ITALY, Padova. Ulrico di Waldsee. 1320-1321. AR Grosso Aquilino (20mm, 1.07 g, 9h). Cross pattée / Eagle standing left, head and tail right, with wings displayed. Biaggi 1726. VF, toned.
ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Pius II. 1458-1464. AR Bolognino (15mm, 0.59 g, 9h). Rome mint. Half-length bust facing, wearing miter and mantum / Cross composed of U R B I around central crescent; pellet in each quarter. CNI XV 112; MIR 364/1 Muntoni 20; Berman 366. VF, toned.
ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Paul IV. 1555-1559. AR Giulio (28mm, 3.02 g, 8h). Rome mint. Papal coat-of-arms / · S · PAVLVS · ALMA · RO M, St. Paul standing facing, holding sword and Gospels; mintmaster's mark to lower left. CNI XV 233 var.; Muntoni 38 var.; Berman 1040 var. (all refs ROM A). VF, toned, double struck.
ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Clement XI. 1700-1721. AR Grosso (19mm, 1.41 g, 12h). Rome mint. Dated RY 9 (1710/11). Papal coat-of-arms / Radiate and draped bust of St. Paul left. CNI XVI 138; Muntoni 151; Berman 2435. EF, toned, a few scratches.
ITALY, Urbino. Guidobaldo II della Rovere. 1538-1574. AR Armelllino (20mm, 1.13 g, 2h). Ermine pouncing right on prey; below, • E • / St. George on horseback right, slaying dragon. CNI XIII 74. VF, lightly toned. Well-struck for issue.Ex Classical Numismatic Group 67 (22 September 2004), lot 1960.
MALTA, Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Antoine de Paule. Grandmaster, 1623-1636. AR Tallero (41mm, 26.79 g, 10h). Countermarked issue. De Paule coat-of-arms within incuse struck on reverse of a Harderwijk in Gelderland mint Leeuwendalder, dated 1608 (Purmer Ge56). Cf. V.F. Denaro, "Dutch coins and Maltese countermarks," NC 1963, Fig. D (for c/m and test cut on rev. on a 1617 Utrecht issue); Restelli & Sammut, pl. LXXXIX, 3 (same undertype, but 1606). Host coin Near VF, toned, flan crack; countermark Good VF, toned.
RUSSIA, Empire. Anna Ioannovna. 1730-1740. CU Denga (27mm, 7.16 g, 12h). Krasny (Moscow) mint. Dated 1731. Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; crown above / Value and date in three lines; all within ornate frame supported by laurels and palm fronds; above, large rosette. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 9; cf. Bitkin 283; Uzdenikov 2484; Brekke 22. EF, brown surfaces, area of die rust on periphery of reverse.
RUSSIA, Empire. Anna Ioannovna. 1730-1740. CU Polushka (20mm, 4.26 g, 12h). Flatting Mill on the Yauza River mint. Dated 1735. Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; crown above / ПОЛУ/ШКА and date in three lines; all within ornate frame supported by laurels and palm fronds; above, large rosette. Edge: /////. Diakov 5-7; Bitkin 350; cf. Uzdenikov 2494; Brekke 10. EF, brown surfaces. Overstruck on a kopek of Petr II Alexeyevich. Excellent for issue..
RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (43mm, 51.82 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1766 C · ΠM. Crowned script IЄ II monogram; date across field; all within laurel and palm wreath / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; crown above; с · п м flanking tail. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 146; Bitkin 570; Uzdenikov 2676; Brekke 216. VF, brown surfaces. Overstruck on a 1762 10 kopeks of Petr III Fyodorovitch.
RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (45mm, 58.26 g, 12h). Ekaterinburg mint. Dated 1768 EM. Crowned script IЄ II monogram; date across field; all within laurel and palm wreath / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; crown above; E м flanking tail. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 216; Bitkin 614; Uzdenikov 2703; Brekke 223. VF, brown surfaces. double strike at periphery of reverse.
RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (46mm, 49.46 g, 12h). Ekaterinburg mint. Dated 177[...] EM. Crowned script IЄ II monogram; date across field; all within laurel and palm wreath / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; crown above; E м flanking tail. Edge: cross hatched. Cf. Diakov 254; cf. Bitkin 619; cf. Uzdenikov 2714; cf. Brekke 228 (all refs for 1770). Good VF, brown and dark green surfaces, rotated double strike.
RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (43mm, 51.05 g, 12h). Ekaterinburg mint. Dated 1782 EM. Crowned script IЄ II monogram within laurel and palm wreath; crown above; date across field / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; crown above; E м flanking tail; value on banner below. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 449; Bitkin 633; Uzdenikov 2756; Brekke 246. EF, brown surfaces.
RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (41mm, 48.59 g, 12h). Ekaterinburg mint. Dated 1784 EM. Crowned script IЄ II monogram; date across field; all within laurel and palm wreath / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; crown above; E м flanking tail. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 493; Bitkin 635; Uzdenikov 2764; Brekke 252. EF, brown surfaces.
RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (43mm, 51.69 g, 12h). Anninsk mint. Dated 1793 AM. Crowned script IЄ II monogram within laurel and palm wreath; crown above; date across field / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; crown above; A м flanking tail; value on banner below. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 739; Bitkin 863; Uzdenikov 2861; Brekke 299. EF, attractive red-brown surfaces.
RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (43mm, 50.09 g, 12h). Ekaterinburg mint. Dated 1794 EM. Crowned script IЄ II monogram within laurel and palm wreath; crown above; date across field / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; crown above; E м flanking tail; value on banner below. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 767; Bitkin 648; Uzdenikov 2873; Brekke 300. EF, brown surfaces.
RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 2 Kopeks (33mm, 21.73 g, 12h). Krasny (Moscow) mint. Dated 1764 MM. Crowned script IЄ II monogram; date across field; all within laurel and palm wreath / St. Georgii right on horseback, spearing Dragon recumbent below; value on banner below. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 69; Bitkin 532; Uzdenikov 2651; Brekke 144. EF, brown surfaces.
RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU Denga (20.5mm, 3.10 g, 12h). Suzun (Kolyvan) mint. Dated 1769 KM. Crowned oval shield inscribed ДЕ/НГА ·/1769 in three lines; shield in ornate frame and held by Siberian fox supporters / Crowned script Є II monogram within laurel and palm wreath. Edge: /////. Diakov 983; Bitkin 1175; cf. Uzdenikov 4284; Brekke 358. EF, attractive brown surfaces.
RUSSIA, Empire. Aleksandr I Pavlovich. 1801-1825. CU 5 Kopecks (43mm, 54.97 g, 12h). Suzun (Kolyvan) mint. Dated 1803 KM. Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; crown above; к м flanking tail; all within ornamented border / Value, ornamental bar, and date in four lines; all within ornamented border; pellet-in-annulet after 5 and date. Edge: /////. Bitkin 413; cf. Uzhdenikov 3030; Brekke 113. VF, brown surfaces.