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Click here to subscribeA Devon Clocks 'Greenwich Meridian' Clock, the ship finial above a gilt and plated terrestrial globe with meridian and equator rings, the silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, raised on double barrel movement supports by three gilt mermaids, number 1482 of a limited edition of 1500, with operating instructions and certificate, 37cm high.
A rare pair of 5 stack mahogany lawyers / barristers bookcase stacking cabinets in the manner of Globe Wernicke. 10 stacks total, each with glazed lift up doors raised on shaped bases beneath. The tops of both having stage gallery surrounds with carved dentils. Measures 188cms high x 88cms wide x 36cms depth
Nero Æ Trihemiassarion of the Thessalian League. AD 54-68. Laouchos, magistrate. Laureate head of Nero right / Nike standing left on globe, holding wreath in her right hand and palm branch in her left. RPC 1445; Burrer 89. 8.86g, 23mm, 1h. Good Very Fine. Ex Roma Numismatics E-Sale 13, 29 November 2014, lot 235.
Kings of Mauretania, Juba II, with Kleopatra Selene, Æ Unit. Caesarea, circa AD 8-15. REX IVBA, diademed and draped bust of Juba right, with club over shoulder / Headdress of Isis; crescent and [globe(?)] above, BACI-?ICCA across fields, K???????A in exergue. Mazard 351-2; MAA 209; SNG Copenhagen 605. 12.37g, 27mm, 1h. Good Fine. Export permit approved by the Israel Antiquities Authority, #536594.
Cn. Lentulus AR Denarius. Spanish (?) mint, 76-75 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Genius Populi Romani right, with sceptre over shoulder; G•P•R above / Sceptre topped with wreath, globe and rudder; EX to left, S•C to right, LENT•CVR•?•FL in exergue. Crawford 393/1b; RSC Cornelia 55. 3.91g, 19mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Iridescent highlights. From a private European Collection; Ex Roma Numismatics XIV, 21 September 2017, lot 477.
Augustus AR Denarius. Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?), July 18-17/16 BC. Bare head right / Capricorn right, holding globe attached to rudder, cornucopiae over its shoulder; AVGVSTVS below. RIC 126; RSC 21; BMCRE 346. 3.92g, 19mm, 7h. Near Extremely Fine; lightly porous metal. From a private European Collection.
Nero Æ Sestertius. Lugdunum, circa AD 66. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR POT P P, laureate bust right, globe at point / DECVRSIO, Nero on horse prancing to right, wearing short tunica and holding spear in right hand; behind him, mounted soldier prancing right with vexillum held over right shoulder; S-C across fields. RIC 507. 17.66g, 36mm, 6h. Fine-Near Very Fine; flan crack on reverse. Very Rare. From a private European Collection.
Galba AR Denarius. Uncertain Spanish mint (Tarraco?), April-late AD 68. IMP GALBA, laureate head right, with globe at point of bust / DIVA AVGVSTA, Livia standing left, draped, holding patera and leaning on sceptre. RIC 14; BMCRE 167; BN 8; RSC 43. 3.03g, 17mm, 5h. Near Extremely Fine, excellent detail to rev. Old collection tone with iridescent highlights.
Domitia (wife of Domitian) AR Denarius. Rome, AD 82-3. DOMITIA AVGVSTA IMP DOMIT, draped bust right, with hair massed in front and in long plait behind / DIVVS CAESAR IMP DOMITIANI F, Domitian's son as naked infant boy seated on a globe surrounded by seven stars. RIC 153 (Domitian). 2.68g, 18mm, 6h. Very Fine, excellent detail on rev. Very Rare. Domitia was daughter of the general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, and wife of Domitian. It is attested that Domitia bore a daughter and then a son, whose name is unknown, and who died in his infancy. Domitian subsequently deified the boy, and the reverse type illustrates this with the legend DIVVS CAESAR IMP DOMITIANI F and the depiction of the boy seated on a globe surrounded by the seven stars of the Bursa Major. Shortly after this type was struck, in AD 83 there was a brief hiatus in the marriage when Domitian exiled Domitia for unknown reasons. Suetonius relates that Domitia's exile was a result of her affair with an actor named Paris, who was murdered on the orders of Domitian (see Suetonius, Domitianus 3).
