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Lot 281

Bronze sculpture male figure with playing cat, inscribed `Steiner` on marble base 45cm high

Lot 285

Various yachting plates, small bronze ship plaque, Cape Wrath, trench art, another plaque and WW I religious text

Lot 297

French bronze figure after A.Moreau ` Combats Coqs`, 40cm

Lot 413

Antique bronze bell, 23cm high

Lot 40

A Japanese bronze crane, signed, and a `Gothic` style cigarette box

Lot 23

A metal pipe tamper, probably medieval bronze headed with a satyr`s head on a tee shaped body, 5.5cm high.

Lot 249

A bronze bust of a Masai female with ring neck, height 43cm.

Lot 393

A 20th century Oriental bronze baluster vase decorated with a dragon, marks to base, height 30cm.

Lot 471

Sean Rice (1931-1997); a large bronze sculpture ''Spring Time'' modelled as a scantily clad woman and raised stepped square sectioned base, height 56cm.

Lot 523

A quantity of 20th century coins including three Pobjoy May 1973 set, seven 1973 bronze crowns etc.

Lot 223

An early 17th century Chinese bronze vase, the narrow neck cast with flowers and ring handles, H. 11cm, together with a bill of sale dated 1972.

Lot 231

A Japanese Meiji period bronze study of a quail, possibly by Yukiyasu, in graduated brown patination, H.13 cm.

Lot 391

A Chinese bronze Buddhist deity, raised on lotus decorated plinth base, H. 25 cm.

Lot 488

An early 20th century Japanese bronze and enamelled two section belt buckle, decorated with a songbird landing amongst bamboo, W. 8 cm.

Lot 366

BOOKENDS. A pair of bronze & black slate bookends. Max. height 10cm.

Lot 370

BRONZE FIGURE ETC. A cold painted bronze figure, 'Jeux d'Enfants', (damage), an ornamental box & two porcelain bisque figures.

Lot 484

BRONZE FROGS. A pair of bronze frogs with glass eyes. Length 7cm.

Lot 1622

EUROPEAN COINS FROM THE ÅKE LINDÉN COLLECTION, SPAIN Miscellaneous Coins (approx 120), including Isabel II, 2-Escudos, 1867, 10-Reales, 1863, 4-Reales (2), 1853, 1862, 2-Reales (2), 1852, 1859, Copper 2-, 4- and 8-Maravedis; Provisional Government, Silver 5-Pesetas, 1870 SN-M, 2-Pesetas, 1869, Peseta (2), 1869 legend ESPANA and legend GOBIERNO PROVISIONAL, Copper 1-, 2-, 5- and 10-Centimos, 1870 OM; Amadeo I, Silver 5-Pesetas, 1871 SD-M; Alfonso XII, Silver 5-Pesetas (3), 2-Pesetas, Peseta (2) and Bronze 5- and 10-Centimos; Alfonso XIII, Silver 5-Pesetas (3) 1888 MP-M, 1894, 1898, 2-Pesetas (2), Peseta (3), 50-Centimos (6) and Copper 1- and 2-Centimos; with later aluminium and base-metal coins. A very interesting lot, mixed grades with some scarce issues. (lot)

Lot 1682

EUROPEAN COINS, COMMEMORATIVE COINAGE OR “SWISS SHOOTING THALERS”Confederation, Silver Commemorative Shooting Festival Thalers / 5-Francs (2), 1939, Luzern (HMZ 2.1345c; KM X 5.20); with other recent medallic issues, including one in gold and one bronze medal, 1895, Winterthur. Generally extremely fine to mint state. (9) this lot is not from the Åke Lindén Collection

Lot 1695

WORLD COINS, ARGENTINA Republic, Bronze Pattern (Essai) Centavo, 1878 (KM E1), brown, extremely fine or better; Bolivia, Republic, Silver Boliviano, 1864 FP, Potosi (KM 152.1), uneven tone, otherwise extremely fine; Copper Centecimo, 1864 (KM 147), pierced, fine. (3)

