23rd Nov, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Coins & Banknotes
272
♦88 x Ceylon, British Administration and Sri Lanka, comprising: 71 x British Administration: 1/192 rixdollar 1802 rev. elephant standing left (GVF); 1 stiver 1815 rev. similar to previous (near Fine); 5 x silver 50 cents: 1903, 1917, 1925(AUNC), 1929 and 1942; 8 x silver 25 cents: 1895(AUNC), 1899(x2), 1903, 1911, 1913, 1914 and 1926; 11 x silver 10 cents: 1892, 1894, 1900, 1902, 1909, 19010, 1912, 1913, 1919(x2, one AUNC) and 1941; 5 cents 1870 (VF); 14 x 1 cent: 1891, 1892, 1906, 1912, 1920, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1937, 1942, 1943 and 1945(x3); 8 x ½ cents: 1970, 1893, 1898, 1901, 1909, 1912, 1937 and 1940; 6 x ¼ cents 1870, 1890(x2), 1898, 1901 and 1904; and 16 x cupro-nickel and brass including 50 cents, 10 cents, 5 cents; and 17 x Sri Lanka, including: silver 5 rupees 1957 '2500th Anniversary of Buddhism', and cupro-nickel 50 cents, 10 cents, 5 cents etc.; generally VF to EF
Sold for £80
Estimated at £80 - £120
Auction: Coins & Banknotes, 23rd Nov, 2022
To include the Geoff Hann Collection. The Collection covers the coinage produced by the first Greek general-kings who established their own dynasties in Egypt, Syria and the Indian-subcontinent, and the later Provincial coinage of the Roman Empire. Of note is lot 6, a silver stater of Seleucus I Nicator produced in Babylon between 311-305 BC (estimate: £300-500 plus buyer’s premium). The Collection also includes a quantity of early 20th century banknotes from the period of British direct rule in India, and a reference library of over one hundred volumes including scarce and out-of-print works. Of particular note is the first edition of David Sellwood’s An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia, published by Spink & Son in London, 1971 (estimate: £70-100).
The lots from the Geoff Hann Collection are denoted with a ♦ symbol throughout the catalogue.
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