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Click here to subscribeThe Conquest of the Skies coin FDC PNC. 1 Isle of Man crown coin inset. 10/8/2004 Kidderminster. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Sir Adrian Cadbury DL signed The Conquest of the Skies coin FDC PNC. 1 Isle of Man crown coin inset. 10/8/2004 London. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Moser KCB CBE signed The Conquest of the Skies coin FDC PNC. 1 Liberia $1 coin inset. 10/80/2004 London. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Woodland Animals coin FDC PNC. 1 Isle of Man crown coin inset. 16/9/2004 Catshill Bromsgrove Worcestershire. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Michaela Strachan signed Woodland Animals coin FDC PNC. 1 Isle of Man crown coin inset. 16/9/2004 Deerhurst Gloucester. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Rt. Hon. The Lord Steel of Aikwood KBE DL the Scottish Parliament coin FDC PNC. 1 one shilling coin inset. 5/10/2004 Edinburgh. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Rt. Hon. The Lord Fraser of Carmyllie QC. The Scottish Parliament coin FDC PNC. 1 one shilling coin inset. 5/10/2004 Edinburgh. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Dame Beryl Baimbridge signed The Crimean War coin FDC PNC. 1 Gibraltar crown coin inset. 12/10/2004 London. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Peter Bowles signed The Crimean War coin FDC PNC. 1 Gibraltar crown coin inset. 12/10/2004 Swindon. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Helen Young signed Merry Christmas coin FDC PNC. 1 silver threepence coin inset. 2/11/2004 Goodwick. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Norman Painting signed Farming Scene coin FDC PNC. 1 Isle of Man crown coin inset. 11/1/2005 Cambridge. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
The Island of Lundy coin FDC PNC. 1 Isle of Man Crown coin inset. 8/2/2005 Uffington-Farringdon. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Ben Bradshaw signed The Island of Lundy coin FDC PNC. 1 Isle of Man crown coin inset. 8/2/2005 Uffington-Farringdon. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Royal Tour of Australia coin FDC PNC. 1 Australian Florin coin inset. 3/3/2004 Freemantle W A. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Dickie Arbiter signed Royal Tour of Australia coin FDC PNC. 1 Australian Florin coin inset. 3/3/2004 Freemantle W A. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Charlotte Bronte coin FDC PNC. 1 Victorian Shilling coin inset. 24/2/2005 Haworth W. Yorkshire. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Charlotte Bronte coin FDC PNC. 1 Victoria medal coin inset. 24/2/2005 Bradford W. Yorkshire. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Lorraine Kelly signed Charlotte Bronte coin FDC PNC. 1 Victoria medal coin inset. 24/2/2005 Bradford. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Michael Jayston signed Charlotte Bronte coin FDC PNC. 1 Victorian Shilling coin inset. 24/2/2005 Haworth W. Yorkshire. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MINT ONE DOLLAR 2014 SILVER PROOF COINone ounce, with certificate and presentation box, Bailiwick of Guernsey 2017 Sapphire Jubilee 1952-2017 £5 proof coin, in cupro nickel with sapphire blue crystal, with certificate and box, another similar - non crystal example with certificate, Bailiwick of Jersey 2012 RMS Titanic 1912 - 2012 five pounds proof coin in capsule, Canada Commonwealth Games 1978 silver proof dollar coin with presentation case, and a Tristan de Cunha 60th Wedding Anniversary 2007 silver proof £5 coin in capsule
A box of various Coin of the Realm and foreign coinage, a bag of various vintage pottery and glass marbles, wall mirror inscribed "Player's Please - Thank You", a framed collection of print block numbers and one volume "Rubayat of Omar Khayyam", with drawings by Elihu Vedder, tooled and gilded cloth board bound CONDITION REPORTS Marbles only - all have chips, knocks, etc conducive with being in play. The two larger marble/jacks have some larger chunks missing from them - see images for further details
A modern jewellery box and contents of various costume jewellery including various coral necklaces, amethyst necklace, earrings, wedding band, brooches etc, together with a bag of various commemorative coinage and medallions and pair of medals to include Defence Medal and 1939/45 Medal, etc, a carved wooden box containing a glass paperweight, and a golden coin bracelet constructed from One Penny coins