Lot 1718

WORLD COINS, RHODESIA Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Elizabeth II, Proof Silver Sixpence and Threepence, Bronze Penny and Halfpenny, 1955 (KM 4, 3, 2, 1). Minor stains, otherwise mint state. (4)

Lot 1800

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS The Duke of Wellington, Victories of the Peninsular War, Bronze Box Medal, 1815, by J Porter for E Orme, bust of Wellington left, rev Victory seated under a tree and inscribing a tablet, 74mm, containing the full set of 13 aquatint roundels depicting battle scenes, in case (not original) (BHM 866; Eimer, Wellington 80; Eimer 1074). The medal very fine, the contents in excellent order though no longer linked, scarce.

Lot 1812

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS Percival M F Hedley (1870-1932), portrait of a lady, uniface cast Bronze Medal, 1900, numbered 424 from his opus, facing left she wears a floral hat and veil, her coat with fur collar, signed OP CDXXIV / P HEDLEY / LOND MCM, 91mm (cf BDM VII, 427-432). A handsome portrait medal, much as made, good very fine. The cataloguers believe the sitter could be the elderly Queen Victoria, she is shown leaning forward as if sitting in a carriage. In 1917, Hedley, then living in Geneva, organised an exhibition commemorating his 1000th production. Plaquettes of Elgar, Leschetizky and others appeared in the collection of musical medals which was sold in a Baldwin’s Argentum Auction, 8 November 2008, whilst another of the actress and singer Lily Elsie was sold by DNW, 24 June 2009.

Lot 1813

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS Peace Treaty for the Boer War, Bronze Medal, 1902, by Emil Fuchs, for Elkington, Peace sheaths her sword, troops pass by towards ships, rev Angel at the side of a fallen soldier, 70mm, in case of issue (BHM 3876; Eimer -; Fearon 352.4). Very fine. The Peace Treaty to end the “Boer War” was signed on 31 May 1902, and by 7 June this medal was already being advertised for sale (including a fitted case) for 9-Shillings.

Lot 1815

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, EGYPT Jules, Cardinal Mazarin, born Giulio Raimondo Mazarino (1602-1661), diplomat, and politician, Chief Minister of France from 1642, large struck Silvered-bronze Restitutional Medal, signed F C A G A E, c.1650, bust right wearing cap and cape, rev Atlas passes the globe to a deceived Hercules, HI DVO ILLE SOLVS, 93.5mm, 19th century (cf Maz II, CXV, 1; TN LXVI). Good very fine with high relief.

Lot 1816

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, EGYPT Louis XIV (1638-1643-1715), Accession, cast Bronze Medal, 1643, by Abraham Dupré (1604-1647, son of Guillaume), conjoined busts right with his mother, Anne of Austria, he laureate and armoured, wearing the Order of the Holy Spirit, LVDOVICVS XIV R CHRIST ANNA AVSTRIACA AVGVST, rev Apollo drives the chariot of the sun towards the morning star, landscape below with town and castle, HÆC SOLEM PRÆVIA DVCIT, 49.5mm (BMC [Jones] Vol II, 76; Maz 718). Cast with integral shaped suspension loop, pleasing very fine.

Lot 1830

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, GREECE George I (1845-1863-1913), The Bank of Greece, 60th Anniversary, 1841-1901, Bronze Medal, 1902, conjoined busts of the first four Presidents of the Bank, Stavros, Renieris, Kalligas and Streit, rev façade of the Bank, radiant sky from Royal arms, 54.5mm. Extremely fine.

