Bidspirit auctions | Historama Auction Oct 25, 2017

Historama, Oct 25, 2017. 386 lots.

Historama -

The live timed auction is 386 lots of a larger 661-lot mail auction running from 1 - 25 Oct. More details and access to catalogue files are available here: historama.com

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Lots in this catalog (386)

• Lot a50003-LA: Herod Archelaus (4 BCE - 6 CE), AE Half-Pruta : prow of galley facing left & leg. HPW / wreath w/leg. EΘN; 14.5 x 13mm,
• Lot a50001-LA: Judea: Herod the Great, Pruta c.22-10/9 BCE ; 15 x 15.5mm, 1.8g. Anchor with inscription / double cornucopia;
• Lot a50002-LA: Judea: Herod the Great, Pruta c.22-10/9 BCE ; 13 x 13.5mm, 1.75g. Anchor with inscription / double cornucopia;
• Lot a50004-LA: Roman governors of Judea: Valerius Gratus (Procurator under Tiberius), 15-26 AD. Æ bronze Prutah (2.4g, 12mm). Obv.
• Lot a50005-LA: Herodian dynasty > Agrippa I (37-44 AD): AE Pruta year 6 (J'lem mint); fringed canopy & leg.
• Lot a50006-LA: Herodian dynasty > Agrippa I (37-44 AD): AE Pruta year 6 (J'lem mint); fringed canopy & leg.
• Lot a50007-LA: Judaea > Domitian (Agrippa II), 56-95 CE . Laureate head of Domitian / Nike standing right, foot on helmet,
• Lot a50008-LA: Domitian (Agrippa II under Flavian rule) > Samaria > Caesarea Maritima, 83-84 CE (year 24); 16.75 x 19.5mm,
• Lot a50009-LA: 10th Legion ('Frentesis') countermarked Roman bronze coin , with an impression of Neptune (seldomly seen) and another,
• Lot a50010-LA: Italy > Lucania > Thurium, Stater (Nomos) 425-400 BCE ; 19.5mm, 5.2g. Obv.
• Lot a50012-LA: Ptolemaic Kingdom > Cyprus: Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285-246 BC, bronze obol , Salamis(?) mint; size: 20x20.5mm;
• Lot a50013-LA: Ptolemaic Kingdom > Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285-246 BCE ;
• Lot a50014-LA: Seleucid Kingdom (Kings of Syria) > Seleukos IV bronze serrate denomination, 187-175 BCE ;
• Lot a50015-LA: Seleucid Kingdom > Antiochus IV (175-164 BCE) serrated: diademed,
• Lot a50016-LA: Seleucid Kingdom > Antiochus IV (175-164 BCE) serrated ; diademed,
• Lot a50017-LA: Syria > Seleucid Kings > Demetrios/Demetrius II Nicator (second reign),
• Lot a50018-LA: Greece > Arabia > Nabataea: Aretas II, 110-96 BCE ; size: 13.5x16.5mm; weight: 3.75g.
• Lot a50019-LA: Greece > Arabia > Nabataea: Aretas IV, circa 9 BCE- 40 CE ; 19.5 x 18.75mm, 5.2g.
• Lot a50020-LA: Greece > Arabia > Nabatea: Rabbell II & Shuqailat II , laureate / Crossed Cornucopias, leg.
• Lot a50021-LA: Greece > Arabia > Nabatea: Rabbell II & Gamilat , c. 102 AD, jugate busts / Crossed Cornucopias, Petra.; 13.5 x 15mm,
• Lot a50022-LA: Syria > Laodicea ad Mare > Caracalla: billon Tetradrachm of Antioch, 244-249 CE ; 26 x 24mm, 11.25g.
• Lot a50023-LA: Gallienus (256-268 CE), AE silvered Antoninianus (sole reign), 265 CE : radiate, draped bust right & leg.
