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Click here to subscribeVintage golden plush teddy bear, circa 1910-20, small size with only one glass eye, stitched nose, jointed arms and legs, 31cm; also a small red mohair teddy bear with boot black eyes, 14cm; mohair lamb, height 17cm; two rabbit soft toys; and a composition baby doll with painted facial features, 32cm (6)
Phoenicia, Tyre AR Shekel. Circa 450-400 BC. Dolphin leaping to right over triple line of waves, murex below; ŠLŠN (one thirtieth [of a mina]) in Phoenician script above / Owl of Egyptian type standing to right, crowned with crescent, carrying crook and flail; all within incuse outline. BMC 227, 1 and pl. XXVIII, 9; Traité, pl. CXXII, 1; Kraay-Hirmer 681; Kraay, ACGC 1048; Rouvier 1775. 11.97g, 22mm, 8h. Good Very Fine. Very Rare. Sold with export licence issued by The Israel Antiquities Authority. This is one of the very earliest coins to bear an inscription that explicitly states its value.
Caracalla AV Aureus. Rome, AD 205. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PONTIF TR P VIII COS II, Mars standing left, right foot on helmet, holding olive branch and reversed spear. RIC 80a; BMCRE 476; C. 419; Calicó 2777. 7.16g, 20mm, 5h. Fleur De Coin. A bold portrait, struck on a broad flan. Lustrous metal and perfect surfaces. Rare. Ex Hermann-Joseph Lückger Collection, Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 417, 2 November 2016, lot 409; Ex Getrudenstrasse Hoard, found in Cologne in 1909. The Getrudenstrasse Hoard was found by workmen digging the foundation of a building. It consisted of approximately 15,000 denarii and 150 or so aurei - a sizeable accumulation. Many of the coins of that hoard bear a distinctive colouration similar to that of the Boscoreale Hoard, derived from the decomposition of the original container.
Karia, Antioch ad Maeandrum AR Tetradrachm. Circa 165-145 BC. Stephanophoric type. Eunikos, magistrate. Bearded head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / Zebu bull standing to left, head facing, before small female figure standing right, wearing long chiton; ANTIOXE?N T?N ?PO? T? in two lines above, MAIAN?P?? to right, EVNIKO? in exergue, all within laurel wreath. BMC -; Leschhorn, Lexicon of Greek Coin Inscriptions -; McClean -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Lockett -; SNG von Aulock -; Weber -; CNG 108, 230. 16.00g, 27mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine. Of the highest rarity - the finest of two known examples. The city of Antioch ad Maeandrum is not to be confused with the more famous Antioch ad Orontes, capital of the western Seleukid Empire, and indeed the legend of this coin makes this abundantly clear: “Of the people of Antioch by the Maeander”. The city was located on high ground overlooking the plain of the Maeander at its confluence with the Morsynus, near the eastern end of the Maeander valley. Founded on the south bank of the river, by the time of Strabo it had grown across both banks, and controlled a strategically important crossing (cf. Strabo 13.4.15). Probably founded by AntIochos I, little to nothing of importance occurred at this city of which records have survived, however the bridge is explicitly depicted on the city’s Roman-era coinage. While no Seleukid issues are currently attributed to this Antioch, there are many unattributed western issues from the reigns of Antiochos I through Antiochos III, so the possibility that it may have struck coinage during this period cannot be excluded. The present series probably commenced after the Third Macedonian War, when large parts of the Rhodian Peraia in Karia were separated from the territory of Rhodes and given liberty by the Roman Senate (168/7 BC) as punishment to the city-state of Rhodes, which in Rome’s view had been a little too friendly with the defeated Macedonian king. Because subsequent issues bear an abbreviated legend ("of the people of Antioch"), and due to the Stephanophoric type of the reverse (a common feature of mid-2nd century Hellenistic coinage in Asia Minor), this issue has been hypothesised to be the earliest of Antioch’s civic silver coinage.
