Lot 1458
Hellenistic Bronze Cuirass Section
3rd-1st century B.C. Possibly the upper right front element of a composite cuirass for a cataphract (armoured horseman), part of the edge around t...
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Possibly Gallic mint. In the name of Marcian (AD 450-457). Late 5th century AD. D N MARCIA-INVS P F AVC, helmeted, pearl-diademed and cuirassed fa...
London mint. Dated 1897 and RY LXI. Old Head Coinage. Designs by Sir Thomas Brock and Benedetto Pistrucci. 1837-1901. VICTORIA • DEI • GRA • BRITT...
1500-1600 A.D. Comprising three domes decorated with filigree surrounding a central pellet, hook to the reverse; Read Class D, Type 6. See The Por...
9th-11th century A.D. Piriform in profile with narrow point and domed mouth; the body decorated with regularly arranged annulets and concentric ci...
Following Lugdunum mint; struck circa AD 351-353. AD 350-353. N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right; A to left / VICT...
9th-12th century A.D. Two rods tightly twisted and curved into a penannular shape, hammered flat towards the ends, each terminal with heavily hatc...
Lot 1424
Viking Age Bearded Battle Axehead
Early 11th-12th century A.D. A Baltic hand-forged iron axehead with scooped socket, broad blade with extension to the lower edge, hole to the blad...
8th-10th century A.D. Tubular in form with thick ribbing to the rim and mouthpiece; mounted on a custom-made stand. 74 grams, 66 mm (128 grams to...
Circa 2300-2000 B.C. Openwork quatrefoil with triangular loop to the reverse; accompanied by typed and signed note by the late W.G. Lambert, Profe...
Rome mint. 70 BC. Jugate heads of Honos, laureate, and Virtus, wearing crested helmet, to right; KALENI below, HO behind, VIRT (RT ligate) before ...
10th-11th century A.D. Comprising: twenty-seven fittings of polygonal shape with reserved stylised vegetal forms; one belt buckle of similar shape...
Lot 1426
Hellenistic Bronze Cuirass Section
3rd-1st century B.C. Possibly an upper right front element of a composite cuirass for a cataphract (armoured horseman), part of the edge around th...
12th-17th century A.D. Comprising: a seal matrix with trilobed handle with initials 'PEE' or 'PFE'; a spur rowel fragment; thee buckle frames; an ...
9th-11th century A.D. A bulbous missile with domed mouth; the body with three large annulets with ring-and-circle motif to the centre interspersed...
Following Arles mint; struck circa AD 348-354. AD 337-361. [...[COΠSTA-TIVS P F ꜸG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...]PARA...
Circa 1200-900 B.C. Cylinder with cord and bead handles; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Pr...
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P. An irregular sandstone matrix set with a Mosasaur prognathodon sp. and an Otodus obliquus sp. teeth a...
Circa 100 B.C.-200 A.D. With facing portrait of a figure with tall headdress, cloak tied to the chest, both arms raised holding objects, enclosed ...
2nd millennium B.C. Broad squat carved mortarium with basal pad and four D-section ribs to the outer face; separate pestle shaped like a thumb. 1...
Lot 2312
Knightia Fossil Fish in Matrix
Eocene Period, circa 58-36 million years B.P. Rectangular matrix with a Knightia alta specimen. 210 grams, 80 mm (3 1/8 in.). [No Reserve] From...
Lot 2577
Campo Del Cielo Meteorite
Fell 6000-5000 years B.P. A nickel-iron meteorite (IAB). 27.9 grams, 32 mm (1 1/4 in.). [No Reserve] From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. A cr...
Lot 3208
Hanniballianus, Rex Regum AE 16mm.
Constantinople mint. Struck AD 336-337. 6th officina. AD 335-337. FL HANIBALLIANO REGI, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITA...
In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ (Antiphon), magistrate. Circa 190-165 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin ...
Lot 1438
Western Asiatic Bronze Spearheads
14th-10th century B.C. The leaf-shaped ovate blade with rounded, gently curved shoulders and raised midrib, flat rectangular-sectioned tang taperi...
2350-2200 B.C. Representing a god with horned helmet, half animal and half man, standing on the left and holding a staff, near him the hero Gilgam...
Uncertain mint in Cyprus (perhaps Constantia). Dated RY 19 (AD 628/9). AD 610-641. Heraclius between Martina, on left, and Heraclius Constantine, ...
Lot 2623
Books on Birds - 8 Titles
1932-1969 A.D. Jean Delacour - Pheasant of the World - London, 1965, hardback with dustwrapper, 351 pp, 32 colour plates; Dorothy Yglesias - The C...
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C. The group comprising triangular trilobate types, all socketted. Cf. similar Graeco-Persian arrowheads in Head, D., The ...
