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Click here to subscribeIndo-Parthian, Gondophares I (late 1st century BC), AR Drachm, 3.21g, diademed and draped bust left, rev. king seated right, crowned by Nike standing behind (Senior 210.1; cf. M.1067), about very fine / fine Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Constantius II (AD337-361), AV Solidus, 4.52g, Constantinople, 347-355, fl ivl constantivs perp avg, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. gloria repvblicae, Roma and Constantinopolis seated, holding between them shield inscribed vot xx mvlt xxx, smanh in exergue (C.108; RIC 81), edge smoothed from a mount, good very fine provenanceDr. Anton Dreesmann collection, Spink auction 142, 13 April 2000, lot 197 K. Kress auction 142, 22 January 1968, lot 650Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Constantius II (AD 337-361), AV Solidus, 4.41g, Sirmium, 355-361, three-quarters facing bust inclined right, wearing pearl-diademed plumed helmet and cuirass, holding spear and shield with horseman device, FL IVL CONSTAN-TIVS PERP AVG, rev. GLORIA REI-PVBLICAE, Roma seated facing, holding spear, and Constantinople seated left, holding sceptre and with foot on prow, holding between them a shield inscribed VOT / XXXV / MVLT / XXXX, SIRM in exergue (C.124; RIC 56), extremely fine Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Valentinian I (AD 364-375), AV Solidus, 4.46g, Trier, 367-375, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, DN VALENTINI-ANVS PF AVG, rev. VICTORI-A AVGG, Valentinian and Valens enthroned facing, holding globe between them, Victory with spread wings above, palm-branch between their legs, TROBS in exergue (RIC 17b), good very fine provenanceCNG mail bid sale 46, 24 June 1998, lot 1480Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Theodosius I (AD 379-395), AV Solidus, 4.39g, Sirmium (?), c.393-395, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, DN THEODO-SIVS PF AVG, rev. VICTORI-A AVGG, Theodosius in military dress standing right, foot on bound captive, holding labarum and Victory on globe, S - M in field, COMOB in exergue (C.39; RIC 14a), edge-marks from mounting, very fine provenanceCNG mail bid sale 50, 23 June 1999, lot 1749Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Magnus Maximus (AD 383-388), AV Solidus, 4.42g, Trier, 383-384, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, DN MAG MA-XIMVS PF AVG, rev. RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, Magnus Maximus standing facing, head right, holding labarum and Victory on globe, star on left, SMTR in exergue (C.4; RIC 76), light scratch in reverse field, toned, almost extremely fine provenanceSotheby's, 29 April 1997, lot 469Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Arcadius (AD 383-408), AV Solidus, 4.45g, Mediolanum (Milan), pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, DN ARCADI-VS PF AVG, rev. VICTORI-A AVGG, Arcadius and Honorius enthroned facing, holding globe between them, Victory with spread wings above, palm-branch between their legs, M-D in field, COM in exergue (RIC 8c and 20c), minor edge-marks, good very fine provenanceDr Anton Dreesmann, Spink auction 142, 13 April 2000, lot 270M&M Basel auction 6, 30 September 1976, lot 642Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Honorius (AD 393-423), AV Solidus, 4.31g, Mediolanum (Milan), c.395-402, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, DN HONORI-VS PF AVG, rev. VICTORI-A AVGGG, Honorius standing right, foot on captive, holding labarum and Victory on globe, M-D in field, COMOB in exergue (C.44; RIC X, 1206), minor edge-marks from mounting, very fine provenanceCNG mail bid sale 50, 23 June 1999, lot 1757Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Theodosius II (AD 402-450), AV Solidus, 4.48g, Constantinople, c.408-420, three-quarters facing bust inclined right, wearing pearl-diademed plumed helmet and cuirass, holding spear and shield with horseman device, DN THEODO-SIVS PF AVG, rev. CONCORDI-A AVGG, Constantinopolis enthroned facing, head right, foot on prow, holding sceptre and Victory on globe, star on left, CONOB in exergue (RIC 202), about extremely fine, reverse extremely fine provenancePhillips, 1 October 1997, lot 66Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Zeno (second reign, AD 476-491), AV Solidus, 4.47g, Constantinople, three-quarters facing bust inclined right, wearing pearl-diademed plumed helmet and cuirass, holding spear and shield with horseman device, DN ZENO PERP AVG, rev. VICTORI-A AVGGE, Victory standing left, holding long jewelled cross, star on right, CONOB in exergue (RIC 910), flan very slightly bent on right, about extremely fine provenancePhillips, 1 October 1997, lot 68Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Justinian II (second reign, AD 705-711), AV Solidus, 4.30g, Constantinople, facing bust of Christ, cross behind head, wearing pallium over colobium, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels, rev. crowned half-length busts of Justinian II and Tiberius facing, each