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Lot 1693
ANCIENT COINS Greek, Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III, The Great (336-323 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, mint of Perge, posthumous issue, dated CY 15 (c.207/6 BC), head of young Herakles facing right, wearing a lion’s skin, rev A?E?AN?POY, Zeus seated left, holding an eagle and a sceptre, IE on left, 16.68g, 12h (Price 2927; SNG München 672, this obverse die). Well-struck on a broad flan, lightly toned, nearly extremely fine and rare. ex Rauch 11, 12 September 2006, lot 217 ex Triton XIII, 5 January 2010, lot 214
Lot 1708
WORLD COINS, MALTA Antoine de Paule (c.1551-1623-1636), Westfriesland ½-Leeuwendaalder, 1618, rev countermaked with the de Paule arms (RS pl.LXXXIX,4, this coin; cf Delm 873; Ver 66.5). Small test cut at 2 o’clock on the reverse but host coin good fine, the countermark extremely fine, extremely rare, especially on a fractional host coin.
Lot 1715
WORLD COINS, RHODES, KNIGHTS OF THE ORDER OF ST JOHN ON RHODES Hélion de Villeneuve (1319-1346), Silver Asper (½-Gigliato), Grand Master kneels before patriarchal cross, rev cross fleury with shield of Order at end of each limb, 1.68g (Metcalf 1187-89; Schl IX, 14; Furse pp.38-39). Good very fine though a little short of flan, very rare.
Lot 1793
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS William and Mary, The Pacification of Ireland, Silver Medal, 1691, by D Drappentier, conjoined busts right, he in armour and laureate, rev British lion tramples on the Hydra, to left, a spaniel fawns submissively at feet of lioness, a distant harbour and city beyond, PARCERE SVBIECTIS ET DEBELLARE SVPERBOS, lettered edge ET REGNARE PARES, ET MIRE SE INTER AMARE, 54mm (MI 39/220; Eimer 340; vL IV, 57). Extremely fine and rare.
Lot 1796
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS The Holophusicon or Leverian Museum, Leicester House, Leicester Square, London, Copper Admission Ticket, c.1775-1786, Sr A L (for Sir Ashton Lever, 1729-1788), between star-burst ornamentation, rev HOLOPHUSICON between similar star-bursts, 37.5mm (D&W 75, 221; MG 881). Extremely fine and very rare. Sir Ashton Lever opened his private museum in London in 1775, displaying a selection of some 25,000 items from his vast collection of curiosities. Lever charged an entry fee of 5s 3d (later 2s 6d), or two Guineas for an annual ticket, which this is presumed to be. The collection was famous for the amount of material it contained from the voyages of Captain James Cook. In 1784 Lever tried unsuccessfully to sell the collection, firstly to the British Museum and then to Catherine the Great. The collection was sold by lottery, the winning buyer being one James Parkinson, who eventually broke up the collection, selling it at auction over 65 days in 1806. The 7879 lots realised £6,642 13s 6d.
Lot 1801
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS Queen Victoria, Marriage to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Gold Medal, 1840, by Benjamin Wyon, conjoined busts of Victoria and Albert to left, names to either side, ALBERT – VICTORIA, rev armorial shields of the two royal houses united by a flaming torch, EVER MAY LOVE SHED ROSY GARLANDS ROUND – FEBRUARY X MDCCCXL, 46mm, 71.56g (BHM 1920, R2; Eimer 1336; BDM VI, 584). A medal of superb quality, mint state and excessively rare in gold. No official medals were struck to commemorate the Royal Wedding, however this, by Benjamin Wyon (1802-1858) who had been appointed to the post of Chief Engraver of the Seals in 1831, is the nearest thing. The wedding was held in the small and intimate Chapel at St James’s Palace. It is not known who might have received such a handsome gift, but the service was attended by the reigning Duke and Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Prince Albert’s father and elder brother) and it seems likely that gold medals could have been intended for them or their entourage.
