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Royal Mint collection UK uncirculated coin collection 1985 includes The Welsh £1 coin. Good condition We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

A LATE 19TH CENTURY YEMENI JAMBIYA, 22cm curved broad blade with raised medial ridge, characteristic horn hilt with white metal trim and yellow metal coin form washers, contained in its filigree mounted leather wrapped wooden scabbard.

A Collection of Victorian and Later Silver Threepenny Bits, Austrian Coin etc

A late 18th century shagreen scent bottle case with hinged lid, containing two blue glass scent bottles (one broken, both stoppers missing), 2¼” high; an ancient Greek coin, silver tetrobol, Histaia seated on a galley; a pinchbeck fob seal; pair gilt-metal lorgnettes; a travelling timepiece retailed by Tiffany & Co. (lacking folding outer case); a silver rouge pot; & a plated vesta case.

A WWI trench art miniature coal scuttle, together with a 1977 trench art shell ashtray with 1980 Falkland Island coin to centre, a small selection of various spent shells and ammunition, a Royal Thai Army Infantry Centre statue, in the form of a Mills Grenade, a H.M.P Wandsworth brush and other items (parcel)

A collection of coins and bank notes covering the UK, Europe, North America, and Australasia, to include Ceylon 50 rupees note, Australia 1956 shilling, USA commemorative 2009 Lincoln 1 cent coin, UAS commemorative Kennedy half dollar 1965 etc.

A collection of Victorian and later coins from Australia, British East Africa, British West Africa, British Honduras, Canada, Ceylon, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, India, Malaya, Nigeria, South Africa, some silver, to include a Royal Mint St Helena 25 pence proof coin, cased.

George III silver skewer, by GSWF, London 1792; together with a ladle, coin set bowl, twisted whale-bone handle. (2)

An envelope style stamp case, probably Albert Ernest Jenkins, engraved design, only bearing makers mark, 23x26mm, an 18cm albertine with foxtail tassel, three manicure items with filled silver handles, Chester and Birmingham, a pair of Queen Victoria Two Annas coin cufflinks, a base metal hinged seal holder, 30mm.

Vietnam, approx 78 Annam cash coins, Lê dynasty (980-1009) to Nguyen dynasty (1802–1945), different varieties and mintsCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

