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Lot 547
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-67), First Period, portrait half-ryal or 30 shilling piece, 1555, bust left, rev., ivstvs fide vivit, crowned Scottish shield, 3.79g / 58.49 gr. (Murray, NC 1979, p. 162, 1B, this coin recorded; Burns p. 291, 8 and fig. 822.2; S. 5398), has been mounted and worn but of good weight, about fine and very rare. Ex Christie’s, 8 October 1974, lot 51; previously ex Bearman and Virgil Brand Collections and Glendining auction, 7 July 1948, lot 35. In 1979 J.K.R. Murray wrote that the four coins from these dies which were known to him ‘may be forgeries’ (NC 1979, p. 157), a suggestion followed by Bateson & Mayhew in noting ‘?forgery by Jons’ when describing the Ashmolean’s example in 1987 (SCBI 35, 998/A; ex Alderman Hird Collection). Joan E.L. Murray, in discussing the forger Jons of Dunfermline (The First Gold Coinage of Mary Queen of Scots, in BNJ 1979, pp. 82-86), is unspecific on the point while the ex ‘Dundee’ Collection (Spink/Bowers & Ruddy, 1976, lot 125) specimen, acquired later by LaRiviere and again sold by Spink (29 March 2006, lot 102) was unchallenged. Also in 2006 Holmes, in compiling SCBI 58, remarks that the National Museums of Scotland example (no. 280) was ‘at one time thought to be false’. Prospective purchasers are advised to form their own judgment regarding the status of the coin which is, under the circumstances, offered as viewed.
Lot 552
Henry VI (1422-61), Annulet Issue (?), farthing, London, m.m. cross pommée (?), obv., henric . rex . angl, with large saltire stops (?), no marks by bust, rev., no annulets between pellets (as is usual), 0.22g (cf. N. 1437; cf. S. 1851), most details legible, very fine for issue, rare. Recovered from the Thames foreshore.
Lot 722
South Africa, Z.A.R., Kruger, pond, 1898/99, PCGS AU55, dated 1898 with “99” countermarked below bust (Hern Z52; KM 10.2), bagmarked overall and with a few surface scuffs and scratches, good extremely fine and surfaces retaining some original brilliance, very rare [130 reported to have been struck and so countermarked], in PCGS holder graded AU55. In 1899, new dies for the 1899 Kruger ponde were on the way to Pretoria when they were seized by the British in Lourenço Marques. To mark the wartime re-opening of the Mint it was decided to overstamp some 1898-dated coins with a ‘99’ below Kruger’s bust. The very first coin to be processed was reportedly stamped with a single 9 but a further 130 are recorded as having been stamped with a pair of smaller nines, as here.
Lot 754
Elizabeth II, Harold Wilson, First Referendum of the British People, 5 June 1975, platinum medal, by Pobjoy Mint, bust of Wilson right , rev., Britannia seated with olive branch and trident over a map of Europe and inscribed UNITED EUROPE, 47.30g, hallmarked London, 1975, mint state and in case of issue, very rare
Lot 777
Italy, Florence, Ferdinand I de’ Medici (Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1587-1609), bronze restitution medal by Giovanni Zanobio Weber (1737-1806), draped bust right, rev., the equestrian statue of Ferdinand by Giambologna in the Piazza della Santissima Annunziata in Florence (erected in 1608), 48mm (cf. BDM VI 403), extremely fine with brown patina
Lot 778
Italy, Florence, Cosimo III de’ Medici (Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1670-1723), silver medal, signed below truncation v.vv.f, draped bust right, rev., floret vt phoenix, view of Florence with river-god Arno in the foreground; vrbs florentia inscribed on banner above, 46.7mm, finely cast and chased, very fine and very rare
Lot 92
*Imitation: Westphalia, Heinrich der Bogener von Oldenburg-Wildeshausen (1233-1270), sterling, attributed to Vlotho, near Herford; a close imitation of a Henry III Class 3b penny but with a single pellet in each angle of reverse, obv., triangular mintmark and legend henricvs rex iii, facing bust, rev., voided long cross, legend with several ligated letters rioard on here, 0.99g (see P. Berghaus, Waerungsgrenzen des Westfaelischen Oberweser-Gebietes im Spaetmittelalter, p 6, and P. Berghaus, Muenzgeschichte Herfords, 1971, pl. 18), very fine, extremely rare
