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Click here to subscribeEUROPEAN COINS, SWITZERLAND Confederation, Silver 5-Francs, 1850A, Helvetia seated left, rev value and date within wreath (HMZ 2.1197a; KM 11). Extremely fine. this lot is not from the Åke 1666 Confederation, Silver 5-Francs 1851A, Helvetia seated left, rev value and date within wreath (HMZ 2.1197b; KM 11). Choice uncirculated. this lot is not from the Åke Lindén Collection
EUROPEAN COINS, SWITZERLAND Confederation, Silver 5-Francs (5), 1923B (3), 1924B, 1952B, William Tell right, rev shield and denomination (HMZ 2.1199c, 1199d, 1200i; KM 37, 38, 40). The 1924B about uncirculated and scarce, the others very fine or better. (5) this lot is not from the Åke Lindén Collection
EUROPEAN COINS, COMMEMORATIVE COINAGE OR “SWISS SHOOTING THALERS”Confederation, Silver Commemorative Shooting Festival Thalers / 5-Francs (3), 1859, Zürich, 1863, La Chaux-de-Fonds and 1867, Schwyz (HMZ 2.1343c, 1343e, 1343g; KM X 5.5, 5.7, 5.9). First extremely fine, the second very fine, the third about uncirculated. (3) this lot is not from the Åke Lindén Collection
EUROPEAN COINS, COMMEMORATIVE COINAGE OR “SWISS SHOOTING THALERS”Confederation, Silver Commemorative Shooting Festival Thalers / 5-Francs (6), 1867, Schwyz, 1869, Zug, 1872, Zürich, 1879, Basel, 1881, Freiburg and 1885, Bern (HMZ 2.1343g, 1343h, 1343i, 1343l, 1343m, 1343o; KM X 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.14, 5.15, 5.17). Generally extremely fine, a couple uncirculated. (6) this lot is not from the Åke Lindén Collection
EUROPEAN COINS, COMMEMORATIVE COINAGE OR “SWISS SHOOTING THALERS”Confederation, Silver Commemorative Shooting Festival Thalers / 5-Francs (6), 1867, Schwyz, 1869, Zug, 1872, Zürich, 1879, Basel, 1881, Freiburg and 1885, Bern (HMZ 2.1343g, 1343h, 1343i, 1343l, 1343m, 1343o; KM X 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.14, 5.15, 5.17). Generally very fine to extremely fine. (6) this lot is not from the Åke Lindén Collection
EUROPEAN COINS FROM THE ÅKE LINDÉN COLLECTION, COMMEMORATIVE COINAGE OR “SWISS SHOOTING THALERS”Confederation, Silver 5-Francs (5), 1863, La Chaux-de-Fonds in Neuchatel, 1879, Basel, 1881, Fribourg, 1883, Lugano, 1885, Bern (KM X S7, S14, S15, S16, S17). First cleaned, extremely fine, the others good extremely fine or better. (5)
EUROPEAN COINS FROM THE ÅKE LINDÉN COLLECTION, COMMEMORATIVE COINAGE OR “SWISS SHOOTING THALERS”Confederation, Silver 5-Francs (3), 1934B, Fribourg, matt finish, 1939B, Lucerne, and currency 5-Francs, 1939B (HMZ 2.1345b, 1345c, 1223b; KM S18, S20, 42). Extremely fine or better. (3)
EUROPEAN COINS, COMMEMORATIVE COINAGE OR “SWISS SHOOTING THALERS”Confederation, Silver Commemorative Shooting Festival Thalers / 5-Francs (2), 1939, Luzern (HMZ 2.1345c; KM X 5.20); with other recent medallic issues, including one in gold and one bronze medal, 1895, Winterthur. Generally extremely fine to mint state. (9) this lot is not from the Åke Lindén Collection
EUROPEAN COINS FROM THE ÅKE LINDÉN COLLECTION, COMMEMORATIVE COINAGE OR “SWISS SHOOTING THALERS”Silver and Copper-nickel Decimal Coins and Commemorative Issues (approx 80), including 20-Francs (6), 1991 to 2000, 5-Francs (40), 1907 to 2000, 2-Francs (5), 1860 to 1991, Franc (5), 1861 to 1983, ½-Franc (5), 1851 to 1983, 20-, 10- and 5-Rappen; Liechtenstein, Silver 1-, 2- and 5-Franken, 1924. The commemorative and Proof issues uncirculated, the others generally very fine. (lot)
EUROPEAN COINS FROM THE ÅKE LINDÉN COLLECTION, YUGOSLAVIA Kingdom and Republic Coinage (approx 70), including Alexander I, Silver 50-Dinara, 1932 (no signature below bust), 20- and 10-Dinara, Post War Zinc coinage, Federal Republic Aluminium coinage and later base metal issues, as well as Silver Proof 50- and 20-Dinara, 1968, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Republic. The Proofs in silver uncirculated, the others in various grades. (lot)
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
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.
