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Malta, Scudi (5), all 1796, minor rev. variations, 11.85g/12h, 11.68g/6h, 11.64g/6h, 11.23g/12h, 11.09g/6h (RS 48; KM. 342) [5]. One about very fine but edge removed, others in varied state but all with traces of mounting (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £85
Malta, Six Tari (5), 1776 (2), 5.58g/12h, 5.30g/12h; 1780 (3), 5.76g/12h, 5.66g/6h, 5.65g/6h (RS 49, 52; KM. 303.1) [5]. Generally fine, but first with traces of mounting and second with edge removed (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £60
Malta, Six Tari, 1780, 5.87g/6h (RS 52, and pl.lxxxiii, 8, same dies; KM. 303.1). About extremely fine, attractively toned (£35-45)
Hammer Price: £65
Malta, Four Tari (3), 1776 (2), both with no stop before f, 3.79g/12h, 3.67g/12h; 1779, small flan, 3.63g/6h (RS 56, 58; KM. 302) [3]. Fine (£25-35)
Hammer Price: £40
Malta, Two Tari (7), 1776, 1779 (6) (RS 59, 61; KM. 301.1, recté sepul, 301.2, recté sepu) [7]. Generally about fine, but one 1779 mounted (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £45
Malta, Silver Taris (8), all 1777, normal n in rohan (5), inverted n (3) (RS 62, 64; KM. 307.1, 307.2) [8]. Fine and better, but one RS 62 and two RS 64 have been mounted (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £55
Malta, Copper Taris (13), undated, concutiatis type (1), 1786 (12), including two with large designs and one with no stop after rohan (RS 66, 68, 69, 71; KM. 331.3, 332) [13]. Varied state (£60-80)
Malta, Carlini (10), 1776 (5), one reading rohan m·; 1786 (5), struck (3), all with stops in rev. legend, one with no stops by date, and cast (2) (RS 73, 79, 82, 83, 86; KM. 300.1, 300.2, 300.5) [10]. Several fine (£40-50)
Malta, Cinquini (7), 1776 (2), one with cross after aes, 1780, 1790 (4), all with star after aes (RS 88, 89, 93, 98; KM. 299.1); 15 Piccioli or Half-Cinquini (3), 1776, 1777 (2) (RS 102, 105; KM. 295); Grani (12), 1776 (5), cross type (2), value type (3), two with legend ending m·m·, 1777, 1778 (3), one with stops in rev. legend, 1785 (3) (RS 106, 116, 120, 122, 125, 126, 131; KM. 296.2, 298.1, 298.2, 298.4) [22]. Several fine (£50-70)
Malta, Thirty Tari, 1798, plain breastplate, 29.43g/12h (RS 6, and pl.lxxxvii, 4, same dies; Dav. 1611; KM. 345.1). Lightly polished, otherwise very fine, extremely rare (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £200
Malta, Thirty Tari (2), both 1798, pellet below bust, different dies, 29.60g/12h, 28.74g/12h (RS 8; Dav. 1611B; KM. 35.3) [2]. First with traces of mounting on edge, good fine, second with edge removed, fine (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £95
Malta, Thirty Tari, 1798, pellet (or flaw) in obv. field, 29.59g/12h (RS 10, and pl.lxxxviii, 1, same obv. die; Dav. 1611C; KM. 345.4). Almost very fine, toned, very rare (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £220
Malta, Fifteen Tari (2), both 1798, studs on breastplate, 13.83g/12h, j for 1 in date, no studs on breastplate, 14.21g/12h (RS 13, 16; KM. 344) [2]. Fine and better, but first with edge removed and second has been brooch-mounted (£40-50)
Malta, Jean de la Vallete, copper 2 Tari, 1567, 4.89g (RS 107), countermarked with marks 1a, 2, 3, 5 and 7. Host coin worn, countermarks fine, mark 1a rare (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £50
Malta, Hugues Loubens de Verdalle, copper 2 Tari, 1590, 2.88g (RS 43), countermarked with marks 1a, 3, 5 and 7. Host coin about fine, countermarks very fine, mark 1a rare (£40-60)
Malta, Jean-Paul Lascaris Castellar, copper 4 Tari (2), both f·ioannes type (RS 44 et seq.), 6.97g, countermarked with marks 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 (KM. 315); 4.44g, marks 1, 3, 6, 7 and 8 (KM. 341) [2]. Host coins mediocre, countermarks about fine and better (£20-40)
Hammer Price: £30
