Lapidarius
 depuis 1919
Lapidarius
since 1919 
Maged Taraboulsy
jewellery antiques
1312 Greene Avenue
Montreal, Quebec H3Z 2B1
Canada
(514) 935-2717
(800) 267-0373
info@lapidarius.com
  HomeCatalogueCoins Estate Sales    About Us    Contact Us     Français   
Categories
Animals • Birds
Antiquities
Bottles • Decanters
Boxes • Cases
Bronzes
Canadian Art
China • Pottery
Coins
Coral • Ivory • Jade
Enamel • Cloisonné
Estate Sales
Ethnical art
Figurine • Sculpture
Furniture
Glass • Crystal
Instruments . Tools . Musical
Jewellery
Lighting
Memorabilia
Miniatures
Paintings . Photographs
Silver
Sticks
Timepieces
Makers & Artists
Latest Acquisitions more
Royal Worcester<br><i>Playmates</i>
Royal Worcester
Playmates

USD $925.00
Quick Find
  
Use keywords to find the item you are looking for.
Advanced Search
Displaying 1 to 20 (of 23 items) Result Pages:  1  2  [Next >>] 
    Description   Price 
   A silver case for coins.
Made in Germany. 
4.3 x 3 cm (1" 11/16 x 1" 3/16) 
 USD $120.00 
   A metal case for full and half coins.
The lid with an additional sprung stamps insert case.
Inscribed MÉTAL DORÉ (golden metal) and 395651
6.3 x 2.8 cm (2" 1/2 x 1" 1/8) 
 USD $175.00 
   Echoing the pieces of Bulgari in the 1980s, our 18K gold ring is set with an ancient Armenian silver coin depicting the king Tigranes II ‘the Great’ (95-56 B.C.) wearing the Armenian tiara. 
 
 USD $1,500.00 
   22K gold coin with George V of the United Kingdom (reign 1911-1936)
set in 18K men’s gold signet ring made around 1940.
Hand made 
Weight : 8 gr 
 USD $1,000.00 
   22K gold 20 French francs coin 1897
set in 18K gold ring
Made in France circa 1950 
Weight : 12.5 gr 
 USD $1,150.00 
   Antique thalers coins embedded in a sterling silver tankard
Makers mark M; Germany standard marks and HANDARBEIT
Germany, circa 1900
Weight : 926 gr 
Height : 6.5" 
 USD $3,000.00 
   Vintage Coin Fob Pendant
Three hybrid fishes creatures, in 18K yellow gold with twisting tails, perched on a silver portrait coin representing Alexander the Great wearing the lion’s scalp
French import gold marks on foreign made: "Le charançon" (weevil)
Maker's mark: cross design between the letters St and Z (?)
Total weight: 25 grams 
 
 USD $1,000.00 
   18K yellow gold BVLGARI Keyholder.
Coin: EL Stater, 3rd Century B.C.. Carthage mint
Obverse: wreathed head of Tanit with ear of wheat; wearing triple-drop earring and necklace; reverse with horse standing right on ground line; uraeus globe above.
Bezel made with a Roman Imperial bronze coin of Nerva (96-98 A.D.); obv.: IMP NERVA CAES AVG PM …
Stamped BVLGARI on the clasp
Total weight: 39 grams
Total length: 10.6 cm
Diameter: 3.6 cm 
 
 USD $3,800.00 
   Polish «5 Ducats» Gold Coin of Sigismund III, issued 1614.
Obv.: crowned bust of Sigismund III to right, with a large beard, in beaded circle
Legends around : SIGISMVNDVS.III.D:G:REX.POLONIAE.MAG:DVX LIT:RVS:PRVSSIAE
Rev.: two lions supporting the arms of Danzig
Legends around : EX.AVRO.SOLIDO.CIVITAS.GEDANENSIS.FIERI.F[ecit]
Weight 16.1 grams; ø 40 mm; purity .986
Condition : Bright yellow gold. Distinct rim, all legends readable, clear details. Porous surfaces, the centre is moderately worn. 
 
 USD $12,000.00 
   French Gold Coin 20 francs 1851-A
Obverse: Ceres head; signed L.MERLEY. [engraver Louis Merley (1815-1883)]
Legend REPUBLIQUE - FRANÇAISE
Reverse: value in wreath
Legend LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
In ex.: A 1851 A for Paris
Ø 19 mm
Weight: 6.1 g 
 
 USD $270.00 
   Gold Coin Louis, 1785, Lyon.
Obverse: bare head of Louis XVI left;
his bust is encircled by the Latin legend LUD.XVI.D.G.FR.ET NAV.REX (LVDOVICVS XIV DEI GRATIA FRANCIAE ET NAVARRAE REX) "Louis XIV, by the grace of God, king of France and of Navarre";
the signature DUVIV of the engraver Benjamin Duvivier, Graveur général (1774-1791);
below the bust is the mint director's privy mark of a bee (Jean-Claude Gabet (1785-1793).
Reverse: coat of arms intertwining shields of France and Navarre;
legend: CHRS.REGN.VINC.IMPER "Christ reigns, defeats and commands";
1785; eagle head before the date = Master Engraver Jean Humbert Bernavon (1760-1793);
below the shields is the mintmark D for the Lyon mint.
Ø 25mm
Weight: 7.4 g 
 
 USD $425.00 
   Five dollars Indian Head or Half Eagle
1909 United States gold coin mounted in gold pendant (18K french gold)
Obverse: a proud Native American warrior in his feather war headdress
Reverse: feathered American Eagle sits with closed wings on a bundle of arrows over the words FIVE-DOLLARS;
surrounded by UNITED.STATES.OF.AMERICA;
with the inscriptions "E PLURIBUS UNUM" and "IN GOD WE TRUST".

