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Lot 1161

MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, AV zodiac mohur, Agra, AH1028 year 14. KM-180.1. Aries (ram), rising sun behind, NGC graded EF45.
Estimated Value $35,000 - 45,000.

For five years, AH1028-1033, the Agra mint struck monthly zodiac mohurs, and it is likely that each of the twelve zodiacs were struck each year. Aries is one of the rarest, and the British Museum catalog lists only two years, AH1028 and 1030.
No original example an Aries mohur is recorded on CoinArchives.

Estimate $35,000-45,000




 
Lot 819

JIN: Tai He, 1204-1209, AE 10 cash (19.26g). H-cf. 18.62. Orthodox script, 45.17mm diameter, 3.55mm thickness, EF, RRRR, ex Zhao Quanzhi Collection.
Estimated Value $8,000 - 10,000.

Few recorded specimens of this rare denomination of this reign title are known. Please see the article about these coins on Zeno at http://feon.charm.ru/00-GT.htm by Gilbert Tan and Wu Xiankang. This piece has been well known in China for 75 years but was lost track of after the collection left Shanghai for the United States in 1949.

Estimate $8,000-10,000




 
Lot 1354

BRITISH INDIA: George VI, 1937-1947, AR rupee, 1939(b). KM-555. S&W-9.13. Reeded edge, light obverse scratch, very rare date, EF, RRR.
Estimated Value $5,000 - 7,000

Estimate $5,000-7,000




 
Lot 993

CHIHLI: Guang Xu, 1875-1908, AR dollar, Pei Yang Arsenal mint, year 29 (1903). Y-73.1. L&M-462. A lovely example for this date! NGC graded MS63.
Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000.

A similar example graded MS-63 by PCGS with light stain sold in Stack's Bowers & Ponterio Sale 186 Lot 41246, for $7,500.

Estimate $4,000-6,000




 
Lot 622

DURRANI: Mahmud Shah, 1st reign, 1801-1803, AV double mohur (22.07g), Bahawalpur, AH1217 year 2. A-3112. KM-246, slight weakness of strike, oblique hand cut reeding, Unc, RRR.
Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000

Estimate $4,000-5,000




 
Lot 579

BUKHARAN PEOPLE'S SOVIET REPUBLIC: AR medal, ND (ca. 1920-25), 56mm, uniface medal for the suppression of the Basmachi Revolt, with symbols of the State, a large star with crescent below, Arabic script within, five small stars around and two rifles with bayonets either side, VF.
Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000.

A similar but enameled variant sold in The New York Sale XIX, Lot 2194. Another sold on the Russian website, Auction-su.com, for $4,300 in October 2008. This is only the third example of this rare medal we know of for this apparently unpublished medal.

Estimate $4,000-5,000




 
Lot 315

ALMORAVID: Ishaq b. 'Ali, 1145-1146, AV dinar (4.15g), Marrakesh, AH540. A-474. H-434, superb strike, choice About Unc, RRR.
Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500.

Hazard knew of only one specimen of this mint/date combination, and very few dinars of any type for Ishaq b. 'Ali.

Estimate $4,000-4,500




 
Lot 862

YUAN: Da De, 1297-1307, AE 3 cash (9.78g). H-19.27. ta de tung baw in Mongolian 'Phags-pa script, Fine to VF, RRRR, ex Zhao Quanzhi Collection.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 5,000.

Temür Öljeytü Khan (Da De), was the second emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, and is considered as the sixth Great Khan of the Mongols in Mongolia. He was an able ruler of the Yuan, and his reign established the patterns of power for the next few decades. His name means "blessed iron Khan" in the Mongolian language. Temür was a son of the Crown Prince Zhenjin and the grandson of Kublai Khan. During his rule, the Tran, Pagan, and Champa dynasties and western khanates of the Mongol Empire accepted his supremacy.

This very example is shown in volume 5 of the Shanghai Encyclopedia (Zhongguo Li Dai Hon Xi Daxi) number 320. The publishers must have had access to the image via one of the publications of Zhao Quanzhi from the Min Guo period but without physical access to the piece as it later left for America and as the published description gives no weight.

Estimate $3,000-5,000




 
Lot 1763

TUNISIA: Muhammad al-Habib, 1922-1929, AV 10 francs, Paris, 1924. KM-252. Mintage of only 83 coins, NGC graded MS64.
Estimated Value $3,200 - 3,800

Estimate $3,200-3,800




 
Lot 1785

BELGIUM: Leopold I, 1831-1865, piéfort AV 10 francs, 1849. KM-P1. Bogaert-397. Based on KM-18, considered by Bogaert at the highest level of rarity, NGC graded AU58, RRRR.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000

Estimate $3,000-4,000




 
Lot 479

TURKEY: Ahmed III, 1703-1730, AR pattern (16.26g), Kostantiniye, AH1115. KM-—. Elegant toughra of Ahmed / standard titles ("sultan of the two continents, khaqan of the two seas" and "may his victory be glorious"), mint and accession year, uniform oblique reading, fabulous strike, lovely rainbow toning, About Unc, RRRR.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000.

This remarkable piece seems to unpublished — it is not listed by Pere, Artuk, Ölçer, Uslu-Bayezit-Kara, or the most recent work of Damali. Damali does list a pattern, which he calls a kurush (weight of 16.64g), with the same obverse toughra design (different die), and the reverse with only the mint & date formula (23-K-G4, preserved in the Darphane Müzesi).

Estimate $3,000-4,000




 
Lot 573

QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, AV presentation keshvarsetan (4.58g), Isfahan, AH1245. A-2871. Rabino-577 (same reverse die). Obverse portrays the king seated on throne, with medallion bearing the ruler's name to the left, mint & date in elegant border on reverse, minor spot of weakness of strike, Unc, RRR.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,800

Estimate $3,000-3,800