Lot 1831

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, GREECE George I (1845-1863-1913), Nikolaos Votsis (1877-1931), later Rear Admiral, the Balkan Wars, Bronze Portrait Medal, 1912, struck in Paris, uniformed and bemedalled bust left, rev date, 18-19 October 1912, within wreath, 57.5mm. Pale bronze, extremely fine. Nikolaos Votsis was a celebrated figure in the Balkan Wars. The dates on the medal commemorate the Treaty of Lausanne on the 18 October and the invasion of Western Turkey by the Balkan League on the 19 October. He is best remembered for the sinking of the Turkish ship Feth-i Bülend in the harbour at Thessaloniki (where his bust still stands), on 31 October 1912.

Lot 1833

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, GREECE George II (1890-1947, King 1922-1924, 1935-1947), Crown Prince Paul (1901-1947-1964), Marriage to Princess Frederica of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1938, Bronze Medal, by B Phalireas, 1938, conjoined busts left, he bemedalled in uniform, rev crown above two shields of arms, 56mm. Extremely fine.

Lot 1837

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Francesco I Sforza (1401-1466), 4th Duke of Milan, Lead Memorial Medal (1466), by Sperandio da Mantova (c.1425-1504), bust three-quarters right, FRANCISCVS SFORTIA VICE COMES DVX MEDIOLANI QVARTVS, rev façade of a Renaissance building, OPVS SPERANDEI, 90mm (Hill, Corpus 361; Pollard [2007] 94; Arm I, 74, 42). An original cast of a rare medal, but in well-worn condition, knocks to high spots and pierced at 12 o’clock and 6 o’clock. The portrait seems to be based on a painted portrait (now lost), whilst the reverse is believed to be the design for a memorial chapel by the Florentine architect and sculptor, Antonio di Pietro Averlino (c.1400-c.1469). His most famous project was the bronze doors for the old St Peter’s Basilica, completed in 1445. More relevant to the medal is his design for Sforzinda, the (unbuilt) plan for the first ideal city of the Renaissance.

Lot 1838

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Costanzo Sforza (1447-1483), Lord of Pesaro, cast Bronze Medal, 1475, by Gianfrancesco Enzola (active 1455-1478), bust of Costanzo in armour to left, CONSTANTIVS SFORTIA DE ARAGONIA …, rev the castle at Pesaro with its several towers, INEXPVGNABILE CASTELLVM … (Hill, Corpus 294; Pollard [2007] 140; Kress 97). A later cast, good very fine.

Lot 1840

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Northern Italy, Verona, Galeazzo Mondella, known as Moderno (c.1467-1529), The Crucifixion, rectangular Gilt-bronze Plaquette, Christ on the Cross, the two thieves on crosses either side, one, the repenter, looking at Christ, the other looking down, Mary Magdalen holds the base of the cross, two female figures and an infant child support the Virgin Mary, cavalry and foot-soldiers guard the crowd, 112.5mm x 72mm (Adams 44, this piece; Lewis 2; Pope-Hennessy 147; Toderi 143). The original gilding remains in part, the whole piece with a light patina, very fine and rare. ex Sylvia Adams Collection, 23 May 1996, lot 44

Lot 1841

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Northern Italian, Unknown Master, 16th Century or perhaps later, The Deposition, rectangular Bronze Plaquette, at the base of the Cross, the body of Christ is supported by St Joseph of Arimathea and St Simon Cirene while the penitent Mary Magdalen holds his feet, the Virgin and mourners behind, 91mm x 73mm (Adams 151, this piece; cf Bange 971; cf Finarte 58). In high relief, extremely fine with rich and even brown patina. ex Sylvia Adams Collection, 23 May 1996, lot 151

Lot 1842

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Northern Italy, Verona, Galeazzo Mondella, known as Moderno (c.1467-1529), The Entombment, rectangular Bronze Plaquette, the body of Christ, supported by the Virgin Mary, St John and St Nicomedius, is lowered into a sarcophagus decorated with reliefs depicting the Passion, behind them mourners including Mary Magdalen, Christ bearing the cross towards Calvary in the distance, 99mm x 64mm (Adams 43, this piece; Bange 456; Lewis 17; Toderi 159). Cast on a thin flan with even dark brown patina, extremely fine. ex Sylvia Adams Collection, 23 May 1996, lot 43

