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Nomos 31 Realized: 190 CHF
IONIAN ISLANDS, Ionian State, as a British protectorate. 1815-1864. 1 New Obol 1834 (Copper, 16 mm, 1.86 g, 6 h), London mint, struck from dies prepared by W. Wyon, plain edge. BRITANNIA᛫ Helmeted Britannia seated to right on shield decorated with the Union Jack, holding trident with her extended left hand and resting her right hand on the shield. Rev. ΙΟΝΙΚΟΝ ΚΡΑΤΟΣ᛫ 1834᛫ The winged lion of Saint Mark walking to left, holding Book of Gospels surmounted by 7 arrows that represent the 7 Ionian islands. Karamitsos I.19. KM 34. Graded by NGC "MS 63 BN". Cert number: 2909117-006.

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Obolos 30 Realized: 460 CHF
ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. al-Rashid, AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. Fals (Bronze, 12,5 mm, 2.10 g), 'Abbasid Governors of Egypt, struck under Mahfuz as minister of finance and Salih as prefect, no mint mentioned, but certainly Misr (Kairo), AH 186-187 = 802-803 AD. Double circle enclosing star within octofoil with pellet in each angle; in the outer margin (barely seen here), "Muhammad rassul Allah 'ala yidi Salih" ("Muhammad is the apostle of Allah. From the hands of Salih"). Rev. Palm branch flanked by stars at left and right; in upper field, bakh bakh ("very good"); on the outer margin in square margin, arranged in square; "bism Allah / mimma amara bihi / al-amir / Mahfuz" ("In the name of Allah, from that ordered by the amir Mahfuz"). Album 281. Miles 20. SICA 1583-1585. Very rare; a particularly unusual iconographic Islamic coin. About very fine.

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Nomos 31 El-Greco Collection
23 March, 2024

Obolos 31
21 April, 2024

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