Rome (Tetrarchy) > Diocletian: Antoninianus 284 AD (Antioch mint); size: 23mm; weight: 4.7g. Obv: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right. Rev.: IOV ET HERCV CONSER AVGG; Diocletian left, standing right, holding globe & sceptre, receiving Victory from Hercules on right, standing left, holding club & lion's skin; XXI in exergue w/B and (crescent) above. Ref RIC-V-323; in AU...
Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5
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Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5
Our new mail auction opens 1 Oct. and runs until 20:00 Israel-time on Wed. Oct. 25th. The sale features a nicely developed and balanced selection of 661 lots of high quality items covering ancient to modern numismatics & exonumia; Judaica (religious books, Rabbinic letters and signatures, Hassidic items, medallic items and ephemera) and Judaic tokens & medals; Israeliana; Jewish, Israeli & Arabian militaria and philately. There are 661 single-item and multiple-item lots, something for every taste and interest. More information is available here.
The philatelic offering is our best yet, highlighted by an extraordinary assembly of postal history documenting the Arab-Israeli conflict (1947 to present); WWII postal links w/Palestine; ‘Baghdad overland mail’; 1948-era mail incl. Israeli interim-period, emergency + early foreign postal links, besieged towns, early postage dues & mail of Arab armies in Palestine; Mandate & Israeli postal history; Mandate cachets & postal markings; Red Cross & POW mail; censored mail; British WWI EEF mail from Egypt; rare Jerusalem postmarks; Jewish/Zionist stamps; Jewish Brigade & displaced persons mail.
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Lot #50027LA - Numismatics > Ancient Coins
Licinius (308-324 AD) bronze follis: radiate head right & leg. IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG / Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe & eagle-tipper sceptre, eagle at feet, captive seated on ground to right; leg. IOVI CONSERVATORI & SMH in exergue + B (2) officina mark in ex.; X IIΓ in right field; 19.5 x 18.75mm, 3.05g. Ref: DS-15222, RIC vii p.548, 52, C 74.
Lot #50028LA - Numismatics > Ancient Coins
Roman Imperial coins > Constantine I Ae3 denomination, 335 CE; size: 17.75 x 16.5mm; weight: 2.35g. CONSTANTI|NVS MAX AVG leg., rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLOR|IA EXERC|ITVS leg., 2 soldiers holding thin spears & shield on ground, flanking two standards; SMANA in exergue. SR-3886v (4th ed), RIC-VII-86a.
Lot #50029LA - Numismatics > Ancient Coins
Constantius II Augustus (337-361 CE) billon maiorina (348-51 CE): emperor diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right & leg. D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG / soldier spearing bearded, bare-headed fallen horseman who is reaching backwards & leg. FEL TEMP REPARATIO + officina mark S (=6) in field, left & mintmark CONS in exergue; 18mm, 3.2g; S-18147.
Lot #50030LA - Numismatics > Ancient Coins
Sasanian Kingdom > Shapur I, Drachm 260-272 CE; size: 25mm; weight: 3.85g. Bust of Shapur with globe at forefront / fire altar with 2 attendants + 1 pellet at left. Appears to be a cast version of Göbl type I/1, possibly counterfeit.
Lot #50031LA - Numismatics > Ancient Coins
Sasanian Kingdom > Hormizd IV, Drachm 579-590 CE; size: 27.5x25mm; weight: 2.35g. Crowned bust right, star and crescents on shoulder, stars flanking crown / fire altar flanked by two attendants, star & crescent flanking flames. Göbl type I/1. EF, w/hole and missing section of lower-left planchet.
Lot #50032LA - Numismatics > Ancient Coins
Sasanian Kingdom > Khusro II, Drachm 590-628 CE; size: 32x33mm; weight: 4.05g. Mitchener-1212; EF
Lot #50033LA - Numismatics: Anti-Semitic medals
Germany: "Feather Jew" medal in pewter, c. 1670-1710; by Christian Wermuth; 41.5mm, 21.95g. Obv.: hunched-over Jew with feathers in his hat and sack on back bearing the words "VITIA PROPRIA" ("His Own Faults"); Ger. leg. "ICH TRAGE DIE FEDERN DAS JEDERMANN SCHAUT" / "EIN ANDER TRAGET SIE DER ES NICHT TRAUT" ("I wear the feathers which everyone can see, another wears them as a decoy") & "IE DU FEDER IUDE" / "NOSCE TE IPSUM...
