Silver (approx 281g), two ten shilling Banknotes (Fforde) with other coins & Commemorative Crowns.
Lot 1335
Collection of coins including Winston Churchill sterling silver commemorative medal set with the bronze of the same set, Republic of Panama Silver 20 Balboas, full silver set of the 1974 coins of Belize with the part silver set of the same year, Silver proof two coin set of the 1974 Seychelles new coinage, Islands Silver two coin set commemorating there centenary, with others . In eleven cases, within one bag.
Lot 1342
Royal Mint Silver Proof Coins, 2 x Royal Wedding 1986 Andrew & Ferguson (37g each), 4 x Silver Jubilee Crowns (28.276g each), 2 x Queen Mother 80th Birthday Crowns (28.276g each), 1900 Crown LXIV, 6 x The Coinage of Great Britain & Northern Ireland 1980 flat pack set, 2 x 1983 flat pack sets, 2 x 1984 flat pack sets, 2 x 1984 Proof sets, 2 x 1987 Proof sets, 5 x 10 Shill Banknotes with a biscuit tin containing a large UK coin collection.
Lot 1357
Silver proof Coins, Silver Medallic coins & Commemorative Coins, includes 200th anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar, Jersey 2008 Fine Silver £5, 2011 1oz fine silver African Wildlife Coin, 2011 Armenian Noah’s Ark 1oz Silver Coin, Jersey Silver £2 Life of service collection, 2008 Birth of Nelson £5, George Washington 250th anniversary Silver half dollar, British Virgin Islands Silver $10 commemorating Edward VIII, Jersey great battles Agincourt Silver £5, 2009 Guernsey Mary Rose £5, 1921 Last Morgan Dollar, 2007 Isle of Man Westminster Abbey Silver Proof Crown, 1986 Ellis Island Dollar, 2010 Jersey British Isles at War Silver £2, U.S.A 200th anniversary of the Constitution Dollar, 2008 Gibraltar Elizabethan Era Silver Crown, Tristan Da Cunha 2007 £5, with other coins.
Lot 1369
Royal Mint Silver proof coins, includes Lunar year of the Horse 1oz Silver Proof, London 2012 Handover to Rio Silver Proof £2 coin, London 2012 Paralympic £5 Coin, 2010 Countdown to London 2012 £5 Coin, 100th Anniversary of the fourth Olympiad London 1908-2008, Countdown to London 2012 £5 One Year and Counting 2011 limited edition, London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games £5 Coin Cover . In Original Case or packaging with certificates.
Lot 1370
14 x Silver Proof coins with flat pack year sets to include UK 1980, 1982, Jersey 1980, Sierra Leone 1980 & Falkland Islands 1980, commemorative crowns and 8 x Silver Medallic Cayman Islands Kings Collection ( .5 silver), a silver coin bracelet with 6 silver coins and a silver plated 1844 half farthing and a 10 shilling Banknote.
Lot 1376
Large UK & World Coin Collection, includes pre 20 & pre 47 Silver, Victorian penny’s, world silver coins, 2 x 1951 Festival of Britain Crown one in Original Case, commemorative crowns and £5 coins, Roles Royce 1953 coronation medal in Original Case, with other British & World Coins, Tokens/Restrikes
Lot 219
Hayling Wreath gold quarter stater attributed to the Belgae of Hampshire. An excessively rare type with only two others known (both plated), this being the first recorded example in gold. Circa 50BC-20BC. Obv. Cruciform motif around a central rosette, leaf motif in each angle. Rev. Horse right with beaded mane, floral motif in front. 10mm, 0.92g.ABC 812; VA -; BMC -Found near Portsmouth, Hampshire and recorded with the Celtic Coin Index CCI. 20.0614Dr John Sills (pers. comm.) An interesting and important coin, not just for being the first non-plated Hayling Wreath Right quarter that I'm aware of. It's a definite overstrike as you say, probably over a Danebury Scrolls quarter, my nos 273 and 274. Although I didn't mention it the Scrolls Right quarter illustrated, no. 274, is an overstrike, hence the ladder mane at the base of the horse's neck, and the second known coin, Chris Rudd 172, lot 9, appears to be overstruck on the same undertype. On your coin the back-to-back crescents near the edge on the obverse, not part of the Haying Wreath design, match part of the swirling curls and fronds design on the Danebury Scrolls Right type, and the clinching feature is part of a frond a bit further round, which also shouldn't be there but is in the right place to be one of the fronds on the Scrolls obverse. There are traces of the undertype on the reverse as well, notably the pellet on the horse's breast.Your coin is significantly lighter than the Danebury Scrolls quarters, which suggests that it was filed to reduce the weight before being restruck as a Hayling Wreath type. Although there are several overstrikes now known in the southern region, yours is the first one where the undertype can be recognised with reasonable certainty. It shows beyond doubt that the Hayling Wreath issues are later than the Danebury Scrolls fractions, which is useful to know - these small local issues can be very difficult to sequence. It also gives support what had previously only been suspected, which is that one reason for striking a new type over an old one in this part of the country was to make a profit for the mint by filing gold off earlier coins. No doubt there were other reasons as well, chiefly the wish for a small group to establish its own identity by issuing coins, but profit can now be shown to have been one of the motives.
Lot 304
Harold II Type 1 Penny. AD 1066. Silver, 1.21 grams. 19.00 mm. Obverse: Crowned bust left, sceptre in front. +HAROLD REX ANGL. Reverse: PAX across field between two lines. +PVLFPI ON GRANTI. Moneyer Wulfwi at the Cambridge mint. Ref: North 836, Spink 1186. Recorded with the Early Medieval Coins Corpus as: EMC 2020.0237. This coin is the first coin recorded for Harold II by the moneyer Wulfwi, and only the second coin recorded for Harold II minted in Cambridge. Rare.
Lot 306
Beornwulf Penny. Circa, 823-825 AD. Silver, 1.23 grams.18mm. Group II. Obverse: Diademed head right, +BEORNPVLF REX A. Reverse: Cross-crosslet, +EVCTV. Moneyer Eacga, East Anglia mint (Ipswich). Ref: North, 397. Recorded with the Early Medieval Coin Corpus as: EMC: 1992.0260. PAS, BUC-C35E0. Only two other coins recorded of this moneyer and type in both the SCBI and EMC, this coin being the only example of these with a diadem.
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