WORLD COINS, RHODES, KNIGHTS OF THE ORDER OF ST JOHN ON RHODES Philibert de Naillac (1396-1421), Silver Gigliato, Grand Master kneels before patriarchal cross, A below cross, Naillac arms in right field, rev cross fleury, legend with retrograde R’s for A’s in SANTA [+ I SANTA: C: R. OSE: TRIb EM], 3.86g (Metcalf 1219 var; Schl X, 11; Furse p.73, 4 var). Weakly and slightly double-struck, reverse fine, obverse better.
WORLD COINS, SIERRA LEONE Silver Proof 20-Cents, 1791, struck for Boulton’s customers between 1793-1799 (FT 4A; KM 4). Striking die flaw on obverse, darkly toned with mirror like fields, almost as struck. official mintage of only 84 ex Arielle Collection, Baldwin’s Auction 85, September 2013, lot 3246
WORLD COINS, SIERRA LEONE Silver Proof Dollar, 1791, 36.2mm, struck for Boulton’s customers between 1793-1799 (FT 2A; KM 6). Attractively toned, tiny edge knocks, otherwise brilliant about uncirculated. official mintage of only 40 ex Arielle Collection, Baldwin’s Auction 85, September 2013, lot 3253
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS The Arrival of Princess Mary in Holland, Silver Medal, 1642, by Sebastian Dadler, Prince Frederick Henry of Orange seated amidst trophies, Prince William and Princess Mary in middle ground, a townscape beyond, LIBERTAS PATRIÆ …, rev the couple stand at the entrance to a fenced pleasure garden, the gate flanked by Belgic Lion, QUO TE MARS ET AMOR VOCAT INTRA DIVA …, 72.5mm (MI 290/105; vL II 257; Wiecek -). Very fine. The medal is signed S D, an initial on the base of each of the gate-posts at which the couple stand. Princess Mary had been married to Prince William at the Chapel Royal in London in 1641, when aged only nine (William was fourteen) and was accompanied to the Dutch Republic by her mother, Queen Henrietta Maria.
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.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS Ireland, Orange Association, Silver Medal, c.1798, by W Mossop, laureate and armoured bust of William III left, THE GLORIOUS & IMMORTAL MEMORY 1690 around, rev Royal arms and supporters, 34mm, integral suspension loop and ring (BHM -; D&W 172/554). Good very fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS William Pitt, the Younger (1759-1806), Liverpool Pitt Club, Glazed and Gilt-silver Member’s Medal (1814), by T Wyon Jr, bust left, after Nollekens, rev Britannia, who protects Commerce and Europe, is crowned by Peace and Victory, BRITAIN VICTORIOUS - TYRANNY OVERTHROWN., 55.5mm, gilt-metal rim with watch-type suspender (BHM 836; Eimer 1039, note). Nearly extremely fine, some light toning on the reverse.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS Edward VII, Coronation 1902, unofficial large Silver Medal, by Emil Fuchs, for Elkington & Co, conjoined busts of Edward and Alexandra right, rev Britannia with shield looks towards Westminster Abbey, 64mm, in maroon leather fitted case of issue (BHM 3772; Eimer 1870; Jones, “Emil Fuchs in England”, The Medal, 6, 1985, 28/9). Light matt surface, virtually as struck. The shield, as is usual, carries the incorrect date (26 June). The Coronation was postponed to 8 August because of the King’s appendicitis.
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.
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.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, GERMANY Prussia, Frederick The Great (1712-1740-1786), The Silesian War, Silver Box Medal, 1759 (issued 1763), by Johann Melchior Mörikofer, armoured bust left wearing ermine mantle, rev seated figure of History writing in book, Time at her feet, VERITATIS PARADOXA, containing only the dedication portrait roundel 50mm, in original green polished shagreen case, (Olding 667; Pressler 466; Mers 4758; Koch 2809; cf Julius 2391; BDM IV, 110)). Box in choice condition, extremely fine, lid of shagreen case much warped.
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.
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.
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.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, RUSSIA Nicholas I (1825-1855), Unveiling of his Equestrian Statue in St Petersburg, Silver Medal, low purity silver of.500 fineness, 1859, by P Brusnitsyn, bust left in uniform with breast-plate, wearing eagle-topped helmet, rev the statue and plinth, 86mm (Diakov 681.1 R2). Light surface marks, toned, nearly extremely fine. The equestrian statue in St Isaac’s Square was designed by Auguste Ricard de Monferrand and was a technical wonder in its time for the way it balanced only on the horse’s two back legs. The plinth is of Finnish granite, decorated with sculptures executed by Russia’s leading sculptors. The monument, which took three years to complete, is one of the very few Imperial sculptural monuments to have survived the Soviet era.
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.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, Great Britain, George I (1660-1714-1727), The Treaty of Passarowitz, Silver Medal, 1718, by J Croker, laureate bust right in armour, rev the King standing below draped hangings, points at Morea on a library globe, PACIS ARBITER, 45.5mm (MI 437/39; Eimer 479; Pax 482; Nuri Pere 1156). Very fine, slight marking to metal behind King’s head.
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