wearing chlamys and divitision, holding cross potent on three steps (DOC 2b; Sear 1415), minor edge marks, lustrous, extremely fine provenancePhillips, 1 October 1997, lot 71Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Anastasius II, Artemius (AD 713-715), AV Solidus, 4.34g, Constantinople, crowned facing bust, wearing chlamys, holding cross on globe, rev. VICT[ORIA AV]GUE, cross potent on three steps, CONOB in exergue (DOC 2d; MIB 2; Sear 1463), short flan, minor edge marks, extremely flan provenanceThe Property of a Gentleman, Spink auction 168, 15 April 2004, lot 84Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Leo III, the Isaurian, with Constantine V, Copronymus (AD 717-741), AV Solidus, 4.39g, Constantinople, crowned facing bust of Leo wearing chlamys and holding cross on globe, rev. crowned facing bust of Constantine wearing chlamys and holding cross on globe (DOC 7; Sear 1504), very light scratches in reverse field, extremely fine provenanceSpink auction 162, 27 March 2003, lot 85Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Basil II, Bulgaroktonos (AD 976-1025), with Constantine VIII, AV Solidus, 4.39g, Constantinople, facing nimbate bust of Christ, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in left, rev. crowned facing half-length figures of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding between them a patriarchal cross (DOC 3; Sear 1797), extremely fine Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Constantine IX, Monomachus (AD 1042-1055), AV Histamenon, 4.40g, Constantinople, Christ enthroned facing, nimbate, right hand raised in benediction, holding book of Gospels in left hand, rev. crowned facing bust, holding cruciform sceptre with tendril-like ornament, and patriarchal cross on globe (DOC 1a; Sear 1828), extremely fine provenanceCNG auction 40, 4 December 1996, lot 1932Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
LARGE CHINESE CARVED HEAVY HARDSTONE QUAN YIN BUST ANTIQUE CHINESE CARVED LARGE HARDSTONE QUAN YIN BUST Comes on fitted stand. Measures 15"" tall (38.1cm) + 8-1/2"" fitted stand (21.59cm). Extraordinarily carved. Early 20th century. Brought back by a serious collector in the 1930`s. Extremely heavy. Total weight in excess of 60lbs.
Circa 1920`s Gold Satin Evening Dress with a gold lace mount, three quarter length sleeves, with gold lame floral mount to the bust, beads and paste stones to the skirt; Circa 1900`s Philpot & Sons Ltd Black Wool Jacket with black satin trims to the pockets and lapel; Pale Blue Lace Mounted Dress with a yellow satin sash (3)
FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1780 PENDANT PORTRAITS OF YOUNG GIRLS a pair, bust length, pastel, oval, 38 x 30cm These delightful French pastels of two girls, presumably sisters, can be dated quite precisely to c1780/85 because of their hairstyle. Clearly sisters of rank, their identity and the artist are unknown. Mellors & Kirk Ltd is grateful for the kind assistance of Neil Jeffares in the cataloguing of this lot. ++Both in good condition, long in the present rather shabby 19th c gilt frames
* Caruso (Enrico). Bronze bust of Enrico Caruso, modelled from life by Gianni Viafora (circa 1875-1930), 1921, brown patinated bronze, cast by Cellini Bronze Works, New York, signed and dated 1921 to base, height 19cm (7.5ins). Gianni Viafora (circa 1875 -1930) was a well-known illustrator, caricaturist and sculptor who settled in New York in 1901 A collection of his cartoons entitled Caricature was published by BrentanoÂ’s Austria, 1919 -1
* Composers. A bronze commemoration medal of Gustav Mahler by Alfred Rothberger, [1905], obverse; portrait bust in low relief, cast caption GUSTAV MAHLER, signed to flan edge, reverse; art nouveau decoration, MEINE ZEIT WIRD NOCH KOMMEN, 49mm diameter, very fine, in fitted case, together with four other bronze medals and plaques celebrating the composers Liszt, Donizetti, Gounod and Nicholai, signed by Focht, Beran, Placht, Caque respectively, some dated, 70mm diameter and smaller. For Mahler medal see Niggl 1236 -5
* Covent Garden Medal. A rare bronze medal commemorating the laying of the foundation of Covent Garden Theatre by George, Prince of Wales, by Peter Rouw (1771-1852), 1808, bronze relief medal, the obverse with a profile bust of the Prince of Wales in high relief, signed Rouw to truncation, cast separetely and pinned to flan, the reverse with inscription GEORGIUS. PRINCEPS. WALLIARUM. THEATRI. REGIIS. INSTAURANDI. AUSPICIIS. IN. HORTIS. BENEDICTINIS. LONDINI. FUNDAMENTA. SUA. MANU. LOCAVIT., 91mm diameter, very fine. BHM 638; Eimer 990 Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Joseph Farington R.A. (1747-1841). Latterly in the collection of Alec Clunes (1912-1970), actor and theatre manager. A contemporary hand-written note on circular paper in brown ink providing details of the history of the medal and itÂ’s ownership accompanies this medal. It is believed that eighteen medals were struck from the die, which was then broken, one being laid under the foundation stone, seven given to the Prince of Wales, and one each to the King, the Queen, the Duke of Northumberland, Sir Thomas Lawrence R.A., Richard Payne Knight, the British Museum, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and Robert Smirke, the architect. According to the hand-written note, this copy was given by Smirke to his close friend Joseph Farington R.A. -1
