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The Collector’s Series Sale
Very Rare Gold `Imadi Rial
1312
WORLD MEDALS
Yemen. Qasimid Imams. Al-Mutawakkil Yahya b. Muhammad `Imam Yahya’ (AH 1322-1367/19041948 AD). Presentation Gold `Imadi Riyal (5 Lira), AH 1344 (1925/1926 AD). 35.58 gms. Ruler’s name and titles within concentric crescents: Amir almumenin al-Mutawakkil `Ala Allah Rabb al-`Alamin Yahya bin Muhammad hamid al-din, ascension date AH 1322 above, star flanked by branches below, rev. Kalima within central circle, `Imadi within compartment above, flanked by branches, mint San`a and date in large lozenge below. Yahya became Imam upon his father’s death in 1904, ruling over the mountainous areas of north Yemen. With the demise of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I, Yahya entered San`a and was proclaimed ruler of all Yemen. He immediately forbade the bearing of arms when entering the capital. A strong and able ruler, Yahya ended the near anarchy and lawlessness which plagued the Yemen, brought peace to the land and helped create a modern state. In 1926, the year of this presentation Riyal, the Italo-Yemeni Treaty was signed in which Italy acknowledged Yahya as king of Yemen and recognized his claims to `Aden, which was then a British crown colony. Yahya was assassinated on February 17, 1948 shocking the Arab world. Jordan’s King `Abdallah likened the event to the murder of the third caliph `Uthman b. `Affan. The Yemeni tribes rallied around Yahya’s son Ahmad who was proclaimed the new Imam. Based on the gold standard of the Turkish Lira, Imam Yahya’s Presentation Gold Riyals, while similar to the silver Riyals, were struck from special dies. Very Rare. Fr. 2, Y.F10. Extremely Fine-About Uncirculated. Est. 5000-6000
1313
Bohemia. Eleventh Centenary of the Discovery of Töplitz Mineral Springs, 1806. Copper, 42.5mm. By Anton Guillemard (engraver at Prague mint). Swineherder with pigs discovering the famous thermal springs of Teplice (Töplitz), fabled founding date 762 in exergue, rev. Man on crutch and pregnant woman standing before 1806 view of Töplitz. A few minor old contact marks, About Extremely Fine. Est. 75-100
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France. French Revolution. Tribute to General Auguste Marie Henri Picot, Marquis de Dampierre, died 1793 (struck ca. 1821). Silver, 41mm. By Raymond Gayrard. Head r. of the aristocratic-born Revolutionary general, GAYRARD F. below, rev. Battles: VALMY / JEMMAPES / LIEGE / BOIS DE VICOIGNE, vital dates below within wreath. Scion of a military family and an admirer of Friedrich II of Prussia, Dampierre rose in the Revolutionary ranks to commander of the Army of the North and the Armée des Ardennes. Struck in the thigh by a cannonball at the end of the Battle of Raismes, he bled to death on the field. His name is inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe. Quite scarce in Silver. Attractive lavendergray with soft cobalt-blue and vermillion iridescent hues. Choice Extremely Fine. Est. 225-275
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Ireland. Medal on the Centenary of the Birth of Daniel O’Connell, 1875. White Metal. 54 mm. By O’Hanlon. Head of the “Emancipator” O’Connell ¾ l., rev.O’Connell standing l. delivering an oration in court, inner circle with legend: CLAIRE ELECTION…, outer legend with vital locales and dates BHM 3010, Eimer 1646. Good About Uncirculated with lustre. Est. 125-175
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