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A Malby & Son 6in Terrestrial Table Globe, by Malby & Son, Houghton St Newcastle St. Strand London 1848, an eight inch terrestrial table globe, circa 1848, on a turned French polished mahogany tri-form base, lacquer to globe with some scratches and a continuous rub mark around the circumference to the foot of South Africa, part of Asia’s raised area with cracks, car-touch reads ‘Malby’s Terrestrial Globe, Compiled from the latest & most authentic sources, including all the recent Geographical Discoveries, Manufactured and Published under the superintendance of the society for the diffusion of useful knowledge’, 36cm tall
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, CN•LEN•Q in exergue. Crawford 393/1a; RSC Cornelia 54. 3.85g, 19mm, 7h. Near Mint State. High relief with golden highlights. Ex Gorny & Mosch 228, 9 March 2015, lot 406; Purchased from Numismatica Varesi, December 1989.
Crispus, as Caesar, Æ Nummus. Treveri, AD 323. [IVL CRISPVS] NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed half-length bust left, with right hand holding horse by bridle, and left hand holding spear over shoulder, shield on left arm / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, altar inscribed VO-TIS XX in three lines, surmounted by globe; three stars above, [•STR(crescent)] in exergue. RIC -; Triton III, 1202. 3.44g, 18mm, 7h. Near Extremely Fine; attractive desert patina. Extremely Rare.
Gratian AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 382-383. D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIA AVGGG Є, Constantinopolis seated facing on throne, head right, with right foot on prow, holding sceptre in right hand and globe in extended left; CONOB in exergue. RIC 45a; Depeyrot 32/1. 4.21g, 20mm, 12h. Extremely Fine.
Carlo d'Angiò, as king of Jerusalem and Sicily, duke of Apulia, count of Provence, Achaea, Forcalquer and Piamonte (from 1277-1285) AV Seal. * KAROL : TT REX : IERL : 7 : SICI : DVCAT : APVLIE :, Charles enthroned holding cross on globe and sceptre / +PVNCIE : 7 : ACHAEA 7 FORCALQUER… 7T: PEDIMONT : COMES, Arms of France and Jerusalem. Unpublished in the standard references, for another gold seal cf. P. Sella, Inventari dell'archivio segreto Vaticano: Le bolle d'oro, Vaticano 1934, 10 = A. Martini, I sigilli d’oro - The gold seals of the Vatican Secret Archives, Milano 1984, 11a-b. 17.19g, 49mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Unique and of considerable historic significance. From the collection of Gianfranco Galfetti; Privately purchased from Kunst und Münzen, Lugano in 1963. Charles of Anjou, founder of the Angevin dynasty in Naples, was the youngest son of Louis VIII and brother of King Louis IX of France. He took part in Louis IX's crusades to Egypt in 1248 and Tunisia in 1270. After obtaining Provence by marriage in 1246, which extended his influence into Piedmont, he became senator of Rome (1263, 1265–78) and undertook to champion the papal cause against Manfred, the Hohenstaufen who had usurped the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily in 1258. In reward, he was crowned king of Naples and Sicily in 1266 by Pope Clement IV, which he had already received as a papal grant in 1262. Charles defeated and killed Manfred at the Battle of Benevento in 1266 and then defeated and executed the last of the Hohenstaufen line, Conradin, later that year. As leader of the Guelphs, or papal faction, he gained political hegemony in Italy and won suzerainty over several cities in Tuscany, Piedmont, and Lombardy, but his overbearing policies led to a cooling of his relations with the papacy. Planning to establish his own empire, he allied himself with the deposed Latin ruler of Constantinople, Baldwin II, against Greek Michael VIII and fought for years in the Balkans. Corfu, Epirus, and Albania were taken. On 18 March 1277, he bought the claim and assumed the title of King of Jerusalem, sending Roger of San Severino as his bailli to Acre. There Roger ousted Balian of Arsuf (Balian of Ibelin), the bailli of Hugh III, and compelled the nobles to swear fealty. In the meantime, Gregory had been succeeded by Pope Innocent V, who arranged a peace between Charles and the Genoese. The crushing taxes necessitated by his wars and his appointment of oppressive French officials to exact them led to the Sicilian Vespers in 1282. The ensuing war against the Sicilian rebels and Peter III of Aragón, chosen by the rebels as king of Sicily, continued after his death in Foggia in 1285 under Charles's son and successor, Charles II, then a prisoner in Catalonia, so the regency passed to his French cousin Robert II of Artois, son of the younger brother of St Louis.
Balbinus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 238. IMP C D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing left, holding a wand in lowered right hand over a globe at feet to left, and cornucopiae in left hand. RIC 7; RSC 23. 2.74g, 21mm, 12h. Extremely Fine.
