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Lot 2776

1454-1474 AD. Obv: facing bust with ENRICVS CERTVS DEI GR legend. Rev: castle with IAEN below with ENRICVS DEI GRACIE REX legend. 2.49 grams. See Adolfo, p.301, 1532. [No Reserve] Very fine. Scarce.

Lot 2780

Dated 6th September 1916 AD. Tapered body. Obv: incuse and reversed uniformed profile bust with ALBERT ROI DES BELGES legend in serifed capitals; stamped 6 9 16 on shoulder, with oval maker stamp 2 28 and [R?] WILL & SON BIRMINGHAM around, on side. 1.33 kg, 30mm face, 60mm tall. The diameter of this obverse would be suitable for a coin of 2 or 5 francs module but all Belgian currency coins of Albert use an unserifed font, as do his military medals (which also show a plain bust); this die could be either for a pattern coin during the First World War period or, perhaps, be for a commemorative medal. [No Reserve] Extremely fine; minor corrosion spots. Extremely rare.

Lot 2782

18th century AD. Design by Dassier. Obv: profile bust left with ROMULUS above and J DASSIER ET FILS below. Rev: ox-plough and driver walking left, two soldiers to right with FONDATION / DE ROME / ART in three lines in exergue. 3.92 grams, 27mm. See The Wedgwood Museum, accession number 2080, dated to 1773 AD, for Queen's ware original of this medallion. From the Ancient Roman History Medals series; this one celebrates the founding of the city of Rome. [No Reserve] Near extremely fine; two small chips to reverse edge. Rare.

Lot 2785

Dated 1814 AD. Copper, by Denon and Andrieu. Obv: profile bust left with engraver's names on truncation and below and ALEXANDRE I EMPEREUR DE TOUTES LES RUSSIES legend. Rev: Victory seated left under tree, inscribing tablet 'Sejour / d'Alex 1 / a Paris' in three lines in script with engraver's names at sides and date MDCCCXIV in exergue. 36.32 grams, 40mm. Diakov 378; Slg. Julius 3015. Struck to commemorate the sojourn of Alexander I in Paris, after the Battle of Waterloo. [No Reserve] Extremely fine. Rare.

Lot 2786

Dated 1814 AD. Copper, by Denon and Gayrard. Obv: profile bust with engraver's names below and FRANÇOIS Ier EMP D'AUTRICHE legend. Rev: with SA MEJESTe / L'EMPEREUR D'AUTRICHE / VISITE / LA MONNAIE DES MeDAILLES in four lines with date MDCCCXIV below. 35.17 grams. 40mm. Bramsen 1465; Ess. 1519. [No Reserve] Extremely fine.

Lot 2789

Late 19th century AD. Military division (with swords), with suspension ring. Obv: red enamelled Bath cross with red on white enamelled roundel at centre with SS monogram initials within green enamelled wreath; double-headed imperial eagles to angles over crossed swords. Rev: similar red on white enamelled roundel at centre with SS monogram initials; back of main cross with imperial hallmark and 'AK' maker's mark, hilts of swords of yellower gold, each with 'profile right bust' hallmark; the suspension loop with '?95' hallmark. 12.12 grams, 55mm maximum. See Dorling, p.280, for information. The Order of St Stanislas originated in Poland in 1765 and was adopted in Russia in 1831. Extremely fine. Rare.

Lot 2791

1881-1894 AD. With suspension loop. Obv: profile bust with Б М АЛЕКСАНДРЪ III ИМП И САМОД ВСЕРОСС legend. Rev: caduceus with ЗА ДОСТОИНСТВО М П АКАДЕМІЯ К Н legend. 22.75 grams, 28mm diameter. Awarded to graduates of the Moscow Practical Academy of Commercial Sciences; graduates also gained the hereditary title of honorary citizen. Extremely fine.

Lot 2792

1881-1894 AD. By A. A. Griliches, with suspension loop and split ring. Obv: profile bust with Б М АЛЕКСАНДРЪ III ИМП И САМОД ВСЕРОСС  legend. Rev: with ЗА / СПАСЕНІЕ / ПОГИБАВШИХЪ in three lines. 14.58 grams, 29mm diameter. Bitkin H1056.A (R2"). Near extremely fine. Very rare.

