12th-10th century BC. An iron sword copying a typical pattern of the Late Bronze Age period, of generally Ewart Park form, the blade tapering from the point to its widest and tapering again to the flared hilt with a pronounced central rib to the full length; the hilt (lacking the extremity) with two surviving rivets that would have secured organic hilt scales. See Brown, M. A., Swords and Sequence in the British Bronze Age, Archaeologia CVII, 1982 pl.II, number 2 (Barrow, Suffolk) and 6 (Thames, Brentford) and Burgess and Colquhoun, The Swords of Britain, Prahistorische Bronzefunde IV, 5 pl.86 no.584 for similar types in bronze. 460 grams, 65cm (25 1/2"). From the collection of an East London gentleman; by inheritance; originally acquired 1950s-1960s; reputedly found in East Anglia, early 20th century, during dyke cutting operations. Accompanied by a report of metallurgic analytical results, written by Metallurgist Dr. Brian Gilmour of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford. The change from bronze to iron as primary material for weapons and implements happened slowly and spread to Britain from Europe; this sword is a direct copy in iron of a classic bronze type and the ironsmith who made it must have been familiar with the traditional bronze sword forms, indicating an early date and it was possibly imported from Europe. As such it represents a fascinating and important link between the two cultures of metalworking that started in the Proto-Celtic Hallstatt culture. Good condition. Extremely rare.
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181 AD. Rome mint. Obv: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG legend with laureate head right. Rev: ANN AVG TR P VI IMP IIII COS III P P legend around with S-C in fields, Annona standing left by modius, holding corn-ears and cornucopia. RIC 307a; Cohen 4; BMCRE 442; Sear 5731. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 26.77 grams. . Good very fine.
1st century BC-1st century AD. A silver rectangular-section loop with a flatten elliptic bezel, engraved galley and star. 3.68 grams, 20.08mm overall, 16.90mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2 USA 6 1/2 Europe 13.09 Japan 13) (3/4"). Ex Swiss collection; acquired 1980s. Fine condition.
217-218 AD. Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG legend with laureate and cuirassed bust right. Rev: PONTIF MAX TR P II legend with Macrinus in quadriga left, holding sceptre and branch, crowned by Victory; S-C across fields, COS II PP in exergue. RIC 162; BMCRE 134; Cohen 107; Sear 7427. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 11.32 grams. . Good very fine. Rare.
3rd century BC-3rd century AD. A silver bowl with gilded border to the rim with repeating dart motif; body of the bowl with chased hexagonal panels imitating cups composed of sewn leather panels; rounded base. Cf. Carter, M and Harper, P., Arts of the Hellenized East: Precious Metalwork and Gems of the Pre-Islamic Era, London, 2017 for discussion of type. 160 grams, 15cm (6"). Property of North West London gentleman; acquired from a London collector in the late 1990s; previously in a private collection formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Fine condition, some dents
Late 17th-early 18th century AD. A D-section gold hoop with italic text to the inner face 'Grieve not his heart whose joy thou art' and maker's mark 'IC' over a pellet. With email exchange between Hampshire Finds Liaison Officer or PAS and the finder indicating that the ring cannot be dated securely to before 1717 AD. 3.88 grams, 20mm overall, 16.76mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6 1/4 Europe 12.56 Japan 12) (3/4"). Found near Ringwood, Hampshire, UK; in 2017. Extremely fine condition.
216-217 AD. Rome mint. Obv: IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG legend with laureate, cuirassed bust right with younger features and short beard. Rev: SECVRITAS TEMPORVM legend with Securitas standing left, legs crossed, leaning on column, holding sceptre. RIC 92 RSC 122; Sear (1988) 2059 (not in new Sear"). 3.50 grams. . Near extremely fine.