Vietnam, coins, Annam round cash, Lê dynasty (980-1009) to Nguyen dynasty (1802–1945), approximately 90 coinsCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 26 Ancient bronze coins, Han dynasty (205 BC - AD 220) and Kingdom of Shu (AD 221-265) to include two Chi Ze Wu Zhu (115-113 BC), Hartill 8.6 & 8.7, 25mm, 2.8g & 2.9g, a Xiao Quan Zhi Yi (AD 9-14), H-9.14, 1.2g, Wang Mang (AD 7-23) coins; three Huo Quan, H-9.3, 1.5g, H. 9.36, 6.1g and H-9.46, 2.9g, a Huo Bu money spade, Hartill 9.30, 57mm, 16.3g, a Bu Quan, H-9.70, 2.9g, five various Da Quan Wu Shi (some H. 9.2), two Zao Bian Wu Zhu, H-10.28, 1.1g, a E Yan Wu Zhu, H-10.29, 0.6g and a Kingdom of Shu (221-265) Zhi Bai Wu Zhu, Hartill 11.1, 8.4g and four various Wu Zhu coinsCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 3 Ancient round bronze coins, Three Kingdoms (AD 221-280), comprising a Kingdom of Shu (AD 221-265) Tai Ping Bai Qian, Hartill, CCC-11.22, FD545, 3.6g, and two Kingdom of Wu (AD 222-280), Da Quan Wu Bai, CCC-11.31, FD530, 8.8g and CCC-11.33, FD536, 7.5gCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, a large quantity bronze round coins, Qing dynasty and Taiping Rebellion, Shunzhi (1644-1661) to Xianfeng (1851-62) different varieties and mint marksCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, coins, Xianfeng (1851-61), AE 50 cash and AE 10 cash, both Board of Revenue mint, Peking issues, 50 cash Hartill CCC-22.716, 41mm, 34g, Prince Qing Hui mint, 'sun & moon' above, cast May-August 1854, VF and 10 cash CCC-22.754, 37mm, 20.2g, Old branch mint, cast 1853-54, VF (2)CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, coins, Xianfeng (1851-61), AE 50 cash, Board of Works mint, Peking, Hartill CCC-22.759, 55mm, 59.5g, Old branch mint, cast November 1853 to March 1854, large type, VF or betterCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, coins, Xianfeng (1851-61), AE 50 cash and AE 100 cash, both Board of Works mint, Peking, 50 cash Hartill CCC-22.761, 44mm, 40g, Old branch mint, smaller size, cast April 1854 to July 1855, VF or better and 100 cash CCC-22.762, 48mm, 48.8g, New branch mint, cast March 1854 to July 1855, VF (2)CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, coins, Xianfeng (1851-61), AE 10 cash and AE 20 cash, both Fuzhou, Fujian Province and cast 1853-55, 10 cash Hartill CCC-22.780, 36mm, 16.9g, copper colour, F-VF and 20 cash CCC-22.781, 45mm, 36.5g, , copper colour, VFCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, coins, Xianfeng (1851-61) AE 50 cash, Fuzhou mint in Fujian province, cast c.1853-1855, Hartill CCC-22.782, 56mm, 97.6g, dark brown patina, edge nick otherwise VF,CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, coins, Xianfeng (1851-61) AE 100 cash, Fuzhou mint in Fujian province, cast c.1853-1855, Hartill CCC-22.784, 72mm, 187.5g, dark brown patina, good VF with finishing file marks to the rimCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, coins, Xianfeng (1851-1861) AE 20 cash, Fuzhou mint, Fujian Province, Hartill CCC-22.794, 47mm, 45.1g, yi liang ji zhong incuse on rim, cast 1853-55, copper brown patina, VFCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, coins, Xianfeng (1851-1861) two AE 50 cash, the first Wuchang mint, Hubei Province, Hartill CCC-22.859, 49mm, 35g, cast 1854-56, VF, the second Suzhou mint, Jiangsu Province, CCC-22.897, 53mm, 44.5g, cast 1854-55, local pattern, VF, (2)CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, coins, Xianfeng (1851-61), AE 100 cash (58.56g), Suzhou mint, Jiangsu Province, Hartill CCC-22.917, 60mm, 54.7g, cast 1854-55, greenish brown patina, VF with visible finishing filing marksCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

Book on Roman coins, Charles Patin, Imperatorum Romanorum Numismata Ex Ære Mediæ Et Minimæ Formæ, Paris 1697, one volume quarto calf,CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, coins, Xianfeng (1851-1861) AE 100 cash, Xi'an mint, Shaanxi Province, Hartill CCC-22.950, 58mm, 56.6g, cast in 1854, large size flan for yuan bao type, FineCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, coins, 'Qixiang' bronze one cash, 'Qi Xiang tong bao', finely cast but probably a copy, 28mm, 8.7g, compare to Hartill CCC-22.1121CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

Vietnam coins, Annam, Tu Duc (1848-83), AR 2 Tien and Thieu Tri (1841-1847), AR tien, the 2 Tien, Schroeder 351B, 26mm, 7.9g, obverse double struck, otherwise VF and the AR Tien Sch-250, 25mm, 3.9g, fine finishing marks good VF (2)CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

Vietnam coins, Annam, Canh Thinh (1793-1802) two bronze 60-Van Large Cash, Schroeder 480 and 481, both Rev dragon, fish and clouds, Sch 480, 45mm, Good VF and Sch 481, 47mm, dark brown patina, VF, most of these large cash are presentation coins,CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

Vietnam coins, Annam, Minh Mang (1820-41), Bronze 60-Van Large Cash Schroeder 131, 51mm, 31.9g, VFCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