Upper Senegal & Niger, P 1a, Linzmayer B102b, Gouvernement Général de L'Afrique Occidentale Francaise (A.O.F.), 0,50 Franc, D. 11 Fabruary 1917. Reverse of 50 centimes coin at left, obverse at right on front. No watermark., # T-2 819., PMG 64 NET, Choice UNC, (Previously Mounted, Small Tear, Ink)
Attica, Athens AR Dekadrachm. Circa 469/5-460 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing single-pendant earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over the visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing facing with wings spread, olive sprig to upper left, A-Θ-E around; all within incuse square. Cf. Fischer-Bossert, Athenian 9a (O5 [corr.]) and 11-13 (O7/R- [unlisted rev. die]), and cf. also R9, R11-14, R20 for other reverse dies clearly by the same engraver; Starr Group II.C, 59-60 (same obv. die [erroneously noted as different dies]); Seltman 450a, pl. 21 (same obv. die); BMC 40 = ACGC 188; Kraay & Hirmer 357; Morgan 178 = Consul Weber 1645 (same obv. die); Seltman 450a, pl. 21 (same obv. die); Rhousopoulos 1965 (same obv. die). 42.78g, 34mm, 10h. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare; one of remarkably few incontrovertibly authentic examples offered at auction in recent years. Ex Triton XX, 10 January 2017, lot 151; Ex collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-90s; Ex private German collection, acquired c. 1960s. This coin, provenant from the same old collection (whence it was consigned to Triton XX) as the example sold in Roma Numismatics XIII (lot 127), shares the same obverse die as the latter example. Fischer-Bossert linked this obverse die (O7) with three reverse dies (R11-13), however it is also the same obverse die as that of F-B 9 (erroneously given as O5, but clearly the same as F-B 11-13) as evidenced by the location and shape of the prominent die break running from the brow through the eye, and the die break that runs through the ear. Moreover, in considering the stylistic properties of F-B 9, it is readily apparent that the reverse die (R9) is entirely different in character to F-B 10, but most similar to F-B 11-13 (R11-13); apart from the owls themselves, which are nearly indistinguishable from one another but for minor variances in the feet and plumage, the Theta is similarly mis-shapen across all of these reverse dies, and the uppermost bar of the Epsilon is upturned on R9 and R13, whereas this is not a characteristic of the neighbouring few dies preceding or subsequent (though R20, almost certainly also by the same engraver, bears these characteristics as well). The present coin, while struck from a previously unlisted die, shares precisely the same stylistic features as R9, R11, R12 and R13, and bears the distinctively mis-shapen Theta and upturned Epsilon bar common to R9, R13, and R20. The state of the obverse die meanwhile allows us to establish a basic chronology; the break across the brow and eye is already present, though in a very early stage, while the break in the ear, even allowing for the slight die shift seen on this coin, is demonstrably absent. We may safely conclude that this coin was struck prior to F-B 11-13, and F-B 9 (which is clearly the latest state of the die). The dekadrachms of Athens have always been regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces in all of ancient coinage, and have ever been amongst the most highly prized possessions of private and institutional numismatic collections. The occasion for the striking of these imposing coins has been a subject of scholarly debate for many years, and several different theories have been advanced concerning the motivation for the striking of such a prestigious issue, and the source of the bullion used. Babelon (Traité II, col. 769-770) and Head (HN, pp. 370-371) both perpetuated a misinterpretation of a passage in Herodotos who said that Athens paid ten drachms to each of its citizens for surpluses from the Laurion mines (7.144.1). They both therefore dated the dekadrachm issue to c. 490 BC, shortly after the Battle of Marathon, a date which has been subsequently shown to be far too early. Robinson (NC [1924], pp. 338-340) proposed the victory at Salamis as the reason for issue, while Regling (Die antiken Münzen), advanced a similar view, suggesting the combined victories of Salamis and Plataea. Only Starr and Kraay (NC [1956], p. 55; ACGC, pp. 66-68) understood the dating to be later than the prevailing views, having themselves reviewed the hoard evidence. It was Starr (Athenian coinage 480-449 BC) who suggested the victory at the battle at the Eurymedon river