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Click here to subscribeDated 1881 AD. Young head, type A7, fourth head. Obv: profile bust with VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR REG F D legend. Rev: crown over ONE / SHILLING in two lines with small letters, within wreath with date below. S. 3907; ESC 6th, 3063 (old 1335A); BSC 915. 5.65 grams. Near uncirculated; golden tone.
Dated 1881 AD. Young head, type A7, fourth head. Obv: profile bust with VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR REG F D legend. Rev: crown over ONE / SHILLING in two lines with large letters, within wreath with date below. S. 3907; ESC 6th, 3064 (old 1335); BSC 914. 5.63 grams. [No Reserve] Extremely fine; with lustre.
Dated 1884 AD. Young head, type A7, fourth head. Obv: profile bust with VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR REG F D legend. Rev: crown over ONE / SHILLING in two lines, within wreath with date below. S. 3907; ESC 6th, 3074 (old 1343; BSC 921. 5.66 grams. Almost uncirculated; surface flan flaw at brow, near full lustre.
Dated 1885 AD. Young head, type A7, fourth head. Obv: profile bust with VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR REG F D legend. Rev: crown over ONE / SHILLING in two lines, within wreath with date below. S. 3907; ESC 6th, 3076 (old 1345); BSC 923. 5.65 grams. Uncirculated; tiny scuff to ribbon, full lustre.
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze balsamarium in the form of a bust of a Celtic male with coils of lime-washed hair, handlebar moustache and closely cropped beard; eyes inlaid in silver; torc around neck with terminal inlaid in silver; hinge and loops to the top of the head, separate lid in the form of hair. 285 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. The Celtic tribes were divided into different classes or castes of hierarchal nobility. Their society was quite complex with a king or queen at the top of society and a warrior aristocracy below them, with merchants and peasants forming further subdivisions of society; the religious sect formed a separate class that was divided into Druids, Bards and Ovates and who not only dealt with religious matters but also formulated the laws. Classical authors, such as Caesar and Strabo, describe the Celtic aristocracy as dyeing their skin with blue paint and washing their hair in lime so that it formed spikes. Another feature of the aristocracy was the wearing of neck torcs, something that was only reserved for the royal family and the warrior aristocracy, as well as the gods, as it was seen to have divine connotations. One of the most famous depictions of the Celtic warrior is the statue of the so-called 'Dying Gaul' now in the Capitoline Museum, Rome, which displays the characteristics described in Classical sources. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Very fine condition.
5th-1st century BC. A group of bronze heads consisting of a vessel fitting in the form of a satyr; a female bust with hair arranged in a bun; a bust of the god Serapis wearing modius crown; a zoomorphic head with crown and radial bar below neck. 264 grams total, 33-54mm (1 1/4 - 2 1/4"). Ex German collection; acquired 1980s. [4, No Reserve] Fair condition.
4th century BC. A gold-framed coin pendant with ribbed loop and crimped outer flange; the coin a silver drachm of Alexander the Great, posthumous issue with portrait bust of Herakles in lionskin mantle to the obverse, Zeus seated to the reverse with an eagle on his extended right wrist. 4.27 grams, 23mm (1"). Property of an Essex, UK collector; acquired London art market, 1960s-1980s. Fine condition.
1st-3rd century AD. A mixed group of discoid ceramic theatre tokens or seals with impressed motifs from intaglio matrices, many with a void formed by the organic thread, comprising: five profile female busts; two with a quadruped; one with two standing females; two with gladiator(?) figure; one with profile male bust; one with addorsed heads. 23 grams total, 18-21mm (3/4"). Ex Hiller collection; by descent, 1976. [12, No Reserve] Very fine condition.
1st century BC-2nd century AD. A bronze pendant with facing bust of a bacchante (female follower of Bacchus) with swags to the chest, piled hair and loop above. Cf. Rolland, H. Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965 item 330 for type. 8.94 grams, 33mm (1 1/4"). Property of a European collector; acquired Europe, 1980s-1990s. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
1st-3rd century AD. A mixed group of discoid ceramic theatre tokens or seals with impressed motifs from intaglio matrices, many with a void formed by the organic thread, comprising: one with bearded profile bust; eight with profile bust; one with standing figure; one with two horsemen; one with quadruped. 21 grams total, 19-21mm (3/4"). Ex Hiller collection; by descent, 1976. [12, No Reserve] Very fine condition.
1st century BC-2nd century AD. A bronze appliqué bust of Minerva with Corinthian helmet; cuirass with beaded edge and band of incised roundels; helmet with feathered crest, incised scrolled tendrils and eyes; attachment peg to the reverse. Cf. Rolland, H. Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 68 for type. 23 grams, 48mm (2"). Found Lancashire, UK. Fine condition.
A collection of crowns, to include: George III, 1820, LX edge; George IV, 1821; William IV, 1836; Queen Victoria with young bust, 1845, VIII edge; old bust 1893, LVI edge, 1887 and 1889; Edward VII, 1902; George V, 1935, with incuse edge; and another; 2 x George VI, 1937 one with incuse edge; various Queen Elizabeth II crowns and other coinage.
