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Click here to subscribeA rare painted bow, dating: 17th/18th Century, provenance: India Moghul, dating: 17th/18th Century, provenance: India Moghul, Formed by a buffalo horn, sinew and wooden (mango or rain tree), lacquered with floral motifs in gold-copper on a black background. Edges, stylized with bird's heads, are marked with Arabic inscriptions., height 59 cm.
A 14ct Gold Quarter Repeating Chronograph Full Hunter Pocket Watch, retailed by Tiffany & Co, New York, circa 1900, lever movement, overcoil hairspring, hour and quarter repeating with two hammers striking two outer gongs, enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer fifths and minute tracks, subsidiary seconds, plain polished case, inside case back stamped 56 0.585 for 14ct gold and numbered 64123, 57mm wide see illustration 16.02.17, Case with surface scratches, case with dents, front cover with a dented ripple effect, gilt metal pendant bow is rubbed, dial is clean, hand setting correctly, when winding the watch you can hear a clicking noise after a full wind of the crown, repeat and chronograph functions are working, movement in going order, total watch weight 112.8g.
A 14ct Gold Quarter Repeating Chronograph Full Hunter Pocket Watch, retailed by Tiffany & Co, New York, circa 1900, lever movement, overcoil hairspring, hour and quarter repeating with two hammers striking two outer gongs, enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer fifths and minute tracks, subsidiary seconds, plain polished case with two buttons in the band to operate chronograph and repeater, inside back cover stamped 5614k0.585 for 14ct gold and numbered 89807, 57mm wide see illustration 16.02.17, Case with surface scratches and dents, gilt metal pendant bow is rubbed, cuvette with dents, bezel with minor dents, dial with minor scratches visible under an eyeglass, repeater and chronograph are working, the repeater is not striking at one o'clock, movement in going order, total watch weight 106.4g.
A 14ct Gold Quarter Repeating Chronograph Full Hunter Pocket Watch, signed Invicta, circa 1890, lever movement, bimetallic balance with a blued overcoil hairspring, hour and quarter repeating with two hammers striking two outer gongs, enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer fifths of seconds track, subsidiary seconds, plain polished case with two buttons in the band to operate the chronograph and repeater, cuvette signed and numbered 403167, case stamped 0.585 for 14ct gold, 57mm wide see illustration 16.02.17, Case with surface scratches and small dents, later gilt metal pendant bow, cuvette with small dents, dial with hairline cracks positioned between 3 and 4, hand setting correctly, repeat and chronograph functions are working, movement in going order, total watch weight 116.7g.
A Ruby and Diamond Bow Brooch, the pierced bow set throughout with old cut diamonds and oval cut rubies in white rubbed over settings, with rose cut diamond accents in leaf motif settings, total estimated diamond weight 2.60 carat approximately, measures 7.3cm by 2.2cm see illustration The brooch is in good condition. It fastens with a pin and trombone clasp. It is not hallmarked or stamped but in our opinion would test as white fronted gold. The approximate qualities of the diamonds are; colour H/I, clarity SI1/SI2. Gross weight 13.0 grams. Condition Report made 31st January 2017.
A Pair Cased Verge Pocket Watch, signed M Collingwood, Alnwick, No.465, 1830, gilt fusee verge movement signed and numbered, enamel Roman numeral chapter ring, outer border inscribed with a saying Keep Me Clean And Use Me Well And To You The Truth Will Tell, outer case with no hallmark, inside inner case back with maker's mark JH and a Birmingham hallmark, 56mm wide see illustration 17.02.17, Both cases with surface scratches, outer case with no maker's mark and no silver hallmark, enamel chapter with one small hairline crack, later hand, pendant bow is discoloured, movement in going order.
An 18ct Gold Mid-Size Quarter Repeating Full Hunter Pocket Watch, retailed by Darlington & Co, circa 1910, lever movement, overcoil hairspring, hour and quarter repeating with two hammers striking two outer gongs, enamel dial with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, case covers with engine turning, front cover with a vacant cartouche, inside covers stamped 18k and numbered 121633, gilt metal cuvette, 45mm wide see illustration 16.02.17, Case with surface scratches, case with small dents, engine turning with minor rubbing, pendant bow has been replaced, gilt metal cuvette is discoloured, dial is clean, dial with retailers signature faded, hand setting correctly, winding smoothly, repeater is working, movement is dirty and needs cleaning, movement in going order, total watch weight 64g.
