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Item No. 83761

HEPHTHALITE: Alkhon Khingila type, ca. 480-500+, AV stater (7.45g), [Kapisa], G-—, standing king / blundered Siva and bull, Extremely Fine, RRR.

Unpublished type, with crown derived from the Göbl #171 of the Sasanian king Peroz (no relation to the Peroz rulers of the Kushano-Sasanians), who ruled 457-484 and struck his type #171 before about 470.

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Item No. 825655

JAPAN: AV 2 yen (3.32g), Meiji 3 (1870), Y-10, Uncirculated.

Price $1,400.00

 

 
Item No. 83698

SICILY: Friedrich II, 1197-1220, AV multiple tari (3.21g), Spahr-42, Arabic inscriptions, plus Greek IC XC NI KA around cross in reverse center, nice Very Fine, RR.

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Item No. 83043

BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AV ½ mohur, Murshidabad, AH1202 year 19, KM-101, in the name of Shah Alam II, East India Company issue, lustrous choice About Uncirculated.

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Item No. 21642

MUGHAL: Rafi-ud-Darjat, 1719, AR rupee (11.52g), Ahmadabad, year one, KM-405.1, with mint epithet Zinat al-Bilad, couple of minor adhesion spots, bold strike, Extremely Fine, R.

Rafi-ul Darajat, son of Rafi-us-shaan (brother of Azim ush Shan) was the 10th mughal emperor. He succeeded Furrukhsiyar in 1719, being proclaimed Badshah by the Saiyid Brothers. He was a controversial figure and was deposed shortly afterwards and killed at the behest of the Saiyid Brothers in 1719 at Delhi because one of the Saiyids fell in love with his wife.

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Item No. 87173

ENGLAND: Edward III, 1361-1369, AV ¼ noble (1.88g), Calais, S-1511, treaty period coinage struck at the Calais mint (in France), struck on a slightly small planchet with part of the letters cut off otherwise well struck, attractive Extremely Fine.

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Item No. 92419

ROMAN EMPIRE: Nero, 54-68 AD, AR cistophoric tetradrachm (9.93g), Asian mint, RIC-122, S-3014, RSC-14a, IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR POT P P COS III, laureate head right, head right / COM-ASI to sides, ROMA ET AVG on entablature of distyle Temple of Augustus, his statue within, standing left holding scepter & being crowned by Roma to right holding cornucopiae, Very Fine, RR.

Price $1,000.00

 

 
Item No. 90031

ZIYARIDS: Mardawij, 927-935, AV dinar (3.99g), Qumm, AH322, A-1530, clear mint & date, still much rarer than Mah al-Basra mint, some weakness, crude Extremely Fine, RR.

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Item No. 85314

BENGAL: Nasir al-Din Mahmud, 1433-1459, AV tanka (10.77g), NM, ND, G-B405, nice strike, bold Very Fine, R.

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Item No. 67336

SIBERIA: AE 10 kopecks, Kolyvan, 1781, Cr-6, good strike, small flan defect in reverse center, choice Very Fine.

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Item No. 92398

PONTIC KINGDOM: Mithradates VI, 120-163 BC, AV stater (8.38g), Tomis, AMNG I-2481, struck during the time of the First Mithradatic War, 88-86 BC, diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing horn of Ammon / Athena seated left, elbow resting on shield, holding Nike; ornamented trident and pellet in exergue, Extremely Fine.

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Item No. 87862

TURKEY: AR medal, AH1272, Defense of Kars 1855, holed as made, some discoloration, Fine to Very Fine.

The fortress at the city of Kars was besieged in 1855 by 50,000 Russian troops. The Turkish garrison at Kars was only 15,000 strong, with the assistance of a tiny number of British officers and troops. With the help of British General William Fenwick Williams, the garrison resisted repeated Russian assaults, and was only forced to capitulate after an outbreak of cholera. Williams was awarded the Victoria Cross for this action, and a handful of British officers received the silver medal for Kars. Bronze and gold classes also exist. The medal is 36 mm in diameter, and the ribbon is red with green border stripes.

The total number struck in all classes was around 20,000.

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