Circa 1590 AD. A large gold ring with scrolled pictorial band between the oval main and back bezels; the principal bezel with profile cameo portrait of Elizabeth I with ornate ruff and collar with traces of enamels (possibly once with a crystal inset over the portrait) within an inner border set with cabochon ruby above and garnet below, the sides inset with square turquoise to left and right with rectangular pairs of lapis lazuli and turquoise between (some now missing), the outer border with cells of deep red enamel; the shoulder to right depicting a conch shell and facing figure of crowned Neptune holding trident with blue-green enamel background, supported by two fishes; the shoulder to left depicting a nude female figure reclining in a shell (Britannia as Aphrodite/Venus?) with blue-green enamel background, supported by two fishes; the back bezel with inset oval cameo carved in ancient bone (partially mineralised) depicting a large ship with high sterncastle, three masts and gunports (a British naval vessel?) with empty cells at corners. [A video is available on TimeLine Auctions website] See Scarisbrick, Diana, Portrait Jewels, Thames & Hudson, 2011 and Tudor and Jacobean Jewellery, Tate Gallery, 1995 pl.52 for much information; see Cocks, Anna Somers, An Introduction to Courtly Jewellery, HMSO, London, 1980, pp.24-25 nos.20-21 for details of two Armada jewels and p.27 no.24 for the enamelled cameo portrait Barbor jewel; see Oman, Charles, British Rings, 800-1914 London, 1974 pl.78B, the Earl of Essex ring, for an example of a stone cameo ring given by Elizabeth, with two other examples (78A and 78C); see also Dalton, O. M., Franks Bequest Catalogue of the Finger Rings, British Museum, 1912 no.1358 for the Earl of Essex ring; John Cherry has commented: It is really quite a remarkable ring....the bust looks to be that of Elizabeth I. I would compare it to the bust of the Queen on the Phoenix Jewel in the British Museum....The variety of enamel and stones is interesting. Particularly the use of turquoise and a dark blue stone (lapis lazuli"). David Miller has opined I feel that it is a royal gift from the Queen and by the portrait would judge that the ring dates from about 1585 to 1595. I am pretty sure that the portrait is by the artist Nicholas Hilliard as he designed a number of medals including the 1588 naval reward medal which is the first British war medal (see British Battles and Medals, Spink, 1988 no.1"). 22.42 grams, 25mm overall, 19.50mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2 Europe 21.26 Japan 20) (1"). Property of an Elizabeth I coin and artefact connoisseur; acquired London, UK, before 1996; formerly with Richard Hodges of Northampton, UK, prior to 1985 and then held by an eminent Mayfair, London numismatic company. Accompanied by a copy of a receipt letter from R.A. Hodges, dated 26th November 1984; and a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. Elizabeth is known to have commissioned jewels for herself, such as the famous locket ring with portraits of her mother, Anne Boleyn and herself (taken from her finger on her death and shown to James I as proof of her death, now held by the Trustees of Chequers, the country residence of the Prime Minister) and to have presented jewels to others; this ring, with its strong seafaring imagery, is very likely to have been presented in 'grateful thanks' to a person of high importance who was directly involved with the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. There is apparently no specific record of this but possible candidates for the gift might include Sir Francis Drake (vice-admiral, who famously refused to interrupt his game of bowls at Plymouth when told of the approaching Spanish ships), Sir John Hawkins (rear admiral) or Lord Howard of Effingham (commander of the English forces who conceded some control to Drake when the English fleet set sail from Plymouth to confront the Spanish); other names for consideration might include Sir Walter Raleigh (Elizabeth's naval advisor and provider of the Ark Royal), Sir Martin Frobisher, Lord Sheffield, Sir Richard Grenville, Sir Robert Southwell, Lord Henry Seymour, Sir William Winter, John Davis or Edward Fenton. The bone cameo forming the back bezel of the ring shows a large Tudor three-masted sailing ship with a high sterncastle and gunports; allowing for the small scale of the image, the picture shows a typical English fighting vessel of the Armada period. It could be that if the ring was presented to a commander of one of the ships fighting off the Armada, then it could represent his own vessel. The English ships taking part in the defence against the Spanish Armada, with their commanders, included Ark Royal (flag ship of Lord Charles Howard of Effingham), Rainbow (Lord Henry Seymour), Golden Lion (Thomas Howard), White Bear (Alexander Gibson), Vanguard (William Winter), Revenge (Sir Francis Drake), Elizabeth (Robert Southwell), Victory (Rear Admiral Sir