* Fodor (Josephine, 1789-1870 & Luigi Lablache, 1794-1858). A pair of silver commemorative medals celebrating Josephine Fodor and Luigi Lablache, by Josef Daniel Boehm, 1825, obverse: portrait bust and cast captions, signed to truncation, reverse: Fodor NATURA AN ARTE PRAESTANTIOR INCERTUM OPTIME CONSOCIATIS, Lablache ACTIONE ROSCIO IOPAE CANTU COMPARANDUS UTRAQUE LAURU CONSERTA AMBOBUS MAIOR, both 42mm diameter, some tarnish but very fine, contained together within pale blue velvet lined fitted box. Niggl 645, 1032; Forrer I.203-4. -1
* Lind (Jenny, 1820-87). A bronze commemorative medal of Jenny Lind, by C. C. Quarnstrom, late 19th century, obverse:relief portrait bust with cast caption, signed to flan edge, reverse: MINNESGARD/AF TONKONSTENS VANNER/I STOCKHOLM, decorative border of lyres interspersed with wreaths containing Lind’s operatic roles, shallow relief design of four classical figures around a pedastal, one of the figures is inscribing ‘3 DEC. 1847/D. 12 APRIL.1848’, 77mm diameter, fine/very fine, together with a group of Lind memorabilia, including a paper-mache trinket box, decorated with a half length portrait of Lind, a porcelain figure, probably continental, showing Lind with flowers at her feet, a pressed glass bottle and pin dish each with head and shoulder portrais impressed, and a Baxter print of a full length portrait, framed and glazed -6
A gold fob seal, early 19th century, with C-scrolls to the reeded border... A gold fob seal, early 19th century, with C-scrolls to the reeded border with an oblong cornelian matrix carved with a triangle and a motto, 2.8cm high; another smaller, with an oval clear glass matrix carved with a male bust right, 2cm high; and twelve other unmounted matrices View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Hungary, Ignac Semmelweiss, 150th Anniversary of birth 1968, gold proof set Hungary, Ignac Semmelweiss, 150th Anniversary of birth 1968, gold proof set, comprising: 1000-, 500-, 200-, 100-, 50- Florint, bust of Semmelweiss right, rev. value, .900 fine, total weight 155.4g, in fitted green leather case of issue. Good extremely fine (5) IMPORTANT: This lot is subject to VAT and the buyer must pay VAT on both the hammer and the buyer`s premium at a rate of 20%View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Phoenicia, Arados, silver Stater circa 350-330 BC, bearded bust right, rev Phoenicia, Arados, silver Stater circa 350-330 BC, bearded bust right, rev. galley, 10.7g. Fine, short of flan IMPORTANT: This lot is subject to VAT and the buyer must pay VAT on both the hammer and the buyer`s premium at a rate of 20%View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Phoenicia, Arados, silver Tetradrachm, 2nd to 1st century BC Phoenicia, Arados, silver Tetradrachm, 2nd to 1st century BC, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right, rev. Nike standing left, 14.8g (S.5991). Good fine IMPORTANT: This lot is subject to VAT and the buyer must pay VAT on both the hammer and the buyer`s premium at a rate of 20%View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Phoenicia, Arados, silver Tetradrachm, 2nd to 1st century BC Phoenicia, Arados, silver Tetradrachm, 2nd to 1st century BC, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right, rev. Nike standing left, 14.7g (S.5992). Fine IMPORTANT: This lot is subject to VAT and the buyer must pay VAT on both the hammer and the buyer`s premium at a rate of 20%View on bloomsburyauctions.com
An important early 20th century carved white Carrara marble head and shoulder bust of King George V, adorned with a naval beret, inscribed Britannia, raised on a hexagonal socle base, inscribed 'ED IL UNGHI SEGOLI DI ININ TERROTTA PACE FRA NOI NON CANCELLERANNO PER L'INGHILTERRA EPER I SUOI FIGLIIL LORO DEBITO DI CIVILITA VERSO L'ITALI, 13.5.923, MONTECCHIO PRECALCINO. GIORGIO V.' H.70cm W.45cm Provenance: Gifted to King George V whilst on his Italian tour,1923, where he famously met Signor Mussolini.
A collection of 18th and 19th century prints and engravings of classical subjects including Galatea after Benedetto and Furino, Diana and Acteon, inscribed Jacques Bassan, sheet sizes of both 33 x 42 cm approx (both unframed), a small oval black and white engraved bust length portrait of Napoleon with facsimile signature, 15 cm max in brass frame, similar black and white engravings of Louis Philippe and Marie Amelie, etc
Antonio Piazza (Italian act. late C19th) - A carved white marble bust of Pierrette, modelled wearing a pointed hat and pompom tunic, incised A.Piazza Carrara to the rear, raised on separate veined marble socle and further contemporary white marble three column pedestal, bust h.43cm, gross h.140cm
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