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Click here to subscribeCOMMEMORATIVE 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.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, Prussia, Asmi Achmet Effendi, Turkish Ambassador to the Prussian Court of Friedrich Wilhelm II, at Berlin, Silver Medal, 1791, bearded bust left, wearing turban, rev legend and date in seven lines, ZUM ANDENCKEN BEY., 29mm (Friedensburg/Seger 4554; Henckel 1922; ME 363; Voltolina 1737). Extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, France and Egypt, The Opening of the Suez Canal, Silver Medal, 1869, by Louis-Oscar Roty for the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez, seated female figure holds aloft the light of Progress to the standing figure of Industry, a sketched route of the Suez Canal beyond, rev legend in centre, inscriptions around, 42mm (Divo 606; BM Acq 1983-1987 p.25, 147). Matt surface, extremely fine. Struck for the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez. Formed in 1858, French private investors were the majority of the shareholders, with Egypt also having a significant stake. However in 1875, a financial crisis forced Isma’il to sell his shares to the British Government for £3,976,582. The company operated the canal until 1956, when it was nationalised by Nasser.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, Crete, Abdul Aziz (1830-1861-1876), Campaign in Crete, 1st Crete Medal, Silver (Atik Girid Madalyasi) Medal, 1869, toughra, rev panorama of the island, 36mm (Nuri Peri 1108). Pierced as usual and with suspension rings, nearly extremely fine. Minor uprisings by the Greeks in Crete had become a regular occurrence but a demand for lower taxes and changes in the court system in May 1866 meant that Ottoman troops were mobilised even though the demands were met. It was their presence rather than the original demands that caused the outright rebellion that lasted till 1869. The Ottoman Empire was able to retain its hold on Crete for another 43 years. For a silver medal for the destruction of the monastery at Arkadi in 1866, see Greek medals, lot 1826
NUMISMATIC BOOKS, ANCIENT COINS [Sotheby’s] Catalogue of the Collection of Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins Formed by Patrick A Doheny, London, 1979, 245 lots, each lot individually illustrated with some full page colour enlargements, original boards, neatly priced throughout with some buyer’s names, nearly fine; [Christies] Highly Important Ancient Coins, London, 9 October 1984, 98pp, 313 lots, each individually illustrated in b/w, 6 further colour plates, cloth, jacket, hand priced throughout with the printed prices loosely inserted, nearly fine; [Christie’s] Important Ancient Coins, London, 8 October 1985, 108pp, 436 lots each individually illustrated, 5 further colour plates at end, cloth, jacket, very good; [Sotheby’s] The Brand Collection Part 5 – Greek and Roman Coins, London, 1-2 February 1984, 718 lots, 24 b/w plates, card covers, very good; [Christies] The Blackmoor Hoard of Third Century Roman Bronze Coins, London, 9 December 1975, 39pp, 385 lots, 5 b/w plates, card covers, heavily annotated throughout, very good; Head, B V, A Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients, Third Edition, London, 1889, 128pp, 70 fine plates, original publishers cloth, armorial ex-libris on first pastedown, very good; Hirmer, M, Die Schönsten Griechenmünzen Siziliens, Leipzig, 1940, 66pp, 48 excellent plates, original boards, nearly fine; Hirmer, M, Römische Kaisermünzen, Leipzig, 1941, 66pp, 48 excellent plates, original boards, nearly fine; Babelon, E, Les Monnaies Grècques Aperçu Historique, Paris, 1921, 160pp, line drawings in the text, original printed boards, spine chipped, very good. (9)
NUMISMATIC BOOKS, BRITISH COINS Cope, G M, & Rayner, P A, The Standard Catalogue of English Milled Coinage in Silver, Copper and Bronze 1662-1972, London, 1975, 200pp, b/w illustrations, cloth, jacket, very good; [Spink & Son] The Milled Silver Coinage of England From Charles II to the Present Day, London, 1925, 134pp, illustrations in the text, boards, very good; North, J J, English Hammered Coinage Volumes 1 and 2, London, 1963 and 1975, 200 +191pp, 16 + 11 plates, original boards, both good; Brady, J D, Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles 30; American Collections – Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins, Oxford, 1982, 75pp, 30 plates, original boards, very good; Seaby, H A, & Rayner, P A, The English Silver Coinage from 1649, Fourth (revised) Edition, 1974, 240pp, illustrations throughout, cloth backed boards, very good; [Glendining & Co] Catalogue of a Collection of English Coins the Property of James F H Checkley, London, 10 February 1965, 36pp, 371 lots, 9 plates, original covers, handpriced throughout, very good; [Bishop Fleetwood] Chronicon Presciosum or An Account of English Gold and Silver Money, (1745) Reprinted New York, 1969, 147 + 30pp, 12 plates, publisher’s cloth, very good. (8)
NUMISMATIC BOOKS, ORIENTAL COINS Barker, R A, The Historical Cash Coins of Vietnam, 2004, 386pp, colour illustrations, casebound, good; Thierry, F, Catalogue des Monnaies Vietnamiennes, Supplement, Paris, 2001, 111pp, b/w illustrations, card covers, fine; Schroeder, A, Gold and Silver Coins of Annam, (1905) Reprinted 1968, 80pp, illustrations, casebound, good. (3)
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.
