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Click here to subscribeGRATIAN, 367-383 AD. AR SILIQUA. Obv: Draped and cuirassed bust right wearing pearl diadem. Rev: Roma seated facing and holding a globe in right hand, a reversed spear in the left. Treveri mint. 2.1g, 18mm dia. (1 coin) Provenance: A Pamphill Hoard. Sold jointly on behalf of the Finder and Land Owner.
GRATIAN, 367-383 AD. AR SILIQUA. Obv: Draped and cuirassed bust right wearing pearl diadem. Rev: Roma seated left and holding Victory on a globe in right hand, a reversed spear in the left. Roma mint. 1.7g, 19mm dia. (1 coin) Provenance: A Pamphill Hoard. Sold jointly on behalf of the Finder and Land Owner.
THEODOSIUS I, 379-395 AD. AR SILIQUA. Obv: Draped and cuirassed bust right wearing pearl diadem. Rev: Roma seated facing with head left and holding a globe in right hand, a reversed spear in the left. Aquileia mint. 2g, 19mm dia. (1 coin) Provenance: A Pamphill Hoard. Sold jointly on behalf of the Finder and Land Owner.
A French clock garniture, the ball movement with eagle finial, mounted on a gilt metal wave, the two colour marble base mounted with gilt metal leaves and a classical bust portrait, height 8ins, flanked by a pair of marble and gilt metal candlesticks, with an N in a laurel wreath, height 6.5ins
A Roman Imperial gold coin, Trajan AV Aureus, Rome, AD122-117. Obverse Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right. Inscribed TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI PP. Reverse: Genius standing left, holding patera and ears of corn. Inscribed S.P.Q.R. OPTIMO PRINCIPI. Mounted on a yellow and gold fob pendant engraved: KITTY/FROM GRANDPA WITHERS/SEP. 1900 (see illustration).
Antique Majolica Pottery Bust of a Young Woman. Unsigned, numbered 2478. Old restorations to several parts of the surface, nicks to flowers. Measures 19" H x 9-1/2" W. Provenance: Property of Irving Cowan and the late Marjorie Friedland Cowan, Hollywood, Florida. Thoroughbred horse breeder/owners, Breeders’ Cup winners, Hollywood Wildcat and War Chant. Former owners of The Diplomat Hotel, Hollywood. Shipping: Third party (estimate $200-$300)
A French art nouveau 18ct gold and gemset locket with mirror, of oval outline, swivelling to open, and cast in bas relief with the bust of a girl in profile, her hair piled in a loose bun with escaping tendril curls, her filmy dress revealing one breast, with ribbons and flowers, and set against an open flattened poppy, suggesting sleep - thus a dream - or an opiate-induced fantasy; the girl wearing a rose cut diamond choker, with an emerald in her hair and a ruby-centred flower on her dress; verso plain; with swivelling suspensory loop, stamped twice with oval weevil mark (French 1864-1919), and an oval bale; interior with one side containing a chamfer-edged mirror, the other with a vacant glazed and satin-lined panel; length with bale 5.5cm, gross weight 23.21g
A small collection of carved, armorial and similar jewels, the first an unusual steel signet ring with the arms of the Kitalinski family, the shank lined with yellow precious metal assumed to be 18ct gold; also another signet ring, stamped '18ct' set with an intaglio carved bloodstone depicting arms and the motto 'Percussa Resurgo' ('Struck down, I arise'), possibly for the Jordan family; together with a third ring horizontally set with a pale grey and white shell cameo depicting the bust of a young woman emerging from clouds; and also a small fob set with an intaglio carved rock crystal depicting the head of a youthful Orpheus with a miniature lyre; ring sizes respectively K, Q½ and F (4)
Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 - A Small Bronze Bust Head of ''Oom Paul'', Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal (the South African Republic), on a waisted cylindrical socle, 8cm, together with a black line bordered printed church service card ''DIENST IN DE GROOTE KERK, KAAPSTAD. Wijlen President S.J.P. Kruger'' **Although vilified by British cartoonists for his craggy looks, Kruger was highly respected in Continental Europe for his resistance to British colonial ambitions in Southern Africa
A French ormolu and porcelain mounted mantel clock garniture, early 20th century, with urn finial, porcelain dial and surrounding plaques hand painted with a portrait bust, cherubs and still life flowers, enclosing a two train movement chiming on a bell, with matching twin light garnitures (a.f), the clock 35cm high. Illustrated
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