Vietnam coins, Annam, Tu Duc (1848-83) three bronze or brass 60-Van Large Cash, all unlisted in Schroeder, the first reverse inscribed P'ei T'ien, Pou Hou P'ei Ti, 51mm, 30.9g, good F, the second 'Ching Lun T'ien Hsia', 51mm, 34.3g, VF and the last includes the references the previous reign of Thie Tri, 51mm, 36.3g, good F 3 x 60vaCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

Vietnam coins, Annam, Thieu Tri (1841-47), two AE 60-Van Large Cash Schroeder 217, 51mm, 30.5g rim casting fault otherwise VF and Sch unlisted, 53mm, 39.4g, the reverse similar to Sch 130 from an earlier reign, tape residue otherwise VFCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

Vietnam coins, Annam. Tu-Duc (1848-1883), two brass or copper 60-Van type coins, Schroeder 309, 42mm, 29.7g, near VF, and a Ham Nghi thong bao (1884-5) pattern coin, Sch-unlisted, 47mm, 25.8g, the reverse inscribed T'u Thu'o'ng vi t'ac, corroded otherwise FCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

Korea coins, Tae Dong Treasury Department (1882-3) 3 Chon, KM1083, 2 Chon, KM1082 and 1 Chon, KM0181, scarce the silver 3 Chon with blue enamel centre, 31mm, 11.2g, near EF, the silver 2 Chon, 27mm, 7.3g, splintering to black enamel centre otherwise VF, the silver 1 Chon, 22mm, losses to black enamel centre otherwise VF (3)CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, a group of 6 bronze coin charms or amulets, 19th century and various Thai (Siamese) porcelain gaming counters, including copies of two Wu Shi, both Mandel 1.3.9, four Wu Zhu, both M-1.9.5, 48mm, one M-1.9.9, 54mm (cracked) and 1.9.10, four Wu Xing, 2 M-1.12.4, M-1.12.10 and 1.12.53, two Yong Tong Wan Guo, M-1.13.4 and 1.13.43 four various Zhou Yuan Tong Bao and an oval AE Wu Zhu charm 43mm and hongmu Wu Zhu charm, 40mm, ranging from F-VF gradeCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, a group of 14 bronze coin charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, variously inscribed - two Tai Ping tong bao, rev. Zao Cai Li Shi, Hartill, Cast Chinese Amulets 4.1205, 40mm, VF and Bai Fu Bai Shou, CCA-4.1227, CC367.68, 45mm, VG, four Da Guan tong bao, two Mandel 1.29.21, Hartill, Cast Chinese Amulets, 4.487, two unlisted with rev. eagle 40mm and rev. horse 38mm, two Ta T'in tong bao, M-1.62.5 and M-1.62.6, four Tai He Zhong Bao, Hartill, Cast Chinese Amulets, 4.3186 and 4.3175, M-1.63.4, M-1.63.11, M-1.63.14 and similar unlisted but with rev. tiger 41mm and two othersCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