Lot #50034LA - Numismatics: Anti-Semitic medals
Germany: Kornjude jeton, 1772, by Johann Christian Reich; in pewter; 30mm, 6.75g; obv: Jewish grain peddler to right, open jaws of allegator & leg. "Korn Iude Ver Zwei Fel. Und Geh Zum" ("The Corn Jew Branches out and Goes Forth") and "Theure Zeit 1772" ("Expensive Times 1772"); rev: horizontal grain sifter & leg. "Furchte Gott" ("Fear G-d") + "Wer Korn Innehelt dem Fluchen Die Leute Aber Seegen Komt Uber den der is...
Lot #50035LA - Numismatics: Anti-Semitic medals
Germany: Kornjude jeton, 1772, by Johann Christian Reich; in pewter; 30mm, 7.25g; obv: Jewish grain peddler to right, open jaws of allegator & leg. "Korn Iude Ver Zwei Fel. Und Geh Zum" ("The Corn Jew Branches out and Goes Forth") and "Theure Zeit 1772" ("Expensive Times 1772"); rev: horizontal grain sifter & leg. "Furchte Gott" ("Fear G-d") + "Wer Korn Innehelt dem Fluchen Die Leute Aber Seegen Komt Uber den der is...
Lot #50036LA - Numismatics: Anti-Semitic medals
Germany: Kornjudenmedaille "Corn Jew" medal, 1694-1695 - rare variant in lead; by Christian Wermuth; 37.5mm, 25.75g: obv: peasant's house w/stork nest on top, left of hanging Jew in tree w/Devil on rope & long corn stalks in field on right + leg. "Du Korn Iude." ("You Corn Jew") above & "Wolfeile Zeit" ("Cheap Times") | "1695." below. Rev: walking Jew facing right w/Devil sitting on his grain sack +...
Lot #50037LA - Numismatics > Biblical & Religious themes
Bronze replica of Bar Kokhba revolt era sela after Hendin-1388/H-NK-689.4 to 4.3 series: obv. w/part of "[Si]mon" legend (left) & star above Temple + Showbread table; rev. w/abbreviated legend "Year two of the freedom of Israel" around lulav & etrog device; 10.3g, 24.5mm.
Lot #50038LA - Numismatics > Biblical & Religious themes
White metal replica of Bar Kokhba revolt era sela after Hendin-1388/H-NK-689.5 to 5.1 series: obv. w/part of "[Si]mon" legend (left) & star above Temple + Showbread table; rev. w/abbreviated legend "Year two of the freedom of Israel" around lulav & etrog device; 12.8g, 25mm.
Lot #50039LA - Numismatics > Biblical & Religious themes
Base metal fantasy coin unlisted in H-NK ((remotely similar to 668): 7-branched palm tree w/2 bunches of dates & legend; rev: semi-high-relief etrog w/o legend; 6.65g, 25.5mm.
Lot #50040LA - Numismatics > Biblical & Religious themes
Base metal "Jewish War" fantasy coin similar to H-NK-668, depicting 7-branched palm tree w/2 bunches of dates & legend (unlike 668); rev: high-relief etrog & legend unlike 668; 11.35g, 22.5mm.
Lot #50041LA - Numismatics > Biblical & Religious themes
Brass(?) fantasy coin unlisted in H-NK: palm tree with 2 bunches of dates on either side & basket on either side of tree + legend; rev: 2 lulavs w/etrog between + legend; 15.85g, 23mm; thick 4.5mm planchet.
Lot #50042LA - Numismatics > Biblical & Religious themes
Bronze(?) fantasy coin unlisted in H-NK: 2 "spies" facing right (ex Biblical event) carrying large grape cluster + unclear legend at left; rev: relief image of sun & rays; 11.55g, 27mm. Planchet appears porus but not necessarily cast.
