Bidspirit auctions | Historama Auction Oct 9, 2018
Historama, Oct 9, 2018. 708 lots.
Historama -
Our 6th auction includes 1362 lots, split between numismatics-Judaica-militaria-ephemera (lots 0001-0708) and philatelic items (lots 0709-1362). Our live (timed) sale on Bidspirit will cover the non-philatelic items, and will take place at 20:15 Israel-time on Tuesday, 9 October; the philatelic items will be sold at a timed auction the following day at 20:15, at StampAuctionNetwork.com. The complete display of the sale is available here historama.com/auctions, where detailed index pages of the materials by subject and links to catalogue files are available.
The pdf catalogue for Part 1 is here
The pdf catalogue for Part 2 (philately) is here
Lots in this catalog (708)
- Lot a60001: Greece > Chersonesos silver Hemidrachm 386-338BC; 2.4g, 12mm
- Lot a60002: Ptolemaic Kingdom > Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285-246 BCE ;
- Lot a60004: Nabataea: Aretas II, 110-96 BCE ; size: 16 x 15.5mm; weight: 3.55g. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left,
- Lot a60005: Greece > Arabia > Nabataea: Aretas II, 110-96 BCE ; size: 13.5x16.5mm; weight: 3.75g.
- Lot a60006: Greece > Arabia > Nabatea: Rabbell II & Shaqilath II , laureate / Crossed Cornucopias,
- Lot a60007: Greece > Arabia > Nabatea: Rabbell II & Gamilat , c. 102 AD, jugate busts / Crossed Cornucopias, Petra.; 13.5 x 15mm,
- Lot a60008: Judea: Herod the Great, Pruta c.22-10/9 BCE ; 13.5mm, 1.75g. Anchor with inscription / double cornucopia;
- Lot a60009: Judea: Herod the Great, Pruta c.22-10/9 BCE ; 14 x 13.75mm, 1.45g. Anchor with inscription / double cornucopia;
- Lot a60010: Herod Archelaus (4 BCE - 6 CE), AE Half-Pruta : prow of galley facing left & legend HPW / wreath with legend EΘN;
- Lot a60011: Judea > Roman Governors > Pontius Pilate (17/18-36 CE): AE Pruta ; obverse "of Tiberius Caesar [circa.
- Lot a60012: Herodian dynasty > Agrippa I (37-44 AD): AE Pruta year 6 (Jerusalem mint); fringed canopy & leg.
- Lot a60013: Judaea > Domitian (Herod Agrippa II), 56-95 CE . Laureate head of Domitian / Nike standing right, foot on helmet,
- Lot a60014: Great Revolt / First Jewish-Roman War (66-73 CE) > AE Pruta Year Two (67-68 CE) : obverse "Year Two" + amphora with
- Lot a60015: Great Revolt / First Jewish-Roman War (66-73 CE) > AE Pruta Year Two (67-68 CE) : obverse "Year Two" + amphora with
- Lot a60016: Domitian (Agrippa II under Flavian rule) > Samaria > Caesarea Maritima, 83-84 CE (year 24); 16.75 x 19.5mm,
- Lot a60019: Rome > Caracalla Augustus (215 CE) > silver Denarius , Rome mint;
- Lot a60020: Rome > Severus Alexander (231-2 CE) > silver Denarius , Rome mint; obverse: laureate,
- Lot a60021: Gallienus (256-268 CE), AE silvered Antoninianus (sole reign), 265 CE : radiate, draped bust right & leg.
- Lot a60022: Aurelian (270-284/5) - Alexandria, Potin Tetradrachm: Dated Year 5 = 273-274 AD; A K Λ ΔOM AVΡHΛIANOC CEB, Laureate,
- Lot a60024: Thessalonica > Licinius II - Licinius the Younger (320 CE) > Follis ; obverse: laureate, draped,
- Lot a60025: Constantius II Augustus (337-361 CE) billon maiorina (348-51 CE) : emperor diademed,
- Lot a60026: Sasanian Kingdom > Hormizd IV, Drachm 579-590 CE ; size: 27.5x25mm; weight: 2.35g. Crowned bust right,
- Lot a60027: Spectacular error (trial?) Israel: Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center small state medal in silver ,
- Lot a60028: Israel: 25 Agurot aluminum-bronze 1960-79 series error coin with missing date .
- Lot a60029: Israeli error coin: Half Shekel (1996-97) whose first letter "Hey" in the Hebrew date has become the letter "Khet"
- Lot a60031: Israel - 25 Mils 1948 half-link error/variety , EF (UNC in principle but affected by corrosion on one part of the rim).