Lot 100
Edward III, Fourth Coinage, Pre-Treaty series G halfgroat of London, annulet below bust, 2.25g (N. 1201; S. 1579), good very fine but unevenly struck; together with halfgroats of various issues of London (3) and York (1), and pennies (3), of London, York and Durham (?), mixed grades poor to good fine (8)
Lot 315
A CONTINENTAL EQUELLE of circular form, the pull-off cover with disc finial, embossed with a classical bust, the cover chased with leaves and scrollwork, with two lug handles applied with classical busts, egg and dart border, on a circular base, probably by Ludwig Neresheimer & Co. Hanau, late 19th century, 11" wide (handle to handle) x 3.25" high (c.26.1oz)
Lot 302
A RARE 25-BORE FOUR-SHOT FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE, CIRCA 1730, AUSTRIAN OR GERMAN with tapering sighted barrel, rotating octagonal breeches incorporating faceted pans and steels (springs restored), engraved stepped lock decorated with a crested coat-of-arms (worn, unclear, cock screw replaced), figured walnut half-stock moulded over the fore-end, about the lock and mounts (fore-end cracked, small chips), the butt with carved raised cheek-piece on the left, brass mounts comprising solid side-plate finely engraved with scrolling foliage inhabited by an exotic bird, trigger-guard with acanthus finial at the rear and iron forward section acting as breech release, butt-plate decorated with scrolls and with pronounced heel (dented), escutcheon decorated with a bust, and faceted ramrod-pipe (ramrod missing) 103.0 cm; 40 1/2 in barrel The arms appear to be those of the Counts von Spork.
Lot 139
Shakespeare.- English School (probably 18th, early 19th century) Portrait of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), bust-length, in a black coat and white collar, oil on copper, 111 x 89 mm. (4 3/8 x 3 3/8 in).Provenance:According to a 17th century title-page for an unidentified tragedy originally pasted on reverse: Gifted to [?]A. B. Walker Esq., 26th April 1866;Possibly then with the architect Cornelius Sherlock (?1822/3-1888) ⁂ The present portrait is based on the "Chandos" portrait, named after James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1673-1744), the owner who gifted it in 1856 to the National Portrait Gallery, London. It has been suggested that the original portrait was painted by the actor and Shakespeare's friend, Richard Burbage (1567-1619), yet in the first known reference to the portrait George Vertue wrote that it was actually painted by John Taylor, a member of the Painter-Stainer's company.
Lot 418
Egypt.- Fabroni (M., fl. 1820s) Portrait of Giovanni Baptista Belzoni, surrounded by clouds, in an Egyptian landscape, lithograph, on thick wove paper, image 432 x 335 mm. (17 x 13 1/4 in), sheet 505 x 360 mm. (19 7/8 x 14 1/4 in), light even browning, minor spotting and surface dirt, handling creases, unframed, published by Mrs Sarah Belzoni, 1824.⁂ Belzoni was born in Padua, but spent his early life in England. At 6 ft. 7 in., and notably handsome, he acted as a side show giant, a conjuror, then as a strong man at Astley's and at Sadler's Wells, where he also practiced his skills as a water engineer. In 1815, he found his way to Egypt and became an archaeologist and explorer, where he discovered the burial temple at Abu Simbel, 6 royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings, opened up the second pyramid, and discovered the lost city of Berenice. Egyptian statues to the foreground of the present image include the monumental bust of the 'Younger Memnon', and the head and arm of Amenhotep III.
Lot 346
A pair of Continental patinated bronze models of ewers in the Renaissance style, circa 1880, each with foliate cast handle rising above a slender neck, the foliate cast bulbous bodies each with an amorino bust to the shoulder, with waisted and knopped stems, on circular black marble bases, 50cm high; and a Continental patinated bronze twin handled urn, last quarter 19th century, 24.5cm high
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