John Hawkins), Antelope (Henry Palmer), Triumph (Martin Frobisher), Dreadnought (George Beeston), Mary Rose (Edward Fenton), Nonpareil (Thomas Fenner), Hope (Robert Crosse), Swiftsure (Edward Fenner) and Swallow (Sir Richard Hawkins"). Further research might produce a link with a Tudor portrait that could demonstrate ownership. Elizabeth's address to her forces at Tilbury on 9 August 1558 with the knowledge that the ships and army of Spain were about to assault England, is perhaps her most famous speech and, from a surviving manuscript in the British Library written by Dr Lionel Sharp, her words are transcribed: My loving people, We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit our selves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery; but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects; and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live and die amongst you all; to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm: to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already, for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and crowns; and We do assure you in the word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you. In the mean time, my lieutenant general shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more noble or worthy subject; not doubting but by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people. Jewels and rings bearing the portrait of Elizabeth I are well known, including 'The Sir Francis Drake Jewel', a locket traditionally held to have been given to Drake by Elizabeth in the late 16th century - possibly associated with the Armada victory; Drake is shown wearing this locket in a portrait dated to 1591 and it contains a portrait of Elizabeth and of her emblem, a phoenix; it is interesting to note that the jewelled border to the locket is inset with stones in a similar manner to this ring. There is also the 'Armada Pendant', a similar locket given by Elizabeth to Sir Thomas Heneage which holds a miniature by Hilliard. Rings include the Earl of Essex example, with a stone cameo portrait and others. Good condition, fine portrait. Unique and historically important
282-283 AD. Rome mint. Obv: IMP C M AVR CARVS P F AVG legend with radiate, cuirassed bust right. Rev: IOVI VICTORI legend with Jupiter standing left, holding Victory and sceptre, eagle at foot left; mintmark BKA in exergue. RIC 38; Cohen 37; not in Sear with this obverse legend. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 3.48 grams. . With collector tickets. [No Reserve] Fine.
Dated 1813-1814 AD. Group comprising Huddersfield Commercial Bank, Benjamin and Joshua Ingham & Co: 1 inked date 12 October 1813 ink signed Joshua Ingham and initialed RWW, ink numbered M376; 1 guinea, ink dated 23 August 1814 ink signed John Skin(?) and M Hale, ink numbered G848. Obvs: small vignette top left and text. Revs: blank. Outing 1004a-b; Grant 1431. 170 x 92 177 x90mm. . [2 No Reserve] Circulated; mutiple folds.
187 AD. Rome mint. Obv: M COMMODVS ANTP FELIX AVG BRIT legend with laureate bust right. Rev: P M TR P XII IMP VII COS V P P legend with the three Monetae standing left, side by side, each holding scales and cornucopia; MON AVG in exergue. RIC 500; BMC 599; Sear 5771. 27.35 grams. . Very fine.
Later 6th century BC. A tinned bronze helmet of Chalcidian Type V with narrow keeled bowl, carination above the brow, arched brows and short nasal, short flared neck-guard to the rear; hinged cheek-guards with scallopped forward edge and hole to the lower edge for attachment of a strap; two bands of ring-and-dot detailing above the cheek-guards. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] See Egg, M. & Waurick, G. Antike Helme, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz, 1990, fig.13 (Type V"). 950 grams, 26cm (10 1/4"). From a European collection; previously in a large American collection formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1995; previously in the Mansees collection; formed 1950s-early 1990s. Accompanied by a report of metallurgic analytical results, written by Metallurgist Dr. Brian Gilmour of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford. Fine condition, some restoration.
182-184 AD. Caesarea, dated COS III. Obv: AYT M AYR KOMO ANTWNINOC CE legend with laureate head right. Rev: VPATOC G PAT PATRI legend with Mount Argaeus surmounted by eight-pointed star. Sydenham 366a; Metcalf 148a; Paris 479. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 4.11 grams. . With collector ticket. Good very fine.
1974-1993 AD. Group comprising: Bank of Scotland, 1970-1974 issue, Lord Clydesmiur and A. M. Russell, 1 (26 November 1975 serial number C/46 0612000); 5 (4 November 1974 serial number AD126144); 10 (12 January 1977 serial number F634174); 1990-1992 issue, D. B. Pattullo and P. Burt, (12 January 1993 serial number AH910373"). Pick 111c/Pick 112c/Pick 113a/Pick118. 133 x 65 to to 148 x 81mm. . [4 No Reserve] Good to very fine.