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 .
A COLLECTION FORMED BY PAUL STEVENS, SULTANATES Ala al-Din Husain, Gold Dinar, Victory at Kamru and Kamta, first type, Khazana, AH 900, rev legend in segmented octofoil border, 10.42g (G&G B715). Possibly ex-mount, fine, extremely rare There are four types of victory coins issued by this ruler. The first two types commemorate victories over Kamru and Kamta. The third type adds Jajnagar to the list, and the fourth type adds Orissa. While silver Tankas of the fourth type are very common, and those of the first type scarce, those of the second and third type are very rare or extremely rare as are coins of any of the four types in gold.
A COLLECTION OF THE COINS OF MYSORE Tipu Sultan, Silver Double-Rupee, Patan, AH 1198, this unusual type repeats the lower line of the obverse, where the mint is written, on the lower line of the reverse, 22.83g (KM -; H -). About extremely fine and toned, a rare type. bought Glendinings, 24 March 1977, lot 719
ANCIENT INDIAN Painganga River Basin, Vidarbha Janapada, Uniface Silver Karshapana (2), c.400-500 BC, first with punchmarks including elephant with double crescent above, annulet surrounded by taurines, geometric designs; the second with designs of annulets, pellets and crescents. Small crack in flan, otherwise extremely fine and unpublished. (2)
INDIAN, SULTANATES Sultans of Dehli, Mahmud bin Muhammad bin Tughluq (AH 752 / 1351 AD), Gold Tanka, AH 752, 11.04g (G&G D455). Very fine, a little crimped, scarce. When Muhammad bin Tughluq died after a reign of some 27 years, his army, on campaign in Sind, accepted Firuz Tughluq as his successor. Unaware of this, the nobles in Dehli raised to the throne a would-be son of the late ruler, by the name of Mahmud. When Firuz returned to the capital not long afterwards, Mahmud was set aside. Coins are known struck in his name in gold, silver and billon. The silver and billon coins are extremely rare, while the gold coins are scarce.
†ÅKE LINDÉN COLLECTION, INDIAN, PRINCELY STATES AND INDEPENDENT KINGDOMS Bahawalpur, Fateh Khan (AH 1270-1275 / 1853-1858 AD), Silver Rupee, AH 1272, 10.43g (KM Y4.2); Muhammad Bahawal Khan IV (AH 1275-1283 / 1858-1866 AD), Silver Rupees (3), Ahmadpur AH 1275, Bahawalpur AH 1280, Khanpur AH 1280 (KM Y3.3, Y4.4, Y5.2). First fine, the others extremely fine. (4) from the Åke Lindén Collection
†ÅKE LINDÉN COLLECTION, INDIAN, PRINCELY STATES AND INDEPENDENT KINGDOMS Banswara, Anonymous Coinage, Silver Rupee, ½-Rupee, ¼-Rupee and 1/8-Rupee, undated (1870) (KM 23, 22, 21, 20); Copper Paisa (3) and ½-Paisa. First four good extremely fine, the others very fine. (8) from the Åke Lindén Collection
†ÅKE LINDÉN COLLECTION, INDIAN, PRINCELY STATES AND INDEPENDENT KINGDOMS Baroda, Sayaji Rao III, Milled Coinage, Silver Rupees (2), VS 1949, VS 1952 (KM Y36, Y36a), ½-Rupees (2), VS 1948, VS 1949 (KM Y35, Y35a for type), 4-Annas (2), VS 1949, VS 1951 (KM Y34, Y34a), 2-Annas (2), VS 1949, VS 1952 (KM Y33, Y33a), Copper 2-Paisa (2), VS 1949, VS 1945 (KM Y32.2a, Y32.2), Copper Paisa (3) (KM Y31.1; 31.2; 31.2a), Copper Pai (2) (KM Y30 var). Generally very fine to extremely fine. (15) from the Åke Lindén Collection
†ÅKE LINDÉN COLLECTION, INDIAN, PRINCELY STATES AND INDEPENDENT KINGDOMS Bhopal, Silver Rupees (2), AH 1275, AH 1295 (KM Y10, Y14); ½-Rupees (2), AH 1279, AH [1299] Year 13 (KM Y9, Y13); ¼-Rupees (2), AH 1274, AH 12[98] Year 13 (KM Y8, Y12); 1/8-Rupees (2), AH 127x (KM Y7, Y12). Generally very fine and better. (8) from the Åke Lindén Collection
INDIAN, PRINCELY STATES AND INDEPENDENT KINGDOMS Bikanir, Ganga Singh, Silver OMS Nazarana Mohur, off-metal strike in silver, to mark the 50th Anniversary of his reign, VS 1994, obv bust of ruler facing, rev Nagari legend with six symbols around (cf SAC X M3). Good very fine and unusual.
†ÅKE LINDÉN COLLECTION, INDIAN, PRINCELY STATES AND INDEPENDENT KINGDOMS Bundi, Victoria, Silver Rupees (2), VS 1943, 1881 (KM Y9, Y6); ½-Rupees (2), VS 1954, date off flan (KM Y8, Y5); ¼-Rupee, date off flan (KM Y4); Copper Paisa (2) and ½-Paisa (3). Generally good very fine. (10) from the Åke Lindén Collection
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