A 14ct Gold Minute Repeating Full Hunter Cased Pocket Watch, signed Audemars Freres, Geneve, circa 1900, lever movement, hour and minute repeating with two hammers striking two outer gongs, enamel dial with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, inside back cover stamped Audemars Freres, 14k and numbered 292205, 55mm wide see illustration 16.02.17, Case with surface scratches and dents, both covers with engine turning worn, bezel with small dents, pendant bow with cracks and the securing pin is broken, dial with some hairline cracks around 3 o'clock position, movement in going order, repeat mechanism is working but striking slowly, needs a service, total watch weight 100g.
Campania, Suessa Aurunca AR Didrachm. Circa 265-240 BC. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath, hair long and flowing; bow behind / Dioskouros, wearing a pilos and holding a palm-branch tied with a fillet, riding to left with a second horse beside him; SVESANO in exergue. SNG ANS 594-7 var.; Sambon -; SNG France -; HN Italy 447. 7.12g, 23mm, 7h. Extremely Fine. One of the finest known coins of Suessa, and struck from an obverse die that is superior in both style and technical accomplishment to any other produced at this city. Very Rare. From the Ambrose Collection; Ex Roma Numismatics IV, 30 September 2012, lot 5; Ex Prospero Collection, New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012, lot 11. Aurunca, the ancient capital of the Aurunci, was originally located on the edge of the extinct crater of Roccamonfina, and dated back to at least the 8th century BC. On that site today there remain ruined walls of cyclopean masonry, which may have formed the fortified core of the city, or a defensive fort for the protection of the population. The Aurunci came into conflict with Rome as early as 503 BC, but following their defeat in the Latin War, were subject to Roman dominion. An apparently unmotivated attack by the Sidinici in 337 caused the Aurunci to abandon their towns in Campania in favour of the new site of Suessa, which they renamed Aurunca. In 313 the Romans made a colony of the city, renaming it to Suessa Aurunca. On account of its favourable position between the Via Appia and the Via Latina, it became a centre of industry and commerce, retaining the right of coinage.
Cilicia, Soloi AR Stater. 425-400 BC. Amazon, nude to the waist and seen from behind, kneeling to left and stringing her bow, wearing bonnet and with her gorytos at her hip; to right, facing head of satyr / ΣΟΛΕΩΝ, large bunch of grapes; below right, fly; all within incuse square with linear border of dots. BMC 3; SNG France 128; SNG Levante 40; SNG von Aulock 5858. 10.49g, 20mm, 2h. Near Extremely Fine; obv. slightly off-centre.
Achaemenid Kings of Persia AV Daric. Time of Darios I to Xerxes II, circa 485-420 BC. Persian Great King or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running attitude on exergual line to right, holding apple-tipped spear and strung bow; quiver over shoulder / Rectangular incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb A/B (pl. XIII, 27); BMC pl. XXIV, 25. 8.32g, 16mm. Mint State.
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AV Quarter Stater. Amphipolis, circa 330-320 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with a coiled serpent / ΑΛΕΞΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ in two lines, club between, thunderbolt and bow above. Price 165; SNG Alpha Bank 464–6; SNG Saroglos 179. 2.14g, 10mm, 12h. Very Fine.
Cyprus, Kition AR Stater. Azbaal, circa 449-425 BC. Herakles in fighting stance to right, wearing lion skin upon his back and tied around neck, holding club overhead in right hand and bow extended before him in left hand; monogram or ankh to right / Lion attacking stag crouching right; L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic) above; all inside dotted border within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 5–6; Tziambazis 17; BMC 16–8. 11.05g, 26mm, 7h. Very Fine. From the estate of an English numismatist.
Cyprus, Kition AR Stater. Azbaal, circa 449-425 BC. Herakles in fighting stance to right, wearing lion skin upon his back and tied around neck, holding club overhead in right hand and bow extended before him in left hand; monogram or ankh to right / Lion attacking stag crouching right; L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic) above; all inside dotted border within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 5–6; Tziambazis 17; BMC 16–8. 11.17g, 21mm, 3h. Very Fine. Well detailed obverse for type. From a private Canadian collection.