T. Carisius AR Denarius. Rome, 46 BC. Head of Roma right, wearing ornate crested helmet; ROMA downwards behind / Sceptre, cornucopiae on globe, and rudder, T•CARISI below; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 464/3a; RSC Carisia 4. 3.65g, 18mm, 10h. Near Mint State. Extremely rare in such high grade.
Theodosius I AV Solidus. Thessalonica, AD 379. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, Theodosius and Gratian seated facing on throne, holding globe between them; palm between legs, figure of Victory with wings spread above; TESOB in exergue. RIC 34c; Depeyrot 34/3. 4.23g, 20mm, 11h. Near Mint State; minor scuff on obv.
Arcadius AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 397-402. D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust three-quarters facing, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif / CONCORDIA AVGG Z, Constantinopolis, helmeted, seated facing, head left, holding Victory on globe and spear; CONOB in exergue. RIC 7; Depeyrot 55/1. 4.41g, 20mm, 6h. Fleur De Coin.
Julia Domna AV Aureus. Rome, AD 193-196. IVLIA DOMNA AVG, draped bust right / VENERI VICTR, Venus standing right, seen from behind, half nude with drapery hanging low beneath her posterior, holding a palm branch in her left hand, a globe in her right and leaning with her left elbow on a low column to her left. RIC 536 (Severus); BMCRE 47; Calicó 2641a; Hill 100. 7.26g, 18mm, 3h. Good Extremely Fine. A very attractive example with beautiful lustre. Cassius Dio relates an anecdote that, prior to the wedding of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna, Septimius is supposed to have dreamt that Faustina Senior, wife to the last worthy emperor Marcus Aurelius, prepared their nuptial chamber within the Temple of Venus and Roma, near the imperial palace. Such a link back to the golden years before the depravations of Commodus and the ensuing civil war implied to the ever-superstitious plebs Faustina's approval of Septimius and Julia, offering her blessing to them while portending their destiny as the rightful rulers of the empire, sent to guide Rome back to better times. Septimius aspired to restore peace and stability to the Roman Empire, and his wife Julia was to play an instrumental role in this endeavour. By all accounts their marriage was a very happy one, and it is testament to the affection in which Julia held her husband that she chose to accompany Septimius on all of his military campaigns at a time when the women of Rome were expected to stay behind in the city and await their husband's return. Fittingly, the high regard in which Septimius held his wife for her resilience, political views and faithfulness is attested to by the great number of titles conferred upon her, including that of Mater Senatus et Patriae (mother of the Senate and Rome) and, on account of her companionship in the field, Mater Castrorum (mother of the camp). The naturally strong bond exhibited by Septimius and Julia could not have been a better stabiliser to the teetering empire after the so-called 'Year of the Five Emperors' in AD 193, and the opportunity was not lost on the new emperor and empress to secure their own positions. An association with Venus was favoured for the Empress' early coinage, so that the first issues struck for Julia feature the goddess, as we see on this stunning aureus. Julia was to be presented as a model of traditional Roman values, and here we see why the association with Venus was a crucial starting point: Venus is represented as the goddess of victory, holding a globe in her hand to signify Roman dominion over the known world. Of course, her other roles as goddess of love, beauty, fertility and motherhood, all equally important to Julia, are not forgotten in the design of this reverse type and further secure her position as the mother of the state.
Valentinian III AV Solidus. Rome, AD 440-455. D N PLA VALENTI NIANVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORI A AVGGG, Valentinian standing facing, holding long cross in right hand and Victory on globe in left, foot on head of human-headed coiled serpent; R-M across fields, CONOB in exergue. RIC 2014; Lacam 12; Depeyrot 46/1; DOCLR 849-50; Biaggi -. 4.50g, 21mm, 6h. Extremely Fine.
Valentinian I AV Solidus. Treveri, AD 364-367. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, Emperor standing facing, head right, holding labarum inscribed with a Christogram and Victory on globe; TR• in exergue. RIC 1a; Depeyrot 22/1. 4.40g, 22mm, 6h. Fleur De Coin.
Honorius AV Solidus. Mediolanum, AD 394-395. D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGGG, Emperor standing right, holding labarum and Victory on globe, treading on captive to right; M-D across fields, COMOB in exergue. Depeyrot 16/2; RIC IX 35c; cf. RIC X 1206a. 4.45g, 21mm, 6h. Near Mint State.
Valens AV Solidus. Treveri, AD 367-375. D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, Valens and Valentinian I seated facing on throne, holding globe between them; palm between legs, figure of Victory with wings spread above; TROBC in exergue. RIC 17c; C. 53; Depeyrot 43/2. 4.53g, 21mm, 1h. Extremely Fine.
