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Click here to subscribeKestner 167 bisque head doll, German circa 1910, beautiful pale bisque head with weighted brown glass eyes, raised eyebrows, open mouth with upper teeth and later blonde wig, on a fully jointed wood and composition body, wearing a cream cotton dress, underclothes, white leather shoes and socks, 24” (61cm) tall.
*William Scott (British, 1913-1989)IONALithograph printed in colours, 1961, signed, dated and numbered 62/300 in pencil, from the portfolio Europäischen Grafik, printed at Atelier Mathieu, Zurich, published by Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, on Arches wove paper, the full sheet printed to the edgessheet 50.2 x 62cm, unframed*Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.
1900's German Kestner bisque head doll (with impressed marks to back of head Germany J. D. K 257) on composition body with open fixed eyes and hand painted features, open mouth and teeth wearing non original clothes, silk parasol (parasol a/f) seated in cast iron pushchair with leather seat and wooden foot board carved 'Queen Of The Road' (doll length
A Kammer & Reinhardt bisque head doll (crack to upper right temple), brown glass sleeping eyes, open mouth and teeth, blonde mohair wig, jointed composition limbs and body, 22" high, marked "53", and a similar Kestner bisque head doll (cracked forehead), 22" high (2) (Est. plus 18% premium inc. VAT)
Kestner: A pouting bisque head doll, possibly Kestner, closed mouth, brown eyes, accented eyes and nose, bisque face bearing no obvious damage or cracks, kid body, good condition, as found, bisque lower arms, appear good, dressed in turquoise silk, lace dress with train, brown mohair wig, turquoise shoes, on stand, 73cm/29" approx.
Kestner: A beautiful Kestner bisque head doll, marked to head 'M Made in Germany 16 164', pale bisque, with big brown eyes, head appears to have no damage or cracks, body also appears good with no obvious breaks or cracks, open mouth revealing four front teeth, sleep eyes, blonde long human hair, original old underclothes, cream and brown later silk dress, 79cm/31" approx.
Kestner: A beautiful Kestner bisque head doll, marked to head 'Made in Germany 153 4 164', heavy eyebrows, big brown sleep eyes, painted lashes, open mouth revealing four front teeth, accented eyes and nose, long, medium brown human hair wig, body in good condition with some wear to tips of fingers, original old underwear, replaced dress in cream silk and lace, new shoes, 71cm/28" approx.
A Gebruder Heubach "8774" bisque headed whistling boy doll with kid body and porcelain arms, 16.5ins high, an Alt Beck & Gottschalck "1362" bisque headed doll with closing blue eyes, open mouth and jointed composition body, 20ins high, and a Kestner "960" bisque headed doll with open blue eyes, open mouth and composition body, 9.5ins high
49-48 BC. Military mint travelling with Caesar. Obv: CAESAR legend with elephant walking right, trampling on horned serpent. Rev: sacrificial implements: simpulum, sprinkler, axe surmounted by a wolf's head and priest's hat. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; Kestner 3518; BMCRR Gaul 27; RSC 49; Sear 1399. 3.64 grams. Fine.
Kestner 154 bisque shoulder head doll, German circa 1910, with weighted blue glass eyes, raised eyebrows, open mouth with upper teeth and later brown wig, on kid leather body with bisque lower arms and wearing a white dress (some repair to feet) 22” (56cm) tall, together with a 1912 bisque head doll on a fully jointed wood and composition body, wearing a green dress, beret and white pinafore (2 items).
Simon & Halbig 126 bisque head doll, German circa 1910, with weighted brown glass eyes, feather eyebrows, open mouth and two upper teeth, short brown wig and on a five piece composition body with starfish hands and moulded painted brown shoes, wearing a cream dress with violets, 11” (28cm) tall, together with a small J.D. Kestner 260 bisque head doll with weighted blue glass eyes, open mouth, upper teeth and blonde wig with two long plaits, on a five piece composition body with starfish hands and panted socks and shoes, wearing green check dress with apron and felt hat, 8” (20cm) tall, (2 items).
Kestner 264 bisque head girl doll, German circa 1910, with weighted brown glass eyes, raised feather eyebrows, open mouth and upper teeth, pierced ears and blonde wig, on a fully jointed wood and composition body and wearing modern blue and cream dress, bonnet and underclothes, (hands repaired), 15” (38cm) tall.
J.D Kestner 247 bisque head character baby doll, German circa 1910, excellent quality bisque with weighted brown glass eyes, feathered eyebrows, open mouth with two upper teeth and short blonde wig, on a composition baby body and wearing a long white cotton nightdress, bonnet and underclothes, incised 12, 247, J.D.K, 16” (41cm) tall.
