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Click here to subscribe18-16 BC. Colonia Patricia mint. Obv: bare head right, bankers marks to left and right. Rev: AVGVSTVS beneath capricorn left, holding globe with rudder between front hooves, cornucopia on its shoulder. RIC 128; RSC 21; BMC 346; Sear 1592 variant (capricorn left"). 3.57 grams. . With dealer ticket. . Good very fine; reverse off centre. Scarce.
388-395 AD, 353-355 AD and 383-388 AD. Theodosius I, Trier mint: reverse of Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and inverted spear with mintmark TRPS. Constantius II, Arles mint, votive (year 30), officina letter P, S or T and CON. Magnus Maximus, Trier mint: reverse of Roma seated left on cuirass, holding globe and inverted spear with mintmark TRPS. RIC IX Trier 94b/106a/RIC VIII Arles 207/253; Sear 17934/RIC IX Trier 84b; RSC 20a; Sear 20644. 5.13 grams total. . [3, No Reserve]. Very fine.
1068-1071 AD. Constantinople mint. Obv: +RWMAN EVDOKIA legend with Christ standing facing on footstool, wearing nimbus cross, and crowing Romanus on left and Eudocia on right, both standing facing, wearing loros and holding cross on globe between them, IC-XC to upper centre left and right. Rev: KWN MX AND legend with Michael in centre, Constantius on left and Andronicus on right, all standing facing, all beardless and wearing loros; Michael holding labarum and akakia, his brothers each hold a cross on globe and akakia, dotted exergual band below. BMC 2; Sear 1861. 4.36 grams. . . Good very fine.
3rd-2nd century BC. A gold hoop ring with figure of a child with hands on hips, sash across chest with granule decoration, standing on a globe; to the top and bottom of the figure a flower set with garnet. 2.34 grams, 20.64mm overall, 17.90mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.23, Japan 16) (1"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1995. . Very fine condition. A large wearable size.
176-177 AD and 198-200 AD. Marcus Aurelius. Rome mint. Reverse of TR POT XXXI IMP VIII COS III PP with Fides standing left, holding globe and aquila. Septimius Severus. Reverse of IOVI CONSERVATORI with Jupiter seated left, holding Victory and sceptre. RIC 374; RSC 945 (see wildwinds.com, this coin) // RIC 130; RSC 237. 6.03 grams total. . [No Reserve].
392-395 AD. Milan mint. Obv: DN EVGENIVS PF AVG legend with pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VIRTVS RO-MANORVM legend with Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and inverted spear formed of dots; mintmark MDPS in exergue. RIC IX Milan 32c; Sear 20689. 0.91 grams. . . Extremely fine, small flan. Rare.
963-969 AD. Constantinople mint. Obv: +IhSUS XPISTUS NICA legend and star, cross crosslet on globe on two steps, in the centre of which is a four-lobed medallion containing facing crowned bust of Nicephorus with short beard, wearing loros, all within triple border interspersed with eight globes. Rev: + nICHF’ En XW AVTOCRAT’ EVSEb’ bASILEVS RWMAIW’ legend in five lines, cross of dots above and below, all within triple border interspersed with eight globes. DOC 6; Sear 1781. 2.84 grams. . [No Reserve]. Very fine
582-602 AD. Constantinople mint. Obv: D N MAVRC TIb PP AVI legend with cuirassed bust facing wearing plumed helmet, holding cross on globe. Rev: VICTORIA AVGG legend and officina letter epsilon, angel standing facing, holding long, P-headed cross and cross on globe; mintmark CONOB in exergue. DOC I 5a; Sear 478. 4.34 grams. . . Near extremely fine.
319 AD. Thessalonica mint. Obv: DN FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES legend with laureate and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VIRT EXERC legend with Sol, raising right hand and holding globe in left, standing half-left above the plan of a Roman camp; mintmark TS dot delta dot below. RIC VII 69; Sear 16831 variant (officina"). 2.37 grams. . . Good very fine; some tooling on reverse.