Lot 1843

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Northern Italy, Verona, Galeazzo Mondella, known as Moderno (c.1467-1529), The Entombment, rectangular Bronze Plaquette, the body of Christ, supported by the Virgin Mary, St John and St Nicomedius, is lowered into a sarcophagus decorated with reliefs depicting the Passion, behind them mourners including Mary Magdalen, and in the distance Christ bearing the cross towards Calvary, 62.5mm x 97mm (Adams 44, this piece; Bange 456; Lewis 17; Toderi 159). A secondary cast of significant age, pierced at the top, very fine. ex Sylvia Adams Collection, 23 May 1996, lot 44

Lot 1845

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, unsigned rectangular cast Bronze Plaquette with arched top, North Italian, 16th century, they stand to either side of the tree, she to left, tree entwined by the serpent and from which a monkey passes her the apple, 160mm x 115.5mm. An old though later cast, on solid and heavy flan, very fine. ex Michael Hall collection

Lot 1846

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY River Goddess (Sitzende Quelllnymphe), circular Bronze Plaquette, French, 16th Century, she naked, seated on rocks, her head turned right, holding a rudder in her right hand, her left resting on the ever-flowing urn, raised border, 109mm (Bekker, Leipzig, 22, on square flan). An old and patinated cast on a thick flan, a pleasing very fine. The example in Leipzig has been worked so that the figure holds a short staff rather than a rudder.

Lot 1847

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Europa and the Bull, square Bronze Plaquette, North Italian, 16th Century, the bull wades through water to right, she seated on its back with long flowing scarf, beyond left a building atop a hill, 93mm x 92mm. Very fine with attractive dark patina.

Lot 1848

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY The Lamentation - the Dead Christ supported by the Virgin, rectangular Bronze Plaquette, North Italian (perhaps Venetian), 15th / 16th Century, she nimbate and seated, supporting the body across her lap, 149mm x 91mm, integral suspension loop. A old though somewhat later cast, very fine.

Lot 1849

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Alexander VII (1599-1655-1667), Fabio Chigi, large cast Bronze Medal, 1659, by Gioacchino Francesco Travani, with the reverse design by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, bearded bust left wearing robes and cap, ALEXANDER VII. P.M. PIVS. IVST. OPT. SENN. PATR. GENTE. CHISIVS. MDCLIX, rev Androcles in the Circus Maximus, holding shield and with sword raised, the lion crouched at his feet, a cheering crowd behind, MVNIFICO. PRINCIPI. DOMINICVS. IACOBATIVS., in scroll below ET. FERA. MEMOR. BENEFICII., 98mm (Molinari 96; Varriano 79; Venuti XX, Miselli 567; Vannel-Toderi 504; Börner 1177; Lincoln 1192; Ciechanowiecki 255; Clifford (Spink/Christie, 21 May 1996), lot 186). A superb original cast with light patination, extremely fine. The medal is said to commemorate the end of the plague in Rome and was commissioned by Domenico Jacobacci. Clifford states the medal to be “probably the finest and most ambitious example of Italian medallic art of the seventeenth century”. The involvement of Bernini is well documented; it was his idea to use the lion as a symbol of remembrance (the lion recognises the gladiator who had once pulled a thorn from its foot). A photocopy letter from Graham Pollard at the Fitzwilliam Museum (3 April 1987), states, “Your superb Alexander VII … is of comparable quality to the museum example.”

Lot 1852

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Harvesting the Grapes, decorative Netherlandish rectangular Bronze Plaquette, 18th Century, figures stand around a table, two with baskets, one carried on the picker’s head, a man to right and a woman seated left in large hat, a sleeping infant, a dog and barrel at her feet, vines grow to left and right, 94.5mm x 155mm. Very fine.

