aydi i mams ( r assids)

One of the Finest Known

Zaydi Imams (Rassids), al-Mansur ‘Abd Allah AR Mansuri Dirham. Zafar mint, AH 601 = AD 1204. Basmala tasliah and mint-date formula arranged in elaborate hexagrammoid design / Name and titles arranged as the obverse. Album 1083. 1.59g, 22mm. Extremely Fine.

From the Arethusa collection; Ex private British collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 71, 28 May 2020, lot 1441.

Ziyanids, time of Abu Tashufin ‘Abd al-Rahman I AV Double Dinar (Dobla). Madinat Tilimsan mint, AH 718-737 = AD 1318-1337. Kalima, “ghaliba”, “amr”, “quwwat” in five lines within square; name and titles around / Basmala, Tasliya and Ziyanid motto in five lines within a square; mint name around. Album 515.2; Hazard 648. 4.77g, 30mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine. Rare.

From the Arethusa collection; Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 64, 28 November 2019, lot 1051 (previously catalogued as an imitation, recent hoard evidence has since confirmed this as a regular issue).

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the ‘tabora sovereign’

Africa, German Colonial. Deutsch-Ostafrika (German East Africa), Wilhelm II AV 15 Rupien. Tabora mint, 1916. T. ✤ DEUTSCH OSTAFRIKA ✤, crowned eagle facing, head to left, with wings spread and coat-of-arms on breast; denomination below / Elephant, with trunk raised trumpeting, advancing slightly to right across savanna, Mt. Kilimanjaro behind; date above mintmark in exergue. KM 16.2; Jaeger 728a; Friedberg 1. 7.02g, 22mm, 12h.

Near Mint State. Very Rare.

From the collection of GK; Ex WAG Online oHG, Auction 73, 12 March 2017, lot 1504.

1,800

edward the Black prince

Anglo-Gallic, Edward the Black Prince AV Chaise d’Or. Bordeaux mint, 1362-1372. ✠ ЄD ✿ PO ✿ GꞂS ✿ RЄGIS ✿ AꞂGLIЄ ✿ PnS ✿ AQITAꞂIЄ, prince standing facing within gothic arch, holding sceptre / ✠ DЄVS ✿ IVDЄX ✿ IVSTVS ✿ FORTIS ✿ Z ✿ PACIЄꞂS ✿ B, cross collarino; lis and lions in angles, all within tressure. AGC 173B; Elias 143. 3.33g, 28mm, 8h. About Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.

Acquired from Editions V. Gadoury.

By the time this coin was struck, Edward the Black Prince, son of King Edward III, had already enjoyed an illustrious career as a military commander, contributing to English victories at a great number of significant battles against the French in the Hundred Years’ War. Arguably the most famous of these was the Battle of Crécy in 1346 which marked a decisive turning point in the fortunes of the English after the three unsuccessful campaigns in northern France that had come before it. Aged just 16, Edward was made a knight by his father before the battle and was entrusted with the command of the vanguard. At the head of nearly 4,000 men-at-arms, foot soldiers and longbowmen he is said to have conducted himself with distinction in the battle, despite having been thrown from his horse in the mêlée. The French army suffered heavy losses during the battle and was in a severely weakened state when the English began their siege of Calais in the month following Crécy. The town held for eleven months, more as a result of its existing strong fortifications than any defensive efforts from disordered French soldiers, but eventually it capitulated and became a key strategic asset for the English for the next 200 years. In recognition of his contribution to both the Battle of Crécy and the siege of Calais, the Black Prince was invested in the new Order of the Garter by Edward III upon their return in 1348.

Edward returned to France for several more campaigns from 1355 onwards, and in 1362 Edward III granted his son rule over the principalities of Aquitaine and Gascony (Aquitaine having been in English possession since 1154 as a result of the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II of England), he also bestowed on him the title Prince of Aquitaine and Gascony. The Black Prince was occupied for the next decade with campaigns and battles in Spain and France, only returning to England in 1371 due to ill health. Despite spending most of his life as a warrior prince, he spent the years leading up to his death in 1376 involved in domestic affairs, notably attempting to restrain the political ambitions of his brother, John of Gaunt the Duke of Lancaster, efforts which were to prove futile since after Edward’s death his brother became the most significant and perhaps overbearing influence over Edward’s son, the future king, Richard II.

