CRUSADERS, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Imitation Bezants. 11th-12th centuries. AV Bezant (24mm, 3.79 g, 4h). Imitating a dinar of the Fatimid caliph al-Amir. Acre mint. Second Phase, struck 1148/59-1187. Beginning of caliphal titles in two lines, continuation of name and titles in inner margin; mint formula in outer margin / 'al/ghaya" in two lines across field, Kalima in inner margin, "Second Symbol" (Quran 9: 33) in outer margin. Balog & Yvon 27c-d; cf. Metcalf, Crusades 138 (for type); CCS 4. Good VF, areas of light toning."Ex Spink USA (17 June 2014), lot 1132.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.98 g, 3h). Khosrau type. SK (Sakastan) mint. Dated AH 48 in Pahlavi (AD 668/9). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; rabbi and bismillah in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I 358-62; Walker, Arab-Sasanian 25; Album 5; ICV 2. EF, toned.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Kakwayhids. Faramurz. AH 433-443 / AD 1041-1051. AV Dinar (25mm, 3.48 g, 8h). Citing Abu Kalijar as overlord. Isfahan mint. Dated AH 436 (AD 1044/5). Album 1592.1 (date unlisted); ICV 1656; Wilkes & Curtis 11, lot 181. VF, areas of weak strike. Very rare.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Nasr II ibn Ahmad. AH 301-331 / AD 914-943. AV Dinar (22mm, 4.83 g, 1h). Nisabur (Nishapur) mint. Dated AH 327 (AD 938/9). AGC I 300Pj; Album 1449; ICV 1497. Good VF.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Nuh I ibn Nasr. AH 331-343 / AD 943-954. AV Dinar (23mm, 4.03 g, 4h). Samarqand mint. Dated AH 332 (AD 943/4). AGC I 331Qe; Album 1454A; ICV 1508. Good VF, toned.
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ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Rum. Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II bin Kay Qubadh. AH 634-644 / AD 1237-1246. AR Dirham (22mm, 2.92 g, 12h). Sivas mint. Dated 640 (AD 1242/3). Cf. Broome 274D (for type); cf. Izmirlier 470 (same); Album 1218; ICV 1340. VF, toned, small area of flat strike on reverse.From the J.-P. Righetti Collection.
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Najm al-Din Alpi. AH 547-572 / AD 1152-1176. Æ Dirham (32mm, 15.20 g, 1h). Unnamed (Mardin[?]) mint. Undated issue. Diademed and draped male busts, vis-à-vis; laqabs of Najm al-Din Alpi above and below; tamgha to lower left / Byzantine emperor standing facing being crowned by the Theotokos standing facing; genealogy of Najm al-Din Alpi around. Whelan Type II, 40-41; S&S Type 28; Album 1827.3. VF, brown surfaces, pitting.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Seljuk). Amirs of Wakhsh. 'Imad al-Din Abu Bakr. Circa AH 590s-609 / AD 1200-1212. AV Dinar (23mm, 3.34 g, 5h). Citing 'Ala al-Din Muhammad. Wakhsh mint. Date unclear. Album C1754; ICV 1912. VF, areas of flat strike. Very rare.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Seljuk). Amirs of Wakhsh. 'Imad al-Din Abu Bakr. Circa AH 590s-609 / AD 1200-1212. AV Dinar (27mm, 4.29 g, 2h). Citing 'Ala al-Din Muhammad. Wakhsh mint. Date unclear. Album C1754; ICV 1912. VF, areas of flat strike, slightly wavy flan. Very rare.
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ALGERIA, Ottoman. Mustafa III. AH 1171-1187 / AD 1757-1774. AR Quarter Budju – Tugrali-batlaka (21mm, 3.36 g, 11h). Struck under Muhammad V ibn Uthman, regent of Algeria. Jaza'ir mint. Dated AH 1183 (AD 1769/70). Name and title of Mustafa / Mint formula and AH date. KM 27 (date unlisted). VF, toned.
