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A fine late 19th century hand-decorated Continental bust - girl wearing a gilt-highlighted cloche decorated with flowerheads in the Elizabethan style; her jacket with a yellow draped scarf with roses in high relief; on gilded shaped socle, blue printed mark to underside (15cm high)Condition Report: The vertical feather is clearly missing from the underside of the applied cross-shaped mauve flower to her left-hand side. There appear to be blemishes and discolouration to the left hand cheek, some rubbing of gilding through handling etc. Also - minor extremities to flower edges etc. otherwise in reasonable condition.
Roman Imperial, Augustus (19BC – 14AD) 8 x Copper Asses comprising 6 x Moneyers’ Series all with obv. CAESAR AVGVSTVS TRIBVNIC POTEST & all with rev. legends around large S C: (1) rev. C ASINIVS GALLVS III VIR A A A F F, (2) rev. C CASSIVS CELER III VIR A A A F F, (3) L SVRDINVS III VIR A A A F F, (4) obv. left-facing bust of Augustus, M SALVIVS OTHO III VIR A A A F F, (5) P LVRIVS AGRIPPA III VIR A A A F F & (6) P LVRIVS AGRIPPA III VIR A A A F F, generally AFine to Fine, together with 2 x provincial asses (both from the Roman Provinces in Spain): (1) Emeritan series obv. CAESAR AVGVS TRIBVN POTEST around right-facing bare head of Augustus, rev. P CARISIVS / LEG / AVGVSTI in three lines across field (Under the orders of Augustus the colony of Emerita Augusta (the modern Spanish city of Mérida) was founded in 25BC by P Carisius to serve as a retreat for legionary veterans who had participated in Augustus’ campaigns in north-western Spain) 26mm, 13.15g, some surface deposits o/wise well struck AVF & (2) Julia Traducta (modern Algeciras), obv. PERM CAES AVG around bare young head of Augustus facing left, rev. IVLIA TRAD in two lines in wreath of oak leaves, 24mm, 8.65g, scarce Fine/GFine or+
Roman Imperial, Nero Brass Sestertius, obv. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P around laureate head of Nero, rev. PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT S C (‘Since there is peace for the Roman people on land and sea, he closed the Temple of Janus’ ) around the ‘Twin Janus’ with closed double doors at left & a side wall on the right with long latticed window at the top; patches of surface corrosion & verdigris but very good detail in bust & ‘Twin Janus’ & full, clear legends both sides, weight 25.85g, RARE AVF to VF.
Roman Imperial, 8 x Silver Denarii comprising: Vespasian (69-79AD), obv. CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG around laureate head, rev. ANNONA AVG Annona enthroned Fine, Trajan (98-117AD) obv. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P around laureate bust, rev. COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Dacian captive seated on pile of arms, DAC CAP in ex., AVF/Fine, Divus Antoninus Pius obv. DIVVS ANTONINVS around bare head, rev. CONSECRATIO around pyramidal crematorium, edge striking crack o/wise GFine, Marcus Aurelius (161-180AD) obv. M ANTONINVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX around laureate bust, rev. PAX (in ex.) TR P XX IMP IIII COS III Pax standing left holding olive branch & cornucopiae Fine/AFine, Commodus obv. L AVREL COMMODVS AVG around laureate bust, rev. TR P IIII IMP III COS II P P around Victory seated left holding patera & palm, misstruck in parts o/wise Fine, Caracalla (198-217AD) obv. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM around laureate bust, rev. P M TR P XX COS IIII P P Sol standing facing, his right hand raised & holding a whip in his left hand, well struck GVF or+, Caracalla obv. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM around laureate bust, rev. P M TR P XX COS IIII P P standing figure of Pax holding olive branch & sceptre, well struck EF & Geta (209-211AD) obv. P SEPTIMVS GETA CAES around bare-headed draped bust, rev. PONTIF COS II around Bonus Eventus standing left & sacrificing over altar, rev. weakly struck o/wise VF