- Lot a60032: Israel - 25 Mils, 1948; VF-EF; with traces of original luster; nearly all the dots around the edge are intact.
- Lot a60035: Israel - 50 Prutot 1954 without Pearl (non-rotated die; milled edge) ; oxidation dot on reverse, BU. IMM-P17
- Lot a60036: Israel - 1 Agora 1960 normal-sized date but without lower serif in letter "Lamed" in "Israel",
- Lot a60037: Israel - 1 Agora 1961 thick-date (leaf in left barley stalk joined higher on branch) , AU. IMM-A1-2.
- Lot a60044: Israel - 10 Agorot 1964 small date variety (with straight "Shin" letter in date);
- Lot a60046: Albania: 5 Franga Ari "Prova" (trial piece), 1927 ; in silver; KM# 8.1; in VF & toned surfaces.
- Lot a60047: Austria: Maria Theresa silver thaler restrike variant , dated 1780 S.F.; size: 39.5mm; weight: 28g. Lacking rim frame.
- Lot a60048: Austria: Maria Theresa silver thaler restrike variant , dated 1780 S.F.; size: 40.75mm; weight: 27.85g.
- Lot a60049: Egypt: 2x silver 20 Piastres (Qirsh) coins, 1916 (with border ring) & 1917 (without border ring), in VF.
- Lot a60050: Eritrea: 5 Lire/Tallero 1891 ; obv. right-facing Umberto I w/leg. UMBERTO I RE D'ITALIA; rev.
- Lot a60051: France: bronze bas relief medal commemorating Napoleon's marriage to Marie Louise, 1810; by F.
- Lot a60052: France, 10 Centimes - 1814 (with 'W' below the ribbon bow) , bronze.
- Lot a60053: France - 1/4 Franc, silver, 1826 A. VF-EF, with much of its original luster.
- Lot a60054: German exonumia: 1890 token commemorating the 6th German Veterans Day event "Deutsches Bundes Krieger Fest" ,
- Lot a60055: Germany lot x2 high-grade silver Reichsmarks (KM# 78): 1934A in UNC & 1938G in BU with full detailed incused edge
- Lot a60057: Germany: 5pf 1943B (KN #100) - scarcest of all the Third Reich zinc coin issues ; weight: 2.5g. Dark toning all around,
- Lot a60058: Germany allied-occupation issue 1 Pfennig, 1945 F, UNC (KM-A103).
- Lot a60060: Germany: 10pf 1946G - Allied occupation issue; weight: 3.55g. BU all around with silver patina;
- Lot a60062: Great Britain lot x3 Victoria-era tokens: a) "One Penny Model" bimetallic (copper/white metal) token, ND c. 1838;
- Lot a60063: Great Britain: lot 14x silver Florins (2 Shillings), 1928-1936 series (KM# 834) in VF ; 1929 (x5), 1930, 1931 (x2),
- Lot a60064: Italian States > Sardinia: 5 Lire 1849 ; obv. Right-facing Carlo Alberto w/leg. CAR. ALBERTVS D. G. REX SARD. CYP.
- Lot a60065: Italy > Papal States: 1 Scudo 1856-R , w/leg. PIVS IX PONT | MAX AN XI & right facing bust; rev. SCUDO 1856.
- Lot a60066: Italy: 5 Lire 1879 ; obv. right-facing Umberto I w/leg. UMBERTO I RE D'ITALIA; rev.
- Lot a60067: Italy: silver 5 Lire, 1911R ; KM# 53, in AU-UNC with luster. Est. value $1200+
- Lot a60068: Italy: silver 20 Lire, 1927R Year VI ; KM# 69 in EF. Est. value $175+
- Lot a60069: Italy: silver 20 Lire, 1928 (Year VI) ; KM# 70, in EF-AU with lovely patina and toning; light surface dirt. Est.
- Lot a60070: Italy: silver 20 Lire, 1936 (Year XIV) ; KM# 81, in VF-EF; est. value $600+
- Lot a60072: Norway, 5 Ore - 1875 ( key date ) , F-VF. Some of the leaves on obverse show veins; on reverse,
- Lot a60073: Norway, 5 Ore - 1917 , Iron. EF; all letters visible, very light wear on highest details in justa few places;
- Lot a60074: Norway, 5 Ore - 1944, iron . UNC; full black finish, well struck and no rust marks.
- Lot a60075: Norway, 50 Ore - 1943, zinc . Good date in the series. Quisling government.
