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Let the Sale Continue 100% 1556-1622 4 reales Spain one....................... $277
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1500 years or older, gold striated hollow pendent or body decoration of some sort, from central Europe, where primitive tribes could recover placer gold easily. 10 mm thick, 22 mm outer diameter, 7 mm inner hole, 7.11 grams................................ $377
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1610-1613 4 reales Potosi assayer R 2........ $197
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1189-1199 AD silver denier of Richard the Lion Heart of England, from his French possession of Aquitaine, inherited from his mother Eleanor. Obv: RICARDVS in two lines. His name only appears on his French land coinages, never in England. Rev: AQUITAIN around cross, VF poorly struck, original uncleaned..................................................... $137
390-350 BC bronze trias from the Greek colony of Aitna, on the slopes of Mt Aetna, still an active volcano, on the island of Sicily. The ancient site is buried by hundreds of feet of lava. Obv: wreathed female goddess, possibly Demeter Rev: rearing horse. Patinated VF, very rare. $297
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900s-1400s? Medieval 100% bronze ring, probably Balkans, depicting a 1574-1610 4 reales Potosi assayer B One.... $377 85% pentagram with back1610-1613 8 reales Potosi assayer R 3 pq... $287 ground of constellations. A pentagram with the single point up was used to invoke good spirits. Nice greenish patina size 9¾... $77
Silver Shipwreck Treasure
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330-300 BC silver stater of Metapontum, a Greek colony in southern Italy Obv: lovely style head of Demeter, goddess of agriculture Rev: grain ear VF, off center, light oxidation............................. $97
In 1622 the Sao Jose was a Portuguese flagship sailing to Goa, as the Portuguese enclave and trading post in India was known. It carried a large silver treasure to fund the government there, and to trade for the spices so highly sought in Europe. She was attacked by a Dutch English fleet, escaped, but still sank from the damage it endured. After hundreds of years these silver pieces were recovered off the coast of Mozambique, which then was Portuguese Africa. All NGC holdered shipwreck effect, card cert COA also, Grade sticker is opinion of salvage experts; one best, five roughest. Potosi was a prolific mint in old Spanish Upper Peru, what is now Bolivia. Mexico’s mint was Mexico City. In mainland Spain both Seville and Toledo are represented in this shipwreck. All are crudely struck “cob” style.
85% 1574-1622 8 reales, Potosi 3......................... $137 85%
1610-1613 8 reales Potosi assayer R 2........ $247
100% 85% 1612-1620 2 reales (rare denomination from this 1574-1622 8 reales Potosi 3.......................... $157 wreck) Seville assayer V 3........................... $127
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252-251 BC silver tetradrachm of Ptolemy II of Egypt, Ptolemais mint in the Holy Land, year Lambda delta, in additive date monogram = year 34. Obv: diademed bust of Ptolemy I Rev: eagle on thunderbolt VF some edge deposits..... $197
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49 BC silver denarius of Julius Caesar Obv: elephant crushing serpent Rev: sacrificial implements of the high priest, Ponifex Maximus, which Julius had attained VF, substantial surface oxidation.. $387
100% 85% 1612-1621 4 reales Seville assayer D 2........ $247 1574-1622 8 reales Potosi One..................... $197
1556-1622 8 reales Mexico 3........................ $197
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1612-1621 4 reales Seville assayer D 3........ $167 85%
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1589 8 reales Mexico Assayer D/F 2............. $297 14-37 AD silver denarius of Tiberius, the “Tribute Penny” of the Bible Obv: his laureate bust Rev: 85% his mother Livia enthroned Raw fine++, some light 1556-1622 8 reales Mexico 3........................ $167 depostits on surface.................................... $347
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1612-1621 4 reales Seville assayer D 2........ $217
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14-37 AD silver denarius of Tiberius, graded in NGC 85% holder, which is in “info slab” outer box which can 1589-1617 8 reales Mexico assayer F 2 PQ. $337 be opened. NGC VF.................................... $677 85% continued on Another NGC Fine.......................................... $447 1556-1622 8 reales Mexico 3........................ $127
Coins for sale in other Coin World ads every week Many items still in stock.
