Municipal coinage of Rome Æ 20 Nummi. Municipal coinage of Rome, AD 526-534. INVICTA ROMA, draped bust of Roma to right, wearing crested helmet, pendant earring and necklace / She-wolf standing to left, head turned back to watch the two infants Romulus and Remus suckling; two stars flanking Chi-Rho above, mark of value XX below. Hahn, MEC 99, MIB 71c (Theoderic); Kraus 29; Metlich 84b. 6.64g, 19mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Very Rare, and one of the very finest surviving coins from the reign of Athalaric. An exceptional example of the type, struck from dies of what may almost be described as fine. Although Rome in 526-534 was under Ostrogothic rule, the governance of the city and Italy in general as established by Theoderic was a civilised and relatively enlightened one. Theoderic had sought to revive Roman culture and self-government, and while he was at once king of the Goths, he was also the successor (though without any imperial titles) of the West Roman Emperors. These two nations, differing in religion, manners and language, lived in parallel and side by side with each other, without the one greatly influencing the other, and each was ruled according to its own laws. After his death in 526 his grandson Athalaric ascended the throne, with his mother Amalsuntha as Queen and regent. Although the most noticeable of the bronze coins used in Italy under the Ostrogoths are the countermarked asses and other earlier types (see lot 943), in fact these did not make up the bulk of the copper coinage in circulation at that time. Under Odovacar and the Ostrogoths the Roman Senate enjoyed a brief Indian summer of power; amongst its activities was a revival of the ancient Senatorial privilege of minting in bronze, which after a very brief issue in the name of Zeno, then consisted of types purely Roman in character, making no reference to either imperial or royal authority. This revived Senatorial coinage features the helmeted bust of Roma along with the ironic obverse inscription INVICTA ROMA, and recalls the ancient silver coins of the Republic. The reverse types, when they are not a Roman eagle (see lots 949-950) refer to the mythical founding of Rome, with Romulus and Remus being suckled by the she-wolf (as on the present example), or a fig tree representing the ficus ruminalis beneath which the scene supposedly took place. This Senatorial coinage came to an end in 535/6 when it was briefly replaced by the portrait coins of Theodahad (see lot 961). In 537, after the occupation of Rome by the forces of Belisarius, this was in turn replaced by a regular ‘Byzantine’ imperial coinage in the name of Justinian. When Rome again fell under Ostrogothic control and the mint was reopened in 549, the coinage issued there was purely royal and Ostrogothic in character (see lot 965). This series may therefore be rightfully described as the final issue of coinage struck by the ancient Romans in their own name.
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Ostrogoths, Baduila Æ 10 Nummi. Rome, AD 549/550-552. D N BADVILA REX, frontal bust of king wearing ‘Ostrogothic’ garment and helmet / FLOREA[S SEMPER], Baduila standing right, holding spear and shield. Metlich 98b; MEC 162. 6.88g, 18mm, 7h. Very Fine. From the Dr. Murray Gell-Mann Collection.
RAF Signed Cover Collection 5 in Album With Slipcase. 29 covers including rare scarce varieties housed in Green cover album. Covers have a retail price of over £290 including DE1794 JS50/45/14 2 8 95 BFPS 2454 Liberation of Burma Flown in VC 10 of No 10 Sqn RAF Brize Norton to Brunei & back. Special variation 3 of 8 signed by Wing Commander N Bayles DFC, 273 Sqn Burma. RRP £20 DE1795 6 Aug 95 BFPS 2455 The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs. Flown in VC 10. Special variation numbered 6 of 6 signed by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Leach. RRP £20 DE1799 15 8 95 Isle of Man VJ Day Special Postmark. Victory over Japan. The Burma Star . Flown in TriStar of 216 Sqn from RAF Brize Norton to Kuala Lumpur and returned. Special variation numbered 5 of 7 signed by Brigadier Biggs CBE, Lt Col in the Burma Campaign. RRP £25 DE1801 15 8 95 Isle of Man VJ Day Special Postmark. Victory over Japan. The Burma Star . Flown in TriStar of 216 Sqn from RAF Brize Norton to Kuala Lumpur and returned. Special variation numbered 4 of 7 signed by Vice Admiral Sir Barry Wilson KCB. RRP £15 DE1802 15 8 95 Isle of Man VJ Day Special Postmark. Victory over Japan. The