- Lot a60076: Norway, 2 Kroner - 1917, silver . EF-AU,
- Lot a60077: Ottoman (Tunisia) gold 1/2 Sultani (hammered coinage / Zeri Mahbub) dated 1118 (1706-07), Ahmed III era, 17mm;
- Lot a60078: Ottoman (Tunisia) gold 1/2 Sultani (hammered coinage / Zeri Mahbub) dated 1188 (1774-75); 17.5mm; 1.05g;
- Lot a60079: Ottoman (Tunisia) gold 1/2 Sultani (hammered coinage / Zeri Mahbub) dated 1188 (1774-75), 17.5mm;
- Lot a60081: Poland: Litzmannstadt (Lodz Ghetto) 10 Pfennig 1942 Type-1 coin in magnesium ; size: 21.25mm; weight: 0.95g.
- Lot a60082: Poland: Litzmannstadt (Lodz Ghetto) 10 Pfennig 1942 Type-1 coin in magnesium ; size: 21.25mm; weight: 0.95g.
- Lot a60083: Ragusa (Dubrovnik): silver Tallero (Ducat et Sem), 1753; KM# 18, in F.
- Lot a60084: US Civil War token, "First in War First in Peace", 1863 (F-173/272 copper). AU-50, looks sharp and well struck.
- Lot a60085: US Civil War token, "The Flag of Our Union" and DIX, 1864 (F-205/410A copper). EF-45,
- Lot a60086: US Civil War token, "Our Country" and cannons , undated (1864; F-231/352A copper). AU-55; clean strike,
- Lot a60089: Bronze fantasy coin as per H-NK-F2: chalice with 3 round blooms emerging from it w/nonsense inscription around;
- Lot a60090: Bronze replica of Bar Kokhba revolt era sela after Hendin-1388/H-NK-689.4 to 4.3 series: obverse with part of
- Lot a60091: White metal replica of Bar Kokhba revolt era sela after Hendin-1388/H-NK-689.5 to 5.1 series: obverse with part of
- Lot a60092: Base metal fantasy coin unlisted in H-NK ((remotely similar to 668): 7-branched palm tree with 2 bunches of dates &
- Lot a60093: Germany > Saxe-Gotha: lot x10 medals of portaits of Roman & Byzantine emperors with brief biographies (reverse) by
- Lot a60096: Canada: numbered "Levi" Tribe silver ingot based on famous stained glass Jerusalem Windows by Marc Chagall ,
- Lot a60097: Israel: round metal (copper?) plaque of the Biblical episode of "The Spies" ; size: 112.75mm; weight: 51.9g;
- Lot a60098: Israel: round copper plaque of the Biblical episode of Abraham's servant Eliezer and Rivka (who he chooses to be
- Lot a60099: Israel: round copper plaque of the Biblical episode of Sampson (Shimshon) and the lion; size: 101mm; weight: 43g;
- Lot a60101: Germany(?): 'Moses' Joachimsthal of the 'Praguemedaille' series (tallion), after Hieronymus Magdeburger &
- Lot a60102: Netherlands/Habsburg Empire: religious-political 1774 silver medal by Joannes Vitus Meijer (not marked); size: 32.75mm;
- Lot a60106: France(?): Jesus medal variant in white metal / silver alloy (?); not maker-marked; size: 37mm; weight: 28.8g;
- Lot a60107: Italy: Jesus medal in white metal, c. 16th C. ; not maker-marked; size: 35mm; weight: 17g; thickness: 3mm.
- Lot a60108: Italy: Jesus medal in white metal (silver?), c. 16th C. ; maker-marked "B" - this rare ; size: 36mm; weight: 23g;
- Lot a60109: Italy: Pope Pius IV bronze medal ; by Federigo Parmensis but not marked; 29.5mm, 14.55g.
- Lot a60110: Italy: Pope Pius IV silvered copper medal ; by Federigo Parmensis ; 26.5mm, 14.65g.
- Lot a60111: Italy: Pope Paul IV bronze medal ; by Federigo Parmensis but not marked; 29.5mm, 12.6g.
- Lot a60112: Netherlands > Dordrecht: religious jeton with Hebrew writing, 1608 ; copper; size: 29mm; weight: 5.75g.
- Lot a60113: Britain(?): tallion of " British-Israelite " religious movement , c. late 19th C.; not maker-marked;
- Lot a60114: Germany > Prussia: Jewish silver calendar medal, 1804/5565 , by Daniel Friedrich Loos ; size: 44mm; weight: 19.25g.
- Lot a60115: Germany > Hamburg: Jewish calendar medal ("kalender-medaille") for 1804/ 5565 ; struck in silver;
- Lot a60116: Israel: 1959-1960 Jewish holidays silver(?) calendar medal ; not maker-marked; size: 35.75mm; weight: 17.05g.
