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Click here to subscribeMaximus Caesar, brass sestertius, under Maximinus I, Rome mint 235-236 A.D., obverse:- Bare headed and draped bust to the right, legend:- C IVL VERVS MAXIMVS CAES, reverse:- Maximus in military attire, standing left holding baton and spear, behind two standards set in the ground, Sear 8410, uneven green deposit but nice piece of metal VF
Richard III silver groat, obverse reads:- `RICARD` with the `A` seemingly unbarred, reverse:- London Mint with chevron barred `A` in legend, pellet below bust, unfortunately there is a little piece missing from edge over the mint mark, but combination seems sun and rose 2 / sun and rose 1, a combination not listed by Buck or in J.J.North, with an old yellow ticket, well centred, slightly crinkled, a little weakness on one letter in second reverse quarter, very light scuffs across portrait which is nearly all struck up, rare, VF
Spanish Mexico Commemorative Medallion, silver d.61.5mm: The Birth of Prince Fernando 1785, by Antonio Gill for the Corporation of Mines of New Spain, Obv: Bust of King Charles III r. facing conjoined busts of Charles IV and Maria Louisa, the infant Prince Below. / Rev: Sun and rays over a mining scene. Toned GVF, a large and impressive piece.
GEORGE UNITE & SONS A SILVER PAGE MARKER, the handle cast as the bust of Shakespeare and having his name engraved to a part gilded blade, Birmingham, 1903, together with a small PAPER KNIFE having cast handle with a shielded crest, the blade engraved Stratford upon Avon, possibly William Pearsall, Birmingham, 1902, total weight 13g
Royal Doulton commemorative models for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, commemorating their silver wedding, 20th November 1972, edition limited to 750, each model numbers, this being number 484, the basalt style busts in velvet lined commemorative box with wooden stands, the box stamped in gilt "Royal Doulton, England" and with the royal crest, each bust 17cm without the base
An extremely rare Byzantine period copper alloy reliquary Cross, circa 10th Century, the obverse showing Christ crucified at the ends of arms diminutive figures of the Virgin and St John, the reverse depicting an orant Virgin Mary with bust of the Apostles in medallions at the end of each arm, the hinged cross opening to reveal vacant compartment, originally for religious keepsake (i.e., hair, bone or perhaps a piece of the "true" wooden cross), this Byzantine reliquary cross has been authenticated by Chris Entwistle Head Curator of Prehistory and Europe at The British Museum and comes complete with accompanying relevant
"Frederick James Halnon (1881-1958) - a white plaster portrait plaquette, 1906, of Frederick Leighton, his bust to the left, 190 x 135mm (Halnon showed a portrait plaquette of this sitter (not to be confused with Frederic, Lord Leighton, d. 1896) at the 1906 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition)"
**A LEAD PORTRAIT MEDALLION OF NICHOLAS COUNT OF SALM, PROBABLY GERMAN, LATE 19TH CENTURYthe hatted bust in high relief profile surrounded by the inscription: `Niclas.Graf.zu.Salm.der.Elter` and beside the date 1521 in Roman numerals, reverse scratched: J.W.H. Armory No.692, 6 cm, 2 3/8 in diameter; together with a "In Tempestate Securitas" silver medal, the talisman based upon a Thaler coin, well worn; and an apparently Louis XIII brass coin(3)ProvenanceMedallion: Frédéric Spitzer, Paris, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 10th January 1929, lot 291Medal: A. Swatek, Grosstes Antiquataten Lager, Salzburg, sold 2nd May 1930JWHA Inv. Nos. 692, 1190, 1725.104
**A POLISHED IRON PORTRAIT MEDALLION, PROBABLY GERMAN, PERHAPS BRANDENBURG, CIRCA 1700the bust in high relief profile above a splay-winged eagle and flanked by tendril and leaf sprays, the reverse with a possibly associated engraved panel centred by a monogram above initials CBF within a scroll foliate and grotesque mask cartouche and below a coronet held aloft by putti7.3 cm, 2 7/8 in diameterProvenanceFrédéric Spitzer, Paris, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 9th January 1929, lot 105JWHA Inv. No. 687
**A NORTH ITALIAN COMB MORION, CIRCA 1570, WITH LATER ETCHED DECORATIONwith rounded one-piece crown rising to a high roped medial comb, and integral brim turned down at each side and rising to an acute point front and rear, the edge of the brim formed with a roped inward turn and the base of the crown encircled by fourteen (originally sixteen) round-headed lining-rivets with brass caps and brass rosette-washers (partly missing or incomplete) and fitted at the nape with a later brass plume-holder, etched on each side of the crown within an overall pattern of a scrolling foliage inhabited by dragons, fabulous birds, rams` heads and a central female nude supporting a vase of flowers, on each side of the comb with trophies of arms involving in a circular central cartouche a classical bust, and at each side of the brim with acanthus foliage, all on a stippled and blackened ground (the left of the comb showing a small rust-perforation and brazed repair, the left of the brim a crack, and the right of the brim a small patched repair at its edge)24.5 cm; 9¾ inProvenanceGiulia Morosini, sold by the American Art Association, New York, 10th-15th October 1932, lot 328JWHA Inv. No. 1822ExhibitedBeaumont Art Museum, Texas, 5 December 1977-23 January 1978Monmouth Museum, New Jersey, 27 February-6 May 1978Schenectady Museum, New York, 13 September 1979Lowe Museum, Miami, Florida, 1 December 1979-13 January 1980
**A EUROPEAN SHOT-PROOF STEEL TARGET OF NOTABLE WEIGHT, 17TH CENTURY, WITH LATER PAINTED DECORATIONof strongly convex oval form, later altered to a display-piece by flattening its outward-flanged edge, plugging the rivet-holes for the attachment of its enarmes and lining, painting its front, in gold on a blackened ground, with a male bust in profile beneath the inscription IOSEPHA D.G.R.I., and fitting it at the rear with a staple for suspension61.5 cm; 23¼ in highProvenanceDr. Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York, 1st July 1954JWHA Inv. No. 931
**THE UPPER PART OF A NORTH ITALIAN BACKPLATE WITH ETCHED DECORATION, CIRCA 1570-80formed in one piece with a broad shallow neck-opening and semi-circular arm-openings (each of the latter now incomplete at their lower ends) in both cases formed with roped inward turns border by matching roped ribs, that at the neck diverging at its centre to form a pair of adorsed volutes in each case enclosing an etched classical bust, the remainder of the surface etched with bands and borders of trophies of arms on a stippled and blackened ground (pitted overall and with a ragged lower end)25 cm; 9¾ in high.32 cm; 12½ in wideProvenanceAngelo Peyron, Florence, Italy, sold Savoy Art & Auction Galleries, New York, 4th November 1954, lot 579JWHA Inv. No. 3084.21
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