BENITO MUSSOLIN BRONZE BUSTSuperb period solid bronze bust of Italian fascist dictator Benioto Mussolini, 12 1/4" tall and set on a 1" circular marble base. This is a beautiful piece, highly detailed, showing the Italian leader in military uniform with epaulets, ribbon bars, and a large chained medal about his neck. The bronze bears no defects and is in excellent condition. Aging to the fixing bolts on the base indicate this is a vintage and most probably a period bust.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR COMMEMORATIVE GROUPINGLot of eight items commemorating the military service of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Included is: signed photo, 9 1/4" x 12 1/2" b/w, a full-standing view, signature significantly faded, image bearing spotting; two plaster and one metal miniature bust, two copyrighted 1942, 7-8 1/2" tall, cap brim on one plaster bust damaged; two nylon pennants printed with a head shot of MacArthur over-lettered "Our Hero", 12" x 8" and 18" x 12"; a pair of aluminum bookends, 7 1/2" tall with bas-relief bust portrait; and a 7" x 10" bronze-painted plaster head and shoulders plaque, copyright 1942. Overall very good.
JAPANESE BRONZE BUST OF HIROHITOWar-era cast bronze bust of a youthful Emperor Hirohito of Japan, 8 1/2" tall with description in Japanese on the reverse, shows Hirohito chest, up in full military uniform. To the rear of the part in the Emperor's hair there is a narrow hole perhaps 1/4" long, perhaps a casting flaw, else very good with an excellent, aged patina.
WORLD WAR I SOLDIER'S SOUVENIRSLot of four items likely purchased as souvenirs by German soldiers for loved ones at home, includes a gold-tone bracelet adorned with oak leaves and an Iron Cross (clasp broken), a delicate bracelate made of captured Russian kopek coins, dated 1916 and also with an Iron Cross, and two small pins bearing bust photos of German infantrymen in uniform.
RUDOLF HESS(1894 - 1987) Nazi German Deputy Fuehrer and second in command after Goering, Hess was one of Hitler's closest confidantes and friends. In an unauthorized peace mission, Hess flew a German fighter to England and surrenedered, purportedly attempting to ally Germany with Great Britain against Russia. His mission, of course, failed and Hess was imprisoned at Spandau where he was found hanged in 1987. Scarce S.P., 5" x 7" b/w, a chest, up bust portrait as Deputy Fuhrer, signed at bottom. Simply framed, near fine.
N.S.D.A.P. EVENT TINNIESLot of four tinnies, all related to large Nazi Party rallies and special celebrations. Includes: a composite Reichsparteitag 1937 tinnie, approx. 3/4" dia., depicting three figures supporting a platform with a national eagle, flanked by a grapevine and an ear of wheat, maker-marked on the verso "Ferd. Wagner Pforzheim"; a composite Reichsparteitag 1939 tinnie, approx. 3/4" dia., depicting a reclining mother and child with a grapevine, beneath a national eagle, RZM marked on the verso "M9219", further marked Augustin Hieke, Tyssa, Sudetenland; a "Tag Der Arbeit" (Labor Day) 1934 tinnie, approx. 1 1/2" dia., depicting a bust flanked, ironically, by a hammer and sickle, above a national eagle; and a "Tag Der Arbeit" 1935 tinnie, 1 1/4" x 1 3/4", depicting a laborer, an academic, and a farmer above a national eagle, maker-marked on the verso: "Tweer & Turck - Ludenscheid". All have their original retaining pins, very good overall. Four pieces.
LINCOLN SILVER SHILLING TOKEN, 1812, MILSON AND T. PRESTON, WINE AND SPIRITS DEALERS, EF, WALES, ANGLESEY, DRUID'S HEAD LEFT IN WREATH, WITH 25 ACORNS, R THE ANGLESEY MINES HALFPENNY, 1788 ABOVE CYPHER, E. PAYABLE IN LONDON OR LIVERPOOL, EF, HEAVY FLAN, R. TRACES OF LUSTRE AROUND LEGEND, ANOTHER ½d, DRUID'S HEAD L IN WREATH, 32 ACORNS R. PAY THE BEARER ONE HALFPENNY, 1793, EF AND A ½d, HEAD LEFT R. CROWNED HARP, NORTH WALES, FAIR, HAMPSHIRE, GOSPORT, BUST OF SIR BEVOIS, R. SAILING SHIP, 1794. E. PAYABLE AT JORDANS, DRAPER, GOSPORT, EF BUT DIE FAULT ABOVE HELMET AND LETTERING WEAKLY STRUCK IN PLACES, MIDDLESEX NEWGATE PRISON, FRONT OF PRISON, MDCCXLIV, R. 8 LINE INSCRIPTION, REEDED EDGE, ABOUT EF, (NEW) GATE WEAKLY STRUCK WITH E. K ABOVE, AND HOLT WEAK, MAIL COACH, (2), COACH AND HORSES, R. CYPHER BELOW, M OF PALMER ABOVE S, AND 1797 BELOW M OF PALMER ABOVE IN, PIDCOCKS EXHIBITION , R. TWO-HEADED COW, LIVERPOOL HALFPENNY, 1792, STAFFORD HALFPENNY 1797, MEDAL, OPENING OF NEW LONDON BRIDGE, 1831 AND A FRENCH MEDAL, EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, 1900 [13]
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