Roman Imperial, Trajan Silver Denarius, rev. S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Spes advancing left holding flower in raised right hand & raising hem of skirt with her left hand, edge chip at 12 o’clock o/wise AFine, together with 13 x billon, bronze & copper coins including: Nero copper as rev. Victory, wings spread & holding shield Fine, Gallienus billon tetradrachm, Alexandrian coinage, rev. eagle standing right with wreath in beak VF & billon antoninianus rev. DIANAE CON(S AVG) antelope walking right, edge chip & parts of legend worn VG, Tacitus billon antoninianus rev. SPES PVBLICA around Victory & emperor standing facing each other Fine, Claudius II Gothicus billon antoninianus rev. IOVI VICTORI around Jupiter standing facing holding thunderbolt & sceptre, corroded surfaces but quite good portrait detail Fair to AFine & Divus Claudius II Gothicus commemorative bronze follis struck under Constantine I, obv. DIVO CLAVDIO OPTIMO IMP around veiled & laureate head, rev. REQVIES OPTIMOR MERIT Emperor seated left in a curule chair, his right arm raised & holding a short sceptre in his left hand, RS in ex., 18mm, 3.05g, GVF, Crispus 2 x billon centenionales: (1) rev. CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT V in wreath VG & (2) obv. IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES laureate cuirassed bust holding spear & shield, rev. VIRTVS EXERCIT two captives seated back to back at base of vexillum inscribed VOT X, T F in field & STR in ex., VF+, Claudius brass dupondius rev. CERES AVGVSTA S C around Ceres enthroned, corroded obv., wt. 8.79g, probably a modern fake, Constantine I, billon centenionalis rev. wreath enclosing VOT X X, full flan, corroded surfaces but generally clear legends VG & 3 x unidentified very worn and corroded bronze coins/
Roman Imperial, Trajan (98-117AD) Silver Denarius, obv. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI PP around laureate bust, rev. S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI around equestrian statue of Trajan holding spear; full, well-struck flan with very good edge & surfaces, lustrous VF to GVF, together with Trajan Provincial, Cappadocia AE16 obv. AY KAI NER TRAIANOS (CEB GERM DAK) around laureate bust, rev. EPI OMOYLLOY around an image of the grottos of Mount Argaeus surmounted by a wreath, ETI h (regnal year 16) below, 3.52g, good surfaces with no corrosion, AVF.
Collection of Roman and Byzantine Coins including a Roman Imperial, Trajan (98-117AD) sestertius, obv. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS VI P P, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. FORTVNAE REDVCI around Fortuna seated left, holding tiller and cornucopiae, SC in exergue, RIC 628, green patina to rev., GFine/Fine; and 12 other bronze, copper and orichalum coins.
Roman Imperial, 2 x Silver Denarii, comprising: Hadrian (117-138AD), obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG around laureate bust, rev. PM TR P COS III around standing figure of Pietas facing right, both hands raised, VOT in field to left & PVB to right, good edge & surfaces VF/AVF & Caracalla (198-217AD) obv. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P around laureate bust, rev. P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P around Serapis standing facing, modius on head, his right hand raised & holding sceptre in his left hand; small edge striking crack at 6 o’clock o/wise very good edge & surfaces, well struck AEF.
Roman Imperial, 12 x Silver & Bronze Coins comprising: Julius Caesar denarius, obv. elephant walking right trampling on dragon ‘CAESAR’ below, rev. emblems of the pontificate, several surface marks, small digs/scratches VG, Trajan denarius, obv. laureate bust, rev. COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC around standing figure of Aequitas holding scales & cornucopiae Fine/VG, Hadrian denarius, obv. laureate bust, rev. PAX (in ex.) P M TR P COS II Pax standing left, holding olive branch & cornucopiae Fine/AFine, Diva Faustina Senior denarius (issue of Antoninus Pius), rev AVGVSTA around Ceres holding long torch & raising drapery with left hand VF, Faustina Junior (wife of Marcus Aurelius) rev. IVNONI REGINAE Juno seated holding patera & sceptre, peacock at her feet, VG to AFine, Severus Alexander denarius, rev. P M TR P III COS P P Alexander sacrificing over altar, Fine, Philip I silver antoninianus, rev. ROMAE AETERNAE Roma seated holding Victory & sceptre VF, Probus billon antoninianus rev. CONCORDIA MILIT Probus clasping hands with Concordia, XXI in ex., VF, Agrippa copper as, issue of Caligula in honour of his grandfather Agrippa, rev. S C either side of standing figure of Neptune holding dolphin & trident Fine, Vespasian copper as, rev. S C either side of Spes advancing holding flower, Fine & Constantine I billon follis, rev. SOLI INVICTO COMITI Sol raising right hand & holding globe, star in left field VF & Constantine I reduced centenionalis rev. GLORIA EXER(CITVS) two soldiers with two standards between them, well struck AEF on reduced flan.
