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Lot 135
A late 18thC light oak longcase clock, the hood having a fretworked, swan neck pediment, over an arched, glazed panelled door and turned flank pillars, on a straight trunk with a pendulum door, the box base on a plinth; the 8 day bell strike movement faced by a decoratively engraved brass Roman dial with subsidiary seconds, inscribed Thos. Morgan, Edinburgh 82''h
Lot 136
A late 18th/early 19thC crossbanded, marquetry and string inlaid oak and mahogany longcase clock, the hood having a swan neck pediment and brass sphere finials, over a glazed, round arched door and fluted flank pillars, on a straight trunk with chamfered sides and a pendulum door, on a box base; the 8 day bell strike movement faced by a painted Roman dial, the crest and spandrels featuring scenes from the Stations of the Cross 88''h
Lot 1111
Italy. The Roman Republic (1798-1799), Siege of Ancona AV ‘Scudo Romano’. Ancona, 1799. PIVS SEXTVS PONT M A VI, oval coat of arms of the Braschi in a rich cornice decorated with cornucopiae and shell, surmounted by a radiant papal tiara and crossed keys / AVXILIVM DE SANCTO 1780, veiled personification of Holy Church, with radiant head, seated to front on clouds, holding keys of St Peter in right hand and extending left to a small domed temple; in left inner field, mint mark A; below, small coat of arms of Mons. Giuseppe Vai. Plain edge. M. Dubbini & G. Mancinelli, Storia delle monete di Ancona, Ancona 2009, 7.4 and p. 206, first paragraph (this coin); M. Traina, Gli assedi e le loro monete (491-1861), Bologna 1976, ‘Ancona, asseddio austro-russo-turco del 1799’, pp. 55-75, 3. For related obsidional silver issues of Ancona cf. Muntoni IV, p. 212, 20 pl. 218; Serafini III, 855; Pagani p. 262 note; Berman 3001 (Pius VI); Gigante 2005, p. 373, 1; KM 10. 37.20g, 41mm, 6h. Fleur De Coin. Unique and of great numismatic interest. The allied siege and naval blockade of Ancona from 18 March - 13 November 1799 was effected by a squadron of 8 Russian and Turkish ships, and on land, by an army of troops from Austria, Russia and Turkey. This was the occasion for the remarkable obsidional issue by Ancona of silver coins utilising dies previously used for silver scudi and half scudi from the Rome mint in the name of Pius VI, as well as local copper 2 and 1 Baiocchi pieces. According to the Abbot Antonio Leoni, in Ancona Ilustrata opera dell’Abbate Antonio Leoni anconitano colle risposte ai sigg. Peruzzi, Pignetti etc, e il compendio delle memorie storiche d’Ancona, Ancona 1832 (Archivio comunale di Ancona fasc. 2920, p. 100), the new mint was housed in a confiscated collegiate church and entrusted on 3 Fiorile (11 April) to the chief mint master of the new Roman Republic, Luigi Severi. The emergency mint was operational by the end of Germile (about 19 April), and with the seizure of church property and forced contributions from wealthy private citizens, including the Jewish community, it began to strike coins in bronze, silver and gold. Leoni op. cit., p. 376, expressly states that gold was struck: (‘Zecca: ove fu battuta la moneta d rame, e di bronzo, da’ argento, e d’ oro: esendo zecchiere il signor Luigi romano. Le monete d’oro, e d’ argento (piasre e doppie) furono coniate simile alle pontifice, e di eguale purezza.’). The bronze coinage was struck from the bell metal recovered from the local churches, the ‘voluntary’ silver was debased and struck from modified Pius VI dies with a small mint mark ‘A’ added to the field of the reverse die. However, none of the gold coinage has survived except for the above specimen which according to Dubbini and Mancinelli, p. 206: ‘probabilmente si tratta di un omaggio fatto durante l’assedio a qualche personaggio di rilievo’ (‘it is probably a donative made during the siege for a very important person’). The ancient Doric city of Ancona was founded by Syracusan exiles (Strabo v.4.3.2 [241]) in the early fourth century BC on an elbow-shaped promontory (Ἀγκών), which gave the town its name, situated on an excellent natural harbour. Under the Roman Empire the city became a municipium and base for the fleet; Trajan improved the port, where he built nearby a splendid triumphal arch celebrating the Dacian victory. Under Byzantium, Ancona became the first city of the Maritime Pentapolis, governed by Ravenna, but with considerable autonomy. The seat of a Carolingian march, it eventually became a semi-independent maritime republic under papal patronage, rich in commerce with Constantinople. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Ancona’s fortunes waned. The Medici pope Clement VII seized the city in 1532, bringing it under direct papal rule. In February 1797 Ancona was occupied by the French and on 19 November became the revolutionary Anconine Republic (Repubblica Anconitana) and part of Napoleon’s newly proclaimed First Roman Republic (Repubblica Romana). Ancona soon became target for the anti-French alliance and became the subject of a well documented siege. The long and obstinate defence of the besieged obtained for the defenders, as it always should do, the most honourable of terms; and General Monnier and his troops were highly complimented for their bravery by the Austrian General Frœlich. Ancona became once again a papal state (1799-1808), part of the Italian Kingdom of Napoleon (1808-1814), yet again a papal state (1814-1848), a part of the second revolutionary Roman Republic (1848-1849), and finally again a papal state (1849-1860), before its entry in the Kingdom of Italy in 29 September 1860.