461-465 AD. Uncertain mint, with contemporary loop attached. Obv: D N LIBIVS SEVERVS P F AVG legend with rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VICTORIA AVGGG legend with emperor standing, foot on human-headed snake, holding cross-headed staff and stylized Victory on globe; R - A at sides; COMOB in exergue. RIC X 3754; MEC 174; see Sear 21596-21600 variant. 4.47 grams. . . Extremely fine; some scuffs. Rare.
46 BC. Obv: ROMA behind helmeted and draped bust of Roma right. Rev: cornucopia on globe between sceptre and rudder; T CARISI below, all within laurel wreath. Carisia 4; Crawford 464/3a; Sydenham 984; Sear 448. 3.71 grams. . Ex Roma, sale 28, lot 390 (with lot ticket"). [No Reserve]. Near extremely fine.
36 BC. Copia (Lyons), Gaul mint. Obv: IMP CAESAR DIVI F DIVI IVLI legend around heads of Julius Caesar, laureate, left and Octavian, bare-headed, right, back to back with palm branch between them. Rev: prow of galley right, star superimposed on globe and a meta (racing chariot turning post) above; COPIA below. RPC 515; Cohen 8; Giard, Lyon 7; De La Tour 4669; SNG Cop 689; SGI 150. 18.99 grams. . With dealer ticket. . Very fine. Rare.
76-75 BC. Obv: GPR above bearded bust of the Genius of the Roman people right, sceptre over his shoulder. Rev: EX-SC legend to left and right of wreathed and filleted sceptre, globe and rudder; CN LEN Q in exergue. Cornelia 54; Syd. 752; Cr393/1a; Sear 323. 3.33 grams. . Found Shropshire, UK. [No Reserve]. Very fine.
602-610 AD. Constantinople mint. Obv: dN FOCAS PERP AV legend with draped and cuirassed facing bust, wearing crown without pendilia, holding cross on globe. Rev: VICTORIA AVGU legend and officina letter with Victory standing facing, holding P-headed staff and cross on globe; mintmark CONOB in exergue. DOC II 10e; MIB II 9; Sear 620. 4.39 grams. . [No Reserve]. Very fine.
963-969 AD. Constantinople mint. Obv: +IhSUS XPISTUS NICA legend and star, cross crosslet on globe on two steps, in the centre of which is a four-lobed medallion containing facing crowned bust of Nicephorus with short beard, wearing loros, all within triple border interspersed with eight globes. Rev: + nICHF’ En XW AVTOCRAT’ EVSEb’ bASILEVS RWMAIW’ legend in five lines, cross of dots above and below, all within triple border interspersed with eight globes. DOC 6; Sear 1781. 2.26 grams. . [No Reserve]. Good very fine.
161 AD. Rome mint. Obv: IMP L AVREL VERVS AVG legend with bare head right. Rev: PROV DEOR TR P COS II legend with Providentia standing left, holding globe and cornucopia. RIC 463 (Aurelius); BMCRE 35; RSC 144; Sear -. 3.31 grams. . Ex Kunst und Münzen 11, 6 December 1973, lot 57. . Near extremley fine
1059-1067 AD. Constantinople mint. Obv: IhS XIS REX REGNANTINM legend with Christ seated facing on throne with upright arms, holding book of Gospels and raising right hand. Rev: +KWN RACL O DOVKAC legend with Constantine, bearded and crowned, wearing jewelled robe, standing facing on low footstool, holding labarum and cross on globe. BMC 1-3; DO 1a; Sear 1847. 4.39 grams. . . Near extremely fine.
76-75 BC. Rome mint. Obv: GPR (Genius of the People of Rome) above the bearded, draped bust of Genius right. Rev: EX-SC and C N LEN Q legend above and beneath wreathed and filleted sceptre, globe and rudder. Sydenham 752, Crawford 393/1a; Cornelia 54; Sear 323. 3.80 grams. . [No Reserve]. Very fine.
240 AD. Rome mint. Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG legend with laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: PM TR P IIII COS II PP legend with Emperor standing right in military dress, holding transverse spear and globe; S-C across fields. RIC 306a; Sear 8731. 17.03 grams. . . Extremely fine.