Lot 2793

Before 1917 AD. Imperial Russia. Obv: profile bust of Nicholas II with Б. М. НИКОЛАЙ II ИМПЕРАТОРБ И САМОАЕРЖЕЦБ ВСЕРОСС legend, within wreath. Rev: inscribed ЗА / БЕЗПОРОЧНУЮ / СЛУЖБУ / ВБ ПОЛИЦІИ legend in four lines, within wreath; with integral suspension loop. 23.92 grams, 36mm diameter. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. Bit. 1137; Chep. 906; Ver. 141; Werlich 107; Smirnov 1062. [No Reserve] Good very fine. Rare.

Lot 2794

Early 20th century AD. With suspension loop. Obv: profile bust with Б М НИКОЛАЙ ІІ ИМП ИСАМОА ВСЕРОСС legend. Rev: with ЗА / ХРАБРОСТЬ / No 3892 / 2 СТЕП in four lines; the number stamped in. 23.53 grams, 28mm diameter. Good very fine.

Lot 2796

1572 AD or later. Cast. Obv: profile bust with GREGORIVS XIII PONT MAX AN I legend. Rev: Victory holding cross and sword left with dead Huguenots right with VGONOTTORVM STRAGES 1572 legend. 8.77 grams. Queen Catherine de Medici ordered the slaying of up to 3,000 Huguenot protestants in Paris in 1572 and this event became known as the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre; Gregory XIII was her uncle and 'celebrated' the massacre with a medal. [No Reserve] Good fine.

Lot 361

1st-3rd century AD. A bronze bust of a youthful Minerva wearing a Corinthian helmet with large crest falling to the back; body coming out of an acanthus leaf fitting; hollow to the back. 148 grams, 11 cm (4 1/4"). Very fine condition. From the John Aiello collection, New Jersey, USA; an important collector of Romano-Egyptian coins and antiquities for over 50 years. For a similar style of statue of a youthful Mars wearing a Corinthian helmet with large crest see the figure found at Fossdyke, Torksey, Lincolnshire, in the British Museum, accession number OA.248.

Lot 362

1st-3rd century AD. A bronze applique with the bust of a soldier wearing helmet with large plume to the top, cuirass and chlamys. 12 grams, 29mm (1 1/4"). Fine condition. Acquired on the London art market prior to 1980.

Lot 418

Early 3rd century AD. A flat-section gold hoop with expanding shoulders, flat plaque with cell and inset white chalcedony cloison, intaglio female bust with hair dressed in a chignon. 2.93 grams, 18mm overall, 12.77 x 17.23mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.0, Japan 13) (3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1980. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L. Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 200. Fine condition.

Lot 462

1st-4th century AD. A carved marble bust of an Erote, part of a limestone relief; large deep-set eyes, small nose and full lips, the hair drawn across the brown in a band. 274 grams, 10cm (4"). Private collection, North London; acquired in the early 1980s. Of Italian workmanship this fragment of a sarcophagus shows an Erote, who were a collection of winged gods associated with love and were popular in funerary art during the Roman period. Fine condition.

Lot 496

4th century AD. A D-section hexagonal hoop with low-relief foliage to the sides and shoulders, discoid plaque with lateral scrolls, raised rim to cell with intaglio profile female bust. 23 grams, 31mm overall, 17.38mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 7, Europe 14.51, Japan 14) (1 1/4"). Fine condition. A large wearable size. From a private collection; formed 1965-1975. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L. Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 209. 

Lot 507

1st century BC-2nd century AD. A discoid sheet silver applique with repousse facing female bust, with detail to the hair and pleated chiton. 2.03 grams, 35mm (1 1/2"). [No Reserve] Fair condition, edges chipped. From a private collection; formed 1965-1975.

Lot 574

1st-2nd century AD. A bronze discoid plaque with repousse design of a seated female with crescent headdress confronted by a mounted horseman with falx(?), large facing figure between. 3.28 grams, 39mm (1 1/2"). [No Reserve] Fine condition; rim with evidence of mounting. Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. The scene possibly represents the Thracian rider god with the Mother Goddess in front of him, sun and moon above and the bust of a male deity in the middle. The popularity of this cult spread through the Roman army after the conquest of Dacia by Trajan in the early second century AD.

