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Australia, NEW SOUTH WALES, Five Shillings or Holey Dollar, 1813, a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1805th, Mexico City, obv. countermarked five + shillings, double twig of leaves below, rev. countermarked new south wales 1813, dies A/12 and I/6, 21.34g/12h (Mira/Noble 1805/13, this coin; Spalding 147; KM. 2.9). Coin about extremely fine, countermarks better, olive-grey tone, very rare and one of the finest examples remaining in private hands £60,000-80,000
Hammer Price: £160,000
Australia, George V, Penny, 1920, Calcutta die, rev. no dots (KM. 23). Practically mint state with much original colour, very rare £2,500-3,000
Hammer Price: £8,800
Roman Imperial Coinage, Septimus Severus (193-211), Aureus, Rome, 195, laureate bust right, rev. Victory advancing left, holding wreath and trophy, 7.20g/12h (Calicó 2448; RIC 66). Reverse edge nick at 5 o’clock, otherwise good very fine, superb portrait, rare £3,000-3,500
Hammer Price: £5,200
Roman Imperial Coinage, Trajan (98-117), Aureus, Rome, 98-9, laureate bust right, rev. Fortuna standing left, holding rudder set on prow and cornucopiæ, 7.68g/6h (Calicó 1072; RIC 14). Very fine or better, attractive £3,000-3,500
Hammer Price: £3,100
German East Africa, Wilhelm II, 15 Rupien, 1916t, arabesque under t (KM. 16.1; F 1). Extremely fine, rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £1,950
St Vincent, Authority of September 1811, Twelve Bitts, a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1795fm, Mexico City, with a large central hole, obv. countermarked &/xii raised within a shaped indent, 17.50g/270.1 gr (Prid. 30; Roehrs I, 279). Coin and countermark good fine, a contemporary forgery, rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £1,800
Roman Imperial Coinage, Augustus (27 BC-14 AD), Aureus, Lugdunum, 8 BC, laureate bust right, rev. Caius Cæsar galloping right, holding a sword in right hand and shield in left, behind, aquila between two standards, 7.74g/6h (Calicó 174a; RIC 198; C 39). Slightly bent, otherwise good fine, rare £800-1,000
Russia, Crimea, Catherine the Great, 20 Kopeks, 1787tm (Severin 2373; KM. 92). Good very fine, rare £2,000-2,500
Greek Coinages, Kings of Macedonia, Alexander the Great (336-323), Stater, c. 325-323, Abydus?, helmeted head of Athena right, serpent on helmet, rev. Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylus, monogram in left field, cornucopia below, 8.56g/12h (Price 1568). Scraped on wreath, otherwise almost extremely fine £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,650
Roman Imperial Coinage, Pupienus (238), Sestertius, Rome, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, rev. Concordia seated left, 23.94g/2h (RIC 20). Better than very fine, brown patina £500-700
Australia, George V, Penny, 1920, Calcutta die, rev. dot above lower scroll (KM. 23). Slightly soft strike on obverse, otherwise virtually mint state with some original colour, scarce £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,600
India, EIC, Victoria, Mohur, 1841, type II, Calcutta, large legend and date, plain 4 (Stevens/Weir 3.7; Prid. 22; KM. 462.1; F 1595a). A few light surface marks and sometime lightly cleaned, otherwise about extremely fine £1,500-1,800
Greek Coinages, SICILY, Tauromenion, gold 30 Litræ, after 300, laureate head of Apollo right, serpent on omphalos on left, rev. tripod, monogram on right, 1.95g/9h (Head p.188). Very fine and attractive, very rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,500
Greek Coinages, CYPRUS, Paphos, Stater, bull standing left, winged solar disk above, palmette ornament in exergue, rev. eagle standing left, vase in field at left, all within incuse square, 10.97g/11h (BMC 17; Sear 5767). Fine, rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £1,300
Germany, SAXONY, Johan Georg, 2 Ducats, 1617, Dresden, Centenary of the Reformation, 6.83g/12h (F 2662). Mount removed at 12 o’clock, slightly creased and fields tooled, otherwise nearly extremely fine, rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,250
Switzerland, Geneva, City, 10 Francs, 1851 (DT 279; KM. 138; Dav. 374). A few light hairlines, otherwise about mint state £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,200