Lot 1803
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS The Duke of Wellington, large oval bronzed Memorial Shield (1853), by Emile Jeannest, made by the electrotype process, medallic bust supported by two Fames with trumpets, a mourning Britannia below with lion and unicorn, arms at top and military engagements to left and right, 208mm x 249mm (Eimer, Wellington 182). Very fine and very rare. Believed to have been made by Elkington & Co, for whom Jeannest worked.
Lot 1819
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, FRANCE Louis XIV (1638-1643-1715), Silver Medal, 1674, by Joseph Roettiers, on the capture of the Spanish held Franche-Comté, armoured bust right with long flowing hair, signed with monogram, LVDOVICVS MAGNVS REX CHRISTIANISS, rev Louis rides in triumphal quadriga to right, trampling military trophies and shields with the arms of the conquered cities, DE SEQVANIS ITERVM, 62mm, probably struck in first quarter of the 19th century (TN -; cf Divo 132; cf vL III, 137, these smaller (41mm) and by Mauger). Good extremely fine and very rare. ex Nomos AG Auction 5, 25 October 2011, lot 70, catalogued as by John Roettier Louis XIV had every reason to celebrate the action in which he led the French forces against a much larger Spanish force.
Lot 1820
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, FRANCE Period of the National Convention (1792-1795), and Reign of Terror, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) and Cécile-Aimée Renault (1774-1794), Copper Cliché Medal, c.1794, busts vis-à-vis within borders, divided by staff and Libert Cap, 53.5mm (Julius 421f). Good very fine, very rare. Cécile Renault was a royalist accused of trying to assassinate Robespierre with two small knives; she was guillotined on 17 June 1794. Robespierre was guillotined the following month on 28 July 1794.
Lot 1821
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, FRANCE Louis Philippe (1773-1830-1848), Queen Marie Amélie and the Royal children, Visit to the Mint, 8 November 1833, Silver Medal, by Jean-Jacques Barré, busts vis-à-vis in ovals, he laureate, winged figure above and cherubs holding the 1830 Charter below, rev the nine children in two square and two oval medallions, supported by winged figures, edge with lamp assay mark, 75mm (BDM I, 129, illustrated; Médailles Françaises S. 470, 10). A magnificent medal, choice extremely fine and very rare in silver.
Lot 1826
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, GREECE Crete, George I (1845-1863-1913), The Continuing Revolution against the Turks and the Destruction of the Monastery at Arkadi, Silver Medal, 1866-1867-1868, a Phoenix reborn amidst the flames, ?? ??? ????????? ??????????? [Reborn From My Ashes], rev women and children huddle together as the Abbot sets fire to the Monastery, ???????? ???? [Cretan War] 1866-67-68, 61mm (cf Spink auction no.5, 17 May 1979, lot 381, in white metal). Choice extremely fine and excessively rare in silver. Very little is known about the medal, where it was struck and who the medallist and manufacturers were. The image appears to be taken from a painting now displayed at the monastery. The cataloguers are aware of only two other specimens in silver (both in private collections). There was wide support throughout Europe and the United States for Crete and against the Turks. Supplies were sent to the island in a ship re-named Arkadi, and the medal may have been a fund raising device. The monastery at Arkadi, high in the mountains southeast of Rethymnon, had become a fortress that the Turks were determined to destroy. By the 7 November 1866, there were 964 people inside, of whom only 325 were men and of these only 250 were trained. The rest were women and children, refugees from villages destroyed by the Turks. Ioannis Dimakopoulos from Gortyna was garrison commander. When total destruction seemed inevitable the hegumen (Abbot), Gabriel Marinakis, rather than surrender and face the horrors of the Turks, set fire to huge supply of war materials including gunpowder stored in the monastery’s magazine. Most of the 964 Christians were killed outright in the resulting explosion, 114 were taken prisoner, and a mere three or four escaped. But it is said that 1500 Turks also perished in the explosion. The Turkish occupation would end soon after.
Lot 1829
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, GREECE Crete, Prince George of Greece and Denmark (1869-1957), High Commissioner of Crete (1898-1906), First International Exposition, Kania (Chania), Silver Award Medal, 1900, bemedalled and facing bust of Prince George, rev legend and date, oak and olive wreath, 60mm. Good extremely fine, toned, rare in silver.