Lot 1113
Italy, Firenze. AV Fiorino d’oro. c.1252-1303. +FLOR ENTIA, ornate lily of Florence / S IOИA NNES B, St. John the Baptist standing facing, wearing cloak, holding cross sceptre and raising right hand; in upper left, mm; bell. MIR 4/22 pl.2, 16; Bernocchi II, 167/9; Friedberg 275. 3.52g, 20mm, 5h. Good Very Fine. From the Dr. Murray Gell-Mann Collection.
Lot 19
A mixed quantity of ceramics including a Victorian jug with 'Bridgwater Exhibition 1854' applied label, a Roman style oil lamp, a Royal Crown Derby posy vase and plate, two meat plates, a Victorian cheese bell and cover (af), a Goss Durham door knocker bracket, a tureen and cover and miscellaneous other items
Lot 565
L. Caecilius Metellus Diadematus AR Denarius. Rome, 128 BC. Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value behind / Pax driving galloping biga right, holding olive branch, sceptre, and reins; below, elephant's head right, wearing bell, ROMA in exergue. Crawford 262/1; RSC Caecilia 38. 3.86g, 18mm, 2h. Extremely Fine. From the Eucharius Collection.
Lot 715
Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio AR Denarius. Utica, 47/46 BC. P. Licinius Crassus Junianus, legatus pro praetore. Q•METEL•PIVS on right, SCIPIO•IMP on left, lion-headed figure of Genius of Africa (Sekhmet or leontocephalic Tanit?) standing facing, holding symbol of Tanit; above, G•T•A / Victory standing left, holding winged caduceus and small round shield; P•CRASSVS•IVN on right, LEG•PRO•P•R on left. Crawford 460/4; RSC Caecilia 51. 3.88g, 20mm, 8h. Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare - the rarest of Scipio's denarii, and exceptionally complete and well preserved for the issue. Arguably the best example on CoinArchives. From the Eucharius Collection. This coin is traditionally described as depicting the Genius Terrae Africae, or Sekhmet holding an ankh, however this remarkable statue is not Egyptian - the coin is struck in Africa and therefore an ankh symbol makes no sense in a Punic Carthaginian context. Actually, the symbol is quite obviously that of Tanit who was commonly represented by a simple linear female abstract. The identity of the figure must therefore also be called into question in light of statues recovered from Carthage and Tunis which some academics take to represent the Carthaginian deity herself in leontocephalic form. Either way, the coinage of Scipio shows a dramatic break with Republican tradition. No local or city goddess had previously been portrayed on the obverse of Roman coinage other than Roma herself, and certainly never a foreign one! In this case it was made all the more objectionable by either being or holding the symbol of Tanit - a god whose people had slain hundreds of thousands of Roman soldiers and nearly vanquished Rome entirely. Nor indeed was there any precedent for the depiction of a Genius other than the Genius Populi Romani. In no way does Scipio use his coinage to champion the cause of the Republic; though it might have been designed to curry favour with the populace of their last remaining territory, the effect is that it nonetheless appears utterly in the style of an Eastern ruler. Caesar must not have been able to believe his luck, as nothing could better demonstrate to the rank and file the justness of their cause than the thoroughly un-Roman depths to which Scipio had lowered himself. Needless to say then, Scipio’s coinage stands in stark contrast to the traditional republican types of his colleague Cato, whose types replicated those of his ancestor, another M. Porcius Cato, moneyer of 89 BC. Perhaps we should not be surprised. Classical scholar John H. Collins summed up the character and reputation of Metellus Scipio thusly: “From all that can be learned of this Scipio, he was as personally despicable and as politically reactionary as they come: a defender of C. Verres (In Ver. II. 4. 79–81), a debauchee of singular repulsiveness (Valerius Maximus, 9.1.8), an incompetent and bull-headed commander (Plutarch, Cato Min. 58), an undisciplined tyrant in the possession of authority (Bell. Afr. 44–46), an extortioner of the provinces (BC 3.31–33), a proscription-thirsty bankrupt (Att. 9.11), a worthy great grandson des hochmütigen, plebejerfeindlichen Junkers (Münzer, RE 4.1502) who had led the lynching of Tiberius Gracchus, and a most unworthy father of the gentle Cornelia. Only in the ‘Imperator se bene habet’ with which he met death is there any trace of the nobler character of his great forebears (Seneca Rhet., Suas. 7.8).