A group of 7 Chinese bronze coin charms or amulets, Qing dynasty- Republic period, to include a Huo Pu, unlisted, the handle spade shaped, 130mm, two massive Wu Xing Da Bou, rev, dragon and phoenix, 150mm, Mandel 1.12.1, Zhou Yuan Tong Bao, rev. dragon and phoenix, Hartill CCA-4.2400, CC441, larger version of Mandel 1.18.27, 60mm, two large Da Guan tong bao, M-1.29.27, 93mm and 95mm, a Zhi Zheng zhi bao, unlisted, rev. five characters, 65mmCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, a group of 22 bronze or copper coin charms, Qing dynasty, each inscribed 'Zheng De Tong bao', Mandel 1.83.11, M-1.83.18, M-1.83.34, two M-1.83.35, one a well cast copper version, 46mm, unlisted rev. confronting dragons chasing pearl, 52mm, two variations of 1.83.34 but with decorative borders or cross-hatching, both 45mm and many smaller versions of similar design, ranging from 22-54mm, majority VFCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, a group of 14 bronze and brass coin charms or amulets, Qing to Republic period, F to VF to include charms two inscribed Zheng De Tong Bao, a massive version of Mandel 1.83.27, rev. phoenix & dragon, 118mm, VF, Mandel 1.83.16, three Qian Long Tong Bao, Mandel 1.95.2 and a version of 1.96.1, rev. phoenix & dragon, 55mm, two Tong Zhi Tong Bao, rev. Chang Ming Fu Gui, Hartill, CCA-4.1890, 26mm, VF and rev. Ding Cai Gui Shou, CCA-4.1889, VFCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 2 archaistic bronze charms or amulets, Qing dynasty or earlier both copies of inscribed Zhou dynasty military passes, the first fish-shaped 'Yu ch'ien', 61mm, 25.6g, the second tortoise-shaped, Mandel 18.1.4, 42mm, 31.6gCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, a group of 17 bronze or copper inscribed charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, nine with inscriptions to one side only, the largest inscribed Tian Xia Tai Ping, 65mm, two inscribed to each side, 42mm and six with pictorial designs to the reverse, 24-65mm, VG to VFCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, a group of 7 bronze charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, each with a four character inscription obverse and a pictorial reverse, to include Tian Zi Wan Nian ([May the] Son of Heaven [live for] Ten Thousand Years), Hartill, Cast Chinese Amulets 4.1004, 48mm, good F, Yi Er Zi Sun (Ye locusts, winged tribes..), rev. flowers, variation of Hartill CCA-4.252, 50mm, F, Zhuang Yuan Bai Xiang (Top graduate, become Prime Minister), rev. two scholars, Hartill CCA-4.2240, 47mm, good F, also some illustrated in Mandel 15.4.28, 15.11.10 and 15.21.2, 44-50mm, all F to VFCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, a group of 26 bronze or brass charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, all with four character inscription obverse and pictorial reverse, 22m-49mm, F to VF, to include 'Yuan Heng Li Zhen', rev. bat & coins, Hartill, Cast Chinese Amulets 4.801, 43mm, good F, 'Wei Lan San Tai', rev. bat & coins, Hartill, CCA-4.2136, 44m, near VF, 'He Wu Qiao Song', rev. lotus flowers, Hartill CCA-4.4387, 49mm, VF and 'Qu Xie Pi E' (Expel Evil..), rev. Poisonous creatures & tiger, Hartill CCA-4.4372, 50mm, good VFCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 4 large bronze charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, each with a four character inscription obverse and pictorial reverse, 68mm-70mm, F to VF, includes Bai Fu Lu Shou, possibly Song or Yuan dynasty, see Hartill, Cast Chinese Amulets 4.2104, CCH-1085, 70mm, F, Four Fu characters, Hartill, rev. Sun ssu-miao in a garden, CCA-4.4446, 68mm, VF, ranging from CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 10 bronze or copper charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, all with four character inscription obverse and pictorial reverse, to include Mandel 15.8.6, M-15.8.37, M-15.14.18, 48mm-56mm, some later holed otherwise F-VFCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