Lot 589

1st century BC-2nd century AD. A mixed bronze group comprising: a stele with helmeted bust of Minerva(?); a C-section plaque with bearded mask of Faunus amid foliage. 97 grams total, 49-59mm (2 - 2 1/4")[2, No Reserve] Fair condition.. Property of a Lancashire collector; acquired on the UK art market. 

Lot 593

3rd-4th century AD. A bronze buckle comprising: a rectangular plaque with propellor-shaped riveted attachment mount, double-tongue on the hinge-pin, loop formed as two dolphins flanking the bust of Oceanus. 26 grams, 35mm (1 1/2"). [No Reserve] Fine condition, one tongue absent. Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Cf. Allason-Jones, L. & Miket, R. The Catalogue of Small Finds from South Shields Roman Fort, Newcastle, 1984, item 3.614. 

Lot 616

1st-2nd century AD. A glass weight with a facing female bust, possibly Medusa. 19 grams, 33mm (1 1/4").Fair condition. Acquired on the London art market prior to 1980. 

Lot 628

1st-4th century AD. A group of lead seals comprising one with female bust; a male bust; an inscription; a hand holding a bird; a male bust looking towards two other busts; a flying bird. 51 grams, 16-21mm (1/2 - 1"). [6, No Reserve] Fair condition. From a Surrey, UK, collection; formed before 2000. 

Lot 629

1st-2nd century AD. A pair of lead steelyard weights comprising: a heart-shaped plaque of Victory with wings folded to the sides, pierced lug above; a bust of Minerva with crested helmet and neck-ring, crest pierced for suspension. 645 grams total, 75-78mm (3"). [2] Fair condition. Property of a Middlesex gentleman; acquired in the 1980s. 

Lot 637

1st-2nd century AD. A flat-section green glass hoop with integral cartouche plaque, profile female bust, possibly a Julio-Claudian empress, with dressed hair and chiton. 3.64 grams, 27mm overall, 19.70mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21) (1").[No Reserve] Very fine condition. Property of a West London gentleman; acquired before 2000. 

Lot 971

13th-14th century AD. A D-section hoop with expanding shoulders and large discoid bezel; to each shoulder a D-shaped panel and cross; the bezel with raised discoid panel, hearts and foliage to the rim, facing bust of St.Paul with beard and beaded nimbus. 15 grams, 31mm overall, 19.13mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20.0, Japan 19) (1 1/4"). Property of a central London collector; acquired from a large private collection formed in the 1980s. Very fine condition; small hole to reverse of bezel. A large wearable size.

Lot 1420

450-350 BC. A limestone cylinder seal with royal figure, boar and solar disc; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder seal of Brown Stone, 29 x 12mm On the right is a standing Persian warrior holding a tall spear, and no doubt meant as the Achaemenid king, before whom is a walking boar and above it an elaborate winged solar disc with bust. This is an Achaemenid seal, c.450-350 B.C. Though now worn it was as first cut a very fine example of the best Achaemenid work.' 7.69 grams, 29mm (1 1/4"). Very fine condition. Property of a London gentleman; part of his family collection since the 1970s. This lot is part of a single collection of cylinder seals which were examined in the 1980s by Professor Lambert and most are accompanied by his own detailed notes; the collection has recently been reviewed by Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. 

Lot 1433

3rd-6th century AD. A carved haematite plano-convex seal with suspension hole, intaglio profile bearded bust with headdress and beaded collar, crescent moon and star to the rear, legend above. 29 grams, 29mm (1 1/4"). Fine condition. Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1970. 

Lot 1648

1st millennium BC. A rectangular terracotta block with raised cartouche, low-relief bust above a profile dog with curled tail. 58 grams, 64mm (2 1/2").[No Reserve] Fine condition. Property of an Austrian collector; acquired in the 1970s. 

Lot 1749

14th-15th century AD. A silver-gilt female bust on a stepped pedestal base. 5.57 grams, 21mm (3/4"). Fine condition. Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1970s.

