WORLD COINS FROM VARIOUS PROPERTIES
1991
Republic, Trial 5 Rupees, 2005B, in stainless steel, 75th Anniversary of the Dandi March, EXP superimposed on rev. design, edge plain, 12h (cf. KM. 325a). About as struck, extremely rare and apparently unpublished [slabbed NGC MS 64]
£400-500
G 1992 1993 1994
PATIALA, Mahindar Singh, Mohur, in the name of Ahmad Shah Durrani, date off flan (KM. Y9; F 1082). Better than extremely fine, rare [slabbed NGC MS 64]
£1,000-1,200
TRAVANCORE, Rama Varma VI, 4 Cash [1906-35] (KM. 47). Obverse brockage, about extremely fine, very rare
£100-150
Gold Fanams (19); together with a fractional Fanam and silver bull and horseman type Drachms (7) [27]. Mostly very fine, the fraction rare
£100-150
1995
Bombay, Duncan, Stratton & Co, bronze coining trial or proving piece by Greenwood & Batley, Leeds, G & B monogram, rev. tiger, 30mm, 10.76g (Bullmore, SNC 1979, p.439, no. 5). Very fine
£80-100 Provenance: Croydon Coin Auction, 7 January 2003, lot 825 (part).
The Leeds firm of Greenwood & Batley, founded in 1856, supplied coining presses and associated machinery to a number of foreign mints. In February 1905 their agents in India, Duncan, Stratton & Co of Bombay, ordered six coining presses at £275 each on behalf of H.H. The Nizam of Hyderabad’s mint. These were delivered in February 1906. The proving pieces struck from the new machinery were ostensibly to the size and weight of the rupee, half, quarter and eighth-rupee denominations; this is to the rupee size
Iran
1996 1997 1998 1999
Provenance: Baldwin Islamic Auction 14, 8 July 2008, lot 388; R.A. Merson Collection Ghaznavids, Sebuktekin (366-387h), Dinar, Herat 386h, citing the Samanid ruler Nuh b. Mansur as overlord,
4.16g/7h (A 1596; W 1696). About very fine, scarce £150-180
Safavids, Tahmasp I (930-984h), Quarter-Mithqal, Yazd 981h, 1.12g/5h (A O2593; W 3641). One test-mark either side, otherwise very fine
£60-80
Zand, Karim Khan (1166-1193h), Quarter-Mohur, type C, Dar al-Mu’minin Kashan 1191h, 2.71g/5h (A 2791;W3771); OTTOMANS, Abdul Hamid I (1187-1203h), Zeri Mahbub, Islambul 1187h, year 13, 2.62g/1h (W 3400) [2]. First with minor edge damage otherwise good very fine, second very fine with traces of mounting on edge
£120-150
Qajar, Nasir al-din Shah (1264-1313h), Half-Toman, Dar al-Khilafat Tehran 1286h (or 1289h), 1.70g/11h (A 2922;W 3836); Ahmad Shah (1327-44h), Half-Toman, 1337h, 1.62g/6h (KM. 1071) [2]. Good very fine
£150-200 Islamic issues 2000 2001
Provenance: R.A. Merson Collection [first bt M. Phillips February 1993; second Baldwin Islamic Auction 14, 8 July 2008, lot 321] Umayyads of Spain, al-Hakam II (350-366h), Dirham, Madinat al-Zahra 351h, 2.96g/5h (A 352.2; W 558);
Samanids, Nasr II b. Ahmad (301-331h), Dirham, Balkh 312h, 2.97g/5h (A 1451; W 1500) [2]. Very fine £60-80
Fatimids, al-Amir (495-524h), Dinar, Misr, 497h, 4.07g/2h (A 729; W 846); together with miscellaneous ancient coins (12), all identified in envelopes, and copies of ancient coins (9) [22]. First pierced otherwise very fine, others in varied state
£200-300 All lots are illustrated on our website
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