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Click here to subscribeFrance, Papal State, Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667) in the name of Cardinal Flavio Chigi AR Luigino (Douzième d'écu). Avignon, 1666. FLAVIVS• CAR• GHISIVS• LEG• A•, bare-headed and draped bust right / PAX• ORIETVR• EX• MONTIBVS, crowned coat-or-arms, date above, mintmarks to upper left. KM 92; Berman 1960. 2.19g, 21mm, 6h. Near Very Fine, weak strike and die shift to obv. Old cabinet tone. Rare. From a private German collection.
France, Papal State, Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667) in the name of Cardinal Flavio Chigi AR Luigino (Douzième d'écu). Avignon, 1667. FLAVIVS• CAR• GHISIVS• L• F• A•, bare-headed and draped bust right / AB• STELLA• LVX• ORITVR, crowned coat-or-arms, date above, mintmarks to upper left. Munt., 43a; Berman, 1957; Cammarano, 20. 2.18g, 20mm, 6h. Near Very Fine / Good Very Fine, die-break and scratches to obv. Old cabinet tone. Rare. From a private German collection.
Great Britain, George VI (1937-1952) AV Half-Sovereign. 1937. GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP., bare head left; H.P. below bust truncation / St. George slaying the dragon; B.P. below ground line, 1937 in exergue. SCBC 4077; Friedberg 412; KM 858. 4.00g, 19mm, 12h. Near Mint State, a few minor hairlines and stains, but otherwise brilliant lustre in untouched fields. From a private European collection.
Italy, Duchy of Massa di Lunigiana, Alberico II Cybo Malaspina (1662-1690) AR 8 Bolognini. 1665. ALBERIC• S• R• I• E• MASSÆ• DVX• I, bare-headed, armoured and draped bust right; 8 below bust truncation / CVSTODIAT• DOMINVS• 1665, crowned coat-of-arms. CNI 20; Ravegnani Morosini 6; Cammarano 227; Bellesia 15; MIR 323/2. 2.12g, 21mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Old cabinet tone. From a private German collection.
Italy, Papal State. Pius IX Mastai Ferretti (1846-1878) Æ Annual Medal. Visit of the Pope to San Spirito Hospital, by P. Girometti. Vatican, Year 10, 1855. PIVS IX• PONTIFEX MAXIMVS ANNO X•, bust right, wearing skullcap and embroidered cope fastened at the front with a brooch; P• GIROMETTI F• below bust truncation / Pius IX, attended by members of his court including a Swiss Guardsman, blesses a sick man lying prostrate, who is assisted by a priest, who genuflects; AD SANCTI SPIRITVS LVE LABORANTES INVISIT XI KAL• SEPT• A MDCCCLIV in three lines in exergue. Bartolotti X-1. 38.09g, 43mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine. The lightest of wear on the high points of the relief, untouched surfaces. From a private European collection; Medal sold with original velvet-lined, embossed red leather presentation case.
South Africa, South African Republic (1881-1902) AV Een Pond. Pretoria, 1897. ZUID AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK, bust of Paul Kruger left / Coat-of-arms (with Voortrekker-style wagon) over four crossed banners; above, eagle standing facing, head right, wings spread; date and denomination around, ribbon inscribed LENDRAGT MAGT MAAKT below. KM 10.2; Friedberg 2. 7.96g, 21mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Muted lustre. From a private European collection.
South Africa, British Dominion. Union of South Africa, George VI (1936-1952) AV One Pound. Pretoria, 1952. GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX, bare head left; H.P. below bust truncation / SUID-AFRIKA ? 1952 ? SOUTH AFRICA, springbok running right, denomination below. KM 43; Friedberg 7. 8.00g, 21mm, 12h. Near Mint State, a few minor hairlines. From a private European collection. Created in 1910 by the unification of four previously separate British colonies, the Union of South Africa is the historic predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa. This coin, issued upon the death of George VI, was made to the exact dimensions and gold content as the British Sovereign.
Thailand (Siam), Rattanakosin Kingdom. Queen Sirikit Kitiyakara (1950-present) AV 300 Baht. Struck to commemorate the Queen's 36th birthday. Dated BE 2511 = AD 1968. Diademed bust right / Radiant crowned monogram within wreath. KM (Y) 89; Friedberg 28. 7.37g, 21mm, 12h. Near Mint State, a few minor marks, muted lustre. From a private European collection.