392-395 AD. Trier mint. Obv: DN EVGENIVS PF AVG legend with pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VIRTVS RO-MANORVM legend with Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and inverted spear without barb; mintmark TRPS in exergue. RIC IX Trier 106d; RSC 14; Bachofen-Voetter 2769; Sear 20688. 1.13 grams. . . Good very fine, small flan. Scarce.
272-274 AD. Serdica mint. Obv: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG legend with radiate, cuirassed bust right. Rev: ORIENS AVG legend with Sol walking left, treading down one of two captives, holding globe, right hand raised; mintmark XXIS in exergue. RIC V-1, 279; Sear 11572. 4.69 grams. . . Extremely fine.
John Kingerlee (b.1936)Grid - Kilcatherine (2007) oil on board signed, titled & dated 2007 on reverse 25.40 x 61cm (10 x 24in) Provenance: Private Collection Picked for USA tour 'John Kingerlee' by former New York Times art critic William Zimmer which exhibited in sixteen cities across the US between 2007 and 2010. Grid Kilcatherine toured American museums for three years as part of a major John Kingerlee retrospective. The grid series represents the summation of this distinguished artist's career, appealing to major collectors and critics across the globe. The series began in 1996 following a trip to the ancient burial mound of Tara near the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland. The experience gave Kingerlee a profound sense of ancient power and our ancestors' attempts to preserve an awareness of this within the landscape. Eventually the artist distilled these thoughts and feelings into an innovative group of landscape paintings that became known as the grids, in which he adapted the cellular web of the Cubists and applied it to timeless elemental settings. The grids have also been dubbed pneumas, from the ancient Greek word for breath or, when used in a religious context, spirit or soul. For the ancient Greek philosopher Anaximenes, pneuma was the primary substance from which all things are made. In the hands of the painter, oil pigment is the medium from which his subject must be brought to life, and Kingerlee's approach with his rows of dissolving 'plaques' stresses both repetition and coherence. His fundamental belief is that all things in the universe are linked, they are parts of an overriding unity, hence in a work such as the present one there is a strong sense of continuation into infinity: the breadth and depth of the composition are not limited by the confines of the picture frame. The multi-layered surfaces of the grids are themselves evocative of geological or archaeological strata, with the upper 'crust' hiding numerous earlier manifestations of the painting (some in bright primary colours), whilst at the same time respecting that evolution by allowing the textured build-up of pigment to push through the upper skin. The process of accumulation and reduction to which each grid is subjected is a metaphor for the processes of nature - birth, growth, germination, disintegration, and regeneration. The artist is acutely aware of these cycles, living as he has done on the exposed west coast of Ireland for over thirty-five years, observing the weathering effects of wind and the erosion of the coast by heavy seas. The light too changes constantly in this primordial setting, revealing and concealing, the very edge of the land intensifying one's awareness of it as the eye is drawn by the huge dome of the sky. In Kilcatherine Grid two rows of five plaques seem to hang suspended in pale blue space. Each one could be a landscape or seascape in its own right, some even evoke suggestions of faces through the smears of paint and the drier accretions of impasto. Dissolution and break-up are, however, held in check by a sense of order that is manifested in the artist's reliance on symmetry and balance. The spaces between the plaques form a row of four linked crosses, their edges blurred to a greater or lesser extent so as to suggest that this colour not only separates but also forms a background to the plaques, like stones projecting above the surface of the sea or clouds scattered across the sky - each element animated, of course, by pneuma. Jonathan Benington, October 2016
ABSENTA ALTAMS 1940-1950'SAnother rare bottle of Absinthe, this time from the Altimiras Distillery in Spain. Presented in a pint flask. The rear label describes the contents as "Healthy & Wholesome", if only all spirits were such. Some evaporation. Level bottom shoulder/ top body. Fantastic image of a Mephistophelean figure holding a globe and pouring a bottle over Europe.1 bottle.
A pair of Staffordshire Pottery pearlware figures of Geoffrey Chaucer and Sir Isaac Newton, Chaucer standing beside a pile of books on pedestal, Newton standing beside a globe and dated 1680, both on square marbled bases, Chaucer restored base, Newton telescope damaged, 12¼in (31cm) high (2) Provenance: The Hugh Thomas Appleton Collection of Staffordshire Pottery figures.
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