3rd century B.C. Lentoid-section and depicting a stylised scorpion to one side, a type sometimes known to have the Rhodian legend ΚΑΛΑ to verso. C...
1800-700 B.C. Including mainly triangular and leaf-shaped types of arrowheads, and two small daggers with pierced tang. See Muscarella, O.W., Bron...
Circa 2000-1600 B.C. Fragment of a pillow-shaped tablet, cuneiform text to both broad faces and one edge. 58.8 grams, 50 mm (2 in.). [No Reserve]...
Predynastic Period, Naqada III, circa 3300–2960 B.C. Circular in plan with smoothed faces, pierced through the edge. Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Corpus of...
Lot 2357
Campo Del Cielo Meteorite Necklace
Fell 6000-5000 years B.P. A nickel-iron meteorite (IAB) with a suspension loop and cord. 6 grams total, stone: 26 mm (1 in.). [No Reserve] From...
9th-11th century A.D. Piriform in profile with narrow point and domed mouth; bands of concentric circles to the upper body; intended to be filled ...
Lot 1454
Very Large Amlash Bronze Spear-Head
12th-11th century B.C. Leaf-shaped blade with raised midrib extending to a square-section shank, flared below with a square-section tang. See Khor...
Uruk Period, 5500-3100 B.C. Spherical and hollow-formed with moulded animal and other ornament to the outer face; clay tokens inside. 243 grams, ...
Early 2nd millennium B.C. Modelled in the round with holes to the ears to accept separate rings (absent) and right hand open to accept a weapon. F...
1858 A.D. Sheet bronze buckle plate with lateral integral hook; stamped design including a circular band enclosing a maritime scene with two saili...
19th-6th century B.C. Including triangular, leaf-shaped, barbed, paddle-shaped with a flat, comparatively wide mid-rib, and others. Cf. for simila...
Lot 3460
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm.
Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 136(?) [AH 171 (AD 787/8)]. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809). Stylised crowned Sasanian style bust to right; ...
13th-12th century B.C. With large ovate blade, broad midrib, rounded shoulders and rectangular-section tang with bent tip ending with a button. Se...
Circa 900-700 B.C. Accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of ...
Lot 1476
Luristan Bronze Spearhead Blade
14th-10th century B.C. With rounded shoulders and square-sectioned mid-rib running to the blade tip; short tang with fastening hole. Cf. Khorasani...
Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. Head of Herakles to righ...
12th-13th century A.D. Rectangular in plan with lateral spurs, reserved figure of a robed male in three-quarter view with hands clutching a purse ...
Lot 2725
Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater.
Mazaios, satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia. Circa 361-334 BC. Baaltars seated to left on persian diphros, his body turned to front, holding eagle, ...
Lot 1513
Hellenistic Bronze Cuirass Section
3rd-1st century B.C. Possibly the upper right back element of a composite cuirass for a cataphract (armoured horseman), part of the edge around th...
19th - 2nd century B.C. Including triangular, leaf-shaped, barbed, paddle-shaped arrowheads with a flat, comparatively wide mid-rib, and others. C...
2nd-1st millennium B.C. With incuse frieze comprising a standing robed figure and a winged figure with a spear advancing towards a kilted figure w...
Lot 1390
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
13th-9th century B.C. Comprising large triangular and leaf-shaped types with one barbed example. See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. T...
London mint. Class C. 1413-1422. ҺЄnRIC 'ˣ DI 'ˣ GRA 'ˣ RЄX 'ˣ AnGL 'ˣ Z ˣ FRAnC 'ˣ DnS 'ˣ ҺЧB 'ˣ ('Henry by the Grace of God, King of England and...
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 35,000-25,000 years B.P. Framed display board with mounted types of tools referenced including 'Pointe de la Font...
8th-10th century A.D. Group of tongue-shaped harness plates, rosette and other studs and three-armed distributors. 236 grams total, 0.6-10.9 cm (...
Lot 1343
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
12th-10th century B.C. Including triangular, barbed-and-tanged, leaf-shaped, and other types. See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The ...
Late 3rd-2nd millennium B.C. With a broad, lentoid-section flat blade, rounded tip, sloping sides, well marked shoulders with wide but short tang....
Circa 1900-1700 B.C. Cylinder with cord and bead handles; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late P...
Lot 354
Viking Bronze Scales Set
9th-11th century A.D. Comprising: articulated arms for a scale balance with spike gnomon and loop handle; two hemispherical bowls each with suspen...
Royal mint, London. Commemorative 10 shilling piece on the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1916. Dated 1966. éiRe · 1966 ·, bust of Padra...
Astibos or Damastion mint. Circa 335-315 BC. Laureate head of Apollo to right / Π-OΑ-P-ΤΑΥ (sic), Paeonian horseman, wearing crested helmet and fu...
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