Byzantium. John II Commenus. Constantinople. AD 1118-1143. AV Hyperpyron (4,17g, 6h). DOC 3a; Ratto 2092. Old cabinet tone. Several graffiti. Good very fine. From a private collection, acquired from Art Antique (Jean-Pierre Kimmel), Reims, 1985
Lot 199
Starting price: 200€
Byzantium. John III Ducas Vatatzes. Magnesia. AD 1232-1254. AV Hyperpyron (4.34g, 6h). DOC 6b; Ratto 2284. Old cabinet tone. Several graffiti. Good very fine. From a private collection, acquired from Art Antique (Jean-Pierre Kimmel), Reims, 1989
Lot 200
Starting price: 200€
Africa. Egypt. Farouk. London. AH 1357 (1938). AV Proof 500 Piastres. Friedberg 35. Commemorating the royal wedding of King Farouk to Queen Farida. PCGS PR63 (948916.63/34448249). From a private collection
Lot 201
Starting price: 4000€
Africa. Guinea. Labé (Fouta-Djalon). 1879. AR 5 Francs. Lecompte 2. PCGS SP45 (550885.45/36016575). From a private collection
Lot 202
Starting price: 4000€
Africa. Morocco. Mouley al-Hasan. Fes. AH 1306 (1888). Æ Falus. Lecompte 44. An elusive type, believed by many to be a pattern for the AH 1310 issue. PCGS MS63RB (630625.63/34185489). From a private collection
Lot 203
Starting price: 1000€
Asia. Cambodia. Sisowath. 1906. AV Coronation Medal (24.13g, 12h). Lecompte 129. Very rare. Lightly toned. Mounted. Minor scratches on obverse. Choice extremely fine. From a private collection; Hess-Divo 2016 (331) lot 842
Lot 204
Starting price: 4000€
Asia. Hong Kong. 20th century. AV Tael Ingot (37.45g, 12h). Lightly toned. Minor contact marks. Good very fine. From a private collection
Lot 205
Starting price: 4000€
Asia. Iran. Muhammad Reza Pahlavi Shah. Tehran. SH 1339 (1960). AV 5 Pahlavi. Friedberg 99. PCGS MS65 (826616.65/29416185). From a private collection
Lot 206
Starting price: 1000€
Europe. France. Carloman II. Troyes. 879-884. AR Denarius (1.76g, 3h). Depeyrot 1087. Very rare. Lightly toned. Insignificant deposits. Choice extremely fine. From a private collection; Thierry Parsy 2016 (9 December) lot 52
Carloman II was the King of West Francia from 879 until his death. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, he and his elder brother, Louis III, divided the kingdom between themselves and ruled jointly until the latter's death in 882. Thereafter Carloman ruled alone until his own death. He was the second son of King Louis the Stammerer and Queen Ansgarde
Lot 207
Starting price: 2000€
Europe. France. John the Red, Duke of Brittany. 19th century (?). Æ Impression of the third equestrian seal (80mm). Douet d’Arcq 538. Very rare. Old cabinet tone. Of great numismatic interest. Choice extremely fine. From a private collection
Lot 208
Starting price: 1000€
Europe. France. Louis XIII. Aix-en-Provence. 1635. AV Ecu au soleil (3.34g, 3h). Mark of the master Lazare Gaultron (two tendrils in saltire). Clairand, Ganne & Schiesser 2018, 2-3. Very rare. Apparently the 3rd known. Good very fine. From a private collection
Louis XIII, sometimes called the Just, was King of France from 1610 to 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown. Taciturn and suspicious, he relied heavily on his chief ministers, first Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes and then Cardinal Richelieu, to govern the Kingdom of France. The King and the Cardinal are remembered for establishing the Académie française, and ending the revolt of the French nobility. They systematically destroyed the castles of defiant lords, and denounced the use of private violence. By the end of the 1620s, Richelieu had established "the royal monopoly of force" as the ruling doctrine. His reign was also marked by the struggles against the Huguenots and Habsburg Spain
Lot 209
Starting price: 4000€