Lot 1837
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Francesco I Sforza (1401-1466), 4th Duke of Milan, Lead Memorial Medal (1466), by Sperandio da Mantova (c.1425-1504), bust three-quarters right, FRANCISCVS SFORTIA VICE COMES DVX MEDIOLANI QVARTVS, rev façade of a Renaissance building, OPVS SPERANDEI, 90mm (Hill, Corpus 361; Pollard [2007] 94; Arm I, 74, 42). An original cast of a rare medal, but in well-worn condition, knocks to high spots and pierced at 12 o’clock and 6 o’clock. The portrait seems to be based on a painted portrait (now lost), whilst the reverse is believed to be the design for a memorial chapel by the Florentine architect and sculptor, Antonio di Pietro Averlino (c.1400-c.1469). His most famous project was the bronze doors for the old St Peter’s Basilica, completed in 1445. More relevant to the medal is his design for Sforzinda, the (unbuilt) plan for the first ideal city of the Renaissance.
Lot 1840
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Northern Italy, Verona, Galeazzo Mondella, known as Moderno (c.1467-1529), The Crucifixion, rectangular Gilt-bronze Plaquette, Christ on the Cross, the two thieves on crosses either side, one, the repenter, looking at Christ, the other looking down, Mary Magdalen holds the base of the cross, two female figures and an infant child support the Virgin Mary, cavalry and foot-soldiers guard the crowd, 112.5mm x 72mm (Adams 44, this piece; Lewis 2; Pope-Hennessy 147; Toderi 143). The original gilding remains in part, the whole piece with a light patina, very fine and rare. ex Sylvia Adams Collection, 23 May 1996, lot 44
Lot 1857
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, NETHERLANDS William II (1626-1647-1650), Prince of Orange and Stadtholder, Death, engraved Silver Medal, 1650, unsigned, crowned shield of arms of Amsterdam, with lion supporters, “Gesegend Amstelstad, Die Vreede En Vryheyd Voeyt”, date in exergue, rev Liberty seated amidst military trophies holding olive branch and staff topped with ‘Liberty’ cap, “En Die In Nood Door Macht Ook Twist En Twedracht Boeyt”, 71mm (vL II, 330/331, 2). Extremely fine or virtually so, with even grey tone, extremely rare. William was married at the age of 14, in 1641, to Princess Mary, the daughter of Charles I of England, then aged only 9. He was to die of smallpox in 1650 and his infant son, also William, succeeded him. This William married another Princess Mary, the daughter of James II of England, the couple succeeding to the throne of Great Britain in 1689 at the time of the Glorious Revolution.
Lot 1860
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, RUSSIA Catherine II, the Great (1729-1762-1796), Uniface White Bisque Ceramic Medal, c.1765, after T Ivanov, her crowned and enrobed bust right, legend around, the reverse with scratched mark “M” or “W”, 54.5mm, contained in a slender contemporary gilt-metal mount with leaf design and suspension loop. Much as made, wonderfully decorative, good very fine and very rare. The mark is perhaps the Italic M of the Sèvres factory, c.1764-1769.
Lot 1864
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, RUSSIA Alexander II (1818-1855-1881), Portrait Plaquette in “Bois Durci”, c.1855, bare head left, signed with wing, ALEXANDRE II EMPEREUR, rev impressed “Bois Durci”, 114mm, original suspension loop (Diakov -). Much as made, good very fine, a rare image of Alexander II and one of the rarest ‘Bois Durci’ portraits. Bois Durci, a mixture of hardwood sawdust, albumen and ox blood, was patented in Paris and in England in 1855, by François Charles Lepage
Lot 1870
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, Poland, Johann III, Sobieski (1629-1684-1696), The Eternal Peace Treaty, 1686, between Poland and Russia, Silvered-bronze Medal (1686), by Giovanni Battista Guglielmada, crowned and enrobed bust of Sobieski right, rev Sobieski standing clasping hands with Tsarevna Sophia Alexeevna, their feet on up-turned crescent moon (Turkey), PAX FVNDATA CVM MOSCHIS, in exergue DECENNALIA AVG, 65.5mm (Sokolov 39; cf Hcz 2523). A struck medal, sharp very fine and very rare. This treaty confirmed the earlier Treaty of Andrusova, 1667, where Russia and Poland agreed control of separate parts of Ukraine and also not to enter into future treaties with the Turks. The pact was highly important in the Eastern European struggle against Turksh Tartars as, by signing it, Russia joined the anti-Turkish coalition of Poland, the Holy Roman Empire and Venice.