JORDAN, Abdullah ibn al-Hussein, Proof 10, 5 and 1 Fil, all 1368h [1949] (KM. 1, 3, 4) [3]. Some apparent friction on the obverse rims, otherwise good extremely fine, very rare £500-700
AUSTRALIA, Edward VIII, Fantasy gold Five Pounds or Crown, 1936, by J. Pinches for G. Hearn, a later re-issue, presumed 18ct, 33.81g (G FM 3d). Mint state; in plastic holder £700-900
Hammer Price: £1,100
Germany, POMERANIA, Wolin, Witten, c. 1400, griffin rampant left, two stars in field, da gloriam deo, rev. cross, star and crown (?) in angles, moneta vollin, 1.19g/5h (Jesse –). About very fine, UNIQUE £500-700
Haiti, Revolutionary Government, Half-Escalin, undated [1802] (KM. 21). Light scratches on both sides, otherwise very fine, rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,050
Roman Imperial Coinage, Antoninus Pius (138-61), Aureus, Rome, 159-60, laureate bust right, rev. Pietas standing left between two children, holding two children in arms, 5.69g/6h (Calicó 1606; RIC 313; C 630). About very fine £1,000-1,500
Bronze Age, c. 1000 BC, sword of the Wilburton type, leaf-shaped blade with V-shaped shoulders and a flanged grip with two rivet holes each side, 51.5 cm. Very fine £400-600
Hammer Price: £1,000
Australia, Victoria, Half-Sovereign, 1887m, small close j.e.b (M 483A; S 3870A; KM. 9; F 21). Virtually as struck, very rare £1,200-1,500
Russia, Nicholas I, Rouble, 1839, Borodino Monument (Bitkin 895; KM. 170; Dav. 288). A few surface marks, otherwise extremely fine or better £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £980
Cyprus, Victoria, Quarter-Piastre, 1900 (Prid. 86; KM. 1.2). Practically mint state with much original colour, rare £800-1,000
Roman Imperial Coinage, Gordian III (Cæsar, 238), Sestertius, Rome, 238, bare headed and draped bust right, seen from behind, rev. lituus, knife, patera, jug, simpulum and sprinkler, 17.52g/1h (RIC IV, p.177, 3; BMC Cohen 183). Extremely fine, fine green patina, rare £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £950
KINGS OF PARTHIA, Tetradrachms (3), Drachms (25), various rulers [28]. Varied state, some scarce, an interesting lot; all identified on tickets £400-500
Hammer Price: £920
India, EIC, Madras Presidency, Mohur, 1819 issue (Prid. 241; KM. 421.1; F 1587). Light scratches near top of reverse, otherwise about extremely fine £900-1,000
Australia, George V, Shilling, 1911 (KM. 26). Virtually mint state £400-500
Hammer Price: £900
France, Republic, 100 Francs, 1906a (VG 1137; KM. 832; F 590). Virtually mint state £650-750
Hammer Price: £880
Hammer Price: £850
Mexico, Charles III, 8 Escudos, 1778ff, Mexico City (Cayón 12897; KM. 156.2; F 33). Good very fine with red tone £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £820
Chile, San Bernardo de Maypo, Quarter-Réal, 1821 (KM. 1). Very fine, rare £200-250
Peru, Philip IV, 4 Réales, 1664PoR, Nuevo Reino [Santa Fe], crowned shield, rev. nr between two crowned columns, moneyer’s mark vertically to left, date to right, 8.78g/2h (Calicó –; Cayón –; KM. –). A little weak in centre, otherwise good fine, the type extremely rare, the date unpublished in the main references, possibly the only known specimen £600-800
Hammer Price: £800
Greek Coinages, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter (as Satrap, 323-315), Tetradrachm in the name of Alexander, Alexandria, c. 310-305, diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant-skin head-dress, rev. Athena Alkidemos advancing right, helmet, monogram and eagle standing right on thunderbolt at right, 15.65g/12h (Svoronos 162; SNG Copenhagen 29). About extremely fine, toned £400-500
British Colonies, George IV, Anchor money, Half-Dollar, 1822 (Prid. 8; KM. 4). Good very fine, attractively toned, scarce £300-400
Greece, John Capodistrias, Phoenix, 1828, Lepton, 1830 (KM. 1, 4); Otto, Half-Drachma, 1855, Quarter-Drachma (3), 1845 (2), 185[–] (KM. 18, 33-4) [6]. Varied state, many damaged £250-500
Hammer Price: £700
Netherlands, Middelburg, Siege coinage, uniface Velddaalder of 36 Stuivers, 1572, d r p f midd, date below, all within border, countermark of Zeeland to left, Middelburg to right, 28.69g (VG 36; Delmonte 165). Good very fine, toned, scarce £500-700
Hammer Price: £680
Netherlands East Indies, VOC, Gulden for Utrecht, 1786 (Scholten 65; KM. 116). Better than extremely fine, attractively toned, scarce £100-150
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