Europe. France. 1880-1881. AV Proof (9.84g, 12h). Louis XII's gold ducat type. Maison Palombo 2020 (19) lot 576. Very rare. Apparently the 2nd known. Lightly toned. Choice extremely fine. From a private collection
Lot 210
Starting price: 2000€
Europe. Germany. Freiburg im Bresgau. 1620. AR 10 Kreuzer (3.38g, 3h). Berstett 240. Old cabinet tone. A lovely coin. Choice extremely fine. From a private collection
Lot 211
Starting price: 1000€
Europe. Russia. Catherine II. 1791. AV Medalet (3.66g, 12h). Peace with Turkey. Diakov 225.9. Very rare. Lightly toned. Choice extremely fine. From a private collection; former Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston (1887-1967) collection, Couteau-Bégarie 2014 (14 November) lot 355
Lot 212
Starting price: 1000€
Abbasids. Al-Mansur. AH 155 (AD 771-772). AV Dinar (4.25g, 2h). Album 212. Lightly toned. Deposits on reverse. Choice extremely fine. From a private collection
Lot 213
Starting price: 200€
Abbasids. Al-Mansur. AH 157 (AD 773-774). AV Dinar (4.25g, 6h). Album 212. Lightly toned. Minor weakness on obverse. Choice extremely fine. From a private collection
Lot 214
Starting price: 200€
Abbasids. Al-Rashid. Unnamed mint (Misr). AH 191 (AD 806-807). AV Dinar (4.19g, 6h). Album 218.13. Lightly toned. Good very fine. From a private collection
Lot 215
Starting price: 200€
Abbasids. Al-Ma’mun. Madinat al-Salam. AH 218 (AD 833-834). AV Dinar (4.21g, 12h). Bernardi 116Jh. Old cabinet tone. Choice extremely fine. From a private collection
Lot 216
Starting price: 200€
Hafsids. Abu Zakariya' Yahya. Bijaya. AH 627-647 (AD 1230-1249). AV Dinar (4.78g, 12h). Hazard 547. Lightly toned. Choice extremely fine. From a private collection
Lot 217
Starting price: 1000€
Spain. Alfonso VIII. Toledo. Safar era 1223 (AD 1185). AV Maravedí - Morabitino (3.93g, 6h). Friedberg 101. Lightly toned. Choice extremely fine. From a private collection
Lot 218
Starting price: 1000€
Ilkhanids. Uljaytu. Baghdad. AH 716 (AD 1316-1317). AV Presentation multiple dinar (42.35g, 7h). Maison Palombo 2019 (18) lot 86. Very rare. Lightly toned. Choice extremely fine. From a private collection
Allahumma ṣallà 'alà Muḥammad al-musṭafà wa-'Alī al-murtaḍà wa-l-Ḥasan al-raḍī wa-l-Ḥusayn al-shahīd... wa-Muḥammad wa-Ja'far al-ṣādiq wa-Mūsà al-kāẓim wa-'Alī al-hādī wa- al-'askarī wa-Muḥammad khallada... (outer circle) Ṣallà Allāh / lā ilāh illā Allāh / al-malik al-ḥaqq al-mubīn / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-ṣādiq al-wa'd al-amīn / 'Alī wālī Allāh / ṣallà Allāh 'alayhi (central polylobe)
Qur. Al-tawba, v. 112 (outer circle) ḍuriba / bi-madīnat al-salām / Baghdād / sanat sitt / 'ashr wa / sab'imi'a Dans le polylobe central: ḍuriba fī / dawlat al-mawlà al-sulṭān / al-a'ẓam mālik riqāb / al-imām ghayāth al-dunyā wa-l-dīn / Ūlujāytū sulṭān Muḥammad / khallada Allāh mulkahu (central circle)
The Ilkhanid dynasty was a Mongol dynasty ruling in Persia, up to the western edge of the Euphrates valley, in the 7th and 8th centuries AH/AD 13th-14th. The name of the dynasty indicates that they were dependent on the Great Khan (in Peking, China). Ghazan Khan (694-703 AH/AD 1295-1304) issued an edict ordering the standardization of the coinage in weight, fineness and type, and his standard double-dinar became the basis of Iran's monetary system for the 8th/14th century. Some changes in the design, in the legends, as well as in the standard weight of the Ilkhanid coins occasionally occurred. Uljaytu's first coins are similar to those of Ghazan Khan, but he replaced the Uighur legends with a combination of titles in Arabic according to the Islamic tradition: he converted from Sunni to Shi'a Islam, which explains the change of the legends
Lot 219
Starting price: 40000€
Buyids. Glass jeton or vessel seal (47mm). Album 1992 (85) lot 82. Choice extremely fine. From a private collection