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Islamic, Ancient, British and World Coins Medals and Memorabilia relating to Edward VIII Historical and Renaissance Medals and Plaquettes To be sold by auction at: Sotheby’s, in the Upper Grosvenor Gallery The Aeolian Hall, Bloomfield Place New Bond Street London W1A 2AA Day of Sale: Thursday 11 November 2010 at 10.30 am and 2.00 pm Public viewing: 45 Maddox Street, London W1S 2PE Monday 8 November 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Tuesday 9 November 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Wednesday 10 November 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Or by previous appointment. Catalogue no. 46 Price £10 Enquiries: James Morton, Tom Eden, Paul Wood, Jeremy Cheek or Stephen Lloyd Tim Wilkes (consultant) Cover illustrations: Lot 272 (front); Lot 378 (back); Lot 421 (inside front cover) in association with 45 Maddox Street, London W1S 2PE Tel.: +44 (0)20 7493 5344 Fax: +44 (0)20 7495 6325 Email: [email protected] Website: www.mortonandeden.com This auction is conducted by Morton & Eden Ltd. in accordance with our Conditions of Business printed at the back of this catalogue. All questions and comments relating to the operation of this sale or to its content should be addressed to Morton & Eden Ltd. and not to Sotheby’s. Online Bidding Morton & Eden Ltd offer an online bidding service via www.the-saleroom.com. 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Order of Sale Thursday 11 November 2010 Starting at 10.30 am Islamic Coins lots 1-248 Starting no earlier than 12.30 pm Ancient Coins lots 249-278 Starting at 2.00 pm The Charing (Kent) Hoard lots 279-283 British Gold Coins lots 284-314 British Silver and Base Metal Coins lots 315-354 World Gold Coins lots 355-398 A Collection of Russian Coins lots 399-467 World Silver and Base Metal Coins lots 468-496 Cabinets lots 497-499 Banknotes lots 500-505 Starting no earlier than 4.00 pm Medals and Memorabilia relating to Edward VIII lots 506-544 British and World Historical Medals lots 545-577 Italian Renaissance Plaquettes lots 578-594 Italian Renaissance Medals lots 595-609 * Illustrated lots are marked with an asterisk. Additional images may be available online. ‡ Lots marked with a double dagger are sold under Temporary Import regulations (see Important Information for Buyers). g Lots marked with a g are sold under Investment Gold regulations (see Important Information for Buyers). The condition of most of the coins and medals in this catalogue is described by the use of conventional numismatic terms. For an explanation of these expressions or for any further information, clients are invited to contact us directly. SESSION ONE Thursday 11 November 2010 starting at 10.30am ISLAMIC COINS 4 7 1 Arab-Sasanian, Yazdgerd III type, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 20ye, 2.21g (Walker 3-10; SICA I, 353-357); Khusraw II type, drachm, BYŠ (Bishapur) 50h, 3.02g (Walker 33-34; SICA I, 133-137); `Abd Allah b. `Amir, drachm, DA (Darabjird) 43h, 3.88g (Walker 74; SICA I, 237), the first chipped, fine, the other two very fine (3) £150-200 2 Arab-Sasanian, `Abd Allah b. `Amir (c. 41-45h), drachm, DP (Fasa) 43h, 3.13g (Walker 70 [mint-name read as DR]); `Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr (60-73h), drachms (2), DA+G (Jahrum) 54ye, 3.94g (SICA I, 264) and DA+RA (Darabjird) 60ye, 4.10g (Walker p.35, 47); `Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, drachm, BCRA (Basra) 56h, with countermarks of winged animal and facing crowned bust, 3.88g (SICA I, 49 for undertype; countermarks 3 and 58); `Ubayd Allah b. Abi Bakra (fl. 79-80h), drachms (2), SK (Sijistan) 80h, varieties with and without pellet below b of bismillah, 3.90, 4.00g (cf SICA I, 370), very fine or better (6) £300-400 First ex CNG auction 76, lot 1722; second ex Baldwin’s Islamic Coin Auction 9, lot 3186; fourth ex Triton IX, 10 January 2006, lot 1792. 3 Arab-Sasanian, `Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad (55-64h), fulus (2), both ART (Ardashir Khurra), date (65h?) unclear, 0.72g, 0.51g (Gyselen 1); Khalid b. `Abbad, fals, BYŠ (Bishapur), 0.78g (Gyselen 3); together with other fulus (8), two facing bust type, fair to fine, the first three rare (11) £200-300 4 *Arab-Sasanian, `Abd Allah b. Khazim (c. 62-72h), drachm, ANBYR (Anbir?) 68h, 3.79g (Walker 247ff), a slightly soft striking, good very fine £500-800 5 Arab-Sasanian, `Abd al-Malik b. ‘Abd Allah (66-67h), drachm, BYŠ (Bishapur) 67h, 3.00g (Walker -; SICA I, 155); `Ubayd Allah b. Abi Bakra, drachms (2), SK (Sijistan) 79h, 80h, 4.00, 4.05g (SICA I, 369, 370); `Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, drachm, SK (Sijistan), 80h? (date clearly engraved but blundered), obv., uncertain word or symbol in first quadrant, 4.01g, the first slightly clipped, otherwise very fine or better (4) £400-500 6 Arab-Sasanian, `Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad (fl. 80-83h), drachm, SK (Sijistan) 82h, 3.62g (Mochiri 406), good fine/fine £80-100 7 *Arab-Sasanian, `Amr b. Laqit (fl. 83h), drachm, KRMAN-NAR (Narmashir) 83h, 4.10g (Walker -; SICA -; SCC 189), good very fine, very rare £300-400 Ex Baldwin’s Islamic List 10, September 2005, no. 38. 8 9 10 12 17 8 *Arab-Byzantine, fals, Jerash, obv., two seated figures, mintname in Greek to right, rev., large M, 9.38g (Walker p.44, G.1 var.; Goodwin p.39, 34 var.; Album 98), countermarked ‘tayyib’ on obverse, very fine and very rare £300-400 9 *Arab-Byzantine, fals, Jerash, similar to the last, 10.50g, countermarked ‘tayyib’ on obverse, fine and very rare £200-250 10 *Arab-Byzantine, half-fals, Baysan, obv., two standing figures, rev., large K, mintname in Arabic to right, 3.19g (Goodwin p.39, 33 var.; Album 99 RRR), good fine, very rare £200-300 11 Arab-Byzantine, fals, Dimashq, obv., seated figure (Album 100); fulus (2), Dimashq, obv., standing figure (Album 101); fulus (2), Tabariya, obv., three standing figures (Walker 43; Album 107), fine to good very fine, the first rare, one with flan crack (5) £250-350 12 *Arab-Byzantine, fals, `Amman, obv., two seated figures, rev.