Lot 1887

Dated 1797 AD. A Georgian gold ring with circumferential incised hoops; inscribed to the inner face in script 'E. Boyd & Yule Novr 15th 1797' with maker's mark 'H&T' and hallmarked with George III bust, lion and capital 'F' date letter (used at Newcastle for 1796"). 2.79 grams, 17mm overall, 15.21mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7) (3/4"). Very fine condition. Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1970s. See printouts of family tree documents for Edward and Janet and their children; especially for Benjamin who was an important figure in early Australian settlement; see also DNB and ADB entries for Benjamin Boyd. Edward Boyd (1770-1846), born at Merton Hall, Wigtownshire, Scotland, son of Rev. William Boyd, married Janet Yule, eldest daughter of Benjamin Yule (Edinburgh) on 15th November 1797 and he went on to be a London merchant and to hold the office of Deputy Lieutenant there. Their most famous son, Benjamin Boyd (1803-1851), was an entrepreneur and London stockbroker who, having raised capital, travelled to Australia to form the Royal Bank of Australia; Benjamin was a squatter on a large scale (one of the largest in Australia, eventually controlling over 2,000,000 acres in the Monaro and Port Philip districts, raising sheep) and he controversially imported natives from the Pacific Islands as labour (a practice known as 'blackbirding'); as a trader he had three steamers and three sailing ships (as Boyd and Company) and he founded Boydtown, the first settlement on Twofold Bay, in 1843, on the south coast of New South Wales, with a large jetty and a lighthouse (Boyd's Tower); from Boydtown, Benjamin had nine whaling ships operating and he sat in the New South Wales Legislature. The town was deserted in the 1840s, after Boyd's finances collapsed but the area is now flourishing again, mostly for housing and tourism; Boyd left Australia in 1848 in an attempt to recoup his fortune in the California goldfields and, in 1851, sailing on his yacht 'Wanderer', he disappeared at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) after going ashore to hunt ducks; his body was never found. The Ben Boyd National Park in New South Wales was named after him in 1971. The other sons of Edward and Janet include William Sprott Boyd (1799-1844, Resident at Court of Boroda and Political Commisioner for HIEC at Gujerat), Mark Boyd (1805-1879, banker and involved with Benjamin in Australian land deals), John Christian Curwen Boyd (1811-1882, served in the British Embassy, Florence), Edward Lennox Boyd (1819-1905, of Burham Priory) and James Boyd (1819-1852, travelled to Austrlia and New Zealand, where he married); there were also daughters named Marion, Mary, Jane and Janet. 

Lot 195

Late 4th-late 3rd century BC. A gold diadem consisting of a twisted rope border with a series of heart shaped scrolls with applied acanthus leaves and flowers with gold wire detail and tear drop shaped settings with blue enamel, flowers recessed for red enamel inlay; central wire motif in the form of a Hercules knot with applied flowers and acanthus leaves with tear drop shaped setting with blue enamel; in the centre a amethyst cameo with the bust of a woman wearing a diadem and robes held at the shoulder by a brooch; one small flower element present but detached. 84 grams, 16cm (6 1/4").  Fine condition. Property of a Mayfair, London, UK, businessman; previously in an important South German collection since the beginning of the 20th century. Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. Cf. for another diadem of similar design and construction see an example in the Athens National Archaeological Museum, ex Helene Stathatos collection and said to be from Thessaly. Ref. Aikaterini Despini, Greek Art: Ancient Gold Jewellery, Athens, 2006 (text in English), pl.29-30, dated to the last quarter of the 4th century BC, and with further bibliography. There is a diadem of similar technique from Canosa, Southern Italy in the Tarentum Museo Archelogico Nationale, inventory number: 22.437, ref. Despini, Op. Cit. No.38, dated to circa 200 BC, and with further bibliography; for another example of similar design and construction refer to the example of a fragment of a diadem (about a third) from the Erotes Tomb, Eretria, Northern Greece, dated to the late 3d century BC, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Inv. No. 98.798), ref. Herbert Hoffmann & Patricia F. Davidson, Greek Gold: Jewellery from the Age of Alexander, Brooklyn, 1965, p.60, no.3. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate. Ancient Greek colonisation began at an early date, during the so-called Geometric period of about 900 to 700 BC, when many seminal elements of ancient Greek society were also established, such as city-states, major sanctuaries, and the Panhellenic festivals. The ancient Greeks were active seafarers seeking opportunities for trade and founding new independent cities at coastal sites across the Mediterranean Sea. By the seventh and sixth centuries BC, Greek colonies and settlements stretched all the way from western Asia Minor to southern Italy, Sicily, North Africa, and even to the coasts of southern France and Spain. Regional schools of artists exhibited a rich variety of styles and preferences at this time. Trading stations played an important role as the furthest outposts of Greek culture. Here, Greek goods, such as pottery, bronze, silver and gold vessels, olive oil, wine, and textiles, were exchanged for luxury items and exotic raw materials that were in turn worked by Greek craftsmen. After the unprecedented military campaign of Alexander the Great, more extensive trade routes were opened across Asia, extending as far as Afghanistan and the Indus River Valley. These new trade routes introduced Greek art to cultures in the East, and also exposed Greek artists to a host of artistic styles and techniques, as well as precious stones. Garnets, emeralds, rubies, and amethysts were incorporated into new types of Hellenistic jewellery, more stunning than ever before. The most important of the Black Sea colonies were Kyzikos, Sinope, Pantikapaion, and Olbia. The colonies along the shores of the northern Black Sea interacted with the local Scythian and Sarmatian peoples who prized the workmanship of the Greek goldsmiths with many examples having been found in the kurgans, or burial mounds, of the aristocracy. This diadem shows many similarities to work found in the Pontic region, as well as the diadem found with the female buried in the tomb of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, at Vergina in Greece. The gold pectoral from Thick Barrow, Dnipropetrovsk Region, Ukraine, now in the Hermitage Museum, shares many similarities in style and technique with this diadem, particularly the use of fine wires and the scrolling flowers. The closest parallel to this piece is a gold diadem from Thessaly and dating to the fourth century BC, which is now in the Getty Museum, Malibu. The use of cameos on the front of diadems seems to be particularly associated with the eastern Greek craftsmen and their patrons, with the best known example being the Sarmatian crown from Khokhlach kurgan, now in the Hermitage. The image on this cameo could well be a portrait of the original owner, a highly important individual of the Pontic aristocracy.