Large Kestner 164 bisque head girl doll, German circa 1910, with weighted blue glass eyes, lashes, raised eyebrows and open mouth with upper teeth, later blonde wig with original plaster pate and on a fully jointed wood and composition body, wearing a pink satin and lace dress and bonnet, 31” (79cm) tall.
Large Kestner 166 bisque shoulder head doll, German, circa 1910, beautiful pale bisque head with weighted brown glass eyes, raised eyebrows and open mouth with upper teeth, later blonde wig, fixed neck to jointed kid leather body and bisque lower arms, wearing a white cotton dress, 34” (87cm) tall.
J.D Kestner 249 bisque head girl doll, German circa 1910, fine pale bisque head with weighted blue glass eyes, feathered brows, open mouth and upper teeth, original brown wig and on a fully jointed wood and composition body, wearing a white cotton dress with emerald green day-coat, socks and leather shoes, 19 ½” (50cm) tall.
A Kammer and Reinhardt large doll 'Lily' with brown wig, sleeping blue eyes, open mouth, pierced ears, on a composition jointed body, wearing a pretty embroidered dress, 70cm; German possibly Kestner 262 bisque socket head baby doll, with modern wig, fixed brown eyes, open mouth, bent limb body, wearing a cotton dress, 51cm (2)Hairline crack to cheek, near her mouth.
Large bisque head doll attributed to Kestner, with pink lacework dress and lace bonnet, no marks to back of head late 19th / early 20th century 94cm high Condition report: No damage or restoration to the head. The eyes are fixed open. The limbs show signs of age and play wear with several shrinkage spits, overall lacquer crazing, scuffs and chips but all appear intact. The lacework has many holes and losses.
A German Kestner style bisque shoulder head doll with open and closed eyes and open mouth marked 15 1/2 dep.4 wearing a deep blue velvet and lace edged dress, jointed kyd body and brown shoes, length 37cm together with a poured wax doll with inset brown eyes, white bonnet and blue polka dot clothes, length 43cm (2)
Cleopatra and Marc Antony AR Denarius. Uncertain Eastern mint, autumn 34 BC. ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡA ΒΑCΙΛICΗC ΒΑCΙΛΕWΝ Τ...N, diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra right; at point of bust, prow right / ANTONI•ARMENIA•DEVICTA, bare head of Marc Antony right; Armenian tiara to left. Crawford -, but cf. 543/1 for types of different style and legends; CRI -; Sydenham -; RSC -; Kestner -; BMCRR East -; RBW -. 3.71g, 20mm, 4h. Extremely Fine. Unique and unpublished; a coin of great numismatic importance. This unexpected novum is a remarkable addition to the coinage of these most famous of lovers, and the late imperatorial period in general. Bearing more refined portraits of both Cleopatra and Antony, and more importantly an obverse legend in Greek and a reverse legend in Latin, it offers us new insights into the production of these iconic dual-portrait denarii. Bilingual coins were, although extremely uncommon, not unheard of by the late 1st century BC. Among the earliest are certain Italian coins that bear dual Oscan and Greek inscriptions; there are also numerous issues of formerly Punic-dominated cities, particularly in Spain, where bilingual inscriptions occur, sometimes on the same side as in the case of Bailo (SNG BM Spain 477-8); certain Alexander-type issues at Tyre retain their Phoenician-character dating alongside the Greek legends. The most conspicuously bilingual Greek coins are those of the late Greco-Baktrian and Indo-Greek kings, whose coinage frequently bears a Greek obverse inscription naming the king, and a Karosthi reverse legend. Even in more recent years, a denarius-standard coinage had been issued by the Roman-allied king of Numidia, Juba I, which bore a Latin obverse legend, and a neo-Punic reverse inscription. The precedent therefore certainly existed for such coins when they were considered politically expedient. While a certain number of the Antony-Cleopatra denarii feature the head of the Queen on the reverse die, the vast majority of surviving specimens have a Cleopatra obverse die, and an Antony reverse die. Though these coins are commonly referred to as denarii of Antony and Cleopatra, it is more proper to refer to them as denarii of Cleopatra, for Antony. The Queen is depicted here with the prow of a galley at the point of her bust, symbolising her importance to the naval building programme that would eventually see the combined Antonian-Ptolemaic navies field 290 warships at Actium. Lamentably, the die was substantially degraded at the time of striking this coin - part of the legend which appears to be ‘T….N’ is illegible – however this degradation of the die is interesting, as is the case of the Queen’s name. We know that despite their scarcity today the dual-portrait denarii were issued in large numbers, and clearly hastily so, to pay Antony’s troops. The numerous die breaks on this specimen point to extensive usage on a level that the (many) other dies with exclusively Latin legends do not. What therefore became of these Greek-legend coins, and why were no other Greek-legend dies produced? Perhaps it was a much smaller part of the issue intended for the payment of a particular group of Ptolemaic-pattern troops, or it may be that this specimen represents a prototype strike that was rejected by Antony or his men, and replaced with the Latin-only coins. It is noteworthy that the Latin-only coins display Cleopatra’s name in the genitive (Cleopatrae), while this coin, in common with the Isis-headdress bronzes of Patras, displays it in the nominative. T. V. Buttrey (‘Grammar and History: Thoughts on Some Late Roman Republican Coins’ in Essays Russo) argues that on the Latin-only issues “Cleopatra acknowledged openly, with the Hellenistic genitive legend, that Antony was, effectively, equal sharer of the monarchy”. Certainly this appears not to have been the case with this obverse die, and if it did indeed precede the more substantial issue of Latin-only dies, this would present us with another possible reason for it being discontinued, and possibly recalled, which could thus explain its exceedingly low survival rate. In any case, this unique and important coin represents one of the last missing pieces of a puzzle which now permits us with a greater degree of certainty to attribute the dual-portrait denarii to a mint authority controlled by Cleopatra, not Antony.