C. Poblicius Q. f. AR Serrate Denarius. Rome, 80 BC. Draped bust of Roma right, helmet decorated with corn ears; control mark above head, ROMA behind / Hercules strangling the Nemean lion; club at his feet, bow and arrow on left, C•POBLICI•Q•F in right field. Poblicia 9; Crawford 380/1. 3.55g, 20mm, 7h. Good Extremely Fine.
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AR Tetradrachm. Seleukeia, circa 281-261 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo seated to left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting left hand on bow which is set on ground; monogram in each outer field. Newell, ESM 177; SC 379.6; HGC 9, 128g. 17.14g, 30mm, 7h. Extremely Fine. Well struck and centred; engraved in very fine style and very well preserved for the type. Ex Numismatik Lanz 112, 25 November 2002, lot 229; Ex Münzen und Medaillen Basel list 530, 1990, no. 4. Antiochos I was the son of Seleukos I and Apama, Seleukos' Persian wife. His date of birth is unknown, but was probably circa 320 BC as he was old enough to lead the Seleukid cavalry at the battle of Ipsos in 301. When Seleukos was assassinated in 281, Antiochos was probably in Ekbatana, where he had maintained court ruling the eastern satrapies on behalf of his father since 294. With his accession, Antiochos faced immediate attacks by Ptolemy II in Asia Minor and revolts of the cities of Syria. He left his eldest son, Seleukos, as governor of the eastern satrapies and marched west to meet the threats, which he soon overcame. However, it was not long before his attention was once again drawn to disturbances, this time from a menacing force of warlike Celtic tribes that had crossed over the Hellespont in the winter of 278/7 and invaded Asia Minor, and also shortly thereafter, renewed hostilities with Ptolemy II (First Syrian War, 274-271 BC). After defeating the Celts and receiving the title of Saviour (Soter) by the Greek cities of Asia Minor, Antiochos concluded an uneasy truce with Ptolemy which allowed him to focus on public relations and administrative work in Asia Minor. His subsequent reign was relatively peaceful, with the exceptions of sedition by his son and co-regent, Seleukos, whom he was forced to execute and replace with his younger son, the future Antiochos II, and the loss of northwest Asia Minor to Eumenes I of Pergamon. The figure of Apollo seated on the omphalos gained prominence under Antiochos, publicizing his supposed descent from the god, and became the characteristic reverse type for most Seleukid precious metal coinage down through the reign of Antiochos IV.
Augustus AR Denarius. Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?), July 18-17/16 BC. S•P•Q•R•IMP•CAESARI•AVG•COS•XI•TR•POT•VI, bare head right / CIVIB•ET•SIGN•MILITA•PART•RECVPE, facing quadriga on central part of triumphal arch, figures on left and right holding standard, aquila and bow. BMC 428; RIC 134a var. (RECVPER); C. 84 var. (same); CBN 1232 var. (same). 3.81g, 19mm, 7h. Near Mint State. Highly lustrous metal. Very Rare, and one of the finest known examples of the type, certainly the best offered at auction in many years.
M. Plaetorius M. f. Cestianus AR Denarius. Rome, 67 BC. Bust of 'Vacuna' right, wearing a wreathed and crested helmet, bow and quiver on shoulder; cornucopiae below chin, CESTIANVS behind, S•C before / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left; M• PLAETORIVS M•F•AED•CVR around. Crawford 409/1; RSC 4. 3.94g, 19mm, 4h. Near Extremely Fine.
M. Plaetorius M. f. Cestianus AR Denarius. Rome, 67 BC. Bust of 'Vacuna' right, wearing a wreathed and crested helmet, bow and quiver on shoulder; cornucopiae below chin, CESTIANVS behind, S•C before / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left; M• PLAETORIVS M•F•AED•CVR around. Crawford 409/1; Sydenham 809; RSC 4. 3.90g, 19mm, 5h. Extremely Fine. Attractively toned.
Cilicia, uncertain mint AR Stater. 5th century BC. Amazon(?) running right, bow in case on far hip, holding branch (?) over shoulder and axe (?) in right hand / Lion right, attacking bull, kneeling left; 'DRGL' or 'RRYL' (?) in Aramaic above; all in dotted square within incuse square. CNG 103, 344 (same dies); otherwise unpublished. 10.70g, 22mm, 3h. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare - apparently the second and finest known example.