Lot 154
Five 19th/20th century bronzes, the Buddhist lion, 17cm (6.75 in) high, the Buddha with naga mandala, 20cm (8 in) high, the Xuande marked two handled cylindrical vase, 13cm (5.25 in) high, the temple bell on stand, 21cm (8.25 in) high and the crane and tortoise group, 29cm (11.5 in) high (5)
Lot 197
Sadahide (1807-73), a wood block triptych, figures in obeisance before a screened figure coming from a pavilion, oban, Toyohide, a two sheet book print of three figures, Sadayoshi, a print of a man standing with a bell topped cabinet on his back, another of a samurai seated by an incense burner, together with two prints by Yoshiume (1817-79) of actors in the tale of the Soga brothers, 24 x 16.5cm (9.5 x 6.5 in) (9)
Lot 264A
A 19th century oak longcase, 29cm circular brass dial inscribed Gilbert Kidd, Malton, Roman numerals, leafy scrolled spandrels, date aperture, twin winding holes, eight day striking on the bell, the hood stepped cornice, turned pilaster, pointed arched rectangular door to waist, plinth base 205cm x 43cm
Lot 585
Woolf (Virginia). Monday or Tuesday, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1921, four full-page woodcut illustrations by Vanessa Bell (with usual offsetting to opposing text), single-leaf advertisement leaf at rear, original cloth-backed boards, upper cover designed by Vanessa Bell, few minor marks, corners rubbed, 8vo Woolmer 17. 1000 copies printed. (1)
Lot 4
RAF Signed Cover Collection 4 in Superb Album With Slipcase. 28+ covers including rare Battle of Britain Aces, Luftwaffe aces VC winners and many scarce varieties housed in expensive Importa Blue cover album with slipcase. Covers have a retail price of over £850 including DE1661 RAF8 28th Nov 1972 30th Anniv Operation torch Flown from Gibraltar in Bristol Britannia of 511 Sqn to Brize Norton then to RAF Leconfield in Westland Whirlwind by 202 Sqn . 30th Anniv Operation torch. Signed by Sqn Ldr McKinley who flew the cover aircraft, Saro London in 1939. RRP £25 DE1673 FF1 1 March 1979 BFPS 1919 Folkestone to Cologne 60th Anniversary of the First Scheduled United Kingdom international Air Mail Service Folkestone to Cologne. Scarce variation reflown in a Bell Jet Ranger from Battersea Heliport. Signed by Ian Fraser VC. RRP £55 DE1689 FF5 25 July 1979 Jersey 70th Anniv 1st Air crossing of Channel. Flown in 1979 Stella artois air race. Signed by the pilot Mr Edward Wein and former Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party David Steel. RRP £20 DE1699 FF12 60th Anniv of Formation of No.1.Flying Training School. Signed by A.V.M. Rogers & Grp Cpt R.H.Wood OBE RAF. RRP £12 DE1701 FF14 28 March 1980 BFPS 1618 60th Anniversary of the opening of London's First Air Terminal Croydon Airport. Flown from the derelict site of the Croydon Airport on the 60th Anniversary of its opening as London's first international Air Terminal. Special signed by Sqn.Ldr.Milward & by Sir Peter Masefield. RRP £20 DE1709 FF20 40th Anniversary of World s First Decisive Aerial Campaign the Battle of Britain. Flown from RAF Abingdon over RAF Debden in a Jaguar. Incredibly rare variation signed by Battle of Britain veteran AVM John Barron Worrall DFC (1911 1988) who led No. 32 Squadron in the Battle, flying Hurricanes. Also signed by the pilot who flew the covers. RRP £185 DE1713 FF20 40th Anniversary of World s First Decisive Aerial Campaign the Battle of Britain. Flown from RAF Abingdon over RAF Debden in a Jaguar. Signed by Battle of Britain ace Dennis David and the pilot who flew the covers. RRP £25 DE1716 FF20 40th Anniversary of World s First Decisive Aerial Campaign the Battle of Britain. Flown from RAF Abingdon over RAF Debden in a Jaguar. Signed by Battle of Britain