Lot 1872
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, Turkey and the Ottoman Empire /Holy Roman Empire, The House of Hapsburg, Charles VI (1711-1740), The Capture of Belgrade from the Turks, 1717, Silver Medal, an Imperial eagle and lightning attack a tower topped by a Turkish crescent, rev star-lit landscape with a waning moon, DER TÜRCKEN HEER ZERSTIEBT, 32mm (Julius 1297; Mont 1515; Popelka 228). Darkly toned, extremely fine and rare.
Lot 1879
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, Great Britain, The Crimean War, the Battles of Alma, Balaclava and Inkermann, 1854, set of three White Metal Medals, by Messrs John Pinches, each with dramatic battle scene, rev legends with details, in ‘rose’ form on last, 41mm, in rectangular maroon leather fitted case of issue (BHM 2539-2541; Eimer 1490-1492; Allen, Crystal Palace, 1854-165, 170, 175). About extremely fine, case slightly damaged but rare as a complete boxed set. (3)
Lot 1880
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, France, Napoleon III, The Battle of Inkermann, Copper Medal, 1854, by E A Oudiné, bust of Napoleon III left, rev two winged Victories of France and Britain with, behind, vanquished Turkish and Russian warriors, 72.5mm (Divo 211). Nearly extremely fine, small scuffs by B of BATAILLE, rare.
Lot 1895
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, MEDALS BY SUBJECT Exhibitions, France, Napoleon III, International Exhibition, Paris, 1855, a cased set of the five award medals:- by E A Oudiné, laureate bust left, rev façade of the Palais de l’Industrie, 68mm (Divo 339); by E A Oudiné and A Caqué, similar obverse, rev France stands with figures of Art and Industry to either side, 68mm (Divo 242); by A Caqué and J Wiener, conjoined busts of Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie left, rev interior of the Palais de l’Industrie, 68mm (Divo 249); by J Wiener, the Palais de l’Industrie, exterior façade, rev interior (as on previous), 68mm (Divo 258 [237/249]); by A Barré, bust of the Prince Imperial left, rev names of the Commissioners in three columns, 68mm (Divo 252), in fitted red leather case of issue (lacks catches). Some minor handling scratch marks, but extremely fine and very rare as a set. (5)
Lot 1898
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, MEDALS BY SUBJECT Exploration, Polar, The Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-1898, Copper Medal, 1898, bust of Maria Theresia left (after Duvivier), rev legend in thirteen lines, BELGIS FORTIBVS QVI EXPEDITIONIS AD MARIA ANTARCTICA …, 50.5mm. Choice, virtually as struck, rare. The expedition, which was the first to winter in the Antarctic, was led by Adrien de Gerlache (Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery, 1866-1934) and had an international crew including Roald Amundsen, Frederick Cook and Henryk Arctowski, even the ships’s cat was Nansen. The expedition produced much good scientific material but the harsh conditions took their toll on the crew. The Belgica finally arrived back in Antwerp in 1899.
Lot 1904
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, MEDALS BY SUBJECT World War I, Germany, Schaumburg-Lippe, Adolf II, Prince (1883-1936, ruled 1911-1918), Iron Tribute Medal, 1917, unsigned, bust left wearing hussar’s busby, rev victorious youth on horseback to left, HEIMATDANK FÜR SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE, 61mm. Good very fine, rare. Adolf II was the last ruler of Schaumburg-Lippe, renouncing his throne on 16 November 1918. At the start of WWI he had become regimental commander of the Husaren-Regiment Landgraf Friedrich II von Hessen-Homburg and later he commanded the 3rd Garde-Kavallerie-Brigade. A Nazi sympathiser, he was denounced as a member of the Gestapo in 1934. He was killed March 1936, alongside his wife, Ellen Bischoff-Korthaus, when their tourist plane flew into the side of a volcano at Zumpango in Mexico.