• Lot a50024-LA: Aurelian (270-284/5) - Alexandria, Potin Tetradrachm: Dated Year 5 = 273-274 AD; A K Λ ΔOM AVΡHΛIANOC CEB, Laureate,
• Lot a50025-LA: Aurelian (270-284/5 AD) bronze antoninianus: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate cuirassed bust right / RESTITVT ORBIS,
• Lot a50026-LA: Rome (Tetrarchy) > Diocletian: Antoninianus 284 AD (Antioch mint); size: 23mm; weight: 4.7g.
• Lot a50027-LA: Licinius (308-324 AD) bronze follis: radiate head right & leg.
• Lot a50028-LA: Roman Imperial coins > Constantine I Ae3 denomination, 335 CE ; size: 17.75 x 16.5mm; weight: 2.35g. CONSTANTI|
• Lot a50029-LA: Constantius II Augustus (337-361 CE) billon maiorina (348-51 CE) : emperor diademed,
• Lot a50030-LA: Sasanian Kingdom > Shapur I, Drachm 260-272 CE ; size: 25mm; weight: 3.85g.
• Lot a50031-LA: Sasanian Kingdom > Hormizd IV, Drachm 579-590 CE ; size: 27.5x25mm; weight: 2.35g. Crowned bust right,
• Lot a50032-LA: Sasanian Kingdom > Khusro II, Drachm 590-628 CE ; size: 32x33mm; weight: 4.05g. Mitchener-1212; EF
• Lot a50034-LA: Germany: Kornjude jeton, 1772, by Johann Christian Reich ; in pewter; 30mm, 6.75g; obv: Jewish grain peddler to right,
• Lot a50036-LA: Germany: Kornjudenmedaille "Corn Jew" medal , 1694-1695 - rare variant in lead ; by Christian Wermuth; 37.5mm,
• Lot a50037*-LA: Bronze replica of Bar Kokhba revolt era sela after Hendin-1388/H-NK-689.4 to 4.3 series: obv.
• Lot a50038*-LA: White metal replica of Bar Kokhba revolt era sela after Hendin-1388/H-NK-689.5 to 5.1 series: obv.
• Lot a50039*-LA: Base metal fantasy coin unlisted in H-NK ((remotely similar to 668): 7-branched palm tree w/2 bunches of dates &
• Lot a50040*-LA: Base metal "Jewish War" fantasy coin similar to H-NK-668,
• Lot a50041*-LA: Brass(?
• Lot a50042*-LA: Bronze(?
• Lot a50043*-LA: Bronze fantasy coin as per H-NK-F2: chalice with 3 round blooms emerging from it w/nonsense inscription around;
• Lot a50044*-LA: Italy: "Vespasian Sestertius" bronze cast copy of Paduan 17th C.
• Lot a50045*-LA: Italy: "Titus Judea Capta Sestertius" bronze Paduan cast copy after Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570); 31mm, 14.65g. Obv.
• Lot a50046-LA: Germany > Nuremburg: Purim jeton copper Rechnungspfennig of Ester & Haman , c. 1590; by Hans Krauwinkel; 27.5mm, 4.6g.
• Lot a50047-LA: Germany > Nuremburg: "Judea Capta" imitation copper jeton (ND) , circa. 1600; by Hans Krauwinkel; 28mm, 2.95g.
• Lot a50048-LA: False/Censer Shekel cast in white metal , c. 19th Cent.; w/leg. read right to left "Shekel Yisrael |
• Lot a50049-LA: False/Censer Shekel struck in light metal , c. late 19th Cent.; w/leg. read right to left "Shekel Yisrael |
• Lot a50050-LA: False/Censer Shekel in brass, circa post 1920's ; w/leg. read right to left "Shekel Yisrael |
• Lot a50051-LA: Germany > Saxe-Gotha: lot x10 medals of Christian Wermuth & studio,
• Lot a50052-LA: Italy: bronze medal fashioned after 16th C. Venetian Jesus medals , with standard 5-line Hebrew leg. on rev (eg.
• Lot a50053-LA: Christian Kabbalist amulet, post 1518 ; bronze; size: 39mm; weight: 16.1g.
