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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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UNITED STATES. AR 25 Cents (24mm, 6.74 g, 6h). Capped Bust type. Philadelphia mint. Dated 1834. Browning 4. Good VF, toned, traces of deposits.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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UNITED STATES. Pair of AR Half Dimes. Capped Bust type. Philadelphia mint. Dated 1835. Cf. LM-12 (for type). Group included small date/small 5C and large date/large 5C issues . Coins VF, toned.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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GERMANY, Sachsen-Albertinische Linie. Johann Friedrich. 1503-1554. Cast Æ Medal (36mm, 15.25 g, 12h). Later cast. DEI GRA IOH • FRID SAC • RO • IMP • ARCHIM ELECTOR • DVX • SAXO • EC, bareheaded and mantled bust left / SPES • MEA • IN • DEO • EST • ANNO • ZC •, LVD • NEV • FE:, uncertain saint or person seated left in prayer between two trees; Holy Spirit above (represented by the dove). Cf. Gotthard Minusische Thalersammlung und Medaillensammlung die Adolph Preiss'sche 5267. Fine, as made, with remnants of piercing from original.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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RUSSIA, Tsardom of Rus. Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. Æ Medal (52mm, 75.85 g, 12h). Commemorating the Capturing of Narva. By S. Judin and possibly T. Ivanov. Dated 1704. ПETPЪ AΛEҰIEBИЧЬ BCE POCCIИCKIИ CAMOДEPЖEЦЪ •, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / HE ΛECTИЮ HO OPУЖИEMЪ CПOMOЩИЮ BЫШHEГO/ПPИEMΛEHA (taken not through weaponry but rather through cunning, with the help of a Higher Power), siege and bombardment of the fortifications; HAPBA 1704 (Narva) in exergue. Moneta 60, 20; Iversen series XIX, p. 19. Near EF, some light marks.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AR Penny (19mm, 1.14 g, 11h). Fourth coinage, pre-Treaty-period. London (Tower) mint; im: crown. Struck 1356. (crown) ЄDWΛRDVS RЄX ΛIIGLI, crowned and draped facing bust / CIVI TΛS LON DON, long cross pattée, with three pellets in angles. Lawrence 2; North 1176; SCBC 1587. Good Fine, toned.
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HANOVER. Victoria. 1837-1901. AR Maundy Set. Old head coinage. Dated 1893. All coins: VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·, crowned and veiled bust left / Large crowned denomination; date flanking; all within wreath. ESC 3551; SCBC 3943. EF, toned. An attractive matching set without the accompanying presentation case.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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SCOTLAND. William I 'the Lion'. 1165-1214. AR Penny (19mm, 1.34 g, 9h). Second (Crescent & Pellet) coinage, class I. Perth mint; Folpolt, moneyer. Struck circa 1174-1180. [+] LЄ RЄ[I WILAm...], crowned bust left; cruciform scepter to left; two crescents to right / [+ F]OLPOL[T DЄ PЄRT], ross pattée; in each quarter, pellet-in-crescent above pellet. Burns 2 (fig. 30); SCBI 35 –; SCBC 5024. Near VF, toned. Strong portrait.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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SCOTLAND. David II. 1329-1371. AR Groat (27mm, 3.64 g, 3h). Third (light) coinage, Stewart group D. Edinburgh mint; im: cross potent. Struck 1367-1371. DΛVID DЄI GRΛ RЄX SCOTORVm, crowned bust left, with features of Robert II; lis tipped scepter before, with star at base; all within double polylobe, with trefoil in spandrels; double cross stops / DnS P TЄCTOR mS Z LIB ΛTOR mS/VILL Λ ЄD InBV RGҺ, long cross pattée; in each quarter, mullet with central rosette; saltire stops in outer legend; saltire above crescent after Dn´S. Burns 41 (fig. 302); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 423-4; SCBC 5125. Good VF, toned.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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SCOTLAND. Robert II. 1371-1390. AR Groat (28mm, 3.94 g, 2h). Edinburgh mint. + ROBЄRTVS DЄI GRA RЄX SCOTTORVm, crowned large bust left, to left, scepter with star on base, all within tressure of six arches; trefoils in spandrels; double saltire stops / + Dn´S P TЄCTOR m´S 7 LIB ΛTOR m´S/VILL Λ ЄD InBV RGh, long cross pattée; in each quarter, mullet with central rosette; saltire stops in outer legend; saltire above crescent after Dn´S. Burns 3 and fig. 309; SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 446; SCBC 5131. VF, toned.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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