ISLAMIC/Palembang; Muhammad Badruddin II 1776-1804, Three Pitis

Left: 13 mm, 0.44 g  Robinson # 5.5 (R1) AH 1193 (though appears to be 1183 due to poorly executed numeral) /CE 1779

Center: 14 mm, 0.57 g Robinson #5 (R1) same date.

Right: 14 mm, 0.41 g, Robinson #5.9 (R2) date is poorly executed as 113 rather than 1193

The general inscription reads:
 السلطان
في بلد فلمبغ
سنة ١١٩٣

ISLAMIC/Palembang Tin Piti 18th Century CE



Tin Piti, undated though source appear to agree c. AH 1163/CE 1750
1.19 g/21 mm
"Alamat bilad Palembang"
Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin I CE 1724-1757

Milies 200
Robinson 4 (R1)

Great Britain/Hanover; Victoria 1837-1901

AR 1 1/2 d., 0.69 g, 11 mm, minted for use in Ceylon & Jamaica, 1839, mintage 760,000

KM# 728
SCBC 3915


ex: Stephen Album

DDR 50 pf 1950-A

Aluminum/Bronze, 3.38g, East Berlin mint 1950, 67,703,000 mintage

KM # 4

O: denomination above date and below Deutschland
R: plow in front of factory with tall smokestacks.

ROMAN/Maximianus CE 286-310

AE Antoninianus (----mm, 3.69 g) Tripolis mint, c. 286-290 CE

RIC V 626 var.
RCV 13144 var.

O: IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, rad, cuir., bust right.
R: IOVI CONSERVATOR--I AVGG/TR in field and palm branch on left XXI in exergue.
Emperor on left receiving Victory from Jupiter

ROMAN/Gordian III CE 238-244---A footnote to the Holocaust

AR Antoninianus, 4.1 g, 23 x 20 mm, 12h, Roma mint, CE 239

RSC 194

O: rad, cuir., bust r IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG
R: Virtus stg l holding shield and spear, PM TRP II COS PP


This coin was part of a lot from Triskeles Auctions 322 lot 518 that closed 12/13/2016. The entire lot including this coin was identified as former stock of Robert Ball Nachfolger a Berlin, Germany coin dealer who was active from 1887 until his death in 1904 according to the write up accompanying the lot description.

In 1904, the Ball enterprise continued under Hugo Grünthal who ran the firm under the Ball name until he was forced to close the business in 1934 when anti-Jewish laws began to impact business enterprises who were no longer able to advertise or have other access to markets. This compelling information was not included in the auction write up for some reason. It was noted that the remaining inventory was sold in two sales by Grabow of Rostock in 1939 and 1940. It is surmised that the coins in this lot probably came from the stock sold at that time. 

    Original Envelope that accompanied the coin. Envelope is 35 x 35 mm.

What is not mentioned is that Hugo Grünthal (1869-1943) died in Berlin in 1943. It is not known if this was due to natural causes or not, though considering the conditions that Jews were compelled to live under, all deaths were unnecessarily premature.  A medal depicting Grünthal  (and his relationship to the Ball company is noted on the reverse) was issued in 1929 and is depicted below:

Grünthal's son Henry (1905-2001) left Germany in 1938 and came to the USA and went on to work in Numismatics and was a long time curator at the ANS in NYC.  

This just goes to prove that preserving the provenance of even the most pedestrian coin provides invaluable information not only about the coin but the people who owned it and the times in which they lived.

 

Two DDR (1949-1990) Commemoratives

1972-A Buchenwald 10 Mark KM#38 (31mm, mintage 2.5 million, CuNi)

1971-A Thälmann 20 Mark KM#34 (33mm, mintage 2.5 million, CuNi)

JORDAN; Abdullah II (1999-); Half Dinar 2006/1427 AH

KM# 79
28 mm, 9.43 g.

OBS:  عبدالله الثاني ابن الحسين ملك المملكة الاردنية الهاشمية

“Abdullah ath-Thani Ibnal-Husayn Malik al-Mamlakah al-Urdaniyyah al-Hashimiyyah”

REV: THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN/HALF DINAR/نصف دينار ١٤٢٧ه ٢٠٠٦م

With large ١/٢ in center.