G.B. AE commemorative medallion Duke of Wellington, Commander-in-Chief 1827. Obv: Bust R, Wellington behind. Rev: Equestrian figure of Wellington R, leading his troops, diameter 63mm, by J. Henning Sr. and J. Henning Jr. GEF - AU (Eimer Ref: 1191) (N.B. medal set within protective hinged silver band) (1 medallion)
ENGLISH SCHOOL CAPTAIN BRIDGES JOHN HOOKE OF THE 34TH REGIMENT bust length in uniform, ivory, 145 x 100mm, with engraved silver tablet "Lieutenant Bridges John Hooke 34th Regiment from a miniature dated about 1824 in possession of his son Colonel Hodson Hooke late commanding 45th Regiment District" and on another "Presented to the Officers Mess 1st Border Regiment by Lieutenant Colonel A E St V Pollard", mounted in velvet surround and varnished oak frame Bridges John Hooke was born at Godmanchester in 1801, the son of Bridges David Hooke, Captain, Royal Artillery (1764-1831) and his wife Mary Anne, nee Hodson B J Hooke married Frances Margaret Bourne (1809-1880) and died at Dublin in 1864 In 1828 Lieutenant Hooke was advanced to the rank of Captain, by purchase++In good condition with slight bowing of the support but not split or restored
AN AUSTRIAN COLD PAINTED TERRACOTTA BUST OF AN ITALIAN GIPSY GIRL, ATTRIBUTED TO GOLDSCHEIDER, LATE 19TH C integral black painted socle, 39cm h, copyright stamp, incised 648 (45)++Dusty/dirty with slight wear to decoration. One of the pendants at the end of the two pigtails chipped, no extensive damage, no restoration
Collection of Antique Period Bronze Medallions from the Late 19thC to Early 20thC plus 1794 Chichester half penny, 1. International Rubber Exhibition, London 1914 (rare) by the English Rubber Company for boots and shoes, obverse of medallion reads 'Rubber Association Growers. London', with original leather box 2. Edward VIII, Date 1937 12th May Coronation medal GEF 3. Original Crystal Palace medallion 1851 Great Exhibition by T Ottley HP 265 obverse bare head of Prince Albert, facing right, reverse view of Crystal Palace GEF condition. 4. 1794 Sussex Chichester copper - half penny/Token with bust of Elizabeth Ist, to edge - 'Payment at Dally's Chichester', G E F condition. please see photos.
Abraham Lincoln Interest 1865 Proof like, chocolate brown Lincoln Presidential medal, 3 inch PR12 US Mint Dated 1865 but first struck by US mint in 1886. Engraver George T Morgan depicting a relief, extremely well detailed, bust of Abraham Lincoln facing right. A prominent beaded border both sides and within the reverse wreath. First and second inauguration terms and assassination in 1865, This is an original milk chocolate proof like and mirror reflective specimen (not the matte surface) 20th century restrike. Condition mint. Diameter 3 inches, weight 218.7g
Excellent Collection of Large Crested Ware - Early Pieces, Including the Clifton Suspension Bridge and St. Pauls Cathedral ( 8 ) Pieces In Total. Arcadian, Willow, J.W & Co etc. Comprises 1/ War Memorial Matlock Bath. 2/ Blackpool Cenotaph In Memory or Our Glorious Dead 1916 - 1918. 3/ Clifton Suspension Bridge. 4/ St. Pauls Cathedral. 5/ Drake Statue, Barnstaple. 6/ Gosport - Bust of World War II Sailor. 7/ Richmond Large Salt Pot. 8/ City of London Big Ben Clock Tower. All Pieces are In Mint Condition. .
Antique Italian Terracotta Bust Art nouveau female bust of typical form, indistinct impressed signature to lower right, marked 'Tivoli Roma' and dated 1904 beneath. Some condition issues, various chips and scuffs/areas of repair and overpainting. Height, approx 20 inches, please see accompanying image.