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ALGERIA, Ottoman. Mahmud II. AH 1223-1252 / AD 1808-1839. AR Third Budju – Tugrali-batlaka (20mm, 3.04 g, 12h). Struck under Hussein Dey, regent of Algeria. Jaza'ir mint. Dated AH 1232 (AD 1816/7). Name and title of Mahmud / Mint formula and AH date. KM 62. .
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ALGERIA, Ottoman. Mahmud II. AH 1223-1252 / AD 1808-1839. AR Eighth Budju – Tugrali-batlaka (1620mm, 1.36 g, 12h). Struck under Ali V ibn Ahmad, regent of Algeria. Jaza'ir mint. Dated AH 1233 (AD 1817/8). Name and title of Mahmud / Mint formula and AH date. KM 61. VF, toned.
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ALGERIA, Ottoman. Mahmud II. AH 1223-1252 / AD 1808-1839. AR Quarter Budju – 6 Mazuna (21mm, 2.54 g, 12h). Struck under Hussein Dey, regent of Algeria. Jaza'ir mint. Dated AH 1239 (AD 1823/4). Name and title of Mahmud / Mint formula and AH date. KM 67. Good VF, toned.
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ALGERIA, Ottoman. Mahmud II. AH 1223-1252 / AD 1808-1839. CU 5 Asper (17.5mm, 1.44 g, 12h). Struck under Hussein Dey, regent of Algeria. Jaza'ir mint. Dated AH 1239 (AD 1823/4). Name and title of Mahmud / Mint formula and AH date. KM 71. Good VF, brown patina.
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ALGERIA, Ottoman. Mahmud II. AH 1223-1252 / AD 1808-1839. BI Eighth Budju – Tugrali-ness-filk (18mm, 1.30 g, 12h). Struck under Hussein Dey, regent of Algeria. Jaza'ir mint. Dated AH 1244 (AD 1828/9). Name and title of Mahmud / Mint formula and AH date. KM 74. Good VF, toned.
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ANDORRA, Principality. 1278-present. Æ 10 Centimos (31mm, 8.07 g, 6h). Revolutionary issue. Dated 1873. Crowned coat-of-arms; shield within ornate frame with palm fronds / Value in two lines across field. KM X2. UNC, obverse wiped. Very rare with a reported mintage of approximately 250 specimens.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Ferdinand I. As Prince Infante in Spain, 1521-1531. AR 6 Kreuzer (23mm, 2.83 g, 2h). Hall mint. Crowned and armored young bust right, holding scepter and sword pommel / Long cross pattée, with coat-of-arms in each quarter. Moser & Tursky 89. VF, toned. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Pegasi Coins, April 1992.
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BAHAMAS, Colonial. British. George III. King of Great Britain, 1760-1820. CU Penny (29mm, 6h). Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1806. Laureate and draped bust right / BAHAMA, ship sailing right; in exergue, EXPULSIS PIRATIS/ RESTITUTA/ COMMERCIA in three lines. Edge: engrailed. KM 1. In NGC encapsulation graded AU 55 BN.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Bank Leu.
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CANADA. Elizabeth II. 1952-present. AR Dollar (36mm, 23.31 g, 12h). Centenary of Confederation issue. Ottawa mint. Dually dated 1867 and 1967. Crowned bust right / Canada Goose flying left. KM 70. UNC, lightly toned with proof-like fields, bag marks.
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FRANCE, Royal. François I le Pére et Restaurateur des Lettres (the Father and Restorer of Letters). 1515-1547. AV Écu d'or au soleil du Dauphiné (27mm, 3.38 g, 12h). 2nd type. Grenoble mint. First and third emission, until 1528. Coat-of-arms; sunburst above / Cross fleurdelisée, with central pierced quadralobe; crowned F in first and fourth quarters. Duplessy 783; Ciani 1083; Friedberg 355. EF, minor weak strike at peripheries.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Stack's (1 May 1991), lot 1907.
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