Lot #50043LA - Numismatics > Biblical & Religious themes
Bronze fantasy coin as per H-NK-F2: chalice with 3 round blooms emerging from it w/nonsense inscription around; rev: bird facing right pecking at ground w/nonsense inscription around; 4.7g, 19.5mm. This may be the work of Moses Wilhelm Shapira of Jerusalem (c.1830-1844).
Lot #50044LA - Numismatics > Biblical & Religious themes
Italy: "Vespasian Sestertius" bronze cast copy of Paduan 17th C. forgery based on rare Roman original of Judea Capta theme; 34.5mm, 25.5g. Obv.: laureate head right & leg. "IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III". Rev.: Victory on left writing on buckler against palm-tree, and captive ("Judea") at his foot cryung; leg. "VICTORIA AVGVSTI" & "SC" in exergue. Coin rotation. Typically poor detail of cast copy w/...
Lot #50045LA - Numismatics > Biblical & Religious themes
Italy: "Titus Judea Capta Sestertius" bronze Paduan cast copy after Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570); 31mm, 14.65g. Obv.: Titus laureate head left & leg. "IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P P P COSVIII". Rev.: figure standing left of tree & sitting Jewess weeping on right; legend "IVDAEA CAPTA" & "SC" in exergue. Coin rotation. Poor detail typical of cast make but little wear, with glossy patina on surface; Cavino's original...
Lot #50046LA - Numismatics > Biblical & Religious themes
Germany > Nuremburg: Purim jeton copper Rechnungspfennig of Ester & Haman, c. 1590; by Hans Krauwinkel; 27.5mm, 4.6g. Obv.: scene ex "Book of Ester" (Mordechai in royal dress on horse led by wicked Haman); Ger. leg. "Haman Mardoche" & "Esther VI". Rev.: Haman hanging from gallows in the courtyard of his house; leg. "Das Havs [Haus] Haman". Fine; Fieweger-75, Mitch-1626 ff, Neu-32278, Stalzer-295 & Forrer....
Lot #50047LA - Numismatics > Biblical & Religious themes
Germany > Nuremburg: "Judea Capta" imitation copper jeton (ND), circa. 1600; by Hans Krauwinkel; 28mm, 2.95g. Imitation of original Roman victory coinage celebrating their triumph over the Jews & conquest of Palestine (Judea). Obv.: captive Jewess weeping to the right of a palm tree, victorious emperor on left; Latin legend "Ivdea Capta" ("Judea Captured") above. Rev.: bust of Emperor Vespasian. In Fine condition; JM-...
Lot #50048LA - Numismatics > Biblical & Religious themes
False/Censer Shekel cast in white metal, c. 19th Cent.; w/leg. read right to left "Shekel Yisrael | HaKdusha Yerushalayim" size: 31.5mm; weight: 12.45g; medallic alignment. Similar to Kisch Type-B7 & Hill fig. 60. Inspired by Renaissance imitations called "Gorlitz Shekels".
Lot #50049LA - Numismatics > Biblical & Religious themes
False/Censer Shekel struck in light metal, c. late 19th Cent.; w/leg. read right to left "Shekel Yisrael | HaKdusha Yerushalayim" size: 34.5mm; weight: 13.45g; medallic alignment. Similar to Kisch Type-B8 but w/variations; almost identical to type produced in England by Spencer of London - but that in white brass (35mm/13g); here w/o maker mark under chalice. Inspired by Renaissance imitations called "Gorlitz Shekels".
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Lot #50050LA - Numismatics > Biblical & Religious themes
False/Censer Shekel in brass, circa post 1920's; w/leg. read right to left "Shekel Yisrael | HaKdusha Yerushalayim" size: 33.25mm; weight: 11.45g. Similar to Kisch Type-d (flat bottomed two-handed smoking urn rather than chalice); medallic alignment. Per seam-line appears cast, but this example is heaver than others of this type. Inspired by Renaissance imitations called "Gorlitz Shekels".
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