939.

940.

941.

Anglo-Gallic, Henry VI of England and France AV Salut d’or. Saint-Lô mint, second issue, struck from 6 September 1423. ⚜ ҺЄИRICVS : DЄI : GRA : FRACORV : Ƶ : AGLIЄ : RЄX, the Virgin standing behind the arms of France facing the Archangel Gabriel standing behind the quartered arms of France and England, handing her a scroll bearing AVЄ beneath the light of God / ⚜ XPC’ ∗ VINCIT ∗ XPC’ ∗ RЄGNAT ∗ XPC’ ∗ IᙏPЄRAT, Latin cross above Һ within tressure of arches, lis at point of each arc; a lis and leopard to either side. SCBC 8164; Withers-Ford 387A.2a-b; Schneider 120; Elias 271; Duplessy 443A; Friedberg 301 (France); Numista 95179. 3.49g, 27mm, 3h. Mint State.

Ex Trésor de la Guerre de Cent Ans, Beaussant Lefèvre - Thierry Parsy, 13 December 2005, lot 217.

4,500

Anglo-Gallic, Henry VI of England and France AV Salut d’or. Rouen mint, second issue, 1433-1444. Étienne Marcel, mintmaster. (leopard)

XPC’ ∗ VIИCIT ∗ XPC’ ∗ RЄGИAT ∗ XPC’ ∗ IᙏPЄRAT (pellet-in-annulet under final letter), Latin cross above Һ within tressure of arches, lis at point of each arc; a lis and leopard to either side. SCBC 8164; Withers-Ford 386F.1b; AGC 386F, 1/b; Duplessy 443A; Friedberg 301 (France); Numista 95179.

NGC graded MS 65 (#4216400-001)

Acquired from Stack’s Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio).

3,150

Anglo-Gallic, Henry VI of England and France AV Salut d’or. Rouen mint, second issue, 1433-1444. Étienne Marcel, mintmaster. (leopard)

XPC’ ∗ VINCIT ∗ XPC’ ∗ RЄGИAT ∗ XPC’ ∗ IᙏPЄRAT (pellet-in-annulet under final letter), Latin cross above Һ within tressure of arches, lis at point of each arc; a lis and leopard to either side. SCBC 8164; Withers-Ford 386F.1b; AGC 386F; Duplessy 443A; Friedberg 301 (France); Numista 95179. 3.52g, 27mm, 9h.

Mint State. Rare from this mint.

Acquired from Editions V. Gadoury.

3,000

942.

Anglo-Gallic, Henry VI of England and France AV Salut d’or. Rouen mint, second issue, 1433-1444. Étienne Marcel, mintmaster. (leopard)

ҺЄИRICVS : DЄI : GRA : FRACORV : Ƶ : AGLIЄ : RЄX (pellet-in-annulet under final letter), the Virgin standing behind the arms of France facing the Archangel Gabriel standing behind the quartered arms of France and England, handing her a scroll bearing AVЄ beneath the light of God / (leopard) XPC’ ∗ VIИCIT ∗ XPC’ ∗ RЄGИAT ∗ XPC’ ∗ IᙏPЄRAT (pellet-in-annulet under final letter), Latin cross above Һ within tressure of arches, lis at point of each arc; a lis and leopard to either side. SCBC 8164; Withers-Ford 386F.1b; Elias 270c; Duplessy 443A; Friedberg 301 (France); Numista 95179. 3.49g, 27mm, 3h.

Mint State.

Ex Trésor de la Guerre de Cent Ans, Beaussant Lefèvre with Thierry Parsy, 30 June 2009, lot 329.

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4,500

Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Cnut AR Penny. Ebraice Civitas type. York mint, 900-905. Patriarchal cross, one letter of CNVT at the end of each arms, REX in the gaps around / x ER :· IΛI ·:· ICE :· I ·, small cross with two pellets in angles. SCBC 991; North 497.

PCGS graded AU55 (#896079.55/44760658).

Ex Mark and Lottie Salton Collection, acquired from Stack’s Bowers Galleries.

Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Long cross type. Winchester mint, 978-1016. Godwine, moneyer. ✠ ÆDELRED REX ANGLOX, draped bust to left / ✠ GODPINE MO PINT, voided long cross. SCBC 1151; North 774.