ROMAN. Provincial. Lot of one hundred (100) bronze coins from the Righetti Collection. Includes: various emperors and cities. An excellent and inexpensive dealer's lot, should be closely examined, several rarities in lot. All with collector's tickets. Fine to near VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. One hundred (100) coins in lot. From the Jean-Pierre Righetti Collection, with his tickets.
ROMAN. Provincial. Lot of ninety-one (91) bronze coins. Includes: various cities, rulers, and denominations. Average Fine to VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Ninety-one (91) coins in lot. From the Conti Collection.
ROMAN. Provincial-Imperial. Lot of thirty-two (32) bronze coins. Includes: Roman Imperial (30), from Divus Augustus to Diocletian, primarily sestertii but a few smaller denominations included // Roman Provincial (2), Elagabalus, Marcianopolis; Philip II, Antioch. Fine to VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Thirty-two (32) coins in lot.
ROMAN. Imperial. Lot of sixty (60) silver and bronze coins. Includes: various rulers, denominations, and types. Fair to VF or better. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Sixty (60) coins in lot. From the Conti Collection.
ROMAN. Imperial. Lot of sixty (60) silver and bronze coins. Includes: various rulers, denominations, and types. Fine to EF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Sixty (60) coins in lot. From the Conti Collection.
ROMAN. Imperial. Lot of ninety (90) silver and bronze coins. Includes: various rulers, denominations, and types. Fair to EF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Ninety (90) coins in lot. From the Conti Collection.
ISLAMIC. Tabaristan. Lot of one-hundred (100) AR Hemidrachms. All coins: Crowned bust right / Fire altar flanked by attendants. Average EF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. One-hundred (100) coins in lot.
ISLAMIC. Tabaristan. Lot of fifty (50) AR Hemidrachms. All coins: Crowned bust right / Fire altar flanked by attendants. Average EF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Fifty (50) coins in lot.
WORLD. France. Lot of ten (10) AV 100 Francs of Napoléon III. Includes: 1862 // 1864 (3) // 1865 (3) // 1868 (3). UNC. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Ten (10) coins in lot.
WORLD. Israel. Lot of one-hundred-seventeen (117) silver issues. Includes: different Israeli commemorative sets from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. 4 sets placed within boards and one within a book. UNC and Proof. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. One-hundred-seventeen (117) coins in lot.
AFGHANISTAN, Durrani Shahs. Ahmad Shah. AH 1160-1186 / AD 1747-1773. AV Half Mohur (22mm, 5.50 g, 12h). Lion type. Dera mint. Dually dated [AH 116(2 or 3)] and RY 2 (1748/9). Album –; ICV –; cf. KM 314 (heavy rupee); Zeno 122275 (this coin). Lightly toned, light marks, some peripheral weakness, evidence of having been placed in a bezel. EF. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives. Struck at the recently captured city of Dera (mod. Dera Ismail Khan) in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of northwestern Pakistan, the figure on this extremely rare half mohur has been interpreted as a wolf. A more plausible option is that the image is that of a lion, present in the region until 1842. It is possible to associate the lion here with Ahmad Shah, who is depicted in two contemporary miniatures, seated under a canopy on a lion skin. His tomb epitaph also notes that "In his time, from the awe and glory of his greatness / The lioness nourished the stag with her milk."
AFGHANISTAN, Durrani Shahs. Ahmad Shah. AH 1160-1186 / AD 1747-1773. AR Sawai Rupee (22mm, 13.61 g, 12h). Lion type. Dera mint. Dated RY 2 (1748/9). Album 3091.1; ICV –; KM 314. Toned, areas of deposits, some peripheral weakness. VF. Very rare, none in CoinArchives.
AFGHANISTAN, Durrani Shahs. Ahmad Shah. AH 1160-1186 / AD 1747-1773. AV Mohur (21.5mm, 10.88 g, 3h). Kashmir mint. Dually dated AH 1167 and RY 6 (1753). Album 3090; ICV 3938; KM 555. Toned, shroff mark on edge. Good VF.
AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Ferdinand I. Emperor, 1556-1564. AR Taler (40mm, 28.85 g, 8h). Jáchymov (Joachimstal) mint. Dated 1549. Crowned and armored bust right, holding scepter and hilt of sword / Nimbate eagle facing with wings spread, head left; coat-of-arms on breast. Vogelhuber 49/VII; Davenport 8046. Lustrous, with significant iridescent toning in devices, a few very light hairlines, minor edge marks. EF.
AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Ferdinand I. Emperor, 1556-1564. AR Taler (42mm, 28.73 g, 2h). Praha (Prague) mint. Dated 1558. Crowned and armored bust right, holding scepter and hilt of sword / Nimbate eagle facing with wings spread, head left; coat-of-arms on breast. Vogelhuber 55/II; Davenport 8035. Richly toned. Good VF. Ex Künker 134 (29 January 2008), lot 16.
AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Leopold V. Archduke, 1619-1632. AR Taler (42mm, 28.48 g, 12h). Hall mint. Dated 1621. Bust right, wearing mozzetta / Crowned coat-of-arms. Moser & Tursky 422; Voglhuber 175/II; KM 264.5; Davenport 3330. Lustrous with some attractive toning, some light brush marks in fields. EF.
AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Maria Theresia. Empress, 1740-1780. AR Taler (41mm, 28.05 g, 12h). Wien (Vienna) mint. Dated 1765. Diademed and draped bust right / Crowned double headed eagle facing, wings spread, with crowned coat-of-arms on breast. Eypeltauer 74; Vogelhuber 281/IV; KM 1817; Davenport 1121. Toned, a few light adjustment marks. AU.
AUSTRIA, Austrian Empire. Franz Josef I. 1848-1867. Proof AR Doppeltaler (41mm, 36.98 g, 12h). Commemorating the opening of the Vienna-Trieste railroad. Wien (Vienna) mint. Dated 1857 A. Laureate head right / Tower; steam engine and paddlewheel steamship flanking; below each, two coats-of-arms within floral sprays. Herinek 821v; KM 2246.2; Davenport 20. Deep cabinet toning with shades of orange and blue. In NGC encapsulation 6489299-004, graded PF 63. Though discussions of a rail connection from the capital to the Empire's main seaport of Trieste were begun as early as 1829, the initial work would not begin until 1839. The line would ultimately be completed in 1857 with the construction of the final section through the Karst Plateau.
AUSTRIA, Salzburg (Archbishophric). Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg. 1519-1540. AV 3 Dukat (23mm, 10.61 g, 4h). Dated 1521. Bust right, wearing biretta and mozetta / St. Rupert standing facing, holding salt cellar and crozier; two coats-of-arms flanking. Zöttl 133; Probszt 148; Friedberg 583. Wiped, edge marks, nicks and scratches. Good VF. Extremely rare, apparently one of only two known. Ex Numismatica Genevensis 14 (15 November 2021), lot 220.
AUSTRIA, Salzburg (Archbishophric). Johann Ernst von Thun und Hohenstein. 1687-1709. AV 12 Dukat (46mm, 41.85 g, 12h). Dated 1687. Coat-of-arms surmounted by tassled gallero / St. Rupert seated right, holding salt cellar and croizer, and St. Virgil seated left, holding croizer, facing one another; church to lower right. Zöttl 2094; Probszt 1746; KM 264; Friedberg 822. Edge bumps, marks, and a few scratches. Near EF. A very impressive gold multiple. Ex Numismatica Genevensis 14 (15 November 2021), lot 225.
BOLIVIA, Colonial (as Alto Perú). Carlos IV. King of Spain, 1788-1808. AV 8 Escudo (37mm, 12h). Potosí mint. Dated 1802 (PTS) PP. Armored and draped bust right / Crowned and collared coat-of-arms. Calicó 1322; KM 81; Friedberg 14. In NGC encapsulation 2733258-005, graded MS 62.