• Lot a50054-LA: Italy: Jesus medal in copper , c. 16th C.; not maker-marked; size: 28.5mm; weight: 10.75g. Obv.: left facing Christ,
• Lot a50055-LA: US/Canada: large oval bronze medal with legend "Christ in You |
• Lot a50056-LA: US/Canada: small oval bronze medal with legend "Christ in You |
• Lot a50057-LA: Middle Eastern artwork hammered out on octagonal thin sheet of silver(?
• Lot a50058-LA: USSR: Josef Stalin 'publicity' screw-back pin , c.1930's-40's; 22mm, 6.9g.
• Lot a50059-LA: USSR(?): Communist Party members/supporters lapel-pin , c. 1940's-50's; 16.75 x 53.5mm, 1.65g.
• Lot a50060-LA: USSR: Vladimir Lenin nostalgia pin , c. 1970's-80's; 15.5 x 42mm, 0.8g. Maker-marked on back by Soviet manufacturer.
• Lot a50061-LA: China(?): Mao Tse-tung nostalgia pin , c. 1970's; 19.5mm, 3.55g.
• Lot a50062-LA: USSR: Sputnik-1 launch metal & enamel commemorative pin , 1957; 13 x 34.5mm, 1.75g. Not maker marked.
• Lot a50063*-LA: Argentina: Santa Isabel Jewish Colony silver jubilee commemoration brass token, 1933; not maker-marked; 34.5mm, 13.3g.
• Lot a50064*-LA: China: Harbin "Jewish Music-Drama Society" copper token (ND), c. 1910s-1920's; no marker marks; 27mm, 8.05g. Obv.
• Lot a50065*-LA: Russia/Ukraine: Balta (Odessa region) Jewish community 3 Kopek bronze token, circa. 1880s; 1.45g, 18mm. Obv.
• Lot a50066*-LA: Ukraine: Shepetivka/ Shepetovka 1 Karbovanets Jewish community bronze token , c.1900; 2.7cm, 7.85g. Obv.
• Lot a50067*-LA: Austria/Hungary: Mattersdorf (Mattersburg) Jewish community copper token , c. late 18th-early 19th Cent.;
• Lot a50068*-LA: US: Federation of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of NYC "Luck Piece" charity token, 1926; in silvered bronze,
• Lot a50069*-LA: Palestine/Syria: Lot x2 charity tokens, c. 19th Cent. 1) token ex Aleppo (Halab), Syria, ND (circa. late 19th C.); leg.
• Lot a50070*-LA: Palestine/Russia?: bronze Rishon LeZion Jewish settlement token , c. late 19th C. (1889/92?); size: 28.5 x 34mm;
• Lot a50073*-LA: Germany > Hanover: uniface bronze medallion of Board of Jewish Community in Hannover , c. 1870-1880s; 44.5mm, 19.1g.
• Lot a50074*-LA: Romania: Sephardic Jewish Communitee 200th Jubilee medal, 1931; struck in gilded bronze(?); 28.25 x 31.5mm, 10.45g.
• Lot a50075*-LA: Netherlands: cast silver spoon commemorating 250th Anniversary of Portuguese -Jewish Synagogue , 1925; by E.L.
• Lot a50076*-LA: Pin from opening ceremony of "Hebrew College" (Hebrew University) , 1925; not maker-marked (probably Bezalel);
• Lot a50077*-LA: Romania: "ZION-JOBB" [freemason?] fraternity medal , commemorating 30 years to its foundation, 1903; not maker marked.
• Lot a50078*-LA: Netherlands > Amsterdam: 350th Anniv. of Jewish (Ashkenazi) Community of Amsterdam comm. bronze medal, 1985;
• Lot a50079*-LA: Czechoslovakia: 700th Anniversary of Altneuschul ("Old-New" Synagogue) bronze comm. medal, 1990, by Jiri Vaclav Hampl ;
• Lot a50080*-LA: Netherlands Antilles/Curacao: Synagogue Mikvé Israel-Emanuel ("Snoa") uniface bronze commem. medal (ND), c. 1982-1997;
• Lot a50081*-LA: Spain > Madrid: Madrid & Toledo Synagogues commemoration, 1968 ; struck in tombak; not maker-marked; 45mm; 35.9g.