A Continental composition and wood fruit seller doll, The painted composition head with hair pulled into a bun, blue intaglio eyes, composition hands, carved wooden articulated body with bust and waist, wearing floral printed white blouse, striped skirt, wooden clogs, yolk with basket and padded head pillow for carrying basket, additional basket, milk churn and composition fruit and vegetables —22¾in. (58cm.) high (slight restoration)
Robrecht van Bethune (1305-1322), sterling, Aalst, + rob comes fland, bust in profile to left (imitating Scottish coins of Robert the Bruce), rev., mon – eta – alo -sten divided by long cross pattée with three pellets in angles, 1.28g (Gaillard 179 var.), some staining and minor edge chip, fine to good fine and rare. Bought Franceschi, 8 October 1964.
Matteo de’ Pasti, Leone Battista Alberti (1404-72, thecelebrated architect), bronze medal, bust left, rev., winged eye within laurel wreath, 90mm (Hill 161; Arm. I, 171, 1; Kress 56 = Pollard 40), pierced, fields tooled, old cast. Provenance: Count Emeryk Hutten Czapski (1897-1979), grandson of the celebrated collector, numismatist and historian of the same name; thence by descent.
*Antonio Pisano called Pisanello (c. 1393-1455), Filippo Maria Visconti (Duke of Milan, 1412-47), bronze medal, bust to right wearing hat with soft top; long inscription giving his titles of Duke of Milan, Count of Pavia and Angera, Lord of Genoa, rev., the duke in full armour on horseback left holding lance upright; to the right, a page on horseback and between them, an armed horseman to front; in the background, a mountainous landscape with buildings and, on the right, a colossal female statue stands amid the buildings; signed below, OPVS PISANI PICTORIS, 102.5mm (Hill 21; Arm. I, 8, 23; Kress 3 = Pollard 2; Syson & Gordon 66, 2.24), pierced, a few knocks in obverse field, a very fine contemporary cast with brown patina. Much has been written on the subject of Pisanello’s medals for he is universally acknowledged as the inventor of the portrait medal, an art form that he made popular and which flourished thereafter in Italy and beyond. His first medal has generally been regarded as that of John VIII Palaeologus who was in Italy in 1438-39 to attend the ecumenical council of the Greek and Latin churches held initially in Ferrara and later moved to Florence. The present medal of Filippo Maria Visconti has also been put forward as a contender for Pisanello’s first medal – and Syson and Gordon in Pisanello, Painter to the Renaissance Court (2001) date the medal of Visconti to c.1435-40 and that of the Byzantine emperor to c.1438-41. They show how the chivalric reverses have been influenced by, in the case of Visconti, Pisanello’s fresco of St. George and the Princess of Silena (c.1434-38) and in the case of John VIII Palaeologus, Pisanello’s painting of The Vision of St. Eustace (c. 1438-42). The duke was notoriously shy of his appearance (as related by his secretary Pier Candido Decembrio) and would only allow Pisanello to portray him, so that all other depictions of him depend upon the medal. Provenance: Collection Vicomte de Jonghe, J. Schulman, 24 November 1936, lot 3 and pl. III.
Bertoldo di Giovanni, The Pazzi Conspiracy (1478), bronze medal, bust of Lorenzo de’ Medici above the high altar of the Duomo, rev., bust of Giuliano de’ Medici above the opposite side of the altar, 64mm (Hill 915; Arm. I, 59, 1; Kress 252 = Pollard 286), flaw on left side of obverse, two edge marks, early cast
Jacopo Nizzolo da Trezzo, Gianello della Torre of Cremona (celebrated horologist and engineer), bronze medal, IANELLVS TVRRIAN CREMON HOROLOG ARCHITECT, draped and bearded bust right, rev., VIRTVS NVNQ DEFICIT, the Fountain of Science: seven men and a boy receiving water from the fountain, 81.2mm (Attwood 91; Arm. I, 170, 38; Kress 441a = Pollard 501; Scher, Currency of Fame 55), tiny piercing at edge, some scratches in obverse field, an extremely fine contemporary cast of high quality with dendritic patterns in the brown patina. The present medal reveals two flaws in the obverse field which appear to replicate cracks in the original wax model from which it was cast. Pollard called the reverse the Fountain of Virtue, given the inscription and, following Kress, suggested the medal commemorates the making of a famous clock for Charles V in 1529. Attwood retains the more generally held interpretation of the reverse as the Fountain of Science. The portrait bears out Leone Leoni’s 1556 description of the sitter as “this bull in human form” and there is a marble bust of him in Toledo. An automaton of a friar supposedly made by Gianello della Torre and commissioned by Philip II is in the Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC. Provenance: H.G. Gutekunst collection (Stuttgart), Hirsch XXVIII, 7 November 1910, lot 40; and Arthur Löbbecke collection, J. Schulman, 17 June 1929, lot 72.