Hadrian Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 119-121. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG PM TR P C[OS] III, laureate and draped bust right / RES[TITVTORI ORBIS TERR]ARVM, Hadrian standing left holding roll, extending hand to towered kneeling woman, holding globe; SC in exergue. RIC 594a-b var. (fully draped bust). 26.22g, 34mm, 6h. Very Fine. Flan crack at 4h and 2h. From a private European Collection.
Syrtica, Sabratha Æ21. Pseudo-autonomous issue struck during the reign of Augustus/Tiberius, circa 27 BC-AD 37. Serapis standing facing, holding spear; crescent in right field, SBRTN in Neo-Punic script in left field / Capricorn right, holding globe, cornucopiae over its shoulder; rudder below. RPC I 822; MAA 41; SNG Copenhagen 46. 5.44g, 21mm, 6h. Near Very Fine. Very Rare; only three other examples on CoinArchives. From a private UK collection.
Aurelian BI Radiate. Serdica, AD 274. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ORIENS AVG, Sol standing left with right hand raised, globe in left hand, and foot on one of two bound captives seated to his left and right; XXIP in exergue. RIC 279; MER-RIC 2674 (temporary). 3.76g, 24mm, 12h. Good Very Fine.
Probus BI Radiate. Siscia, AD 276-282. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, holding a spear in right hand and two spears and a shield in left / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing left holding globe and sceptre; T in right field, XXI in exergue. RIC -; for obverse cf. NAC 52, 571; S. Estiot (2008), Sine arcu sagittae: la représentation numismatique de plumbatae/mattiobarbuli aux IIIe–IVe siècles (279-307 de N.È.), p. 190 & 297, fig. 8. 3.68g, 23mm, 12h.Good Very Fine; a very rare bust type, second known example or possibly third.From a private UK collection.
Probus BI Radiate. Siscia, AD 276-282. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P AVG, radiate and mantled bust left, holding Victory on globe and pugio / VIRTVS PROBI AVG, Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy; XXIT in exergue. RIC 810 var. (bust type); Gitbud & Naumann 32, 622. 3.25g, 22mm, 7h. Near Very Fine. Rare bust type. From a private North American collection.
Diocletian Æ Radiate. Antioch, AD 296. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing right, holding parazonium, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing left, holding sceptre; star above ? in central field, ANT in exergue. RIC -, cf. 60a & 60b. 3.32g, 21mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Sand patina. From a private North American collection.
Licinius II (son of Licinius I), as Caesar, ? Brockage Nummus. Uncertain mint (Cyzicus?), circa AD 317-320. DN VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, laureate and draped bust left, holding mappa, globe and sceptre / Incuse of obverse. Cf. RIC 11 for obv. type. 2.82g, 19mm. Near Very Fine. An interesting and very rare brockage example. From a private North American collection.
Constans Æ Centenionalis. Aquileia, AD 348-350. D N CONSTANS P F AVG, laurel and rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; A behind / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, emperor in military dress standing left, holding Victory on globe and standard with chi-rho on banner, on galley steered by Victory seated in the stern; A in left field, AQT• in exergue. RIC 118. 4.96g, 24mm, 5h. Good Very Fine.
Constantius II Æ Centenionalis. Thessalonica, AD 350. D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; A behind / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, emperor in military dress standing left, holding Victory on globe and standard with chi-rho on banner, on galley steered by Victory seated in the stern; B-* across fields, •TSB• in exergue. RIC 133. 5.98g, 23mm, 11h. Good Very Fine.
Honorius AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 402-403. D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / CONCORDIA AVGGG ?, Concordia seated right, holding sceptre and Victory on globe, foot on prow; CONOB in exergue. RIC 24. 4.35g, 20mm, 6h. Good Very Fine; scrape across portrait and flan very slightly bent. Very Rare. Ex Roma Numismatics E-Sale 28, 2 July 2016, lot 782.