Kings of Parthia, Phriapatios to Mithradates I AR Drachm. Hekatompylos, circa185-132 BC. Head of king left, wearing bashlyk / Archer seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 9.1 (Mithradates I); Shore 7-8; Sunrise 252 (this coin). 3.95g, 19mm, 12h. Mint State. Rare. A wonderful example of the type. Ex Sunrise Collection.
Cyprus, Kition AR Stater. Azbaal, circa 449-425 BC. Herakles in fighting stance to right, wearing lion skin upon his back and tied around neck, holding club overhead in right hand and bow extended before him in left hand; monogram or ankh to right / Lion attacking stag crouching right; L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic) above; all inside dotted border within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 5–6; Tziambazis 17; BMC 16–8. 10.94g, 24mm, 6h. Very Fine. Unusually complete for the issue. From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s.
Marc Antony AR Denarius. Antioch or military mint travelling with Canidius Crassus in Armenia, 37 BC. ANTONIVS•AVGVR•COS•DES•ITER• ET•TERT, bare head right / IMP•TERTIO•III•VIR•R•P•C, Armenian crown, decorated with three stars over crossed bow and arrow. Crawford 539/1; CRI 297; RSC 195; Sydenham 1205; Kestner -; BMCRR East 172. 3.76g, 20mm, 5h. Extremely Fine. Very Rare; in remarkably high state of preservation for the issue. Sear suggests that this type marks the successful invasion of Armenia in 37 BC by Antony’s general Canidius Crassus, which was undertaken as a prelude to the Triumvir’s attack on Parthia in the following year. This issue has a celebratory nature that was ultimately to be dashed by Artavasdes’ betrayal of the Romans at a most critical juncture, resulting in a disastrous defeat for Marc Antony. Sear also comments that the fine style of the engraving tends to suggest that this issue was struck by Antony at his headquarters in Antioch, rather than by a military mint travelling with Canidius Crassus in Armenia.
Aeolis, Aigai AR Tetradrachm. Circa 151-143 BC. Wreathed head of Apollo Smintheos right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre, AIΓAIEΩN to right, monogram to left; all within oak wreath. SNG Ashmolean 1252; SNG von Aulock 1595; SNG Copenhagen 6. 16.76g, 32mm, 1h. Very Fine. Very Rare.
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Antioch, dated SE 168 = 145-144 BC. Diademed head right within wreathed border / Nude Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in right hand, left hand resting on bow; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔEMETRIOY to left, ΘEOY ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY NIKATOPOΣ to right, palm to outer left, monograms to inner left, H between legs, ΗΞΡ (date) in exergue. SC 1907.1i; SMA 209. 16.66g, 28mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine.
Cyprus, Kition AR Stater. Azbaal, circa 449-425 BC. Herakles in fighting stance to right, wearing lion skin upon his back and tied around neck, holding club overhead in right hand and bow extended before him in left hand; monogram or ankh to right / Lion attacking stag crouching right; L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic) above; all inside dotted border within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 5–6; Tziambazis 17; BMC 16–8. 11.00g, 23mm, 4h. Very Fine. From the estate of an English numismatist.
Kings of Parthia, Artabanos I (Arsakes II) AR Drachm. Rhagai-Arsakeia(?) mint, circa 211-209 BC. Head left, wearing bashlyk / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on backless throne, holding bow; to right, eagle standing facing, head left. Sellwood 6.1; A&S type 6; Shore 4; Sunrise 242 (this coin). 4.06g, 17mm, 12h. Near Mint State. Rare. Ex Sunrise Collection.
Kings of Parthia, Arsakes I AR Drachm. Mithradatkart-Nisa(?), circa 247-211 BC. Head of Arsakes I left, wearing bashlyk / Archer seated right on backless throne, holding bow, monogram below throne. Sellwood 4.1; A&S type 4, obv. 4/6, rev. 4/6; Shore -; Sunrise 239 (this coin). 4.11g, 17mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Very Rare. Ex Sunrise Collection; Ex Bellaria Collection, Triton VII, 13 January 2004, lot 390; Ex Khalili Collection, Leu 57, 25 May 1993, lot 145.