Lot 202

3rd-2nd century BC. A hollow gold D-section hoop and drum-shaped bezel with inset banded agate plaque, intaglio profile bust of Athena wearing a Corinthian helmet with horse-hair crest. 1.04 grams, 17mm (3/4"). Fine condition. Property of a central London collector; acquired from a large private collection formed in the 1980s. Cf. Marshall, F.H. Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1907, item 97.

Lot 2041

10th-12th century AD. A carved D-shaped hardstone plaque with reserved bifid border and facing nimbate bust with one hand raised to the chest, inscribed 'A ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC'' (Saint Phillip"). 8.81 grams, 32mm (1 1/4"). Very fine condition. Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s.

Lot 2055

8th-12th century AD. A D-section bronze hoop with hatched shoulders, rectangular bezel with raised panel, bust with pointille nimbus, raised sword in the right hand and cross in the left hand. 4.67 grams, 23mm overall, 20.47mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.28, Japan 23) (1"). Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.

Lot 2062

9th-12th century AD. A mixed group of bronze disc pendants, two with facing nimbate bust and five with mounted saints. 21 grams, 26-31mm (1 - 1 1/4"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. [7, No Reserve] Fine condition.

Lot 2067

Coin struck 324-329 AD. A bronze coin of Helena, mother of Constantine I, probably of Siscia mint, gilded and pierced as a pendant; the obverse showing the profile bust of Helena and the reverse showing her standing, holding a branch. 1.84 grams, 19mm (3/4"). See Sear 16609 for general coin type. Helena became Christian around 329 AD and journeyed on pilgrimage to the Holy Land; she is said to have discovered the True Cross there, with other relics and was later declared a saint. [No Reserve] Fine condition, usage wear.

Lot 2301

527-538 AD. Constantinople mint. Obv: D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG legend, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe and shield. Rev: VICTORI-A AVGGG and officina letter digamma, Victory standing facing, holding linear, P-headed cross and cross on globe; star in right field; mintmark CONOB in exergue. 4.51 grams. DOC 9; MIB 7; Sear 140. Very fine.

Lot 2302

565-578 AD. Constantinople mint. Obv: DN IVSTI-NVS PP AVG legend with helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, with slight beard, holding Victory on globe. Rev: VICTORI-(A AVCCC) legend and officina letter with Constantinopolis seated facing, looking right, holding sceptre and cross on globe; mintmark CONOB in exergue. 4.36 grams. MIB II 4; Sear 344. [No Reserve] Fine.