veteran Air Commodore S. C. Widdows DFC, OC 29 Fighter Squadron. RRP £30 DE1722 RAF11c RAF 11c FDC 230 Sqn Double Signed 15 Apr 73 BFPS 1308 postmark No 230 RAF 60th Anniversary of the Formation of the Squadron . Blue flown cachet Flown in Puma of 230 Sqn from RAF Oliham via Westland Helicopters Yeovil to Westland Heliport London. Personally Signed by Air Cdre P H L Scott AFC RAF, British Air Attache Paris and Wing Commander P D A Austin AFC RAF, Pilot and Squadron Commander. Certified Copy No 1034 of 1250 RRP £15 DE1743 RAF19 28 Sep 73 BFPS 1421 No 360 Sqn RAF Award of the Badge. Flown in Canberra. Special signed Air Vice Marshal D.G.Evans Air Officer Commanding 1 Group. Even rarer variation signed as well by Lt Hugo Broch KC, 324 missions, 81 victories in the East. Photocard inside the cover. RRP £55 DE1753 RAF23 4 Apr 74 BFPS 1453 Postmark. 19 Squadron Flown Lightning. 4 Apr 74 BFPS 1453 25th Anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Special Postmark on QE 10p stamp. No 19 Squadron Royal Air Force, 25th Anniversary of the Formation of NATO. Signed Sir Lewis Hodges DSO DFC ADC, WW2 escaper & OC 161 & 357 sqn. Col Van Oosten, Burma Railway survivor, Brig Ghenne, Secret Army WW2 & Wg Cdr P Vangucci who flew the covers. RRP £50 DE1754 RAF24 1 May 74 BFPS 1436 Postmark Flown in Canberra 7 Squadron, Flown in Canberra. Special signed Sir Alan Boxer DSO DFC and Wing Commander A E Radnor, both former Commanders of 7 Sqn. RRP £15 DE1755 RAF24 1 May 74 BFPS 1436 Postmark Flown in Canberra 7 Squadron, Flown in Canberra. Unusual variation signed by Pathfinders veteran Hamish Mahaddie DSO DFC who served with 7 Squadron. RRP £25 DE1756 RAF25 13 May 74 25th Anniversary of First Flight of the Canberra 100 Squadron. Flown and signed by Battle of Britain ace Wg Cdr R P Beamont from British Aircraft Corporation Airfield Warton in a 100 Sqn Canberra T MK 4 No WJ 861 to commemorate the first Canberra flight by him on 13th May 1949. RRP £35 DE1758 RAF26 24 May 74 BFPS 1439 The Disbandment of 543 Squadron. Signed Miss Constance Babington - Smith MBE the famous wartime photo interpreter. Author of Evidence in Camera. RRP £25 DE1759 RAF26 24 May 74 BFPS 1439 The Disbandment of 543 Squadron. Super scarce variation signed by ace Flt Lt Garry Nowell DFM* and JG54 veteran Hans Ekkehard Bob. Full career information of both pilots inside the cover. RRP £65 DE1763 RAF28 9 Oct 74 BFPS 1874 Special Churchill Postmark on 4 1/2 p Churchill Stamp. 12 Squadron. Flown in Buccaneer from the Squadrons Operational base at RAF Honington in Suffolk to the Albert Canal Bridges at Maastricht in Belgium. Signed by Sqn Ldr W. Simpson, Flt Cdr B Flight No.12 Sqn 1936-40. RRP £18 DE1765 RAF29 1 Jan 75 BFPS 1489 10 Squadron 60th Anniversary of Formation of the Squadron . Red Flown cachet flown on VC 10 scheduled flights 2091 & 2725 from RAF Brize Norton via Cypus and the Maldive Islands to the Far East. Signed A.C.M. Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman DFC AFC. WW1 pilot BEF 1918. In 1944 he flew on his only sortie in a Lancaster, shot down, evaded capture for 5 weeks before being caught by the Gestapo. Amazing man. RRP £45 DE1766 RAF30 10 Jan 75 Vallet postmark Postmark 13 Squadron Flown Canberra from RAF Luqa. Signed by A.Cdre. Venn, OC 13 Sqn. 1935-37. RRP £15 DE1769 RAF30 10 Jan 75 Vallet postmark Postmark 13 Squadron Flown Canberra from RAF Luqa. Signed by A.Cdre. Venn, OC 13 Sqn. 1935-37. RRP £15 DE1773 RAF32 24 Mar 75 BFPS 1491 30th Anniversary Operation Varsity, 48 Squadron Flown in Hercules. Signed by R.Mortimer former member of No.2 Fwd.Obs.unit RA Btn.Airborne Div. RRP £15 DE1779 RAF34 6 Jul 75 BFPS 1513 20 Squadron Open Day at RAF Wildenrath. Flown