Augustus AR Denarius. Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?), July 18-17/16 BC. Bare head left / Capricorn right, holding globe attached to rudder, cornucopiae over its shoulder; AVGVSTVS below. RIC 130; RSC 22; BMC 307. 3.88g, 19mm, 7h. Good Very Fine. Very Rare, with beautiful golden highlights.
Nero Æ Sestertius. Lugdunum, circa AD 65. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right, globe at point of bust / DECVRSIO, Nero on riding right, holding spear in right hand, soldier riding behind, holding vexillum over his right shoulder; S-C across fields. RIC 436; WCN 418; BMCRE 311; BN 71; Cohen 86. 25.54g, 35mm, 6h. Very Fine.
Antoninus Pius Æ Dupondius. Rome, AD 159-160. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXIII, radiate head right / PIETATI AVG COS IIII, Pietas standing left, holding globe and child, a child at either side; S-C across fields. RIC 1035; C. 625. 13.18g, 26mm, 12h. About Extremely Fine. Ex Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 2, 21 February 1990, lot 660.
Zeno Æ Nummus. Constantinople, AD 476-491. D N ZENO PVG (sic), helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust of Roma right / ZENO, the emperor standing facing atop slain enemy, holding long cross and globe. Apparently unpublished in the standard references. 1.45g, 15mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Apparently unpublished, and possibly unique.
Gratian AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 382-383. D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, laurel and rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIA AVGGG, Constantinopolis, helmeted, seated facing, head right, right foot on prow, holding sceptre in left hand, globe in right, lion's heads on throne; CONOB in exergue. RIC 44a; Depeyrot 33/1. 4.47g, 22mm, 12h. Mint State.
Valentinian I AV Solidus. Antioch, late AD 366-367. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, emperor standing facing, head right, holding labarum inscribed with Christogram and Victory on globe; ANTB in exergue. RIC 2a.ii. var. (officina not listed); Depeyrot 27/2. 4.55g, 21mm, 5h. Good Very Fine.
Octavian AR Denarius. Cyrene, autumn 31 BC. L. Pinarius Scarpus, Imperator. Head of Jupiter Ammon right; AVGVR upwards to left, PONTIF upwards to right / Victory standing right on globe, holding palm frond over left shoulder with left hand, and wreath tied with fillet in extended right hand; IMP CAESAR DIVI F in two lines across fields. Crawford 546/4; RIC 535; CRI 411; RSC 125. 3.73g, 19mm, 11h. Good Extremely Fine. Very Rare. This type is most likely the first struck by Scarpus after defecting to Octavian's side. Although clearly one of his issues as it bears the distinctive portrait of Jupiter Ammon, the imperator's name is absent no doubt as a sign of submission. The obverse instead bears Octavian's priestly titles of augur and pontifex, naming him on the reverse.
Constantine III AV Solidus. Lugdunum, AD 408-409. D N CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AAAVGGGG, Emperor standing right, holding labarum and Victory on globe, treading on captive to right; L-D across fields, COMOB in exergue. RIC 1506, Depeyrot 20/3. 4.45g, 21mm, 12h. Mint State.
Didius Julianus AV Aureus. Rome, 28 March - 1 June AD 193. IMP CAES M DID IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right / •P•M•TR•P•COS•, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae. RIC 2a; C. 8; BMCRE 4; Calicó 2395; Woodward pl. VI, 6. 6.42g, 20mm, 5h. Extremely Fine. Very Rare. The previous emperor Pertinax having been murdered after just three months in the imperial palace, Didius Julianus was raised to the Purple in a shameful episode, where the sources record, the empire was ‘auctioned’ to the highest bidder by the Praetorian Guard. In fear of what troubles Julianus and the Praetorians could create if challenged, the Senate were forced to submit to his rule and ratify his elevation to the throne, whilst at the same time bestowing honorific titles on his wife and daughter, Manlia Scantilla and Didia Clara. Cassius Dio relates that “The next day we [the Senators] went up to pay our respects to him, moulding our faces, so to speak, and posturing, so that our grief should not be detected. The populace, however, went about openly with sullen looks, spoke its mind as much as it pleased, and was getting ready to do anything it could. Finally, when he came to the senate-house and was about to sacrifice to Janus before the entrance, all fell to shouting, as if by preconcerted arrangement, calling him stealer of the empire and parricide” (LXXIV, 13, 2-3). However, Julianus’ time in the palace was to be limited by the challenges of three provincial governors, all of whom laid claim to the imperial throne. Pescennius Niger in Syria, Clodius Albinus in Britain and Septimius Severus in Upper Pannonia all had themselves acclaimed emperor, Cassius Dio relating that it was the populace of the city that had first called for Niger to come to their aid. As the closest to Italy, Severus had the advantage and marched toward Rome, the spectre of his approaching army being enough to further weaken Julianus’ grip on power so that the Senate were able to condemn him to death and appoint Severus in his place. Seen in the knowledge of Julianus’ demise, the reverse type of the present piece featuring Fortuna is then somewhat ironic. The goddess of fortune and personification of luck in Roman religion, her depiction on the coinage would involved the goddess' blessing for the both emperor and empire; however she was as equally dedicated to ensuring life’s capriciousness, as it must quickly have become apparent to Julianus.