- Lot a60117: Romania > Bucharest: Choral Temple 50 Bani "Hazkarat Neshamot" donation token (for recalling the deceased),
- Lot a60118: Hungary/Romania: Kolozsvár (Cluj) Jewish community 'Shechita' clipped 36 Fillér tax token , struck in brass,
- Lot a60119: Germany: Jewish circumcision ("Brit Mila") silver medal, 1837-38 , by Jewish medallist Aaron Kohn ; size: 41mm;
- Lot a60120: Britain: Jewish 'Pidyon HaBen' silver coin (ND), 1955 ; designed by Vivian Cohen ,
- Lot a60121: Israel: "Bar Mitzvah I" numbered (0682 out of 8375) silver State Medal, 1971; by Rothschild and Lippman ("Roli"),
- Lot a60122: Russia: Moses/"Shmah Yisrael" silver prayer Jewish tallion , circa. late 19th Century;
- Lot a60123: Israel: miniature prayer amulet/token with acronyms of "Shma Yisrael" and "Shiviti Adonai" on obverse,
- Lot a60124: Israel: religious amulet with image of the Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri surrounded by Kabbalist holy words;
- Lot a60125: Netherlands: Henry Levyssohn and Elizabeth Lavino marriage 50th jubilee bronze medal, 1842 ;
- Lot a60126: Germany > Dresden: Theodor & Sophie Erbstein golden wedding anniversary cast token, 1880 ; uneven planchet,
- Lot a60127: Germany > Frankfurt: wedding reception momento medal for marriage of Abraham & Sara Federmann, 1881 ; tin,
- Lot a60128: Germany, Merzig (Saarland), Clara Weiskopf and Moses Schnerb wedding token, 1896 ; cast(?) in copper; no maker mark;
- Lot a60129: Israel: "Tisha Be'Av" ('9th of Av') silver art medal , ND (1961); maker-marked Kretchmer ; size: 33.25mm;
- Lot a60130: US: bronze Chanukah Gelt, "100 Pruta" coin, 1949 ; size: 28.5mm; weight: 7.9g.
- Lot a60131: Argentina: Santa Isabel Jewish Colony silver jubilee commemoration brass token, 1933 ; not maker-marked; size: 34.5mm;
- Lot a60132: Argentina: Jewish Community Center ("Centro Union Israelita") of Cordoba 50th anniversary medal, 1965 ;
- Lot a60133: Brazil: enamel pin of the Jewish Community of Sao Paulo ("Círculo Israelita de São Paulo"), circa. 1920s-1930s;
- Lot a60134: Germany > Hanover: uniface medallion of the Board of Jewish Community in Hannover , bronze; circa. 1870-1880s;
- Lot a60135: Hungary: Jewish Youth Choir of Debrecen ("Debreczeni Izraelita Ifjak Dalköre") enamel & bronze membership pin, circa.
- Lot a60136: Hungary: "Hebrew Culture - Hungary" enamel and metal pin, circa. 1910s ; designed by Y. Sh. ; size: 32.25 x 31.75mm;
- Lot a60137: Iran: 25th Anniversary of the Shah's reign,
- Lot a60138: Romania: Sephardic Jewish Community 200th Jubilee medal, 1931 ; struck in gilded bronze(?); 28.25 x 31.5mm, 10.45g.
- Lot a60139: Russia, Birobidzhan "Jewish Autonomous Oblast" uniface colored enamel medallion (ND), circa. 2000s; no artist mark,
- Lot a60140: Russia/Ukraine: Balta (Odessa region) Jewish community 3 Kopek bronze token , circa. 1880s; size: 18.5mm;
- Lot a60141: Ukraine: Shepetivka/ Shepetovka 1 Karbovanets Jewish community bronze token , c.1900; 2.7cm, 7.85g.
- Lot a60142: Bulgaria > Sophia: Jewish burial society "Chevra Kadisha" members metal and enamel pin in bronze(?), 1910,
- Lot a60144: Czechoslovakia: 700th Anniversary of Altneuschul ("Old-New" Synagogue) bronze commemorative medal , 1990,
- Lot a60145: France > Bordeaux: Consistorial Synagogue of Bordeaux , 1810; by Louis Jaley ; in pewter; size: 35mm; weight: 23.55g.
- Lot a60146: Netherlands: cast silver spoon commemorating 250th Anniversary of Portuguese-Jewish Synagogue , 1925; by E.L.
- Lot a60148: Spain > Madrid: Madrid & Toledo Synagogues commemoration, 1968 ; struck in tombak; not maker-marked; 45mm; 35.9g.