Lot 2303

578-582 AD. Obv: dM COSTANTINVS PP AG legend with diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VICTOR TIBERI AUS legend with cross potent; CONOB below. 1.44 grams. Sear 425. Good very fine.

Lot 2304

578-582 AD. Constantinople mint. Obv: DM COSTANTINVS PP AG (sic) legend with pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VICTOR TIBERI AUG legend with cross potent; mintmark CONOB below. 1.49 grams. DOC 7; Sear 425. Good very fine; small graffito to obverse fields.

Lot 2305

582-602 AD. Constantinople mint. Obv: D N MAVRC TIb PP AVI legend with cuirassed bust facing, wearing plumed helmet, holding cross on globe. Rev: VICTORI-A AVGG and officina letter Z with angel standing facing, holding long, P-headed cross and cross on globe; mintmark CONOB in exergue. 4.51 grams. DOC I 5a; Sear 478. Very fine.

Lot 2306

602 AD. Constantinople mint. Obv: D N MAVRC TIb PP AVI legend, cuirassed bust facing wearing plumed helmet, holding cross on globe. Rev: VICTORI-A AVGG legend and officina letter, Victory standing facing, holding long, P-headed cross and cross on globe; mintmark CONOB in exergue. 4.53 grams. DOC I 5a; Sear 478. Near as struck; weak to right.

Lot 2307

602-610 AD. Constantinople mint. Obv: dN FOCAS PERP AVG legend with draped and cuirassed facing bust, wearing crown with pendilia, holding cross on globe. Rev: VICTORIA AVGG legend and officina letter, angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by christogram and cross on globe; mintmark CONOB in exergue. 3.85 grams. DOC II 1; MIB II 5; Sear 616. Good fine.

Lot 2309

1068-1071 AD. Constantinople mint. Obv: IC-XC across upper fields, NI-KA across lower fields with bust of Christ facing, wearing pallium and colobium, dotted cross behind, holding book of Gospels. Rev: C-R-rho-delta in the four quarters of a cross with globe and dots at the ends and X in centre. 10.05 grams. Sear 1866; DOC 8. [No Reserve] Very fine.

Lot 2351

Circa 450 BC. Under Campanian mercenaries. Obv: KAMPAN legend before laureate bust left. Rev: horse right. 5.94 grams. Sear -. [No Reserve] Very fine.

Lot 238

6th-5th century BC. A D-section reconstituted amber bust of a Kore (youthful maiden) with domed cap, circlet to the brow, pendants and earrings; reticulated veil to the reverse, locks of hair to the shoulders. 339 grams, 14 cm (5 1/2"). Fine condition, nose chipped. From an old German collection; acquired before 1980. See Richter, G.M.AS. Kora Archaic Greek Maidens, London, 1968, for discussion. Kore ('the maiden') is a name of Persephone, the queen of the underworld and daughter of Zeus and Demeter. 

Lot 2393

1st century BC. Artaxerxes II. Obv: profile bust. Rev: king standing by altar with inscription. Namopat. Obv: profile bust. Rev: king standing with star and crescent before, with inscription. 1.94, 1.67 grams. See BMC, pls.XXXIII and XXXIV. [2] Good very fine.

Lot 240

6th-5th century BC. A D-section profile reconstituted amber bust of a Kore (youthful maiden) with circlet to the brow and earring. 184 grams, 14 cm (5 1/2"). Fair condition; repaired and chipped to rear. From an old German collection; acquired before 1980. See Richter, G.M.A. Korai: Archaic Greek Maidens, London, 1968, for discussion. Kore ('the maiden') is a name of Persephone, the queen of the underworld and daughter of Zeus and Demeter. 

Lot 2452

34 BC. Alexandria mint. Obv: CLEOPATRAE REGINAE REGVM FILIORVM REGVM legend with diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra right, stem of prow before head. Rev: ANTONI ARMENIA DEVICTA legend with bare head of Marc Antony right, Armenian tiara behind head. 2.83 grams. Crawford 543/1; Sydenham 345; BMCRR East 179; RSC Cleopatra 1; Sear 1515. Fine. Rare.