Ionia, Ephesos AV Stater. Circa 133-88 BC. Draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephane, necklace of pearls and with her bow and quiver over her shoulder / Cult statue of the Artemis of Ephesos facing, a fillet hanging from each hand, deer to inner left, bee to inner right; Ε-Φ across fields. B.V. Head, 'On the chronological sequence of the coins of Ephesus', Num. Chron. 1880, p. 69, 2, and plate 5, 3 = Berlin, SM 219. 8.51g, 20mm, 12h. Very Fine. Extremely Rare, possibly only the second example known. 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 believed not to be the case. Some appear 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. That being said, they were not necessarily all issued at the same time, and such undated types as the present specimen could well have been issued much later. For an in depth discussion on the dating of this series cf. Gilbert K. Jenkins, 'Hellenistic gold coins of Ephesus', in Festschrift E. Akurgal, Anadolu-Anatolia 21, 1978/80, Ankara, 1987, pp. 183-8, pls. A-B. 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.
Achaemenid Kings of Persia AV Daric. Time of Darios I to Xerxes II, circa 485-420 BC. Persian Great King or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running attitude on exergual line to right, holding apple-tipped spear and strung bow; quiver over shoulder / Rectangular incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb A/B. 8.41g, 15mm. Fleur De Coin. The ancient Greeks themselves believed that the term 'dareikos' was derived from the name of Darius the Great, an assessment that many modern scholars agree with. Others however have generally supposed that the Greek term can be traced back to old Persian 'dari' ("golden") and that it was first associated with the name of Darius only in later folk etymology. Both suppositions may be equally valid. While the Persians had not traditionally used coinage, Cyrus the Great had introduced it to the Persian empire with the conquest of the Lydian Kingdom in 546 BC. The Lydian coinage series featuring a confronted lion and bull type was continued at first, but under the reign of the third Great King, Darios I, the Lydian gold stater was converted into a type bearing the stylised image of the Persian ruler or a hero, a type which would last with little modification until the conquest of Persia by Alexander in the 330s BC. One of the principal motivating factors behind this institution of an official Persian currency was the requirement to pay Greek mercenaries, who were accustomed to receiving payment in coinage, or for official use as bribes and subsidies. Indeed, nothing demonstrates the power of the gold daric more succinctly than when Sparta was waging an increasingly successful war led by Agesilaos II against Persia in Asia Minor (398-395 BC). Unable to defeat the Spartan army, the satrap Pharnabazos sent an Asiatic Greek by the name of Timocrates of Rhodes to distribute ten thousand gold darics in the major cities of mainland Greece and thus incite them to war against Sparta. Athens, Thebes, Corinth and Argos quickly entered into conflict with Sparta, precipitating a messenger to be sent to Agesilaos ordering him to return to Greece. The recall was a bitter disappointment to Agesilaos, who wryly observed that “but for ten thousand 'archers', he would have vanquished all Asia”.
Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater. Mazaios, Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, circa 361-334 BC. Crowned figure of Artaxerxes III, Great King of Persia, in the guise of Baaltars seated right on throne with back terminating in swan's head, holding lotus flower in right hand, lotus-tipped sceptre in left; B'LTRZ (in Aramaic) to left, M (in Aramaic) to lower right / Lion recumbent left; bow above. Casabonne Series 6; Newell, Myriandros 1; SNG France 422 var. (legend retrograde; Myriandros); SNG Levante Supp. 26 (same dies); Jameson 1621 var. (legend retrograde). 10.65g, 27mm, 5h. Good Extremely Fine; test cut. Extremely Rare; one of only three examples to be offered at auction since 1990. This intriguing issue has been conclusively shown to depict a synthesis of the god Baaltars and the Persian Great King Artaxerxes III. The appearance of Baaltars on this type differs significantly from the otherwise standard image of the god, which portrays him in a form akin to the Greek ideal of Zeus - nude to his waist, and wearing a laurel wreath - certainly not an elaborate headdress as is found here. Moreover, the figure is clothed with attire that closely resembles that of the royal Persian coinage struck at Sardes.
M. Plaetorius M. f. Cestianus AR Denarius. Rome, 67 BC. Bust of 'Vacuna' right, wearing a wreathed and crested helmet, bow and quiver on shoulder; cornucopiae below chin, CESTIANVS behind, S•C before / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left; M• PLAETORIVS M•F•AED•CVR around. Crawford 409/1; RSC Plaetoria 4. 3.95g, 21mm, 5h. Extremely Fine. Struck on a broad flan. Ex Numismatik Lanz 72, 29 May 1995, lot 398.
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