Roman Imperial, 2 x Silver Denarii, comprising: Gordian III (238-244AD), obv. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS stability, seated in a high-backed chair, her head resting on her raised left arm, her right arm holding a sceptre; full, well-struck flan AEF/VF & Galba (AD68-69) obv. IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG P M around laureate bust, rev. DIVA AVGVSTA around standing figure of Livia holding patera & sceptre; thin striking crack from 12 o’clock to centre of coin, RARE Fine, together with Salonina (wife of Gallienus) billon antoninianus, obv. SALONINA around diademed & draped bust, crescent behind shoulders, rev. IVNO REGINA around Juno standing left holding patera & sceptre, GFine.
Constantine I (307-337AD), Billon Centenionales, (1) obv. CONSTANTINVS AVG around laureate bust, rev. SARMATIA DEVICTA around Victory advancing holding trophy & palm, captive at feet; mm AR (Arles, France) preceded by officina mark S & star (part of a series commemorating Constantine’s success in his Danubian campaign against the Sarmatians & Germanic tribes in 322AD), very good edge & surfaces, virtually as struck, together with Constantine II, billon centenionalis obv. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C around laureate draped & cuirassed bust, rev. PROVIDENTIAE CAESS around two-turreted gateway of a military camp, star above, mm S M ANT in ex. followed by officina mark, good edge & surfaces, well struck EF to GEF.
Henry VIII, Groat, London Mint, second coinage (1526-44), Laker bust D, obv. ‘HENRIC VIII D.G.R. AGL.Z.FRANCE’ around large square face with Roman nose, crown arch does not break inner circle, Lombardic lettering, mm arrow, rev. ‘POSVI.DEV.ADIVTORE(M.M)EV’ around long cross fourchée over royal shield; full flan, most of legends clear & good detail in portrait, dark tone GFine.
Edward VI, Sixpence, fine silver issue (1551-1553); obv. ‘EDWARD.VI.D.G.AGL.FRA.Z.HIB.REX’ around crowned facing bust with rose to left & denomination VI to right, rev. ‘POSVI DEV ADIVTORE MEVM’ around long cross over royal shield, mm Y both sides; king’s face weak but full, round flan & full clear legends, sometime cleaned but no scratches or other damage to surfaces, London Mint, an attractive AFine/Fine.
English Hammered Silver, to include: 3 x shillings: Edward VI fine silver issue, S2482, obv. facing bust, bust about Fine otherwise holed and Fair; James I third coinage, S2668, rev. Fine; and Charles I 1639-1640, Tower Mint, mm triangle, holed; 4 x sixpences: Elizabeth I 1587, sixth issue, S2578A, holed and clipped; Elizabeth I 1590, sixth issue, S257B8, VG to near Fine; Ireland James I and VI, and James I and VI 1604, clipped; and a Henry VIII halfgroat, 1530-1544, York Mint, second coinage, obv. bust right, rev. L and E bestride shield, obv. bust Fine otherwise clipped.
3 x Hammered Shillings comprising: Elizabeth I, sixth issue (1582-1600) without rose or date, bust 6B, ear shows, mm escallop; obv. numerous digs & scratches on & around bust, rev. better; full flan & full clear legends, 5.33g, bust Poor o/wise AFine to Fine; James I, second coinage (1604-1619), third bust with beard cut square, denomination XII to left of bust, mm rose, scratches & contact marks both sides, most of legends clear, 5.34g, VG & Charles I, class 3, fourth bust with inner circles, denomination XII to right of bust, rev. garnished oval shield with CR at sides mm portcullis, obv. scratches, hairlines & contact marks, rev. some edge corrosion between 12 & 3 o’clock, most of legends clear, 5.88g, VG to AFine, together with Charles I, hammered sixpence, mm crown, no inner circles, bust worn Poor o/wise VG, all four coins sometime cleaned.
10 x Farthings, comprising: James II 168? Peck 547, obv. laureate and cuirassed bust, rev. Britannia seated left, weak date on edge, otherwise near Fine; 2 x William and Mary 1694 Peck 616, S3453, obv. conjoined busts right, rev. Britannia, one GFine the other about Fine; and 7 x William III 1695 Peck 653 about Fine, 1696 Peck 657 VG, 1697(x2) Peck 659, one AVF the other Good, 1699(x2) Peck 665, obv. second issue laureate and cuirassed bust, rev. Britannia date at end of legend, no stop after date, VG to about Fine; and 1700 Peck 667 VG.