Visigoths, Pseudo-Imperial AR Half-Siliqua in the name of Honorius. Uncertain mint in Gaul, imitating Ravenna, circa AD 415. [D] N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTOR[I]A AVGG, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe in extended right hand and spear in left; PSRV in exergue. RIC 3703. 0.83g, 13mm, 10h. Very Fine; flan somewhat wavy, edge chip at 11h. Rare. From a private European Collection.
Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas, AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 639-641. Heraclius, Constantine and Heraclonas standing, facing, all wearing crowns and holding a globe cruciger / VICTORIA AV?? ?, cross potent on three steps; monogram in left field, CONOB in exergue. Sear 769; DOC 43d; MIB 50. 4.40g, 19mm, 6h. Very Fine. From a private UK collection.
Romanus I Æ Nummus. AD 920-944. +R?MA?' ?ASIL?VS R?M', facing bust of Romanus I, bearded, wearing crown with cross and jewelled chlamys, holding globe and transverse labarum / +R?MA? ?N ??? ?ASIL?VS R?MAI?? in four lines. DOC 25, Sear 1760. 6.70g, 28mm, 6h. Very Fine. From a private North American collection.
*The Unique Great War ‘Russian’ D.S.M. awarded to Monsieur Nicholas Katkov (or Katkoff) of the Russian Embassy in London, late Russian Navy, believed to have worked for Russian Naval Intelligence. The grandson of the Russian Prince Nicholas Lobanov-Rostovski, son of the Russian diplomat Mikhail Katkov and Princess Olga Lobanov-Rostovski, who later became Lady Egerton after her second marriage. Awarded the D.S.M. in unusual circumstances in London during an audience with King George V, he was a known associate of Lieutenant Alexander Abaza, formerly of Russian Naval Intelligence – the person considered by M.I.5 and M.I.6 to be in command of the Russian ‘Czarist’ Secret Service in London. Nicholas Katkov, after the fall of Imperial Russia, appears to have remained in London - nominally as an employee at the Russian Embassy, but most likely as an intelligence agent, moving in the very highest aristocratic circles, and marrying the glamorous Russian dancer and singer Moussa Kieva. Of a reported 53 D.S.M. awards given to non-British ratings, this is the only known example awarded to a Russian recipient and was presented to him in person by King George V, comprising: Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (N. Katkoff,); officially impressed with official correction to name, extremely fine and toned. D.S.M: 18 March 1917 – The original roll for the D.S.M. confirms that this medal was ‘Presented by H. M. the King’. Whilst this award does not appear to be recorded in the London Gazette, the Navy List of 1919 gives the aforementioned award date. Nicholas Katkov (sometimes spelt Katkoff) was born c.1890-92, the only son of Mikhail Katkov and Princess Olga Lobanbov-Rostovski, daughter of Prince Nicholas Lobanov-Rostovski. His father Mikhail had previously worked as Secretary at the Russian Legation in Lisbon prior to his death on 21 November 1892. Three years later, his mother Olga married the prominent British diplomat Sir Edwin Henry Egerton, on 22 July 1895, his mother becoming thereafter Lady Egerton. Returning to Britain, he appears to have studied for a time at Winchester College, as did his younger half-brother, John Frederick Egerton, who was killed in action during the Great War in 1916.At the time of the Great War, Nicholas, being entirely Russian by birth, appears to have joined the Russian Imperial Navy, or at least, perhaps, Russian Naval Intelligence. In any case, after the February Revolution of 1917 and the abdication of Nicholas II on 2 March 1917, Nicholas Katkov was considered as belonging to the Russian Navy. One of a handful of Russian Naval figures in London, he was not considered to be a full officer, simply ‘Monsieur’ (perhaps, at the rank of Midshipman) at the time of the award of his D.S.M. on 18 March 1917 (apparently not gazetted, but recorded in official Navy List entries, without rank given). Katkov was one of a number of foreign Naval Officers and Attachés granted an audience with King George V on 31 March 1917 at Buckingham Palace, as recorded in Court Circular published in The Times on 2 April 1917. The group, listing various important French officers, two members of the Imperial Japanese Navy and one Portuguese naval officer, also included two Russians, then named as ‘Lieutenant Abaza, and Monsieur N. Katkoff, Russian Navy’. The original roll of D.S.M. recipients (ADM 171/61) mentions ‘Katkoff’, with the added annotation, ‘Presented by the King’ – presumably given during this audience. While little can be found concerning Katkov’s career, certain useful facts can be discerned. Firstly, his immediate superior, Lieutenant Alexander Alexeivitch Abaza, was watched closely by British Intelligence services during and after the Great War (a detailed file of which is kept by the National Archives). His detailed, indeed remarkable file, records him as having served as Assistant to the Russian Naval Attaché in 1916, with a note that he was also a member of Russian Naval Intelligence. It would therefore stand to reason that the recipient, Nicholas Katkov, was also a fellow member. Furthermore, British security services considered Abaza to be ‘in charge of Russian S.S. [secret service] in London’ in 1920, and it is plausible that they provided intelligence during the Allied Intervention in Russia of 1918-19 in support of ‘White’ Russian forces. This ‘Czarist’ anti-Bolshevik intelligence organisation continued to operate from London after the 1917 Revolution, conducting anti-Bolshevik operations in Russia and in Europe for some time, later moving its main area of operations to Paris in 1921, but leaving certain ‘elements’ active in London. Apparently, Prince Mirsky and Baron Taube remained his agents in London, and possibly also, Nicholas Katkov. Secondly, newspapers at the time make note of Katkov’s social appearances in London. He is mentioned in ‘The Globe’ of 8 December 1920 as having been ‘spotted’ at the Ritz in London. It records that the correspondant saw ‘Lord Tredegar [Note: a known, if controversial intelligence figure], Grand Duke Dimitry, and Mr Nicholas Katkoff, of the Russian Embassy. At a large luncheon party I noticed previously several of the personnel of the French Embassy were being entertained.’ Another mention of Nicholas was made by The Tatler on 17 December 1924 at a party, with his wife ‘the beautiful Russian, Moussa Kieva, with her husband, Mr. Nicholas Katkoff, who is Lady Egerton’s son, who is now in the “Chez Fysher” show at Oddenino’s.’ The two were married in 1923, and appear to have worked as a musical double-act in fashionable cabaret bars in London, with Moussa singing and dancing (nicknamed ‘The Leopard’), and Nicholas playing accompaniment. This shows, amongst other things, that he remained in London, moving in aristocratic circles. Unfortunately, the events of his later life have not as yet been discovered during this present research. Numismatically, this medal is the only D.S.M. of the Great War successfully issued to a Russian. Three further were reportedly made which were sent for presentation on 15 October 1919 (to Chief Mechanic A. Sidorof; P.O. F. Berkhul, and P.O. I. Pashkoff, all Russian Navy), but which were all returned to the Royal Mint. Abbott and Tamplin record in their book ‘British Gallantry Awards’ that one D.S.M. existed as an award to the Russian Navy, but they did not give the name. The medal offered here, must surely therefore, be this unique example.
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.
Karel II (1665-1700), hammered coinage, souverein, 1667, crowned lion rampant left holding sword, left paw resting on globe set on stand, rev., crowned arms within collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 5.33g (Delmonte 565 [R.3]; v.G&H 345-4a; F. 233, ‘very rare’), from a ring-mount and so the rim slightly turned, otherwise good fine to very fine and very rare. Bought Maison Platt, 21 October 1963. This year is missing from the dates listed by Delmonte and appears to be unpublished.
Karel II (1665-1700), milled coinage, souverein, 1700, crowned lion rampant left holding sword, left paw resting on globe set on stand, rev., crowned arms within collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 5.63g (Delmonte 566; v.G&H 345-4b; F. 234), scratches on obverse, otherwise good very fine. Ex Vinchon auction, 7 November 1966, lot 156.
A Globe Wernicke five tier oak sectional bookcase, with drawer beneath the base section, width 67 cm, height 200 cm. CONDITION REPORT: The bookcase is in structurally good order. We can see no evidence of any woodworm. There are the usual minor scuffs and marks to the carcass but no significant condition issues. The surface of the polish is a little linseed oily and in our opinion the timber could do with a clean and wax.
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