• Lot a50082*-LA: Germany: Jewish circumcision ("Brit Mila") silver medal, 1837-38, by Aaron Kohn ; size: 41mm; weight: 23.4g.
• Lot a50083*-LA: Germany > Prussia: Jewish silver calendar medal, 1804/5565 , by Daniel Friedrich Loos ; 44mm, 19.25g. Obv.
• Lot a50084*-LA: Germany > Frankfurt: copper-coated bronze token for wedding of Siegmund Rosenbaum & Dora Hamburger, 1898;
• Lot a50085*-LA: Bulgaria > Sophia: Jewish burial society "Chevra Kadisha" members metal jubilee, 1935; bronze(?); not maker-marked;
• Lot a50086*-LA: Bulgaria > Sophia: Jewish burial society "Chevra Kadisha" members metal and enamel pin in bronze(?), 1910,
• Lot a50087*-LA: Bulgaria > Sophia: Jewish burial society "Chevra Kadisha" members metal & enamel jubilee, 1935; bronze(?);
• Lot a50088*-LA: Britain: lot x4 Isaac Earlysman Sparrow copper farthing tokens: 1) obv: "Ascended at Oxford |
• Lot a50089*-LA: Britain: lot of 8 denominated tokens from J. Salmon & Son Ltd . business of London (presumably a Jewish merchant);
• Lot a50090*-LA: Lot x8 British Jewish merchant/business tokens, c. late 18th-19th Cent.
• Lot a50091*-LA: Lot 5x European/Jewish merchant & business tokens, c. early 20th Cent.
• Lot a50092*-LA: Lot 17x German & Austrian (1pc) Jewish merchant/business tokens, c. early 20th Cent.
• Lot a50093*-LA: Israel: lot x11 business/machine tokens, circa. 1960s-'70s , includes "Yavnir", "HaMarva",
• Lot a50094*-LA: Great Britain(?): uniface Jewish(?) merchant token bearing value of "1" and name "LEVY" below; size: 19.5mm;
• Lot a50095*-LA: Palestine(?): bronze token with incused Hebrew legend "Y. Zagman" with apparent value of '1' stamped below,
• Lot a50096*-LA: Romania(?): undocumented bronze token with large letter "K." on obverse & Star of David device on reverse.
• Lot a50097*-LA: Germany (Poland) > Posen: 15 Wert-Mark octagonal zinc business token of the watthour-meter factory business founded by
• Lot a50098*-LA: Israel: lot x7 bakelite ship cafeteria tokens from Sommerfin and Zim lines, circa. 1960s.
• Lot a50099*-LA: "Totzeret Ha'aretz" (Produce of the Land) initiative pin c. 1938-39; not maker-marked; 9x26.75mm, 0.3g.
• Lot a50100-LA: Syria(?)/Ottoman Empire: brass business token bearing the Arab legend "Atnah | Mr. Sobhy Basha Factory"; size: 30mm;
• Lot a50101*-LA: Austria > Vienna: Ludwig August von Frankl Jewish Community recognition medal , 1880; struck in bronze(?);
• Lot a50102*-LA: Austria-Hungary > Vienna: Salomon Mayer Rothschild 70th birthday bronze medal, 1844; by Konrad Lange ; 64.6g, 49mm.