Lot 2001
†BRITISH COINS, HAMMERED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, Henry VII (1485-1509), Fine Gold Sovereign of Twenty Shillings, Group IV (c.1502-1504), crowned full robed figure of the King seated facing on ornate throne with high canopy, holding orb and sceptre, initial mark lis at start of legend, legend reads hEnRICVSx xDEIx xGRAx REXx AnGLx ETx FRAnx DnSx hIB’n’xx, rev quartered shield of arms upon Tudor rose, surrounded by beaded and linear tressure of ten arcs, each cusp overlaid with alternating leaf and lis fleury device, beaded circle surrounding, initial mark dragon at top, legend reads xIhESVSx xAVTEMx xTRAnSIEnSx xPERx xMEDIVMx xILLORVMx xIBAT xx*xx, 15.40g (Potter and Winstanley type IV; Grierson class D; SCBI 23:79-80; Schneider 550; North 1692/1; S 2175). A little double struck in the obverse legend, with good detail in the design, one tiny black spot on the reverse inner circle, otherwise good very fine, an impressive example of the art of engraving in the Renaissance, very rare. ex Christies, 26 February 1991, lot 572 ex Samuel King collection, Spink Auction, 5 May 2005, lot 21 and back cover illustration The gold Sovereign was first introduced by King Henry VII, recorded in a commission dated 28 October 1489 to be struck at the Tower of London at a 20-Shilling face value; at a fineness of 23 carats and 3½ grains (0.995 fine gold); and 240 grains in weight (15.552g). The commission further stated that for every pound of gold struck into coin at the Tower, at least two coins had to be gold Sovereigns, which equated in face value terms to £2 in every £22 and 10-Shillings.
Lot 2002
†BRITISH COINS, HAMMERED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, Henry VIII (1509-1547), Gold Sovereign of Twenty Shillings, Third Coinage, Southwark mint, crowned full figure of King seated facing on throne, holding orb and sceptre, rose below, inner and outer beaded circles and legend surrounding, mintmark S at start of legend both sides, legend reads S hEnRIC xx8xx DIx xGRAx xAGLx xFRAnCIE xxZxx hIBERnxx REX, rev crowned quartered shield of arms with crowned lion and Griffin supporters, HR ligatured on lis topped banner below, inner and outer beaded circle and legend surrounding, legend reads S IhSx xAVTEMx xTRAnSIEnSx xPER MEDIVMx xILLORx xIBATx, 12.21g (Schneider 611; North 1825; S 2291). Lightly creased with one small dig on the reverse, otherwise well struck on a broad flan with pleasing red tone and a decent portrait, very fine and rare. ex Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1973, item 1092 ex Property of a Lady, Spink Coin Auction 168, 15 April 2004, lot 147 One of the last Sovereigns issued in the reign of King Henry VIII, this example was issued from the Southwark mint in London between 1544 and 1547. The coin depicts an elderly King Henry in the “Holbein style” that students of history typically imagine. The Sovereign still valued at 20-Shillings face value, had been debased by King Henry at this time to only 20 carats of gold (0.833 fine) and a weight of 192 grains (12.441g).
