ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Muzaffarids. Jamal al-Din Shah-i Shuja'. Second reign, AH 767-786 / AD 1366–1384. AR 2 Dinars (22mm, 2.11 g, 9h). Type UC. Ganduman mint. Date off flan. SICA 9, –; Album 2282U.2. VF, traces of deposits. Rare.
ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Safavids. Husayn I. AH 1105-1135 / AD 1694-1722. Rectangular AR 5 Shahis (26mm, 8.68 g, 6h). Type C. Tabriz mint. Dated AH 1129 (AD 1716/17). Album 2677.2. Good VF, areas of weak strike at periphery.
FRANCE, Royal (Restored). Charles X. 1824-1830. AR 5 Francs (38mm, 24.87 g, 6h). Paris mint; différents: initials/anchor. Dated 1830 A. Head left / Crowned coat-of-arms within wreath. VG 644; KM 728.1. EF, spots of tone, small edge bump and cud traces on reverse.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
FRANCE, Royal (Restored). Louis Philippe. 1830-1848. AR 5 Francs (38mm, 25.10 g, 6h). Paris mint; différents: star/anchor. Dated 1831 A. Head right / Value and date within wreath. VG 676; KM 735.13. EF, spors of tone, some light scratches.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
GERMANY, Lübeck (Freie und Hansestadt). AR 3 Mark (33mm, 16.65 g, 12h). Berlin mint. Dated 1908 A. Civic arms on doub;le-headed eagle / Imperial German eagle. Jaeger 83. Good VF, toned.
INDIA, Medieval. Kabul Shahi. Samanta Deva. Circa 850-1000. Æ Unit (19mm, 2.53 g, 8h). Lion standing right / Elephant standing left; śri samantadeva above. Mitchiner, Non-Islamic, 121-3. VF, dusty dark green patina, a few light scratches.
INDIA, Medieval. Gahadavalas of Kanauj. Govindachandra (or later). Circa 1114-1154. AV Dinar – 4½ Masha (19mm, 4.22 g, 9h). Lakshmi seated facing / Śrīmat go/vinda chandra/deva in Devanagari. Deyell 145; Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 490-6. VF, area of tone on obverse, slight double strike on reverse.
IRAN, Qajars. Agha Muhammad Khan. AH 1193-1212 / AD 1779-1797. AV Half Toman (15mm, 4.03 g, 3h). Type C*. Dar al-Sultanat Qazwin mint. Dated AH 1207 (AD 1792/3). Cf. Album 2832; KM –; Friedberg 31a. Good VF, test cut on edge of reverse. Rare.
ITALY, Toscana (Granducato). Leopoldo I. 1765-1790. AR Tallero – Francescone (42mm, 27.24 g, 6h). Firenze mint. Dated 1768. Draped and armored bust left / Coat-of-arms. Cf. CNI XII 16 (for type); MIR 375/2; Davenport 1511. Near VF, toned.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Giovanni Dandolo. 1280-1289. AR Grosso (21mm, 2.12 g, 6h). Doge and St. Mark standing facing, holding banner between them / Christ Pantocrator enthroned facing. CNI VII 10/9 (obv./rev.); Papadopoli 2/9; Paolucci 2. EF, toned.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Andrea Gritti. 1523-1538. AR Mocenigo – Lira (32mm, 6.40 g, 3h). Vettor Malipiero, mintmaster. Struck 8 June 1532-7 June 1533. S. Mark standing right, presenting banner to Doge, kneeling left / Christ standing facing on low basis, raising hand in benediction and holding globus cruciger; V M on basis. CNI VII 159; Papadopoli 32; Paolucci 5. VF, toned, evidence of having been placed in a bezel.
RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. AR Rouble (37mm, 23.30 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Fedor Lesnikov, mintmaster. Dated 1774 СПБ. Crowned bust right / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; above, imperial crown; Ө-Λ flanking tail. Edge: /////. Diakov 306; Bitkin 218; KM (C) 67a.2. Good Fine, once cleaned, now retoning, field marks and scratches.
RUSSIA, Empire. Nikolai I Pavlovich. 1825-1855. AR Rouble (36mm, 20.85 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Nikolau Grachev, mintmaster. Dated 1830 СПБ. Crowned double-headed imperial eagle; н-г / Value and mint within oak wreath; imperial crown above. Edge: Inscribed. Bitkin 109; KM (C) 161. Good VF, toned.
RUSSIA, Empire. Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich. 1881-1894. AR Rouble (34mm, 19.60 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Apollon Grasgov, mintmaster. Dated 1894. Large head right / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle. Edge: Inscribed, including mintmaster's initials. Bitkin 78; KM (C) 161. Fine, lightly toned, scattered marks.KM notes a mintage of only 3007 specimens