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Let the Sale Continue 100% 1556-1622 4 reales Spain one....................... $277
100%
1500 years or older, gold striated hollow pendent or body decoration of some sort, from central Europe, where primitive tribes could recover placer gold easily. 10 mm thick, 22 mm outer diameter, 7 mm inner hole, 7.11 grams................................ $377
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1610-1613 4 reales Potosi assayer R 2........ $197
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1189-1199 AD silver denier of Richard the Lion Heart of England, from his French possession of Aquitaine, inherited from his mother Eleanor. Obv: RICARDVS in two lines. His name only appears on his French land coinages, never in England. Rev: AQUITAIN around cross, VF poorly struck, original uncleaned..................................................... $137
390-350 BC bronze trias from the Greek colony of Aitna, on the slopes of Mt Aetna, still an active volcano, on the island of Sicily. The ancient site is buried by hundreds of feet of lava. Obv: wreathed female goddess, possibly Demeter Rev: rearing horse. Patinated VF, very rare. $297
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900s-1400s? Medieval 100% bronze ring, probably Balkans, depicting a 1574-1610 4 reales Potosi assayer B One.... $377 85% pentagram with back1610-1613 8 reales Potosi assayer R 3 pq... $287 ground of constellations. A pentagram with the single point up was used to invoke good spirits. Nice greenish patina size 9¾... $77
Silver Shipwreck Treasure
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330-300 BC silver stater of Metapontum, a Greek colony in southern Italy Obv: lovely style head of Demeter, goddess of agriculture Rev: grain ear VF, off center, light oxidation............................. $97
In 1622 the Sao Jose was a Portuguese flagship sailing to Goa, as the Portuguese enclave and trading post in India was known. It carried a large silver treasure to fund the government there, and to trade for the spices so highly sought in Europe. She was attacked by a Dutch English fleet, escaped, but still sank from the damage it endured. After hundreds of years these silver pieces were recovered off the coast of Mozambique, which then was Portuguese Africa. All NGC holdered shipwreck effect, card cert COA also, Grade sticker is opinion of salvage experts; one best, five roughest. Potosi was a prolific mint in old Spanish Upper Peru, what is now Bolivia. Mexico’s mint was Mexico City. In mainland Spain both Seville and Toledo are represented in this shipwreck. All are crudely struck “cob” style.
85% 1574-1622 8 reales, Potosi 3......................... $137 85%
1610-1613 8 reales Potosi assayer R 2........ $247
100% 85% 1612-1620 2 reales (rare denomination from this 1574-1622 8 reales Potosi 3.......................... $157 wreck) Seville assayer V 3........................... $127
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252-251 BC silver tetradrachm of Ptolemy II of Egypt, Ptolemais mint in the Holy Land, year Lambda delta, in additive date monogram = year 34. Obv: diademed bust of Ptolemy I Rev: eagle on thunderbolt VF some edge deposits..... $197
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49 BC silver denarius of Julius Caesar Obv: elephant crushing serpent Rev: sacrificial implements of the high priest, Ponifex Maximus, which Julius had attained VF, substantial surface oxidation.. $387
100% 85% 1612-1621 4 reales Seville assayer D 2........ $247 1574-1622 8 reales Potosi One..................... $197
1556-1622 8 reales Mexico 3........................ $197
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1612-1621 4 reales Seville assayer D 3........ $167 85%
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1589 8 reales Mexico Assayer D/F 2............. $297 14-37 AD silver denarius of Tiberius, the “Tribute Penny” of the Bible Obv: his laureate bust Rev: 85% his mother Livia enthroned Raw fine++, some light 1556-1622 8 reales Mexico 3........................ $167 depostits on surface.................................... $347
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1612-1621 4 reales Seville assayer D 2........ $217
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14-37 AD silver denarius of Tiberius, graded in NGC 85% holder, which is in “info slab” outer box which can 1589-1617 8 reales Mexico assayer F 2 PQ. $337 be opened. NGC VF.................................... $677 85% continued on Another NGC Fine.......................................... $447 1556-1622 8 reales Mexico 3........................ $127
Coins for sale in other Coin World ads every week Many items still in stock.
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