Pope Innocent XI Odescalchi (1676-89), bronze medal, 1687, bust right with hand raised in benediction, rev., rowing boat with four oarsmen, 93mm, obverse gilt, fine old cast; Alexander VIII Ottoboni (1689-91), bronze-gilt medal by Hamerani, rev., celestial globe, 37mm, with loop for suspension, about extremely fine (2) Provenance: Count Emeryk Hutten Czapski (1897-1979), grandson of the celebrated collector, numismatist and historian of the same name; thence by descent.
George III, Coronation, 1761, official gold medal, by L. Natter, laureate bust of the King right, rev., Britannia crowning the King, a lion with orb behind his throne, 34mm, 23.04g (B.H.M. 22; Eimer 694), struck from a cracked reverse die (traces visible from 12 o’ clock to 5 o’clock) on reverse, with several surface scuffs in fields but with minimal wear, good extremely fine. B.H.M. records that 858 examples in gold were ordered – 300 for distribution at the Coronation ceremony itself and 558 for Members of the House of Commons.
George III, Golden Jubilee, 1809, white metal medal by P. Wyon, fitted with a contemporary gilt ring-mount for suspension of good style and with decorative beading on the obverse, uniformed bust of the King left, rev. angel seated on clouds, 52.5mm (B.H.M. 652), minor edge bruise, otherwise good very fine; together with a contemporary multi-coloured silk neck riband, this worn (2)
George III, Christ’s College, Cambridge, Porteous medal in bronze, by J. Phillp, bust of George III left, rev., gateway to the college, 49mm (B.H.M. 632; Eimer 991); 58th Year of Reign, 1817, small medal in Barton’s metal, by W. Wyon, bust right, rev., radiant star, 24mm (B.H.M. 932; Eimer 1101); George IV, Death of John Rennie, 1821, bronze medal, by W. Bain, head left, rev., inscription, 64mm (B.H.M. 1162; cf. Eimer 1152 var.); Death of George IV, 1830, bronze medal, by Stothard, 62mm (B.H.M. 1363); William IV, Opening of London Bridge, 1831, bronze medal, by B. Wyon, 51mm (B.H.M. 1544), mainly extremely fine (5)
George IV, Accession, 1820, silver-gilt medal by Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, laureate and cuirassed bust left, rev., ACCESSIT XXIX IAN MDCCCXX within wreath and Hanoverian horse below, 70mm (B.H.M. 1010; Eimer 1123a), some marks and collector’s number inked on rim, extremely fine and very rare
George IV, Coronation, 1821, silver medal, bust left, rev., crown above rose, thistle and shamrock, 45mm (B.H.M. 1077); Death of Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1830, silver medal, 41mm (B.H.M. 1448); Foundation of the British Archaeological Association, 1844, silver medal, 35mm (B.H.M. 2106); Death of Allan Wyon, 1907, silver medal, by A.G. Wyon, 43mm (B.H.M. 3949), mainly extremely fine (4)
George IV, Viscount Combermere, Peninsular Victories, 1821, bronze medal by B.R. Faulkner, bust left, rev., Victory with scroll listing the battles, 41mm (B.H.M. 1157; Eimer 1155), extremely fine; Victoria, Sir Henry Hardinge and the Treaty of Lahore, 1846, bronze medal, by G.G. Adams, bust left, rev., Victory and warrior, 57.5mm (B.H.M. 2228; Eimer 1404; Pudd. 846), extremely fine (2)
Victoria, Coronation, 1838, gold medal by Benedetto Pistrucci, bust left wearing a bandeau, rev., Britannia, Scotia and Hibernia offering crown to the Queen enthroned, 36mm, 30.78g (B.H.M. 1801; Wollaston 26; Eimer 1315), a few surface scuffs and minor scratches to the highest points of design, otherwise nearly as struck
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