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. African mint, 47-46 BC. Diademed head of Venus right / Aeneas advancing left, carrying palladium in right hand and Anchises on left shoulder; CAESAR to right. Crawford 458/1; RSC 12; CRI 55; Sydenham 1013; Kestner 3577-9; BMCRR East 31. 3.78g, 19mm, 6h. Extremely Fine.
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Caesar in Spain, 46-45 BC. Head of Venus right, wearing stephane; Cupid behind shoulder / Trophy of Gallic arms between two seated captives: female resting head in right hand to left, and bearded male with hands tied behind back on right; CAESAR in exergue. Crawford 468/1; CRI 58; RSC 13; Kestner 3641-3643; BMCRR Spain 86. 3.96g, 19mm, 1h. Extremely Fine. Pleasant old tone.
Marc Antony AR Denarius. Uncertain mint (Actium?), summer 31 BC. M•ANTONIVS•AVG•IMP•IIII•COS•TERT•III•VIR•R•P•C, head of Antony right / Victory standing left, holding palm branch and wreath tied with fillet; all within wreath. Crawford 545/2; CRI 388; Antonia 147; RSC 81; Sydenham 1211a; Kestner -; BMCRR East 228. 3.83g, 18mm, 1h. Near Mint State. Extremely Rare; among the finest known examples.
Octavian AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Octavian in Italy, late 41 BC. L. Cornelius Balbus, propraetor. Bare head right; C•CAESAR•III•VIR•R•P•C around / Club of Hercules left; BALBVS above, PRO•PR below. Crawford 518/1; CRI 298; RSC 417; Sydenham 1325a; Kestner 3798; BMCRR Gaul 83. 3.30g, 20mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine. Very Rare, particularly so well preserved.
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Rome, 40 BC. Ti. Sempronius Gracchus, quaestor designatus. Laureate head of Caesar right / Signum, aquila, plow, and decempeda (measuring rod); TI•SEMPRONIVS above, GRACCVS in exergue, •Q•DESIG to left; S-C across fields. Crawford 525/3; CRI 327; Sydenham 1128; Kestner 3806; BMCRR Rome 4316-8; RSC 48. 4.04g, 18mm, 10h. Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
Q. Servilius Caepio (M. Junius) Brutus with P. Servilius Casca Longus AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with the army (western Asia Minor or northern Greece), summer - autumn 42 BC. CASCA LONGVS, laureate bust of Neptune right, trident below / BRVTVS IMP, Victory in long tunic walking to right, palm branch over left shoulder and breaking diadem with both hands, broken sceptre on ground. Crawford 507/2; CRI 212; RSC 3; Sydenham 1298; Kestner 3779; BMCRR East 63-65. 3.90g, 19mm, 12h. Near Mint State. Sound, lustrous metal. A superb example.
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Caesar in Spain, 46-45 BC. Head of Venus right, wearing stephane; Cupid behind shoulder / Trophy of Gallic arms between two seated captives: female resting head in right hand to left, and bearded male with hands tied behind back on right; CAESAR in exergue. Crawford 468/1; CRI 58; RSC 13; Kestner 3641-3643; BMCRR Spain 86. 3.77g, 19mm, 1h. Extremely Fine. Well centred reverse.