- Lot a60149: United States: Touro Synagogue commemorative medal ND, circa. 1990 ; struck in bronze; maker-marked; size: 38.5mm;
- Lot a60150: Israel: "Heichal Shlomo Jerusalem" medal ; 30mm,
- Lot a60152: Israel: Yeshiva "Yachel Israel" / "Vizhnitz" Religious Institutions medal, circa.
- Lot a60154: Argentina: Bialik School uniface tallion (ND) ; tin alloy; 40.5mm, 19.7g: reads "Esc. Ctrl. J. N.
- Lot a60155: Bulgarian Jewish technical school thimble (ND), circa.
- Lot a60156: France "The Benevolent Jew" Society (circa. 1920) , silvered bronze medal by French Jewish medalist Emmanuel Hannaux ;
- Lot a60157: Germany > Prussia > Breslau: Jewish Wilhelm School (Wilhelmschule) token in silver, 1791 ; not maker-marked;
- Lot a60158: Germany: the New Jewish Hospital in Hamburg, 1841, by Hans Friedrich Alsing; silver (large size 45mm), 43.75g,
- Lot a60159: Germany: large bronze medal of the New Jewish Hospital in Hamburg , 1841, by Hans Friedrich Alsing; size: 45mm;
- Lot a60161: Germany: Jewish Hospital in Hamburg/Salomon Heine, 1841 medal mule with reverse of Queen Victoria (1850), in bronze;
- Lot a60164: Germany: cast bronze Work Creation Charity of the Berlin Jewish Community medal , 1935-36; not maker-marked; 60mm,
- Lot a60165: Germany: Farewell/protest Medal for "Des Philanthropins" School of Frankfurt , 1979; tombak (no maker-mark), 80mm,
- Lot a60166: Libya: Zionist-religious education prize(?) medal, circa. 1932-1939 ; cast bronze(?); size: 29.5mm; weight: 11g.
- Lot a60167: Netherlands: medal for the Jewish Hospital and Home, circa. 1938 ; bronze, 60mm,
- Lot a60168: Russia: 50th Anniversary of Society for Spreading Education Among Jews in Russia bronze medal, 1913;
- Lot a60171: US: jubilee medal commemorating 50 years of the Anti-Defamation League, 1963 ; size: 61.5mm; weight: 116.65g.
- Lot a60173: Austria-Hungary > Vienna: Salomon Mayer Rothschild 70th birthday bronze medal, 1844 ; by Konrad Lange ;
- Lot a60174: Austria: Dr. Isak Noa Mannheimer 70th anniversary commemorative bronze medal (1863); not maker-marked; size: 5.05cm;
- Lot a60175: Austria: Joseph [von] Wertheimer commemoration medal in silver by Carl Radnitzky , 1867; 44.5mm, 34.85g;
- Lot a60176: Austria: Joseph [von] Wertheimer commemoration medal in bronze by Carl Radnitzky , 1867; size: 44mm; weight: 34.85g;
- Lot a60177: Austria > Vienna: Ludwig August von Frankl Jewish Community recognition medal, 1880 ; struck in bronze(?);
- Lot a60178: Austria: Carl Andorfer commemorative medal, 1893 ; struck in silvered bronze(?); by Franz Xavier Pawlik (Austria);
- Lot a60179: Austria: Adolf von Sonnenthal 70th birthday uniface plaque by Ede Telcs , 1904 , in bronze; size: 44 x 67.75mm;
- Lot a60180: Austria: Carl Andorfer uniface commemorative bronze plaque , 1906, by Hans Schaefer ; size: 3.15 x 5.65cm;
- Lot a60181: Austria: Professor Heinrich Kautsch bronze commemorative medal by Arnold Hartig , c. 1929; size: 52.5mm; weight: 58.4g.
- Lot a60182: Austria: Gustav Mahler cast bronze plaque by Franz Stiasny , ND (circa. 1930's), mounted on wooden display;
- Lot a60183: Austria: Bruno Walter profile bronze uniface plaquette by Edwin Grienauer, c. 1962 ; size: 47 x 60.5mm; weight: 70.1g.
- Lot a60184: France: bronze medal commemorating the 100th Astroid discovered ,
- Lot a60185: France: Alfred Dreyfus/Fernand Labori medallion (ND); bronze(?); 22.5mm,
- Lot a60186: France: Narcisse Leven 50th Anniversary of Alliance Israelite Universelle, 1910 ; struck in bronze;
- Lot a60188: France: André Salmon bronze medal by Maurice Savin , ND; size: 66mm; weight: 142.35g.