INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Malwa. 'Ala' al-Din Mahmud Shah I. AH 839-873 / AD 1436-1469. AR Tanka (27mm, 11.04 g, 7h). Hadrat Shadiabad mint. Dated AH 855 (AD 1451/2). al-sultan legend / sikandar al-thani legend. CIS M25; Rajgor Type 3060. VF, traces of deposits.
INDIA, Mughal Empire. Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar. 1556-1605. AR Half Rupee (16mm, 4.91 g, 5h). Lahore mint. Dated Aban Ilahi year 48 (AD 1603/4). "Allahu akbar jallu jalalahu" in three lines within ornate double quadrate border / Ilahi month and year, and mint formula in three lines within ornate double quadrate border. Liddle Type S-56; Wright 240; Hull –; KM 67.1. Good VF, schroff mark on each side.
INDIA, Mughal Empire. Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar. 1556-1605. AR Half Rupee (17mm, 5.66 g, 4h). Lahore mint. Dated Aban Ilahi year 49 (14-24 October AD 1602). "Allahu akbar jallu jalalahu" in three lines within ornate double quadrate border / Ilahi month and year, and mint formula in three lines within ornate double quadrate border. Liddle Type S-56; Wright 240; Hull –; KM 67.1. Good VF, three shroff marks on obverse.
INDIA, Mughal Empire. Jalal al-Din 'Ali Jawhar Shah Alam II. AH 1173-1221 / AD 1759-1806. AV Mohur (20mm, 10.87 g, 8h). Dar al-Khalifat Shahjahanabad mint. Dually dated AH [117]8 and RY 6 (29 November AD 1764-19 June AD 1765). Persian couplet citing name and titles of Shah Alam II; hami din in legend; partial AH date to left / Mint and RY formula. Wright 2279 var. (dates); Hull 2248 var. (same); KM 719. EF, hint of weak strike at periphery, traces of luster.
IRAN, Qajars. Fath 'Ali Shah. As Shah, AH 1212-1250 / AD 1797-1834. AR Riyal (22mm, 9.24 g, 10h). Type D. Dar al-Mu'minin Kashan mint. Dated AH 1233 (AD 1817/8). Album 2886; KM 697.6. Good VF.
IRAN, Qajars. temp. Fath 'Ali Shah. As Shah, AH 1212-1250 / AD 1797-1834. CU Falus (24mm, 17.81 g, 12h). Tehran mint. Struck early 19th century. Entwined dragon with bifurcated tail / Mint name and denomination. Album 3269; Album 14, lot 837 (this coin). Near VF, brown surfaces. Rare.
IRAN, Qajars. Ahmad Shah. AH 1327-1344 / AD 1909-1925. AV Half Toman (16mm, 6h) (17mm, 1.36 g, 6h). Tehran mint. Dated AH 1335 (AD 1916/7). KM 1071; Friedberg 85. EF, a few scratches.
ITALY, Milano (Duchi). Galeazzo Maria Sforza. 1466-1476. AR Testone (28mm, 9.50 g, 8h). (mitered head of St. Ambrogio) GALEAZ M SF VICECOS DVX MLI QIŦ, armored bust right; pellet-in-annulet to left; apostrophe stops / P P ANGLE Q3 CO AC IANVE D, crested helmet left above coat-of-arms; branding irons with buckets to left and right; G3 (lunette) M across field; apostrophe stops. Cf. CNI V 60 (legends); Crippa 6/B. VF, toned with some scattered encrustation.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
LOW COUNTRIES, Vlaanderen (Flanders). Lodewijk II van Male. 1346-1384. AR Dubbele Groot Botdrager (31mm, 4.16 g, 10h). Gent or Mechelen mint. Struck 1365-1384. Helmeted lion seated left; all within a tressure of fifteen arches / Cross fleurée. Vanhoudt G 2606; Elsen 30; De Mey, Flanders 218. Good VF, traces of deposits, small edge chip.