Burma Star . Flown in TriStar of 216 Sqn from RAF Brize Norton to Kuala Lumpur and returned. Special variation numbered 5 of 7 signed by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Lindsay Bryson KCB. RRP £15 DE1803 4 11 71 18d Colditz Postmark. Return to Oflag 7c & Colditz Castle Special Postmark. Cover depicts Colditz Castle.Colditz Castle. Was where the Germans hold troublesome and highly prized prisoners of the Allied Officers in WW2. Cover taken to Colditz Castle Oflag IVC, Via the former site of Oflag VIIC near Stuttgart and to RAF Gatow, Berlin from where it was flown to RAF Wildenrath in Varsity T1 WF375 and then flown to RAF Northolt UK in Pembroke XF 796. Norman address in Violet 2 black backstamps RAF Northold & Townsend Thoresen ferries. Signed by the pilot who flew the covers, Flt Lt L Butcher. RRP £15 DE1804 2 6 72 Bruxelles 1040 Brussel Special Postmark. Retour aux Pyrenees This Cover was taken from Waterloo, Belgium the HQ of Reseau Comete by members of the Comet line to Bayonne France and from there flown to RAF Northolt, England via Jersey in D.H.Devon Mk2, WB533 of No 21 Sqn. Signed by the pilot Flt Lt Ironside. RRP £8.50 DE1805 20 V11 1973 Zagan Return to Stalag Luff III Return to Stalag Luff III Carried by courier from Zagan Poland to RAF Gatow a distance of 178 miles by Sqn Ldr M G Ralph. Flown in Varsity from RAF Gatow to RAF Oakington via RAF Wildenwrath .Signed by the pilot Flt Lt Jackson. RRP £8.50 DE1807 21 5 1973 Paris Return to France, Flown from Le Bourget to RAF Lyneham in Comet Pilot signed Wg P Walker. RRP £8.50 DE1808 14 6 73 Luxembourg Return to Luxembourg flown Luxembourg to RAF Northolt Pilot signed Flt Lt Fulluck. RRP £8.50 DE1810 Escape from Switzerland Signed Fg Off P W Walker who was shot down over France 15 10 74 Geneve Aeroport CDS Retour En Suisse. Cover depicts the Schaffhausen Salient in the Alps,RAFES badge and Swiss emblem. RRP £25 DE1811 20 9 74 Goteborg Escape to Sweden. This cover has retraced the steps taken by members of the Royal Air Force who escaped from Prisoner of War Camps in Northern Germany and made their way to Sweden. Signed by the pilot and navigator who flew the covers. RRP £8.50 DE1812 13 6 75 Overijse Special Echappes de Belgique . Cover depicts Cadet Pilots Divoy and Donnet approaching Thorpe le Soken in their stolen Stame SV4B. Flown and signed by the pilot. RRP £8.50 DE1813 1 9 75 Sola ( Norway ) Cover depicts fishing boat in Norwegian Fjord, also RAFES &Royal Norwegian Air Force badges. Flown in a Scandinavian Air Lines DC-10 and signed by the pilot Captain Bjorn Hansen. RRP £8.50 DE1814 5 5 75 Aeroporto Postmark Ritorna Indietro In Italian Escape From Italy. Flown in an Andover and signed by the pilot Flt Lt Eastment. RRP £8.50 DE1815 Devolver A los Piernos, taken to San Sebastian and by courier to Bayonne. Carried across the border into Spain, then Gibralta, then flown on a training flight to the UK. Signed by the pilot Sqn Ldr Epton. RRP £8.50 DE1817 5 76 Kobenhavn Lufthaven CDS ( Denmark )Flugt Gennem Denmark. Cover depicts Merchant ship , Tug and statue in Copenhagen Harbour, RAFES badge and Resistance logo. Flown in Royal Danish Air Force C 54 from RDAF Vaerlose to RAF Northolt. Signed by the pilot Major P Ancker. RRP £8.50 DE1818 30th Anniv of RAF Escaping Society. Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil .E. Embry. Cover depicts Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil E Embry in a Blenheim 4 leading 107 Squadron over Pas de Calais in May 1940, RAFES badge and 12th Region Militaire logo. Flown in a King Air A100 and signed by the pilot. RRP £8.50 DE1819 28 3 77 Port Moresby Escape from New Britain with Qantas cachet. Pilot signed of Air niugini Captain R L Wilkinson RRP £8.50 DE1821 Return to Tunisia, flown in Caledonian Airways BAC 1-11 from Edinburgh - Gatwick - Tunis. Signed by the pilot A B Cutting. RRP £8.50 DE1822 Escape from Greece 1942 15 V 78 Aohmai CDS ( Greece ) Escape from Greece. Cover depicts fishing boat and Greek coastline, RAFES badge and ancient Greek helmet. Flown in Britannia Airways Boeing 737-204 G-AXNC from Gatwick to Athens ( Greece ) by Capt Daymon, in Royal Hellenic Air Force Hercules C130 by Major Papadimitiou and in 10 Squadron VC10 XV109 from Athens to RAF Brize Norton by Sqn Ldr Hickman. Signed by these three pilots. RRP £14 DE1824 The Pat O’Leary Line. Returned from Issy les Moulineaux Heliport Paris to Battersea Heliport London in a Bristow helicopter and signed by Michael Fopp. RRP £8.50 DE1825 RAFES23b RAF Escaping Society Escape from Libya. Commemorates the airmen who evaded and escaped from Libya during WWII. Flown on a British Caledonian Boeing 707 from Tunis to Gatwick and signed by all three crew members. These crew members, were wartime members of the RAF and Flt Lt Flower DFC, the Flight Engineer, was an evader himself, having been shot down in his Sterling Bomber over Denmark. RRP £25 DE1827 31 V111 79 Gorssell Escape in Heinkel. Flown in an F-27 Troopship and signed by Commandant Korps Commando Lt Kol. Bvan Tussenbroek. RRP £8.50 DE1829 25 1V 80 Groningen The Dutch Paris Line signed by the pilot. RRP £8.50 DE1832 25 4 1981 Comete Line Rotour aux Pyrenees (2nd) Flown from RAF Museum to the headquarters of Le Reseau Comete at Waterloo Belgian, and then carried from there down the old comete line from Brussels. Signed by Wg Cdr David Holliday. RRP £12 DE1837 8 May 85 BFPS 1945 40th Anniv of VE Day. Caterpillar Club Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Formation of the RAF Escaping Society.Cover flown in Hercules and dropped by the RAF Falcons in a delayed parachute descent. Signed by members of the Falcons. RRP £13 DE1839 40th Anniv of the Self Liberation of Buchenwald. 11 04 85 Weimar CDS ( East Germany ) 40th Anniversary of Liberation Buchenwald Concentration Camp. Cover depicts the Buchenwald Concentration Camp Memorial and Liberation logo. Pilot signed. RRP £8.50 DE1840 11 Nov 85 BFPS 1918 The Shelbourne line Flown in DH 125 from Stansted to Rennes. The Operational Heartland of the Shelburne Lines. Crew Signed RRP £8.50 Good condition. Est: All signed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
A Liverpool, Seth Pennington helmet shaped cream jug, c.1785, painted with floral sprays on a spreading foot, height 10cm. For the shape, please see page 402 Maurice Hillis Liverpool Porcelain. CONDITION REPORT There is a firing flaw where the handle meets the body and also a 2mm firing flaw to the rim, but these are in production and not damage, otherwise appears good with no further obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration.
A Liverpool, Seth Pennington high Chelsea ewer, c.1785-1795, printed with the "Two Stags" pattern on a moulded body, height 8.7cm and a John Pennington helmet shaped ewer, c.1780-1790, printed with the "Chinese Lady with Boy and Bird" pattern, length 15.4cm (2). The high Chelsea ewer is referenced on page 465 of of Maurice Hillis Liverpool Porcelain and the John Pennington ewer referenced on page 429. CONDITION REPORT The high Chelsea ewer has been crudely restored around the spout and body and is wearing off. The second ewer has a 1cm x 5mm restored chip to the rim near the handle spurning a 4mm brown stained hairline crack, otherwise appears good with no further obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration.
A Third Reich M35 double decal steel helmet, the black semi matt finish with party decal and added early type SS decal, stamped “ET64” (Eisenhuttenwerke in Thale) and production number “4705”, the rear inner rim also having painted SS and RZM marks and illegible inscription within a rectangle with leather lining and chinstrap. GC
8 The East of India Company (Maison Militaire). ‘The Shogun Collection’. 3 Samurai warriors- Honda, Hatchisuka and Kyogoku clans (SCS03A). Plus individual figures – Tokugawa Leyasu seated on tiger skin (SCD201). Honda Tadatsuga holding lance (SCD203). One Eyed Dragon (SCD206). Versugi Kenshin Terutora (SCD207). Kuroda Nagamasa (SCD208). Li Nasomasa (SCD209). Plus Toyotomi Hideyoshi helmet and chair (SCD212). All boxed. Contents Mint.
3 1970’s French Scalextric cars. A Yardley McLaren M23 (C 121). In white with orange flashes, RN33, driver with yellow helmet. A Porsche 917 (090022) in white, RN12. Plus a Brabham F1 in white, driver with red helmet, RN7. All in cream based plastic window boxes, with paperwork/instructions to two. Vehicles VGC-Mint.
SCARCE NMEC. CHIEF FIRE OFFICERS FIRE HELMET, white Cairns helmet, with visor, 5 x NMEC plaques, Obsolete Kent Fire brigade station officer’s white Cairns helmet with visor, original Croydon fire brigade cap badge, 4 x chrome officers rank collar markings in presentation case, 3 x Solingen Germany fire patches and a pre WW2 German fire-performance badge (13 items). NMEC. New Millennium Experience Company, Fire Department formed late 1999 disbanded early 2001 for the Greenwich Dome, now O2 Arena
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