7 x George I Farthings, S3662, second issue, obv, laureate and cuirassed bust right, rev. Britannia, comprising: 1719 Peck 807, large letting on obv., VF; 1720(x2) Peck 818, one with obv. small letters, the other with obv. large letters, about fine; 1721 Peck 822, rev. no stop after date in exergue, about Fine; 1722 Peck 825, about Fine; 1723 Peck 826, about Fine; and 1724 Peck 828, VF+.
21 x George II Farthings, to include: obv. young laureate and cuirassed bust left, rev. Britannia 1730 Peck 854, GVF/VF; 1731 Peck 858, AVF; 1732 Peck 859, near Fine; 1733 Peck 860, VG; 1734 Peck 861, VG; 1735 Peck 863, near Fine; 1736(x2) Peck 864, Fine to VF; 1737(x2), one Peck 866 rev. small date VF, the other Peck 867 rev. large date VF; 1739(x2) Peck 869, rev. positioning of spray differs, with one pointing to the A and the other in between the A and N of BRITANNIA, Fine; obv. old laureate and cuirassed bust left GEORGIUS, rev. Britannia 1741 Peck 885, VG; 1744 Peck 856, Fine; obv. old laureate and cuirassed bust left GEORGIVS, rev. Britannia 1746(x2) Peck 887, Fine; 1749(x2) Peck 889, VG; 1750(x2) Peck 890, GFine to VF; and 1754 Peck 892, AVF.
6 x George III Farthings, Third and Fourth Soho Mint Issues, to include: S3779 obv. laureate and draped bust right, rev. Britannia 1799(x2) Peck 1279, obv. three berries in wreath, lustrous EF to GEF; and S3782 obv. shorter haired laureate bust right, rev. Britannia 1806(x3), comprising: Peck 1396, AVF; Peck 1397 AEF; and Peck 1398, rev. trident touching N in BRITANNIA, GFine; and 1807 Peck 1399, VF.
British Copper Coinage, to include: 2 x George III 'Cartwheel' twopence 1797, GFine; and 2 x George II halfpenny 1806 and 1807, Fair to about Fine; and a Lancaster halfpenny token 1792, obv. John of Gaunt. rev. Coat of Arms above date, AVF; together with 2 x Roman Imperial Bronze Coins, comprising: Jovian (363-364AD) follis, Heraclea Mint, obv. D N IOVIAN-VS P F AVG, draped cuiras bust left, pearl diadem, rev. VOT/V within wreath, mm HERACEA in exergue, bronze, 20.3mm, 3.68g, RIC VIII 108, GVF; and a Commemorative Issue follis (330-346AD), struck under Constantine I (307-337AD), Siscia Mint, obv. VRBS ROMA around helmeted bust of Roma, rev. no legend, she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, mm •ΔSIS• in exergue, 17.2mm, 2.66g, RIC VII 240, AVF.
A Collection of 10 x English Copper & Bronze Coins comprising: George II farthing 1754 good edge & surfaces Fine/AFine, George III twopence 1797, Soho Mint ‘cartwheel’ coinage, in exceptional condition, trivial rim imperfections & virtually flawless surfaces EF/GEF, penny 1797 some surface corrosion, verdigris in legends VG, halfpenny 1806 rev. 3 berries, minor contact marks VF to GVF & halfpenny 1806 no berries, rev scratches VF, Victoria copper penny 1858 OT DEF - :, 2nd 8 of date possibly over 3 or 7, contact marks VF to GVF, copper halfpenny 1854 minor rim imperfections o/wise toned with underlying lustre AEF, bronze halfpenny 1888 minor contact marks Fine & halfpenny 1895 lustrous EF/AEF & Coventry halfpenny token 1792 corrosion patches both sides o/wise Fine, together with New Brunswick copper penny 1854 obv. Victoria Young Head, rev. three-masted ship ‘ONE PENNY CURRENCY’ below, contact marks AVF & Portugal bronze 40 reis 1822 obv. bust of Joao VI, rev. ‘UTILITATI PUBLICAE’ around crowned globe, ‘40’ below; 35.32g, contact marks o/wise GVF to AEF.