• Lot a50103*-LA: Britain: Nathan Mayer Rothschild death memorial medal in bronze, 1836 ; by Joseph Moore (not marked); 61mm, 101.4g,
• Lot a50104*-LA: Austria: Carl Andorfer commemorative medal, 1893 ; struck in silvered bronze(?); by Franz Xavier Pawlik (Austria);
• Lot a50105*-LA: Austria: Gustav Mahler cast bronze plaque by Franz Stiasny , ND (c. 1930's), mounted on wooden display;
• Lot a50107*-LA: Austria: Joseph [von] Wertheimer commemoration medal in silver by Carl Radnitzky , 1867; 44.5mm, 34.85g;
• Lot a50108*-LA: France: Alfred Dreyfus affair medallion (ND) ; copper(?); no artist/makers mark; 28.5mm,
• Lot a50109*-LA: France: Alfred Dreyfus/Fernand Labori medallion (ND); bronze(?); 22.5mm,
• Lot a50110*-LA: France: 2nd Zionist Congress struck medal in bronze (1898) ; by Jewish sculptor/medallist Samuel Friedrich Beer; 63mm,
• Lot a50111*-LA: Germany > Prussia: Daniel Itzig 70th birthday commemoration medal ,
• Lot a50112*-LA: Italy: Sir Moses Montefiore centennary bronze struck medal, 1884 ; unmarked; 4.25cm, 27.1g. Obv.
• Lot a50113*-LA: Germany: Moses Mendelssohn medium sized relief bust medal , bronze by J.O. ( Robert Ball numismatists); 62mm; 103.85g.
• Lot a50115-LA: France: bronze bas relief medal commemorating Napoleon's marriage to Marie Louise, 1810; by F.
• Lot a50116-LA: Russia: bronze medal commemrating 50th anniversary of Czar Alexander II's Edict of Emancipation, 1911; size: 27mm;
• Lot a50117*-LA: US: Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise / Hebrew Union College 70th Anniv. bronze medal , 1945; not marker-marked; 63mm, 88.35g.
• Lot a50118-LA: Jerusalem YMCA "Life Member" metal plaque issued to Humphrey Ernest Bowman , 28 Nov. 1936; 73 x 50.5mm, 41.4g.
• Lot a50119*-LA: Palestine: Rishon LeZion settlement/Herzl commem. bronze token , circa. 1898; not maker-marked; 26mm x 27mm, 6.55g.
• Lot a50120-LA: Britain lot x3 Victoria-era tokens: a) "One Penny Model" bimetallic (copper/white metal) token, ND c. 1838;
• Lot a50121-LA: Austria: Maria Theresa silver thaler restrike variant , dated 1780 S.F.; size: 39.5mm; weight: 28g. Lacking rim frame.
• Lot a50122-LA: Austria: Maria Theresa silver thaler restrike variant , dated 1780 S.F.; size: 40.75mm; weight: 27.85g.
• Lot a50123-LA: Great Britain: gold Sovereign, 1908 (London mint); KM# 805, in EF-AU (a few rim nicks)
• Lot a50124-LA: Britain: lot 3x silver Florins (2 Shillings), 1921 (KM# 817a) in EF; est. value $175+
• Lot a50125-LA: Britain: lot 12x Half-Crown coins, mostly silver George V & VI + Elizabeth II (KM# 835/866/893): 1928 VF+,
• Lot a50126-LA: Britain: lot 33x silver Half-Crown coins post Queen Victoria - Edward VII & George V series (KM# 802/818): 1902, 1916,
• Lot a50127-LA: Britain: lot 13x 2 Shilling (Florin) coins of King George VI series (KM# 855/865): 1938, 1940 (x2), 1941, 1942 (x2),
• Lot a50128-LA: Britain: lot 11x silver Florins (2 Shillings) in poor grade (G-VG),
• Lot a50129-LA: Britain: lot 20x silver Florins (2 Shillings), 1920 in F - most with part of obv. leg. worn down or heavy wear to obv.
• Lot a50130-LA: Britain: lot 16x silver Florins (2 Shillings), 1921 (x7) & 1922 (x9) in F - most with part of obv. leg.