A 19th century painted wood architectural elevation model of Lansdowne House portico, after Robert Adam 17cm high, Provenance - A. T. Arber-CookeCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 4 bronze or copper charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, each with four character inscription obverse and pictorial reverse, 62mm-75mm, F to VF, including 'Jin Yu Man Tang' (Gold and Jade Fill the Hall), Hartill, Cast Chinese Amulets 4.2638, 62mm, good F, two 'Tai Ping Fu Gui' (Great Peace, Wealth, Honour), rev. dragon & phoenix, Hartill, Cast Chinese Amulets 4.1153, 75mm, near VF and 72mm, near F, and 'Lu Wei Gao Sheng' (Rise in Rank & Salary), rev. antique objects, 61mm, F, some included in Mandel - 15.4.34, and a smaller version of 15.8.14CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 5 bronze charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, all with four character obverse and pictorial reverse, including 'Ping An Ji Qing' (Peace & Clear Good Fortune), rev. magpie, sceptre etc., Hartill, Cast Chinese Amulets, 4.1437, CC904, 52mm, good VF, a two 'Pin Zhong Lan Tai' (An Important Place on the Orchid Terrace), rev. figures and cash, Hartill CCA-4.2964, CC973, 52mm, F, 'Xiang Hua Gong Yang' (Incense & Flowers [Buddhist] Offerings), rev, figures, snake & tortoise, 533m, near F, all included in Mandel 15.5.6, 15.8.18, and 15.9.1.CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 17 bronze or copper charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, ranging from 18mm-54mm, VG - VF, thirteen inscribed with four characters obverse and a pictorial reverse, including 'Du Zhan Ao Tu' (To Stand Alone on the Head of the Ao Fish), rev. figure on fish, Hartill, Cast Chinese Amulets 4.4228, 44mm, VF, 'Dui Jin Ji Yu' (Pile up Gold Amass Jade), larger version of Hartill CCA-4.3369, oval 54mm, VF, four with two characters obverse and reverse and the last two characters obverse only.CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 12 bronze charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, to include eight zodiac charms, rev. pictorial, Mandel 3.5.A and 3.6.A, 35mm-62mm, mostly fine to good F, two zodiac charms, rev. plain, 36mm & 43mm, F, one magical spell charm, rev. eight trigrams, version of Mandel 6.1.6, 39mm, VF and four character obv, rev. pictorial, 37mm, near VFCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 19 bronze zodiac charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, six obv. Twelve Terrestial Branches & Symbolical Animals, rev. Eight Trigrams with characters, 32mm-45mm, all Mandel 4.3, fine to good fine, a set of 12 small zodiac animal charms, 17mm, Mandel 3.1.A, good VF, one other worn,CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 5 bronze zodiac charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, three obv. Twelve Terrestial Branches & Symbolical Animals, rev. Eight Trigrams with characters, Mandel 4.2, 45mm-54mm, ranging from F-VF, two obv. Twelve Terrestial Branches & Symbolical Animals, rev. Eight Trigrams without characters, Mandel 4.1, 47mm-49mm, V and VFCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 9 bronze charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, seven obv. magical spell characters, rev. Eight Trigrams with characters, Mandel 6.1, 42mm-53mm, ranging from V-VF, and two obv. Twelve Symbolical Animals, and Eight Trigrams, rev. pictorial, Mandel , 47mm and 49mm,CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 24 bronze charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, two obv. magical spell characters, rev. Eight Trigrams with characters, Mandel 6.1, 40mm and 41mm, sixteen obv. four characters, rev. Eight Trigrams, Mandel 5.6, 19mm-44mm, ranging from F-VF, three obv. two characters, rev. Eight Trigrams, Mandel 5.4, 19mm-21mm, F and another charm, 20mmCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 6 bronze charms or amulets, Qing-Republic dynasty, one obv. magical spell inscription, rev. Eight Trigrams with characters, Mandel 6.1.12, 65mm, good F, three obv. pictorial, rev. Eight Trigrams, 44mm-50mm, F, shaped example VF, two poorly cast zodiac charms, probably later copies, 63mm and 68mmCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 38 small bronze, copper and metal charms or amulets, Qing-Republic dynasty, all but one inscribed with four characters to both obverse and reverse, Mandel series 32.1 and 32.2, 17mm-33mm, ranging from F-VFCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 19 small bronze charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, each inscribed with four characters to both obverse and reverse, ranging from F to VF, 20mm-29mm, four inscribed 'Yi Ben Wan Li Shun Feng Da Ji', 40-43mm, F-VF, two 'Yi Ben Wan Li Zhao Cai Jin Bao', Hartill CCA-4.84/4.86, 42mm, Mandel series 32.1 and 32.2,CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 9 bronze or copper charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, each inscribed with four characters to both obverse and reverse, Mandel series 32.1 and 32.2, 29mm-40mm, ranging from F-VFCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 5 large bronze or copper charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, each inscribed with four characters to both obverse and reverse, Mandel series 32.1 and 32.2, 47mm-67mm, F-VFCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 13 bronze charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, each inscribed with four characters to both obverse and reverse, Mandel series 32.1 and 32.2, ranging from 29mm-39mm, F-VFCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.

China, 12 bronze or copper charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, each inscribed with four characters to both obverse and reverse, Mandel series 32.1 and 32.2, ranging from 39mm-52mm, F-VFCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.