Marc Antony AR Denarius. Rome, April - May 44 BC. Bearded head of Antony to right, wearing veil; capis to left, lituus to right / P•SEPVLLIVS MACER, desultor on horseback to right, wearing conical cap and holding whip, second horse behind; palm frond and wreath to left, P•SEPVLLIVS above, MACER below. Crawford 480/22; CRI 142; RSC 74; Sydenham 1077; Kestner –; BMCRR Rome 4178. 3.89g, 19mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
Lollius Palikanus AR Denarius. Rome, 45 BC. Head of Libertas right, wearing pearl diadem, cruciform earring, pearl necklace, hair collected into a knot behind, one lock falling down her neck, jewels in hair above forehead; LIBERTATIS downwards to left / View of the Rostra in the Roman Forum surmounted by a subsellium (tribune's bench); the Rostra consist of a platform supported by an arcade; each column being ornamented with a rostrum; PALIKANVS above. Crawford 473/1; CRI 86; Sydenham 960; Kestner 3655-6; BMCRR Rome 4011-2; Lollia 2. 3.92g, 19mm, 7h. Good Very Fine. This type, like the others issued by Lollius, may relate to the vigorous and successful exertions of the tribune M. Lollius Palikanus (possibly the moneyer's father), to obtain for the tribunes the restoration of those powers and privileges of which they had been deprived by Sulla.
Q. Servilius Caepio (M. Junius) Brutus with P. Servilius Casca Longus AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with the army (western Asia Minor or northern Greece), summer - autumn 42 BC. CASCA LONGVS, laureate bust of Neptune right, trident below / BRVTVS IMP, Victory in long tunic walking to right, palm branch over left shoulder and breaking diadem with both hands, broken sceptre on ground. Crawford 507/2; CRI 212; RSC 3; Sydenham 1298; Kestner 3779; BMCRR East 63-65. 3.94g, 19mm, 12h. Good Very Fine.
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Rome, February - March, 44 BC. Lifetime issue. P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Laureate head of Caesar right; eight-rayed star behind, CAESAR•IMP before / Venus standing left, holding Victory in right hand and sceptre with star at bottom of shaft in left; P•SEPVLLIVS downwards behind, MACER upwards before. Crawford 480/5b; Sydenham 1071; CRI 106a; Sydenham 1071; Kestner -; BMCRR Rome 4165-6; RSC 41. 3.18g, 21mm, 9h. Very Fine.
Q. Metellus Pius Scipio AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Scipio in Africa, 47-46 BC. Laureate head of Jupiter right, in archaic style with beard and hair in ringlets; Q•METEL PIVS around / Elephant standing to right; SCIPIO above, IMP below. Crawford 459/1; CRI 45; Sydenham 1050; Caecilia 47; Kestner; BMCRR Africa 1. 4.04g, 18mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine. Struck on a broad flan, displaying virtually complete borders. Very rare in such excellent condition.
Marc Antony AR Denarius. Antioch or military mint travelling with Canidius Crassus in Armenia, 37 BC. ANTONIVS•AVGVR•COS•DES•ITER• ET•TERT, bare head right / IMP•TERTIO•III•VIR•R•P•C, Armenian crown, decorated with three stars over crossed bow and arrow. Crawford 539/1; CRI 297; RSC 195; Sydenham 1205; Kestner -; BMCRR East 172. 3.76g, 20mm, 5h. Extremely Fine. Very Rare; in remarkably high state of preservation for the issue. Sear suggests that this type marks the successful invasion of Armenia in 37 BC by Antony’s general Canidius Crassus, which was undertaken as a prelude to the Triumvir’s attack on Parthia in the following year. This issue has a celebratory nature that was ultimately to be dashed by Artavasdes’ betrayal of the Romans at a most critical juncture, resulting in a disastrous defeat for Marc Antony. Sear also comments that the fine style of the engraving tends to suggest that this issue was struck by Antony at his headquarters in Antioch, rather than by a military mint travelling with Canidius Crassus in Armenia.
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Lilybaeum, late 47 BC. A. Allienus, proconsul. Draped bust of Venus right, wearing stephane; C•CAESAR IMP•COS•ITER around / Trinacrus standing left, foot on prow, holding triskeles, resting elbow on knee; [A•ALLIENVS] to left, PRO•COS to right. Crawford 457/1; CRI 54; RSC 1; Sydenham 1022; Kestner 3575-3576; BMCRR Sicily 5. 3.68g, 18mm, 1h. Near Extremely Fine. Rare.
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Rome, 40 BC. Q. Voconius Vitulus, moneyer. Laureate head of Caesar right; DIVI•IVLI before, lituus behind / Bull-calf walking left; Q•VOCONIVS above, VITVLVS in exergue. Crawford 526/2; CRI 329; Sydenham 1132; Kestner 3808; BMCRR Rome 4308-10; RSC 46. 3.96g, 20mm, 4h. Good Extremely Fine. A bold portrait of Caesar. Very Rare.
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