• Lot a50131-LA: Britain: lot 13x silver Florins (2 Shillings), 1914-1923 period (KM# 817/a) in better F - with complete obv. legend;
• Lot a50132-LA: Britain: lot 13x silver Florins (2 Shillings), 1920-1924 period (KM# 817a) mostly in VF (1-2 in F-VF); 1920, 1921 (x4),
• Lot a50133-LA: Britain: lot 8x silver Florins (2 Shillings), 1920-1926 period (KM# 817a) in VF-EF ; 1920, 1921 (x3), 1923, 1924 (x2),
• Lot a50134-LA: Britain: lot 29x silver Florins (2 Shillings), 1928-1936 series (KM# 834) in F-VF ; 1928 (x8), 1929 (x10), 1930 (x3),
• Lot a50135-LA: Britain: lot 14x silver Florins (2 Shillings), 1928-1936 series (KM# 834) in VF ; 1929 (x5), 1930, 1931 (x2),
• Lot a50136-LA: Britain: lot 9x silver Florins (2 Shillings), 1928-1936 series (KM# 834) in EF ; 1928 (x2), 1929 (x3), 1930, 1936 (x3);
• Lot a50137-LA: World: lot 60x coins, most 20th Cent., 1x 19th C ; 20 from Israel, 1949-50's; Palestine 100m 1927;
• Lot a50138-LA: Lot 11x unsorted Islamic/ Ottoman/ sub-continental coins , est. early 20th C & before.
• Lot a50139-LA: Ottoman (Tunisia) gold 1/2 Sultani (hammered coinage) dated 1118 (1706-07), Ahmed III era, 17mm; in EF & pierced.
• Lot a50140-LA: Ottoman (Tunisia) gold 1/2 Sultani (hammered coinage) dated 1188 (1774-75), 17.5mm;
• Lot a50141-LA: Papal States: 1 Scudo 1856-R , w/leg. PIVS IX PONT | MAX AN XI & right facing bust; rev. SCUDO 1856.
• Lot a50142-LA: Italian States > Sardinia: 5 Lire 1849 ; obv. Right-facing Carlo Alberto w/leg. CAR. ALBERTVS D. G. REX SARD. CYP.
• Lot a50143-LA: Italy: 5 Lire 1879 ; obv. right-facing Umberto I w/leg. UMBERTO I RE D'ITALIA; rev.
• Lot a50144-LA: Italy: silver 5 Lire, 1911R ; KM# 53, in AU-UNC with luster. Est. value $1200+
• Lot a50146-LA: Italy: silver 20 Lire, 1928 (Year VI) ; KM# 70, in EF-AU with lovely patina and toning; light surface dirt. Est.
• Lot a50148*-LA: Lodz (Litzmannstadt) Ghetto 5pf presumed pattern piece, 1942 ; 19.25mm, 4.9g.
• Lot a50149-LA: Germany lot x2 high-grade silver Reichsmarks (KM# 78): 1934A in UNC & 1938G in BU with full detailed incused edge
• Lot a50152-LA: Russia: silver Poltina (half Rouble), 1769 CA w/oblique milled edge; KM# C-66a; in F. Est. value $500
• Lot a50153-LA: Lot x2 Russia silver Rouble, 1921 ; Y# 84; both in VF+/EF, but one w/very shiney surface & areas of corrosion.
• Lot a50154*-LA: Eretz Israel/Yishuv undocumented military organization emblem pin, c. 1920s-30s ;
• Lot a50155*-LA: Jewish Brigade Zionist flag shoulder patch - original , 1944-1946 ; 5.3 x 5.2mm.
• Lot a50156*-LA: World War II "Hebrew [Jewish] Recruitment" ('Giyus Ivri') bakelite pin , c. 1939-45; not maker-marked; 16mm, 1.05g.
• Lot a50158*-LA: WWII Palestinian serviceman in British forces "Palestine" curved metal shoulder tag; size: 51.5mm wide; weight: 9.8g.
• Lot a50159*-LA: English shoulder-strap metal tag of the Palestine Police Force ; size: 52 x 35mm; weight: 10.25g.
• Lot a50162*-LA: Palestine/Yishuv: silvered-bronze emblem pin of WWII-era civil air-defence service 'Haga' (Heb. abbr. 'Hagana Avirit'),
• Lot a50163*-LA: Lot x20 original photos of Notrim in training , dated 29/10/1938,
• Lot a50165*-LA: Palestine/Yishuv: 1938 Schools Conference archery competition pin with slogan "Teach the Children of Yehuda to use the