Malta, Jean-Paul Lascaris Castellar, copper 4 Tari (2), both f·ioannes type (RS 44 et seq.), 6.70g, countermarked with marks 1, 4, 6, 7 and 8; 4.99g, marks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 (KM. 341) [2]. Host coins mediocre, countermarks about fine and better, mark 4 rare (£30-40)
Malta, Jean-Paul Lascaris Castellar, copper 4 Tari (3), all f·ioannes type (RS 44 et seq.), 6.44g, countermarked with marks 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 (KM. 315); 4.51g, marks 2, 3, 6 and 8; 5.10g, marks 4, 6, 7 and 8 (KM. 341) [3]. Host coins about fine, countermarks mostly fine and better, mark 4 rare (£40-60)
Malta, Jean-Paul Lascaris Castellar, copper 4 Tari, 1643, f·ioannes type, 5.10g (RS 47), countermarked with marks 5, 6, 7 and 8 (KM. 341). Host coin about fine, countermarks very fine (£20-30)
Malta, Jean-Paul Lascaris Castellar, copper 4 Tari, 1636, f·io:pavlvs type, 6.36g (RS 50), countermarked with marks 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 (KM. 340). Host coin fine, countermarks very fine (£20-30)
Malta, Jean-Paul Lascaris Castellar, copper 4 Tari, f·io:pavlvs type, 4.77g (RS 50 et seq.), countermarked with marks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 (KM. 340). Host coin fine, countermarks very fine (£20-30)
Malta, Jean-Paul Lascaris Castellar, copper 4 Tari (2), both f·io:pavlvs type (RS 50 et seq.), 4.62g, countermarked with marks 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8; 5.57g, marks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 (KM. 340) [2]. First host coin fair and flan split, countermarks better, second host coin fine, countermarks very fine, mark 4 rare (£30-40)
Malta, Jean-Paul Lascaris Castellar, copper 4 Tari (2), both f·io:pavlvs type (RS 50 et seq.), 7.87g, countermarked with marks 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 (KM. 314); 6.32g, marks 1, 3, 6, 7 and 8 (KM. 340) [2]. Host coins about fine, countermarks fine and better (£20-30)
Malta, Jean-Paul Lascaris Castellar, copper 4 Tari (2), both f·io:pavlvs type, date unclear, 5.56g (RS 50 et seq.), countermarked with marks 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8; 1641, 4.05g (RS 54), countermarked with marks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 (KM. 340) [2]. Host coins about fine, countermarks fine and better, mark 4 rare (£30-40)
Malta, Jean-Paul Lascaris Castellar, copper 2 Tari (2), 1636, 5.71g (RS 63), countermarked with mark 1 (KM. 76); date unclear, 3.10g (RS 63 et seq.), countermarked with marks 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 (KM. 313) [2]. First host coin and countermark about fine, second host coin worn, countermarks fine (£20-30)
Malta, Jean-Paul Lascaris Castellar, copper 2 Tari (2), dates unclear (RS 63 et seq.), 2.19g, countermarked with marks 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7; 2.22g, marks 2, 3, 5 and 7 (KM. 313) [2]. First host coin about fine, countermarks fine and better, second host coin worn, countermarks very fine (£20-30)
Malta, Jean-Paul Lascaris Castellar, copper 2 Tari (3), dates unclear (RS 63 et seq.), 1.84g, countermarked with marks 2, 3, 5, and 7; 1.64g, marks 2, 5, 6 and 7; 2.83g, marks 3, 5 and 7 (KM. 313) [3]. Host coins worn, countermarks generally fine or better but those applied to the second coin have caused the flan to fracture in the centre (£20-30)
Malta, Jean-Paul Lascaris Castellar, copper 2 Tari (3), dates unclear (RS 63 et seq.), 2.27g, countermarked with marks 3, 5, and 7; 1.96g, 1.85g, both marks 5 and 7 (KM. 313) [3]. Second host coin fair, others worn, countermarks fine and better (£25-35)
Malta, Third-Farthings (2), both 1827 (BMC 1453; S 3827); William IV, Third Farthings (2), both 1835 (BMC 1477; S 3850); Victoria, Third Farthings (8), 1844 (2), 1866, 1868, 1878 (2), 1885 (2) (BMC 1606, 1926, 1928, 1933, 1937; S 3952, 3960); Edward VII, Third-Farthings (3), all 1902 (BMC 2241; S 3993); George V, Third-Farthings (3), all 1913 (BMC 2358; S 4062) [18]. One 1878, one 1885 and two of 1902 practically as struck with full original colour, both 1844s fair, others mostly very fine...