4 x 18th Century Halfpenny Tokens comprising: Lancaster, obv. ‘JOHN OF GAUNT DUKE OF LANCASTER’ around crowned bust, rev. ‘HALFPENNY 1794’ around Shield of Arms, edge ‘LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL’ good edge & surfaces GVF or+, Warwickshire obv. ‘JOHN WILKINSON IRONMASTER’ around bust, rev. ‘HALFPENNY 1791’ around Vulcan seated at anvil, sailing ship in background, rev. scratches o/wise Fine+, Middlesex obv. ‘MAIL COACH HALFPENNY’ & ‘TO TRADE EXPEDITION & TO PROPERTY PROTECTION’ ‘PAYABLE IN LONDON’ around coach & horses, rev. ‘TO J PALMER. ESQ etc ‘JF’ cypher below, edge plain, undated (1797), minor contact marks VF or+ & Middlesex obv. ‘AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER’ around kneeling slave, rev. ‘MAY SLAVERY AND OPRESSION (sic) CEASE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD’ around clasped hands, edge ‘PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR LONDON’ undated (circa 1795), minor contact marks VF, together with 3 x commemorative medals: ‘First Powered Flight’ obv. busts of Wilbur & Orville Wright, rev. ‘FIRST POWERED FLIGHT DECEMBER 17, 1903’ around view of Kitty Hawk in flight, silver-plated nickel brass, 38mm, GVF, ‘First Dock at Fleetwood’ commemorating the Preston & Wyre Railway, Harbour & Dock Company’s opening of Fleetwood Dock 1877, features sailing ships & trains both sides, holed at 12 o’clock, nickel silver, 37mm GVF & ‘S.S. Great Britain’ a gilt bronze medal commemorating the safe return of the S.S. Great Britain from the Falklands to Bristol in 1970, obv. S.S.Great Britain under sail & details of its original launch & construction, light handling marks o/wise lustrous as struck.
A Collection of 46 x UK 18th & 19th Century Copper & Bronze Tokens, mostly provincial & trade halfpenny tokens including London, Coventry, Yeovil, Southampton, Edinburgh, Carmarthen, Chichester, Worcester, Deal & Poole; the collection also includes 3 x penny tokens: Somerset 1811 obv. bust of George III, rev. Arms of Bristol with unicorn supporters, Anglesey 1788 obv. Druid’s head, rev. ’WE PROMISE TO PAY etc around PMC cypher & non-local 1813 ‘TO FACILITATE TRADE’ around plumes, rev. ‘COMMERCE’ around Commerce seated & a farthing token obv. ‘NORTH WALES FARTHING’ around laureate head, rev. ‘PRO BONO PUBLICO’ around Prince of Wales plumes, together with 4 x Tasmanian Penny Tokens: (1) VAN DIEMEN’S LAND 1855, ‘NEW TOWN TOLL GATE – R JOSEPHS’ (2) ‘HOBART TOWN 1855, MONTPELIER RETREAT, W.D. WOOD WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT,’ (3) ‘R.S.WATERHOUSE DRAPERY ESTABLISHMENT HOBART TOWN’ & (4) ‘WILLIAM ANDREW JARVEY – PAWNBROKER & GENERAL CLOTHIER’ all VF or+; the 46 UK tokens are various grades, majority Fine or+
George III, Bank of England Dollar 1804, obv. older laureate & draped bust, C.H.K. with stops on truncation, no stop after ‘REX,’ leaf points to centre of ‘E’ in ‘DEI,’ rev. ‘BANK OF ENGLAND’ around seated Britannia with shield in oval garter inscribed ‘FIVE SHILLINGS DOLLAR,’ small ‘K’ in relief below shield; very faint initials ‘E O’ (?) lightly scratched below bust & a few faint hairlines o/wise very good edge & surfaces with light golden tone in legends & centre of rev., lustrous GVF to AEF
George III, Bank of England Dollar 1804, S3768, obv. older laureate and draped bust, C.H.K. with stops on truncation, no stop after REX, top leaf points to the centre of E in DEI, rev. bearing legend BANK OF ENGLAND around seated Britannia with shield in oval garter inscribed FIVE SHILLINGS DOLLAR, upright K to left of shield, small dig to obv. otherwise AVF; together with a Charles II crown 1662, S3350, obv. first draped bust right with rose below, rev. crowned cruciform shields with interlinked C's in angles, edge undated, VG; and a William III crown 1696, S3470, obv. first draped bust right, rev. first harp, Fair to VG.
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