from RAF Wildenrath to GAF Diepholz and return in one of four Harrier Aircraft of 20 Sqn. Signed AVM. R Harding 20 sqn CO Spitfires, Air Cdre Hine CO 92 & 17 sqn & Wg Cdr D Brook 20 sqn CO. RRP £35 DE1787 RAF36 31 Aug 75 BFPS 1916 46 Disbandment of the Squadron . Picture cachet of Neuport 12 1916 , Hawker Hurricane and Andover. Scarce variety signed by WWI ace Wg Cdr Norman Macmillan MC AFC, later Chief Test Pilot for the Fairey Aviation Company. Numbered 20 of 45. RRP £40 DE1790 RAF38 21 Dec 75 Jersey. Honouring 56 ( F ) Squadron RAF Flown Lightning. Personally Signed by Mr.R.C.Newman RAF 1915 to 1919. WW1 fighter pilot. Compatriot of Albert Ball VC,and who served at Vert Galand 5 Apr 1917 on the arrival of 56(F) sqn on the Somme. RRP £30 DE1791 RAF38 21 Dec 75 Jersey. Honouring 56 ( F ) Squadron RAF Flown Lightning. Signed by the pilot Wg Cdr Blackley. Scarce variation also signed by MRAF Sir Thomas Pike DFC*, flew prior to WWII and went on to become Deputy Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. Numbered 11 of 42. RRP £30 DE1793 RAF40 1 Feb 76 BFPS1522 60th Anniversary of No 35 Squadron flown cachet Flown in Vulcan B2 XJ825 RAF Scampton on Night Bombing and Navigation Sortie. Flight time 5 hours 15 mins. Signed A.V.M. D C T Bennett DSO, WW2 bombers & escaper. Most famous as founder of the Pathfinders. RRP £40 Good condition. Est: All signed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
Lot 225
A George III mahogany striking verge bracket clock by Brockbanks, the twin barrel four pillar movement with pull repeat and striking on a bell, the backplate engraved with flowers and a bird perched on a branch, within an arched brass mounted case with a triple pad top and a carrying handle, above fish scale panelled sides, the gilt dial with foliate pierced fret decoration and a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, with date aperture and strike / silent dial, signed 'Brockbanks London', 41.9cm high, 27th wide, 18.5cm deep.
Lot 236
λ A 19th century tortoiseshell and brass boulle marquetry bracket clock and bracket, the circular movement striking on a bell and numbered '1576', the wasted case with gilt brass mounts and with a cherub finial and a female mask, the circular gilt dial with enamel Roman numerals and retailer's mark 'E. LUCHS FRANKFURT a MEIN', with conforming bracket, the clock, 41.5cm high, 23.4cm wide, 12cm deep, the bracket, 18.5cm high, 24.2cm wide, 14cm deep. (2)
Lot 233
A 19th century French ormolu pendule d'officier, the quarter movement stamped '6012' striking on a bell with a platform lever escapement, within a foliate decorated case with a serpent coil handle, the circular enamel dial painted with Arabic numerals and inscribed 'Jump A Paris & 93 Mount St. London', 18.4cm high, 13cm wide.
Lot 218
A japanned longcase clock, the eight day movement striking on a bell, with an arched brass dial with strike silent and foliate spandrels, the chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals with subsidiary second dial and date aperture 'James Smith London', the brass mounted hood with turned finials the case decorated with chinoiserie figures, the base with outline mouldings, 243.3cm high, 53.4cm wide.
Lot 227
A mahogany striking bracket clock, the eight inch brass dial signed 'Desbois, London' on the silvered chapter ring, matted centre, mask and scroll spandrels, the arch containing strike / silent subsidiary, the two-train chain fusee movement signed' Desbois, 79 High Holborn, London', an anchor escapement with substantial pendulum, in a bell top case flanked by carrying handles, turned brass finials, c.1860, 61cm high, (including finial).
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