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Sale 20



 
Lot 1250

MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, AV zodiac mohur, Agra, AH1032 year 18, KM-180.13, Libra (scales), NGC graded EF45, RRR.

Libra is the 7th month of the zodiac calendar and extends from the 23rd September to the 23rd October in the Gregorian calendar. At the time of this coin, Libra began on 28 Dhu'l-Qa'da AH1032 and ended 28 Dhu'l-Hijja AH1032, the last zodiac month within the Hijri year AH1032.
We have traced only one other example of the Libra zodiac mohur that has appeared in a major auction during the last 8 years, which sold in 2008 in the Hess-Divo Auction #311, Lot 933. None have appeared since. This is the cover coin of this sale.

Estimate $35,000-45,000




 
Lot 1831

TRANQUEBAR: Frederik V, 1746-1766, AV 2 royaliner trial strike, [Copenhagen], 1756, KM-TS14, Gray-—, Jensen-249, crowned F5 monogram, capital letters / arms, date & denonimation, fully lustrous, magnificent strike, NGC graded MS66*, RRRR, ex Dr. John Lund Collection, ex Brian Hannon.

This is a extremely rare pattern or specimen coin struck at the Copenhagen (København) mint for Tranquebar (Trankebar). According to NGC, "the Star Designation is NGC's unique identifier of coins with exceptional eye appeal or characteristics that distinguish them from other coins of the same technical grade."

Estimate $9,000-10,000




 
Lot 1538

SIKH EMPIRE: AV mohur, Amritsar, VS1863, KM-25.3, NGC graded EF45.

Full mohurs of the Sikh Empire are rarely offered for sale and examples are only seen on the market every several years.
A similar specimen of this date and type sold in Baldwin's
Auction 50 Lot 1073 for £6,400 in 2007.

Estimate $6,000-7,000




 
Lot 1506

MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AR 2 rupees, Patan, AH1199 year 3, KM-127, strong bold strike, lovely steel gray toning, NGC graded MS63.

Estimate $5,000-6,000




 
Lot 1205

MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AV mohur, Agra, IE49, KM-114.1, month of Khurdad, superb bold strike, NGC graded MS63, RRR.

Estimate $4,500-5,500




 
Lot 15

MYSIA: Anonymous, ca. 500-450 BC, EL stater (16.07g), Kyzikos, Von Fritze 93, pl. III, 12; Boston 1469; SNG von Aulock 1192; SNG France 230, dog standing left, right fore-paw raised; tunny fish below / quadripartite incuse square, VF.

A similar example sold in Roma Numismatics Ltd. Auction 7 Lot 648 for £6,000.

Estimate $3,600-4,200




 
Lot 1021

KANSU: AR dollar, year 3 (1914), Y-407, L&M-617, bust of Yuan Shih Kai left, NGC graded EF details, R.

Estimate $3,600-4,200




 
Lot 592

KHAQANID: Abu'l-Hasan Muhammad b. Ahmad, 981-991, AR donative dirham (2.86g), Bardha'a, AH373, A-1907Z, helmeted horseman left, 3 lines text, abu'l-hayja / 'ali khalifat Allah / muhammad bin al-sallâr / kalima in center, mint & date around, pierced, never cleaned, VF to EF, RRRR.

This is only known donative of the Khaqanids, also known as the Shirvanshahs, 2nd period. This is the third known specimen and probably the only one in private hands, and it was published by Akopyan & Vardanyan (reference not available to us). The first several rulers of the Shirvanshahs, until AH455, are also known as the Mazyadids. Careful conservation could significantly improve the appearance of this important coin.

Estimate $3,600-4,200




 
Lot 2856

CANADA: George VI, 1936-1952, AR dollar, 1947, KM-37, pointed 7, quadrupled designer's initials HP, NGC graded MS64.

Estimate $3,600-4,400




 
Lot 71

ROMAN EMPIRE: Caracalla, 198-217 AD, AV aureus (6.69g), S-6702, ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, diademed beardless bust of the Emperor / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH, the goddess Dea Caelestis, riding right on lion, holding spear and thunderbolt, with a scene below of water gushing forth from a rock, couple faint scratches in field, pleasing strike as usual, VF, RR.

Dea Caelestis was the Roman name for Tanit, the patron goddess of Carthage in North Africa. According to Roman tradition, the Cynic philosopher Asclepiades traditionally carried a figurine of Dea Caelestis wherever he went, but he lived in the late 4th century, nearly 200 years after the issue of this coin, which verifies that Dea Caelestis had already been worshiped at Carthage for centuries. It is believed that this remarkable reverse was intended to commemorate a new aqueduct or other water supply system constructed at or near Carthage.

Estimate $3,200-3,800




 
Lot 1786

TRANQUEBAR: Frederik IV, 1699-1730, AE 10 kas, ND, KM-127, Gray-114, Jensen-203, crowned double F4 monogram entwined // crowned DOC monogram, denomination below ("10 kass"), slight environmental damage, lovely strike, NGC graded EF details, RRRR, ex Dr. John Lund Collection, ex Brian Hannon.

The first 10 kas issue of Tranquebar, always undated and likely struck near the end of his reign.

Estimate $3,200-3,800




 
Lot 597

GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (6.40g) (Gh)azna, AH(61)8, A-1964, with the full name of Chingiz Khan, below the obverse field, and the important parts of the mint & date fully clear, same dies as the four pieces we sold in out Auction 10 (Lots 757-760), some weakness of strike, VF, R.

From the circa 1996 hoard, as are virtually all known dinars of Ghazna 618. The hoard allegedly contained between 150 and 200 examples, all from the same dies.

Estimate $3,000-3,400




 
Lot 2498

NORWAY: Christian IV, 1588-1648, AR specie daler, 1641, KM-12, Dav-3534, NGC graded AU53, ex Dr. John Lund Collection.

Estimate $3,000-3,400




 
Lot 1135

KUSHAN: Huvishka, 260-292, AV stater (7.81g), G-226, mint I (A), 3rd emission, crowned bust left on clouds / Shaoreoro (Ares-Mars) standing right, holding spear and shield set on ground; tamgha to left, VF to EF, RRR.

Shaoreoro, like the later Pahlavi Shahrevar, was originally the Hindu Kshathra Vairya, or "Desirable Kingdom." Like Indra, the chief god of the Rig Veda, Shaoreoro was the genius of Kushan imperial might and the god of the molten metal that was to cover the earth on the Last Day.
A similar example sold in Classical Numismatic Group Triton XVI Sale Lot 663 for $3,700.

Estimate $2,800-3,200