LOW COUNTRIES, Spaanse Nederlanden (Spanish Netherlands). Vlaanderen (Flanders). Albert & Isabella. 1598-1621. AR Patagon (41mm, 27.79 g, 6h). Brussel mint; im: head. Struck 1612-1621. Vuurijzer over Bugundian cross; crown above; crowned monograms flanking / Crowned coat-of-arms within Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Vanhoudt I 408; G&H 311-3. VF, toned.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Colonial. Straits Settlements. temp. William IV. King of Great Britain, 1830-1837. CU Keping (21mm, 2.13 g, 6h). Private issue for circulation in Singapore. Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated AH 1247 (AD 1835/6). Rooster / Legend in Arabic. Pridmore, Straits Settlements 48; KM 8.1. Good VF.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Branowsky, July 1963.
MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Colonial. Straits Settlements. Victoria. Queen of Great Britain, 1837-1901. CU Cent (28.5mm, 9.25 g, 1h). East India Company issue. Calcutta mint. Dated 1845. Diademed head left / Denomination within wreath. Pridmore, Straits Settlements 28; KM 3. VF, brown surfances.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
PERU, Colonial. Fernando VI. King of Spain, 1746-1759. AR 8 Reales (40mm, 26.42 g, 12h). Columnario type. Lima mint. Dated 1754 L(IMA) JD. Crowned coat-of-arms / Crowned hemispheres; to right and left, crowned columns with banners all set on ground rising out of ocean waves. Gilboy L-8-4; KM 55.1. VF, toned, scratches.
PERU, Colonial. Fernando VI. King of Spain, 1746-1759. AR 8 Reales (39.5mm, 26.77 g, 12h). Columnario type. Lima mint. Dated 1755 L(IMA) JD. Crowned coat-of-arms / Crowned hemispheres; to right and left, crowned columns with banners all set on ground rising out of ocean waves. Gilboy L-8-5; KM 55.1. VF, toned, scratches.
PERU, Colonial. Fernando VI. King of Spain, 1746-1759. AR 8 Reales (40mm, 26.87 g, 12h). Columnario type. Lima mint. Dated 1759 L(IMA) JM. Crowned coat-of-arms / Crowned hemispheres; to right and left, crowned columns with banners all set on ground rising out of ocean waves. Gilboy L-8-10; KM 55.1. Good VF, toned.
PERU, Colonial. Fernando VII. King of Spain, 1808-1833. AR 8 Reales (38mm, 27.04 g, 12h). Pillar type. Lima mint. Dated 1820 (LIMAE) JP. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Crowned coat-of-arms between garlanded Pillars of Hercules. KM 117.1. Near EF, lightly toned, some light hairlines.
PERU, Colonial. Fernando VII. King of Spain, 1808-1833. AR 8 Reales (38mm, 27.04 g, 12h). Pillar type. Lima mint. Dated 1820 (LIMAE) JP. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Crowned coat-of-arms between garlanded Pillars of Hercules. KM 117.1. Near EF, lightly toned.
PERU, Republic. 1821-present. AR 8 Reales (40mm, 26.61 g, 6h). Lima mint. Dated 1832 (LIMA) MM. Libertad standing facing slightly left, holding inscribed shield and staff surmounted by cap / Coat-of-arms within wreath. KM 142.3. EF.
RUSSIA, Kievan Rus. Tmutarakan (Principality). temp. Mstislav Volodimirovich Khorobry (the Brave). Circa 990-1024. AR 'Miliaresion' (21mm, 1.40 g, 12h). Imitating a Constantinople mint Miliresion of Basil II Bulgaroktonos. Crowned busts facing, wearing loros and chlamys, respectively; crowns with pendilia; between, long cross crosslet set on base with three steps; pellet-in-crescent on shaft / Pseudo-legend in five lines; ornament above. Golenko 1; Golden Horn Collection (Stack's, 12 January 2009), lot 3636. Fine, toned, struck on slightly ragged flan, holed for suspension.