Lot 2454

22-23 AD. Rome mint. Obv: SALVS AVGVSTA legend with draped bust of Livia as Salus right, hair in a knot behind head. Rev: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVG TR POT XXIIII legend around large SC. 14.11 grams. RIC 47; Sear 1740; BMCRE 82. See Wildwinds.com (this coin"). Good very fine. Scarce.

Lot 2482

114-117 AD. Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P legend with laureate, draped bust right. Rev: SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS legend around, S-C across fields, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia. 27.40 grams. RIC 634; Cohen 354. Near very fine.

Lot 2487

132-134 AD. Rome mint. Obv: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS legend with laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder. Rev: FELICITATI AVG legend above, S-C across fields, COS III P P in exergue; galley travelling right with five oarsmen and steersman, military standard on prow. 23.81 grams. RIC 703e (bust type not in RIC); cf. Cohen 687-690. See Wildwinds.com (this coin"). Good very fine; slight tooling to hair.

Lot 2495

1500-1570 AD. Giovanni da Cavino. Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG P I FIL legend with draped bust right, hair bound with fillet. Rev: SC beneath sacrificial scene of the empress, five veiled women and a child to right and left of an altar before the temple of Vesta with a statue in the cella. 39.68 grams. Hill 407; Klawans 2; Lawrence, Cavino 59. See Wildwinds.com (this coin"). There is no original Roman coin of this type; early authors such as Cohen and Lawrence mistook this Paduan for an original. Good very fine; pierced.

Lot 2498

193 AD. Obv: MANL SCANTILLA AVG legend with draped bust right. Rev: IVNO REGINA legend with Juno standing left, holding patera and sceptre, peacock at feet; S - C at sides. 18.83 grams. Found Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK, 2015; recorded with Portable Antiquities Scheme. RIC 18a; BMC 32; Sear 6083. See Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference WILT-D0772D (this coin, designated a 'find of note'); UKDFD reference 48843 (this coin, printout included); also to be published in the forthcoming British Numismatic Journal, Coin Register. This lot was donated to and is being sold for the benefit of the Plum Layton Charitable Trust (registered number 1140546, supporting pancreatic cancer research"). [No Reserve] Fair. Very rare.

Lot 2504

217-218 AD. Rome mint. Obv: IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG legend, laureate, cuirassed bust right with short, cropped beard. Rev: SALVS PVBLICA legend, Salus seated left on high-backed chair, holding sceptre and feeding a serpent rising from an altar to left. 5.15 grams. RIC 86; RSC 116a; Sear 7362. Extremely fine.

Lot 2511

244-249 AD. Antioch ad Orontem mint. Obv: AYTOK K M IOYLI FILIPPOC CEB legend with laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the back. Rev: DHMARX EXOYCIAC YPATO D legend with eagle standing left, head left, tail right, wings spread, holding wreath in its beak; ANTIOXIA SC in exergue. 11.74 grams. Prieur 444; Sear 3958. Near extremely fine; about as struck.

Lot 2515

274 AD. Carthage mint. Obv: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG legend with radiate and cuirassed bust left. Rev: SOL INVICTO legend with pellet at end, with Sol standing, captive to left, holding globe; star to left; KA in exergue. 3.52 grams. Sear 11609 variant (mint"). [No Reserve] Extremely fine.

Lot 2517

317 AD. Siscia mint. Obv: IMP CONSTANTINVS PF AVG legend with laureate, cuirassed bust right. Rev: SOLI INVI-CTO COMITI legend with Sol standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding globe and raising right hand; star in left field; mintmark BSIS in exergue. 3.37 grams. RIC VII Siscia 32; Sear 16105. See Wildwinds.com (this coin"). [No Reserve] Extremely fine. Very rare (R4).

Lot 2520

318-319 AD. Thessalonica mint. Obv: FAVS-TA NF legend with draped bust right, hair knotted behind head. Rev: star in wreath with dot in circle at the top; mintmark TSA below. 2.28 grams. RIC VII Thessalonica 49. Very fine. Rare.

Lot 2522

402-450 AD. Obv: DN THEODO-SIVS P F AVG legend with facing diademed and cuirassed bust. Rev: VOT XXX MVLT XXXX legend with pellet-in-crescent under last X and epsilon after, with Victory seated, holding orb and sceptre, star to right; CONOB in exergue. 2.89 grams. Very fine; scuff to nose, small grafito to right field.

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