Hammer Price: £140
Malta, Ernesto Paterno-Castello di Caraci, Proof set, 1961, comprising gold 10 and 5 Scudi, silver 2 Scudi and Scudo (KM. M1-4 [PS 1]; F 1, 2) [4]. Minor marks, otherwise practically as struck; in official red card holder [this a little distressed] (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £100
Malta, Angelo de Mojana di Cologna, Sovrano, 1970, edge grained (KM. M106; Bruce XM 39). Brilliant (£50-60)
Malta, Angelo de Mojana di Cologna, Proof sets (3), all 1964, 2 Scudi and Scudo (KM. M9, 10); Proof 9 Tari and Proof 10 Grani, both 1971, Battle of Lepanto (KM. M46-7); Order of St John of Jerusalem, Proof sets (2), both 1965, Zecchino to Tari (Bruce X101) [16]. All brilliant; the sets in cases or holders as issued (£30-40)
Malta, Fifty, Twenty, Ten and Five Liri, 1972, gold (KM. 15-18 [MS 2]; F 48-51) [4]. Mint state (£250-300)
Hammer Price: £280
Malta, Fifty, Twenty and Ten Liri, 1973, gold (KM. 21-3 [MS 4]; F 52-4) [3]. Mint state (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £130
Malta, Fifty, Twenty and Ten Liri, 1974, gold (KM. 26-8 [MS 6]; F 55-7) [3]. Mint state (£120-150)
Malta, Fifty, Twenty and Ten Liri, 1975, gold (KM. 35, 37, 39 [MS 11]; F 58-60) [3]. Mint state (£120-150)
Malta, Proof 25 Liri/55 Ecu, 1993, gold, Defence of Christian Europe (KM. 105; F 70); Proof 5 Liri/10 Ecu, 1993 (2, one mint-sealed in case); Proof 5 Liri (5), 1981 Unicef (2, no cases), 1994 Valleta (2, no cases), 1995 UN (no case); Proof 2 Liri (3), 1981 World Food Day, 1989 Independence (2); Proof Lira (2), both 1979 Foreign Forces; Proof 25 Cents (3), all 1975, one not mint-sealed [Lot]. Brilliant, mint-sealed in cases of issue except as described (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £120
Malta, Five Liri (10), 2 Liri (3), Lira (4), all silver issues; together with other miscellaneous base metal coins (81), mis-strikes (3) [101]. Mostly as struck; some in cases or holders (£60-80)
Malta, Proof 5 Liri (26), 1983 Disabled Persons (2), 1983-4 Fisheries (2), 1984 Women, 1988 Central Bank (2), 1990 Papal Visit (2), 1990 EEC (2), 1991 Save the Children (2), 1992 George Cross (3), 1993 Central Bank (2), 1993 University, 1993 World Cup, 1994 Valletta, 1998 Revolution, 1998 Central Bank, 1999 Mattia Preti, 2000 Millennium ingot, 2001 Enrico Mizzi [26]. All brilliant and mint-sealed in cases of issue (£150-200)
Malta, Mint sets (15), 1972 8-coin (3), 1972 2-coin silver, 1973 2-coin silver (2), 1974 2-coin silver, 1975 2-coin silver (2), 1976 2-coin silver, 1977 3-coin silver (2), 1979 9-coin, 1981 9-coin, 1991 7-coin [Lot]. All mint state, in holders or wallets as issued, the 1979 and 1981 sets rare but the obverses of the coins in them have been affected by condensation (£60-90)
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