Plated Solidus, Nicomedia, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Roma and Constantinopolis seated facing, holding shield inscribed VOT XXX MvLT XXXX, SMNS in exergue, 3.94g/5h (Sear 3988). A contemporary forgery; 80% of gold foil plating remaining, damaged around the edge and with a bad crack in front of the bust, otherwise good fine
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Solidus, Rome, 364-7, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Valentinian standing facing, head right, holding labarum and victory, á R T and palm branch in exergue, 4.36g/12h (RIC 2a; Sear 4088 var). Minor marks on portrait and a significant graze in reverse field, otherwise about extremely fine
Solidus, Trier, 367-75, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. two emperors enthroned facing, holding globe between them, Victory behind and above facing with wings spread, between them below a palm branch, tr ob in exergue, 4.47g/12h (RIC 17f; Sear 4126 var). Slight undulation in field and a crease evident in front of bust, otherwise extremely fine
L. Marcius Philippus, Denarius, 56, bust of Ancus Marcius right, rev. aqueduct surmounted by equestrian statue right, aqua mar within arches (Craw. 425/1; Sear 382); P. Fonteius Capito, Denarius, 55, helmeted and draped head of Mars right, rev. horseman galloping right about to spear warrior (Craw. 429/1; Sear 392) [2]. Good very fine
Carausius, Denarius, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. CONSERVAT AVG, Sol standing, facing, head turned left, holding globe in left hand and raising right hand, 3.53g/6h (RIC Ð). Slight graze in obverse field, otherwise very fine with strong portrait, extremely rare This is an unrecorded reverse legend with Sol, which normally reads oriens avg on denarii. It does however occur on antonianii
Anastasius, Solidus, Constantinople, c. 507-18, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield, rev. Victory standing left, holding long cross surmounted by inverted p, star in left field, officina z, CONOB in exergue, 4.44g/6h (MIB 6; Sear 5). Extremely fine Provenance: A.C. Harrison Collection
Roman, Gold bracteate pendant, late 3rd-early 4th cents. AD, 20mm diameter, repousŽ style, bust of man and woman facing each other, star above, pellet in circle below, letters v and o behind busts, beaded border, 20mm, 1.9g. Overall details clear, but a few surface marks and uneven surface, extremely rare; with suspension loop [this detached at front
Sir Alfred Gilbert RA, MVO, DCL (1854-1934) A bronze bust of George Frederick Watts, signed in the bronze A Gilbert ARA Sc 17cm. high Literature Richard Dorment Alfred Gilbert, Yale page 93 plate 50 for the full size bronze, 1888 in the Tate collection Richard Dorment Alfred Gilbert Royal Academy of Arts 1986 catalogue, catalogue number 25 for the original cast. The bust of George Frederick Watts was commissioned by Mary Watts in a letter dated 1888. Watts, held in high professional esteem by Gilbert, sat some 18 times for the two foot high bust held in the Tate Gallery collection. The bust was also produced in this smaller version. Watts described the beauty of the realistic draped clothing which rebuffed the bathing-towel folds of modern sculpture. It is recorded that Sir Alfred Gilbert refused payment for the bust, and in return received a portrait of himself painted by Watts.
BY AND AFTER STOLLENBERG LERCHE "Jeune Fille", a bronze bust of a young girl, smiling and wearing a be-ribboned poke bonnet tied at the neck, and a puff sleeved dress, on a stepped shaped square red marble base, brown patination, signed, foundry mark, and applied with titled gilt plaque dated 1830, 19 1/2" high
Gp D (6), all mm. portcullis, normal bust (3), unusual large bust (3), large (5) and small cr, 2.98g/1h, 2.84g/4h, 2.91g/1h, 2.54g/12h, 2.87g/12h, 2.81g/7h (SCBI Brooker 610-12, Ð; N 2240; S 2811) [6]. Fine or better Provenance: Second H.M. Lingford Collection; fourth Dr E.C. Carter Collection, J.M. Ashby Collection, Spink Auction 145, 10-12 July 2000, lot 2295 [from Baldwin June 1955]
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