Theodosius I AV Solidus. Thessalonica, AD 379. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA REIPVB, Theodosius I and Gratian enthroned facingholding a globe between them, Victory above facing with wings spread, crowning them with laurel wreathes; TESOB in exergue. RIC 33b var. (emperors holding mappa); Depeyrot 33/2 var. (same); DO -. 4.25g, 20mm, 5h. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare, known to Depeyrot by only two examples for Gratian and two for Theodosius I. Only one example is represented on CoinArchives. This was evidently a very short-lived issue, and the reverse legend appears to have been swiftly supplanted by VICTORIA AVGG, and Victory was now shown hovering between the two emperors, no longer holding wreaths above their heads.
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•Ӿ•FL in exergue. Crawford 393/1b; RSC Cornelia 55. 3.91g, 19mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Iridescent highlights.
Valens AV Solidus. Antioch, AD 364-367. D N VALENS PERF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, emperor standing facing, head right, holding labarum inscribed with Christogram and Victory on globe; cross in left field, *ANTS* in exergue. RIC 2d.xxxvii.3; Depeyrot 20/2. 4.50g, 22mm, 5h. Near Extremely Fine; light marks in rev. field.
Valens AV Solidus. Antioch, late AD 366-367. D N VALENS PERF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, emperor standing facing, head right, holding labarum inscribed with Christogram and crowning Victory on globe; ANTΘ• in exergue. RIC 2d.xviii var. (unlisted officina); Depeyrot 27/3. 4.47g, 21mm, 12h. Extremely Fine.
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; BMC 346. 3.82g, 19mm, 8h. Mint State; lovely iridescent tone. From the Paulo Leitão Collection.
British Coins, George III, pattern penny, 1797, struck in bronzed copper, W. J. Taylor restrike, laur. head r., rev. Britannia with shield and trident seated l. on globe, date in exergue, legends on raised rim, edge plain (P.1142), in plastic holder, dark tone to reverse and to obverse rim, virtually mint state The Neil Shaw Collection
British Coins, George III, late Soho pattern penny, 1797, struck in bronzed copper, thin flan, laur. head r., rev. Britannia with shield and trident seated l. on globe, date in exergue, legends on raised rim, edge plain (P.1096), certified and graded by NGC as Proof 63 Brown The Neil Shaw Collection
British Coins, George III, late Soho pattern halfpenny, 1795, struck in copper, laur. head r., rev. Britannia with shield and spear seated l. on globe, pointing l., date in exergue, legends on raised rim, edge plain (P.1048), certified and graded by NGC as Proof 65 Brown The Neil Shaw Collection
British Coins, George III, early Soho pattern halfpenny, 1790, by J.-P. Droz, struck in brown-gilt copper, long-haired laur. head r., DROZ F incuse on truncation, rev. Britannia with shield and spear seated l. on globe, pointing l., lettered edge (P.950; DH.5) good very fine The Neil Shaw Collection
British Coins, William and Mary, proof halfpenny, 1694, struck in copper, conjoined busts r., he in armour, rev. Britannia seated l. on globe, with shield, spear and spray of leaves, date in exergue, toothed border to both sides, flan 31.65mm and 1.9mm thick, 11.89gms., (BMC 611; S.3452), nearly extremely fine, struck with some surplus metal at edges, extremely rare
British Coins, George III, restrike pattern halfpenny, in copper, by W. J. Taylor, undated, laur. bust r., eagle’s head below, rev. Britannia naked, seated l., on globe, crude paddle behind, edge plain (DH.- [dies of 996, R14]; Selig –),, scuffs and nicks on obverse and some details partially repolished, fine to very fine and exceedingly rare *ex DNW, 7 December 2015, lot 900 The Neil Shaw Collection
British Coins, George III, pattern halfpenny, gilt, 1788, by Droz, late Soho striking, laur. head r., signed D.F. on truncation, rev. Britannia seated l. on globe, shield to r., holding spear and wreath, raised lettered edge: RENDER TO CESAR (BMC 965), some rubbing to the gilding, nearly extremely fine

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