in c. 469/5 as the reason for the issue. The subsequent discovery of the Asyut hoard in 1968 or 1969, and the Elmali hoard in 1984 confirmed the dating around the mid 460s BC. Certainly the Eurymedon victory provided both the celebratory occasion and the means to finance such a grand issue of coinage. In either 469 or 466 BC, the Persians had begun assembling a large army and navy for a major offensive against the Greeks. Assembling near the Eurymedon, it appears that the expedition’s objective was to move up the coast of Asia Minor, capturing each city in turn, thus bringing the Asiatic Greek states back under Persian domination, and furthermore giving the Persians strategically important naval bases from which to launch further expeditions into the Aegean. Led by the Athenian general Kimon, a combined force of Delian League triremes moved to intercept the Persian force, and taking them by complete surprise, the Persian forces were utterly routed, 200 triremes were captured or destroyed, and their camp was taken along with many prisoners. The spoils were reportedly vast, and such a stunning triumph would have provided ample reason for Athens to strike coins displaying its emblematic owl now standing fully facing, its outspread wings a clear statement of Athenian military power.
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AV Hemistater. Lifetime issue. Amphipolis, circa 340-328 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Forepart of lion to right; crescent below, ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ above. Le Rider 2 (D1/R2); SNG ANS 280 var. (same obverse die; scallop shell on reverse). 4.30g, 14mm, 5h. Extremely Fine. Very Rare, and exceptional condition for the issue, being both well preserved and perfectly centred on a very large flan. Ex Roma Numismatics VI, 29 September 2013, lot 544 (£16,000); Ex Gorny & Mosch 211, 4 March 2013, lot 179. Philip II inherited a poor kingdom on the verge of collapse. His brother Perdikkas III had died in battle against the Illyrians along with a great part of the Macedonian army. As A. B. Bosworth (1988, 6) puts it, “Philip came to power... when Macedon was threatened by dissolution, debilitated by a decade of dynastic feuding and crippled by military defeat at the hands of the Illyrians”, and he is joined by J. R. Ellis (1976, 44, cf. 1980, 36f) who writes “seldom can any state have so nearly approached total dismemberment without utterly disintegrating”. Philip’s predecessors had paid large tribute to the Illyrians since the 390s, and it was really only through bribery and a complex and changing system of alliances that Macedon was able to stave off invasion and conquest. Despite his precarious position, within two years and with little money to do it, Philip had reformed the shattered Macedonian peasant-army, introducing the innovative, professional and highly effective Phalanx corps armed with 18 foot long sarissas. Putting to good use all he had learned from Epaminondas, from whom he had received a military and diplomatic education, Philip pushed back the Thracians and Paeonians with promise of tribute and crushed the Athenian force that had come against him in 359. He conquered Amphipolis in 357, followed by Krenides in 356, and thus gained command of the Mount Pangeion region and the 1000 talents a year in gold that its mines provided. Following hot on the heels of his military reforms, Philip revolutionised the coinage of the kingdom of Macedon, which would eventually also supersede that of all Greece. Philip’s brother Perdikkas, though he had initially struck a silver coinage, was later like his elder brother Alexander II before him, only able to coin in bronze. Philip now had prodigious quantities of not only silver, but gold too in measure beyond what his brothers could have dreamed. Before Philip, gold coins issued by the Greeks had been extremely infrequent, and struck usually only in times of great emergency. Philip’s control of the Pangeion mines now enabled him to make Macedon the first state in the Greek world to issue gold uninterruptedly year on year, which he did with a new standardised Macedonian gold currency denominated in staters, hemistaters (such as the present example) and quarter staters, as well as 1/8 and 1/12 fractions. This wealth would provide the driving force behind his successive conquests, expansion and diplomatic manoeuvres that enabled him to unify all Greece under Macedonian hegemony, and set the stage for his planned invasion of Persia.
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