Lot 1859

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ROMANIA Roumaine de Navigation Aerienne, founded 1920, by Aristide Blank, Bronze Medal, by Henry Nocq, two bi-planes over map of Europe with flight-lines from Paris to Constantinople etc, rev bi-plane flies over speeding stage-coach, car and train, 72.5mm (Dogan 6801). Good very fine. Aristide Blank (1883-1960), Jewish Romanian financier, economist and banker, with interests in America. He was the victim of an attack in April 1924, an incident that sparked a considerable anti-Semitic campaign in Bucharest.

Lot 1865

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, RUSSIA Nicholas II (1868-1894-1918), Laying the Foundation Stone of the Alexander III Bridge in Paris, 1896, and its Inauguration, 1900, Silvered-bronze Medal, by Daniel Dupuis, Alexandra Feodorowna holding small gavel, accompanied by Marianne and watched by Peace, lays the foundation stone beneath a bust of the late Tsar, rev River Goddess of the Seine and child recline before the bridge, legend in twelve lines below, 70mm, in maroon leather case of issue, the lid stamped with gilt border and “PONT ALEXANDRE III” (Diakov 1320.1). Struck with matt surface, virtually mint state. The bridge was designed by Joseph Cassien-Bernard and Gaston Cousin and built by Jean Résal and Amédée d’Alby. It was inaugurated ahead of the Paris International Exposition of 1900.

Lot 1866

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, Malta, Jean Parisot de la Valette (1494-1557-1568), The Termination of the Siege of Malta, Dutch Bronze Jeton, 1586, Victory stands on ship, its sails furled, MELITA IBERITA, rev equestrian knight rides over trophies, TVRCA FVGATO, 28.5mm (Schembri 229/2; vL I, 69, 1; Feuardent 13731; Dugn -). About fine, corrosion marks, especially on the obverse.

Lot 1870

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, Poland, Johann III, Sobieski (1629-1684-1696), The Eternal Peace Treaty, 1686, between Poland and Russia, Silvered-bronze Medal (1686), by Giovanni Battista Guglielmada, crowned and enrobed bust of Sobieski right, rev Sobieski standing clasping hands with Tsarevna Sophia Alexeevna, their feet on up-turned crescent moon (Turkey), PAX FVNDATA CVM MOSCHIS, in exergue DECENNALIA AVG, 65.5mm (Sokolov 39; cf Hcz 2523). A struck medal, sharp very fine and very rare. This treaty confirmed the earlier Treaty of Andrusova, 1667, where Russia and Poland agreed control of separate parts of Ukraine and also not to enter into future treaties with the Turks. The pact was highly important in the Eastern European struggle against Turksh Tartars as, by signing it, Russia joined the anti-Turkish coalition of Poland, the Holy Roman Empire and Venice.

Lot 1877

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, Egypt, The Governor of Tunis, Visit to al-Muhammadiya, Bronze Medal, AH1235 (1820), legends in Arabic on both sides, 41mm (Nuri Pere -). A superb calligraphic medal, choice extremely fine.

Lot 1878

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, Great Britain, France and Russia, The Battle at Navarino, Bronze Medal, 1827, by Boyard, helmeted head of Minerva right, French legend around “The Anglo-French-Russian Fleet Defeat the Turks at Navarino, 20th of October 1827”, rev triplex of crowns, radiant crosses over crescents in the angles, 34mm, suspension loop and ring (Diakov 466.1 R2; MH 136 var; Eimer 1196); George I, Disabled Sailors Fund, Copper Medal, undated, by Barré, bare head left, rev wreaths above prow of ancient galley, 36mm (MH 154). Both very fine, second stained. (2)

Lot 1887

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the ottoman empire, and the wars against them, Greece, Admiral Pavlos Koundouriotis (1855-1935), Victor of the Battle of Elli, Bronze Medal, 1912, by P M Dammann, bust left, rev Greek flag flies over the guns of the battlecruiser George Averof, 51mm (SCA 5, 396). Extremely fine. During the Balkan Wars, 1912-1913, the victory at Battle of Elli, 3 December 1912, kept the Turkish fleet out of the Aegean sea, however the Turks succeeded in sinking the Makedonia on the 1 January 1913, but were again defeated by Koundouriotis on the 5 January 1913.

