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AUSTRIA
AXUM
ENGLAND
11211. KINGS OF ALL ENGLAND, EADGAR, ANGLO-SAXON, 959-975. AR Penny (20mm, 1.20 g). Type i. North-Eastern mint; Grid, moneyer. + E.ADG.A.R REX(rendered as a cross) X(rendered as a cross), Small cross pattee / INE / LFH, Moneyer's name in two lines; '+ +_+' between, trefoils above and below. Seaby CBC 1129v. Good VF
11299. ENGLAND, HANOVER. VICTORIA. 1837-1901. PROOF AV Five Pounds (36mm, 40.06 g, 1.1775 oz actual gold weight, 12h). Jubilee coinage. London mint. Dated 1887. Crowned and veiled bust left / St. George on horseback rearing right, holding reins and sword and slaying dragon to lower right. Schneider 653; SCBC 3864; Krause 769. Proof, toned, minute contact mark below nose, hairlines. Total proof mintage of only 797 according to Krause! Not the regular issue of which 54,000 were minted. Provenance: From the Tradewinds Collection.
FRANCE
6439. FRANCE, 1850A. Gold 20 Francs. Hd Liberty r./Wreath. UNC.
ITALY
8591. ITALY, BENITO MUSSOLINI, 1922-1943. The Ostia Medal, AE32 signed by P. Tailetti. Bare classical style head of Mussolini l./COLONIA MARINA DI OSTIA, nude youth (Romulus?) stepping into the sea, the Roman shewolf standing behind and looking on. The port of Ostia, a few miles down the Tiber from Rome, was Rome's main seaport. It was extensively built up with warehouses and a large harbor and mole added by a succession of early Roman emperors. Ostia was vital to the Romans as nearly all the grain to feed Rome's masses flowed through this port. AEF. Arguably one of Mussolini's positive accomplishments was the massive excavation of the ancient Roman port of Ostia. Though brutal by today's archaeological standards, it revealed much of the ancient city in a matter of a few years and added immensely to our knowledge of ancient Rome. An extremely rare medal and of great interest to collectors and students of Roman history. This example said to have been found in the Tiber. The only one I've carried.
MEXICO
THE FIRST COIN STRUCK IN THE NEW WORLD 8649. MEXICO, CHARLES V & JOHANNA, 1537-56. AR 4 Reales. FIRST COINAGE MINTED IN THE NEW WORLD. Pillars of Hercules/Royal arms. Choice example of the first coinage to be minted in the new world. One of the best examples from a recent hoard. EF. Comes with historical information about this important issue.
VENICE
11298. ITALY, VENICE (VENEZIA), DOGES, Francesco Dandolo. 1328-1339. AV Ducato (20mm, 3.52 g, 6h). Saint Marco (Mark) standing right, wearing nimbus crown, holding banner with doge kneeling left / Christ standing facing within mandorla filled with nine stars. Papadopoli 1; Paolucci 1; Biaggi 2807; Friedberg 1219. EF, choice example much sharper than usual.