Lot 2008
†BRITISH COINS, HAMMERED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, James I (1603-1625), Gold Sovereign of Twenty Shillings, First Coinage (21 May 1603 to 10 November 1604), first crowned half-length armoured figure of King right, holding orb with sceptre on shoulder, beaded circles surrounding, initial mark thistle (21 May 1603 to 22 May 1604) at start of legend both sides, legend reads IACOBVS. D’. G’. ANG’. SCO’. FRAN’. ET. HIB’. REX., outer beaded circle both sides, rev crown over quartered shield of arms, now incorporating Arms of Scotland, I to left, R to right, beaded circle surrounding, legend reads.EXVRGAT. DEVS. DISSIPENTVR. INIMICI., 10.99g (Schneider vol II, 1; North 2066; S 2608). Slight weakness to parts of legend and at sceptre forearm, one tiny short scratch in upper right obverse field, otherwise well-struck with a good face, toned, good very fine and rare. ex Collection of a Southern Gentleman, Stacks, New York, 7 December 1994, lot 2448 ex Samuel King collection, Spink Auction 173, 5 May 2005, lot 55 King James I was also King James VI of Scotland, since his mother, Mary Queen of Scots, had died in 1567, and was the first monarch to proclaim titles for both England and Scotland on the British coinage. The Hemisphere Collection example is the first issue and mintmark, with the first type of bust dating it to 1603 and was issued in 22 carat fineness (0.917 fine) as our gold Sovereigns continue to be today. This coinage marks the last time a Sovereign is called as such in the hammered gold series, and the name is not used again until the advent of the modern Sovereign for currency in the reign of George III in 1817. The 10-Shilling denomination then continues under other guises as the “Unite” “Laurel” and “Guinea.”
Lot 3032
A COLLECTION FORMED BY PAUL STEVENS, SULTANATES Qutb al-Din Mubarak (AH 716-720 / 1316-1320 AD), Gold Tanka, Hadrat Dar al-Khalifa(?), AH 718(?), rev legend in square border, 10.79g (G&G D246A, this coin). Very fine and extremely rare, possibly the only specimen known. The only round coin of this ruler with the reverse legend in a square border.
Lot 3035
A COLLECTION FORMED BY PAUL STEVENS, SULTANATES Nasir al-Din Khusru (AH 720 / 1320 AD), Gold Tanka, Hadrat Dehli, AH 720, titles in double square border, rev titles and single circular border, 10.95g (G&G D290, this coin). A full obverse legend, extremely fine and rare. Khusru was a former slave of Qutb al-Din Mubarak, who promoted him until he became the most powerful man in the sultanate. Ultimately he was powerful enough to raise a rebellion and have the Sultan assassinated, thus putting an end to the Khilji Dynasty in Dehli. As a usurper, he did not enjoy his new status for long though, being defeated in battle in the same year by Ghazi Tughluq. He was chosen to be Sultan in his place and founded the Tughluq Dynasty.
Lot 3045
A COLLECTION FORMED BY PAUL STEVENS, SULTANATES Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, Gold Tanka, Mulk-i-Tilang, AH 725, titles, rev titles and single circular border, 11.03g (G&G D303). Struck on a compact flan, better than usual for this mint, extremely fine and rare, a lovely specimen. Telangana, currently a part of Andhra Pradesh, but soon to become a separate state, was ruled by the Kakatiyas at the start of the 13th Century AD from their capital, Warangal. In 1305, the army of ‘Ala al-Din Muhammad Khalji, under Malik Kafur, conducted a successful campaign to Warangal and returned with masses of treasure “too heavy for a thousand camels to bear”. During the reign of the next Dehli Sultan, Qutb al-Din Mubarak, an army under Khusru Khan again invaded Telangana and returned to Dehli with another large amount of booty. During this period, Telangana remained in the hands of the Kakatiyas but in the reign of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, Warangal was captured, possibly along with other parts of Telangana. The name of the capital was changed to Sultanpur and it must have remained as part of the Dehli Sultanate until at least the year AH 732 (AD 1331/2). Gold and silver Tankas in the name of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq were struck with the mintname Mulk-i Tilang in years 724 and 725. These have a different legend from those struck at other mints during his reign. In the reign of his successor, Muhammad bin Tughluq, there is an initial Tanka issue with mint name Mulk-i Tilang, and then various issues of gold coin with the mint name Sultanpur.