Lot 1892

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, Italy, The Italian-Turkish War, small Bronze Memorial Medal to the fallen at Tripoli, 1911, Italian soldier stands over fallen Turk, rev memorial, 26mm; another, Victory overlooks Tripoli harbour, rev legend on tablet, 24mm, both with integral suspension loops. Very fine. (2) In the Italian-Turkish War, Italy defeated Turkey and took the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean and Tripoli / Libya in North Africa. From then all of North Africa was in European hands, and the European powers had completed the partition of Africa with only Ethiopia and Liberia remaining independent.

Lot 1893

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, Germany, The Quadruple Alliance, Zinc Medal, 1914-1916, conjoined busts of four leaders to left, Wilhelm II, Franz Joseph, Mohammed V and Ferdinand I, rev crossed sword, arms in angles, the Turkish shield left, 31mm, integral suspension loop with ring; Alliance with Austria, Silvered-metal Medal, busts of Wilhelm II and Franz Joseph left, 25mm, Prussian eagle suspender; Constantinople – Budapest, Brass Souvenir Medal, 29mm; Munich, Centenary of Oktoberfest horse racing, Bronze Medal, 1910, 32mm. Generally very fine. (4)

Lot 1894

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Washington before Boston, Bronze Medal, 1776, by [Pierre Simon] Benjamin Duvivier, the first US strike, bust right with hair tied en queue, GEORGIO WASHINGTON SVPREMO DVCI EXERCITVVM ADSERTORI LIBERTATIS, rev Washington and four officers on horseback, the city of Boston beyond, 69mm (Baker 49). Surface a little dull, nearly extremely fine.

Lot 1899

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, MEDALS BY SUBJECT Exploration, Polar, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Death 1936, Bronze Medal, by P Richer and E Lindauer, bust right in high relief, rev starboard ship-portrait of the Pourquoi-Pas?, 68mm. Good very fine. Charcot’s Antarctic expedition in the Pourquoi-Pas? lasted from 1909-1911. He went on to command a Q-boat in the Royal Navy during the Great War, winning a Distinguished Service Cross. Charcot lost his life on the night of 15 September 1936 when the Pourquoi-Pas? sank during a storm off Iceland.

Lot 1902

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, MEDALS BY SUBJECT Sport, Greece, Intermediary Olympic Games, Athens 1906, Silvered-bronze Plaquette, by Paul Vannier, an athlete stands before the Panathenaic Olympic Stadium holding a sword aloft, palm spray and shield, rev Victory flies over olive tree and temple, 70mm x 49mm (Gad 57.6). Choice extremely fine with ‘antique’ grey tone.

Lot 1906

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, MEDALS BY SUBJECT World War II, Germany, The Battle of the River Plate, cast Bronze Oval Medal, 1939, busts of Admiral Graf von Spee and Kapitan Hans Langsdorff, 1914 and 1939, rev the battle-cruiser sails low in the waves, 17 Nov 1939, 74.5mm x 107mm (Kien 565). Much as made, extremely fine. The date is when the ship set sail for the South Atlantic. The Battle of the River Plate was fought the following month and after the famous British victory the Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled at Montevideo and on 20 December 1939, Langsdorff shot himself in his room in a Buenos Aires hotel, dressed in full dress uniform and lying on the ship’s battle ensign.