FRANCE; François Mitterand; President 1981-1995; Centennial

Coin Specifications:  (this example is BU)

Country:	France    (LU-G1002 Leuchtturm 2018 Catalogue Euro number)
Year Of Issue:	2016
Denomination:	2 Euro
Mint Mark:	cornucopia
Mintage:	Circulation: 9,980,000; Brilliant Uncirculated: 10,000; Proof: 10,000
Alloy:	Cupronickel Outer Ring: 75% Copper, 25% Nickel Clad; Nickel Brass Inner Core: 70% Copper, 24.5% Zinc, 5.5% Nickel
Weight:	8.5 grams
Diameter:	25.75 mm
Edge:	Lettering (2** 2** 2** 2** 2** 2**)
OBV Designer
REV Designer	Luc Luycx
Quality:	Circulation, Brilliant Uncirculated, Proof

For more info click here.

ROMAN/Severus Alexander CE 222-235

AR Denarius, 3.28g 19 mm, 6h, Rome mint c. CE 231

RSC 76

O: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laur., draped cuirassed bust r.

R: IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter adv left looking right and reading to throw a fulmen from his right hand.

 

INDO-PARTHIAN/Gondopharid; Pakores c. late 1st Century CE

AE Tetradrachm 8.31g 25 mm, 11h, Arachosia ? mint
Senior 269.8T

O: diad bust left

R: Nike adv right

ISLAMIC/'Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan; Jarir جرير CE 786-788

AR Hemidrachm, 23mm, 2.04 g, 3h, PYE 135

Album 64 (R)

Malek 95

Wilkes 110 (Islamic Coins & their Values Vol. I)

O: name in outer margin of obs Q3 جرير , “Afzut” in place of name before bust.

R: “Tabaristan” on right, “135” on left of attendants and fire altar.

GREECE/Seleucid; Antiochus I Soter BCE 281-261

AR Tetradrachm, 25.5 mm, 16.61 g, 6h, Aϊ Khanoum mint

SC 438.1a

O: diad hd r

R: Apollo Delphios std l on omphalos testing arrow in his right hand and holding bow in his left, monogram Δ in a circle to inner left. BAΣIΛEΩΣ on right ANTIOXOY on left.

Ex: CNG 367:252 (27 Jan 2016)

IRAN/Parthia; Phraates II BCE 138-127/6

AR Drachm, 4.2g, 20mm, 12h,  Tambrax mint struck c. BCE 128-126

Sellwood 16.11

Shore 50

BMC Parthia pg. 17, 15

Sunrise 272

 

O: Short bearded bust left wearing diadem, TAM behind

R: BAΣIΛΕΩΣ/MEΓAΛOY on right separated by guide line, APΣAKOY/ΘEOΠATOPOΣ on left separated by guide line.

Arsakes I seated right on omphalos, holding bow

IRAN/Parthia; Vardanes I c. CE 40-47

AR Drachm, 3.73 g, 20 mm, 12h, Ecbatana mint

Sellwood 64.31

Shore 353

O: bare-headed bust left with medium pointed beard wearing diadem with loop at top and three ends; earring visible; three lines on forehead representing royal wart.

R: archer std r on throne holding bow, below bow Ecbatana mint mark. Blundered Greek legend.

GREECE/Egypt; Ptolemaic; Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera BCE 51-30

AR Tetradrachm; 24 mm, 13.59 g, 12h. Alexandria mint, RY 14/BCE 39-38

Svoronos 1828 (Ptolemy XIII)

SNG Copenhagen 408

Noeske 370-1

DCA 70

O: diad. Hd of Ptolemy I r, wearing aegis around neck

R: Eagle with closed wings stg l on thunderbolt, palm frond over shoulder, LIΔ over headdress of Isis to left, ΠA to right. Around ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛΕΩΣ.

 

Ex CNG

Roman Republic, c. BCE 210

Anonymous, c. BCE 210, AE Sextans; 20mm, 3.16 g, 4h, Sardinia mint.

CR 64/6a
RCV 1226

O: hd of Mercury r wearing winged petasos, two dots above
R: Prow of galley right, ROMA above, MA monogram to right, two dots below.

Possibly overstruck on a Carthaginian bronze.



Ex: CNG 376 lot 764 or 765 (06-15-2016)
Ex: RBW Collection
Ex: UBS 59 portion lot 6125 (01-29-2004)            

Greece/Seleucid; Demetrius II Nikator (first reign) BCE 146-138

AR Drachm 3.78 g, 16-17 mm, 12h, Probably minted at Seleucia in Pieria

SC 1927.1

HGC 982 (R2)

O: diad hd of Demetrios r, diadem ends falling straight behind, dotted border

R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY in two lines on right, NIKATOPOΣ on left, anchor flukes upward.

Control inner left Flower (rose or lily?)

 

Ex: WKR Collection