Lot 3046
A COLLECTION FORMED BY PAUL STEVENS, SULTANATES Muhammad b. Tughluq (AH 725-752 / 1325-1351 AD), Gold Tanka, Qutbabad, AH 726 in the name of his father, titles, rev titles and single circular border, 11.03g (G&G D321). Good extremely fine, rare Muhammad b. Tughluq left his son Jauna to rule the Sultanate while he invaded Bengal and gave instructions for him to occupy himself by building a wooden palace in his honour. However, on his return, its roof fell in fatally injuring the Sultan. It is suspected that this was no accident, that Jauna had tampered with the building and murdered his father in this elaborate manner in order to gain the throne.
Lot 3047
A COLLECTION FORMED BY PAUL STEVENS, SULTANATES Muhammad b. Tughluq, Gold Tanka, in the name of his father, Hadrat Dehli, AH 729, titles in single square border, rev titles and single circular border, with the enigmatic number 421, 10.92g (G&G D324). Edge marks but with a complete border legend, nearly extremely fine, rare and apparently without a silver equivalent .
Lot 3058
A COLLECTION FORMED BY PAUL STEVENS, SULTANATES Muhammad b. Tughluq, Gold ‘Adli, fi zaman/Shahada type, Hadrat Daulatabad, AH 730, 9.15g (G&G D351). Extremely fine, rare. The innovative Gold ‘Adli of 80-Rati was issued for only a few years, AH 728-732, and only from the mints of Daulatabad (AH 728, AH 730) and Sultanpur (AH 729-732). The coins of Daulatabad were struck with two mint epithets: “Dar al-Mulk” (AH 728, AH 730) and “Hadrat” reported only for the year AH 730. Daulatabad was the renamed Deogir suggesting that Muhammad b. Tughluq had already moved his capital there by this point.
Lot 3059
A COLLECTION FORMED BY PAUL STEVENS, SULTANATES Muhammad b. Tughluq, Gold ‘Adli, fi zaman/Shahada type, Dar al-Mulk Sultanpur, AH 729, 9.21g (G&G D352). Some surface accretion, very fine, rare. Sultanpur is Warangal from where Dehli Sultans issued coins intermittently between AH 725 and AH 732, mostly in gold.
Lot 3061
A COLLECTION FORMED BY PAUL STEVENS, SULTANATES Muhammad b. Tughluq, Gold Tanka, Dehli, AH 741, struck in the name of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustakfi, 11.01g (G&G D427). Very fine, rare. Keen for his authority to be legitimised by the ruling Abbasid Caliphs, Muhammad b. Tughluq struck coins in their name. Nevertheless news of a caliph’s death did not always travel quickly enough and in the case of al-Mustakfi, Muhammad continued minting coins in his name for four years after his death.
Lot 3073
A COLLECTION FORMED BY PAUL STEVENS, SULTANATES Fath Khan (striking coins in AH 760), Gold Tanka, Iqlim al-Sharq, AH 761, citing al-Mu’tasid, 10.95g (G&G D505). About extremely fine, rare, exceptional with a legible mint and date. Fath Khan was awarded the right to strike coinage in his own name in 760h, by his father Firuz Tughluq. Iqlim al-Sharq was his domain and later became the independent Sultanate of Jaunpur.
Lot 3076
A COLLECTION FORMED BY PAUL STEVENS, SULTANATES Firuz Shah Zafar (AH 791 / 1389 AD), Gold Tanka, undated (AH 791), 10.98g (G&G D545). An exceptional coin, extremely fine and very rare, especially so in this condition. Presumably a son of Firuz Shah, Firuz Shah Zafar is not recorded in the written histories and is known only from his coinage.
Lot 3079
A COLLECTION FORMED BY PAUL STEVENS, SULTANATES Shams al-Din Ilyas (AH 743-758 / 1342-1357 AD), Gold Tanka, Firuzabad, AH 750, legend in single line square border, rev legend in square within circle, 10.92g (G&G B146). Extremely fine, clear mint and date, very rare. After a period of schism and separatism Ilyas succeeded in reuniting the Bengal Sultanate in 753h and in 756h, after a treaty with Dehli, Bengal was formally recognised as an independent kingdom.
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