Lot 1913

NUMISMATIC BOOKS, ANCIENT COINS [Sotheby’s] Catalogue of the Collection of Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins Formed by Patrick A Doheny, London, 1979, 245 lots, each lot individually illustrated with some full page colour enlargements, original boards, neatly priced throughout with some buyer’s names, nearly fine; [Christies] Highly Important Ancient Coins, London, 9 October 1984, 98pp, 313 lots, each individually illustrated in b/w, 6 further colour plates, cloth, jacket, hand priced throughout with the printed prices loosely inserted, nearly fine; [Christie’s] Important Ancient Coins, London, 8 October 1985, 108pp, 436 lots each individually illustrated, 5 further colour plates at end, cloth, jacket, very good; [Sotheby’s] The Brand Collection Part 5 – Greek and Roman Coins, London, 1-2 February 1984, 718 lots, 24 b/w plates, card covers, very good; [Christies] The Blackmoor Hoard of Third Century Roman Bronze Coins, London, 9 December 1975, 39pp, 385 lots, 5 b/w plates, card covers, heavily annotated throughout, very good; Head, B V, A Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients, Third Edition, London, 1889, 128pp, 70 fine plates, original publishers cloth, armorial ex-libris on first pastedown, very good; Hirmer, M, Die Schönsten Griechenmünzen Siziliens, Leipzig, 1940, 66pp, 48 excellent plates, original boards, nearly fine; Hirmer, M, Römische Kaisermünzen, Leipzig, 1941, 66pp, 48 excellent plates, original boards, nearly fine; Babelon, E, Les Monnaies Grècques Aperçu Historique, Paris, 1921, 160pp, line drawings in the text, original printed boards, spine chipped, very good. (9)

Lot 1915

NUMISMATIC BOOKS, BRITISH COINS Cope, G M, & Rayner, P A, The Standard Catalogue of English Milled Coinage in Silver, Copper and Bronze 1662-1972, London, 1975, 200pp, b/w illustrations, cloth, jacket, very good; [Spink & Son] The Milled Silver Coinage of England From Charles II to the Present Day, London, 1925, 134pp, illustrations in the text, boards, very good; North, J J, English Hammered Coinage Volumes 1 and 2, London, 1963 and 1975, 200 +191pp, 16 + 11 plates, original boards, both good; Brady, J D, Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles 30; American Collections – Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins, Oxford, 1982, 75pp, 30 plates, original boards, very good; Seaby, H A, & Rayner, P A, The English Silver Coinage from 1649, Fourth (revised) Edition, 1974, 240pp, illustrations throughout, cloth backed boards, very good; [Glendining & Co] Catalogue of a Collection of English Coins the Property of James F H Checkley, London, 10 February 1965, 36pp, 371 lots, 9 plates, original covers, handpriced throughout, very good; [Bishop Fleetwood] Chronicon Presciosum or An Account of English Gold and Silver Money, (1745) Reprinted New York, 1969, 147 + 30pp, 12 plates, publisher’s cloth, very good. (8)

Lot 3743

MEDALS AND DECORATIONS Bahawalpur, Bronze Jan-I-Nisari Corps Medal, bust left, rev star and crescent. Extremely fine but suspender bent at slight angle.

Lot 3747

MEDALS AND DECORATIONS Bahawalpur, Birth of the Heir Apparent, Bronze Medal, 1904, by Hamilton & Co, bust of the Nawab left, rev text, 32mm, with suspension loop (McClenaghan 37). About extremely fine, rare.

Lot 3753

MEDALS AND DECORATIONS Nagpore Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures and Produce, Bronze Medal, 1865, unsigned (after W Wyon, for Hamilton & Co), bust of Queen Victoria to left, rev various goods and machinery, 43mm (Pudd 765.2). Extremely fine.

Lot 3759

MEDALS AND DECORATIONS Byramjee Jeejeebhoy, CSI (1822-1890), the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy (Parsee) Institution, Golden Jubilee, Bronze Medal, 1941, bust three-quarters left, rev façade of the Institution, 48.5mm, suspension loop and ring (Pudd 941.1.1). Good very fine. The Institution still flourishes, is co-educational and open to those of all cultures and religions.

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