The Indian Head was designed by Bela Lyon Pratt, produced by the United States government between 1908 and 1929.
Indian head type is unique in U.S. coinage in that the design is pressed down into the background of the gold rather than raised up (called an incuse design). Total weight: 13.9 g 
 
 USD $800.00 
   British Gold Sovereign
Obverse: EDWARDVS VII D: G: BRITT: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP:
«Edward VII by the Grace of God, King of all the British territories, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India»;
initials "De S" at the base of the neck (George William De Saulles who modeled the effigy of Edward VII without a crown).
Reverse: St George on horseback right, slaying dragon;
date, 1910;
mintmark P on the ground above the centre of the date (Perth, Australia Mint);
BP in exergue (Benedetto Pistrucci's initials, engraver of the famous portrayal of St. George slaying a dragon)
Weight: 7,8 g
Ø 22 mm
Edward VII gold sovereigns were struck in the following years 1902 - 1910 (Edward died in 1910) 
 
 USD $375.00 
   Victoria Jubilee Head Gold Sovereign
18K french yellow gold pendant mount
Obverse: crowned bust of Victoria left
VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REG: F: D:
«Victoria by the Grace of God, Queen of England, Defender of the Faith»;
signed J.E.B. , initials of engraver Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834-1890)
Reverse: St. George slaying Dragon
design originally engraved by Benedetto Pistrucci;
initials BP right, above the date, 1888;
The Jubilee issue was minted 1887-1892 to commemorate the 50th year of Queen Victoria's rule (1887-1893).
Total weight: 9.2 g 
 
 USD $550.00 
   British Gold Half-sovereign
Obverse: Bare head of Edward VII right;
EDWARDVS VII D: G: BRITT: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP:
«Edward VII by the Grace of God, King of all the British territories, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India»;
initials "De S" at the base of the neck (George William De Saulles who modeled the effigy of Edward VII without a crown)
Reverse: the familiar St. George slaying Dragon (no initials BP);
date, 1902; London, no mintmark
Weight: 3,8 g
Ø 19 mm 
 
 USD $250.00 
   Nicholas II Gold Russian Coin
5 Roubles 1898
Obverse: Nicholas II (1894-1917) left;
cyrillic legend translates «Nicolas II, by the Grace of God, Emperor and Autocrat of all Russia»
Reverse: Russian coat of arms the two-headed eagle and Saint George slaying the dragon.;
cyrillic legend translates 5 roubles; date, 1898.
Edge Lettering: Greek key-like design and initials in cyrillic Appolon Grasgov mintmaster (1883-1899)
Weight: 4.2 g
Ø 18 mm
Type created 1897, struck until 1911. 
 
 USD $300.00 
   Gold Coin Louis, 1787, Lyon.
Obverse: bare head of Louis XVI left;
his bust is encircled by the Latin legend LUD.XVI.D.G.FR.ET NAV.REX (LVDOVICVS XIV DEI GRATIA FRANCIAE ET NAVARRAE REX) "Louis XIV, by the grace of God, king of France and of Navarre";
the signature DUVIV of the engraver Benjamin Duvivier, Graveur général (1774-1791);
below the bust is the mint director's privy mark of a bee (Jean-Claude Gabet (1785-1793).
Reverse: coat of arms intertwining shields of France and Navarre;
legend: CHRS.REGN.VINC.IMPER "Christ reigns, defeats and commands";
1787; eagle head before the date = Master Engraver Jean Humbert Bernavon (1760-1793);
below the shields is the mintmark D for the Lyon mint.
Weight 7.6 g
Ø 24 mm 
 
 USD $1,090.00 
   1904 Hungary 10 Korona Gold Coin
Obverse: Emperor Franz Joseph I standing, head right, crowned with the Holy Crown of Hungary, globus cruciger in left hand, imperial scepter in right;
Hungarian legend FERENCZ JOZSEF I.K.A. CS.ES M.H.S.D.O.AP.KIR «Franz Joseph by the Grace of God Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary, Croatia, Slavonia, Dalmatia»;
1904 in exergue.
Reverse: coat of arms, Holy Crown of Hungary on top, with angel supporters;
below is the mintmark K.B for the Körmöcbánya (Kremnica) mint;
with the denomination in Hungarian 10 Korona;
above is the Hungarian legend MAGYAR KIRALYSAG (Hungarian Kingdom).
Weight: 3.3 g
Ø 19 mm

Franz Joseph I (1830-1916), length of reign 68 years.
Married to Elisabeth of Bavaria “Sisi”; their only son, Prince Rudolf died by suicide in 1889, in Mayerling.
After the death of Rudolf, the heir to the throne was his nephew Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
In 1914, Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo, leading to World War I.
Franz Joseph died in 1916, two years later the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy dissolved 
 
 USD $165.00 
  
Obverse:
NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR
Bare-headed portrait of Napoleon III right
Signed BARRE is below the head [the engraver Jean-Jacques Barre (1793-1855)].
Reverse:
Inscription EMPIRE FRANCAIS; value 20 FRANCS and the date 1855 surrounded by a laurel wreath
The mintmark "A" (Paris) below the wreath.
The edge is inscribed in raised lettering DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE.
Weight: 6.2 g
Ø 21 mm 
 
 USD $300.00 
   O./: GEORGIVS V DEI GRA:REX ET IND:IMP: «George the Fifth by the Grace of God: King and Emperor of India»
R./: Canadian escutcheon surrounded by maple branches; legend CANADA FIVE DOLLARS and date 1912.
Weight: 8.1 g
Ø 21 mm 
 
 USD $750.00 
Displaying 1 to 20 (of 23 items) Result Pages:  1  2  [Next >>]