Ionia, Ephesos AV Stater. Circa 155-140 BC. Draped bust of Artemis right, wearing stephane, and with bow and quiver over shoulder / Cult statue of the Artemis of Ephesos facing, a fillet hanging from each hand; thymiaterion in inner right field, ?-? across fields. G. K. Jenkins, Hellenistic Gold Coins of Ephesos, in Festschrift Akurgal, Ankara, 1987, p. 134, pl. B, 6 (BM) = R Fleuscher I, Artemis von Ephesos und der erwandte Kultstatue von Anatolien und Syrien, EPRO 35, 1973, pl. 53b; LIMC II, pl. 565, 23. 8.43g, 21mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine. Very Rare. From the A.F. Collection, Germany. The Hellenistic era gold coinage struck at Ephesos is extremely rare and rarely well preserved. Previously thought to have all been struck during the Mithradatic wars, this is now known not to be the case. Some seem to be dated by the era of the Province of Asia and the dates they bear are too early for them to be Mithradatic War issues. Certain other issues such as the present example appear to be part of an extraordinary issue of gold struck in conjunction with an extremely rare gold stater type of Magnesia in the mid-second century. The style and fabric of both issues seem consistent with an emergency issue struck to meet an immediate expense. The reverse of this coin depicts the famous cult statue of Ephesian Artemis, housed in the great temple of Artemis that is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The original image of the goddess was a wooden xoanon that had represented a pre-Hellenic goddess who the Greeks later equated with Artemis. This first image, which was kept decorated with jewellery, was possibly lost in a flood in the 8th or 7th century which destroyed the temple; excavations have discovered the tear-shaped amber drops of elliptical cross-section which must have dressed it. In circa 550 BC, when reconstruction of the temple was begun (partly financed by Kroisos), it was undertaken in grand style and was supposedly the first Greek temple to be built of marble. The wooden xoanon was replaced by a new ebony or grapewood statue sculpted by Enoidos, which presumably survived until the temple was again destroyed, this time by an act of arson on the part of one Herostratos. The second destruction of the temple coincided with the birth of Alexander the Great; Plutarch later noted that Artemis was too preoccupied with Alexander's delivery to save her burning temple. The form of the goddess is distinctly near-eastern in appearance; characteristics such as her legs being enclosed in a tapering pillar-like term are closely related to Egyptian and Hittite images, and the curious feature of the many protuberances on her chest (usually described as breasts or eggs) are decidedly non-Greek in origin, and indeed have defied explanation or identification for centuries, though an association with fertility seems implicit.
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 475-470 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing earring and crested Attic helmet decorated with with pellet in chevron ornamentation and four olive leaves / Owl standing to right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, A?E before; all within incuse square. Starr Group I, 8 and pl. 1, 8 (same dies); Seltman 413; Svoronos 8.4. 17.22g, 22mm, 4h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare; Starr knew of only twelve coins in his Group I. From the Dr. Albert Potts collection. The coinage of Starr Group I represents the first issue struck at Athens after the resounding victory over the second Persian invasion of Greece at the climactic twin battles of Plataea and Mykale in 479. The city of Athens had been razed to the ground by Persian troops in the course of this war, and the Athenians now faced the task of not only rebuilding their homes and temples, but also immediately went on the offensive against the Persian dominions in northern Greece, Cyprus and Byzantion. In 477 leadership of the free Greek city-states would pass to Athens with the formation of the Delian League with Kimon as their principal commander. When the Athenian mint resumed operations then, the coinage retained its familiar types, but with some alterations. The helmet of Athena now displayed four upright leaves of olive, and the olive sprig on the Group I coinage unusually hangs straight down, perhaps a symbolic change, as an army regiment might lower its colours in salute or a gesture of respect for the fallen. This is also the first issue to bear the crescent symbol, which more likely represents a transient stage of the moon than a fleet formation (as has been suggested), however despite a general consensus that it probably in some way relates to victory over the Persian invaders, its true significance remains uncertain.
Sculpture: John Robinson: A bronze figure of a bear, signed John, 21cm long, together with a bronze rabbit indistinctly signed Richard Adams 4/10, 23cm high. Richard Adams was the author of the well-known book on rabbits, Watership Down. Originally this figure was produced as part of a treasure hunt to raise money for charity, which did not take place. The rabbit was the last sculpture created by John Robinson before he died in 2007. Provenance: The John Robinson Collection
TWO STEIFF FYNN BEARS, one as a doctor with case and accessories, No 111808, approximate height 27cm, the other with red bow No 111327, approximate height 29cm, together with boxed Merrythought 'Hope' Bear, special edition, No 37,479 for This Morning America Appeal from 11th September 2001 Terrorist Attack (3)
FEMALE FILM STAR AUTOGRAPHS. Seventeen pieces of memorabilia, mostly 8x10" photographs, fifteen of which bear mostly hand signed autographs. To include signatures from: Lauren Bacall, Raquel Welch, Eva Marie Saint, Rhonda Fleming, Kim Novak, Dorothy McGuire, Margaret Lockwood, Janet Leigh and more.
An English teddy bear, pale pink plush with amber and black glass eyes, stitched limbs, 9 1/2" high, wearing a blue and orange flower printed long dress, with label "Made by Edith Moody, Claverdon, Warwick", together with another similar grey bear, 8" high, wearing blue felt shorts and a rabbit, 8" high in green and grey felt outfit (3) (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)
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