244-249 AD. Rome mint. Obv: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG legend with laureate, draped bust right. Rev: FIDES EXERCITVS legend with four standards, the outside two undecorated, the second surmounted by a hand, the third surmounted by an eagle; SC in exergue. RIC 171a, Cohen 51; Sear 8993. 18.49 grams. . With collector tickets. [No Reserve] Good very fine.
Dated 1843 AD. A Standards Department official issue circular coin weight for an English gold sovereign. Obv: profile bust with date below and incuse ROYAL MINT legend. Rev: with incuse 5DW 2½GR (5 pennyweights and 2½ grains weight standard) at centre and CURT. WEIGHT SOVEREIGN legend. S&M 380; see Withers, P. & B. R., Lions Ships & Angels, Galata, 2001 p.36; see Withers, Paul and Bente, British Coin-Weights, Galata, 1993 p.277. 7.92 grams. . Struck at the Royal Mint and issued to Standards Departments for checking the weight of gold coins to detect forgery or clipping. [No Reserve] Very fine. Scarce.
224 AD // 234 AD. Group comprising: Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG legend with laureate, draped bust right. Rev: LIBERALITAS AVGVSTI II legend with S-C across fields with Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopia; Obv: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG legend with laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: P M TR P XIII COS III PP legend with S-C across fields with Sol walking left, holding whip and raising right hand. RIC 567; Sear 7973; Cohen 122/RIC 538; Sear 8004. 17.53 20.22 grams. . [2 No Reserve] Fine to good fine.
7th century BC. A Sompting Type socketted axehead with loop and distinctive double crescentic ridged decoration, large bulbous collar, panel to each face with raised ribs denoting flanges, short blade with slightly convex cutting edge; sturdy lateral loop. Cf. Evans, J. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881 items 130, 144; Moore, C.N. & Rowlands, M. Bronze Age Metalwork in Salisbury Museum, Salisbury, 1972 item 48; Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B. The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7 Munich, 1981 item 1592. 316 grams, 12cm. (4 3/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK, formed since the 1970s; collection number AX55 previously in the Sir Richard Ground (1949-2014) Collection, Derbyshire, UK; acquired Vickery Antiquities Shop, UK; accompanied by a copy of the vendor's auction listing, original invoice, and Sir Richard's personal illustrated catalogue sheets which describe the piece fully, give details and circumstances of his acquisition, academic references and general notes. See also two variants of South-Eastern Type axes, Schmidt & Burgess pl.85 no.1280 (Worthing Variant) and No.1287. Chris Rudd has collected ancient coins and antiquities since the 1940s. As an amateur archaeologist he found many himself at Badbury Rings, Dorset, 1952-53. He also dug at Hod Hill with Professor Sir Ian Richmond and at Wroxeter with Dame Kathleen Kenyon and Dr Graham Webster. Today he is best known as a Celtic coin dealer. His catalogues have been described as ‘an important research source’ by Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe and ‘treasure houses of delight’ by Dr Anne Ross. Coins and artefacts associated with Chris Rudd – as a collector, dealer and valuer – can be seen in The British Museum and other museums. This collection was formed since the 1970s. Very fine condition.
107 AD. Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P legend with laureate bust right. Rev: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI legend with emperor galloping right brandishing spear at Dacian warrior trampled by fore-hooves; SC in exergue. RIC 534; BMC 833; Sear 3204. 25.71 grams. . Extremely fine; some smoothing to fields.
1526-1529 AD. Second coinage, bust D. Obv: profille bust with HENRIC VIII D G REX AGL Z FRANC legend and 'rose' mintmark. Rev: long cross with saltires in cross ends over arms with POSVI DEV ADIVTORE MEV legend. S. 2337E; N 1797. 2.46 grams. (1"). Ex Tyler M. Paulsen collection, USA (with ticket"). Good very fine. Scarce.
Akkadian II, 2294-2270 BC. A fossiliferous limestone cylinder seal with a warlike god in slash-skirt, armed with a barrow in the left hand and a mace in his right hand; on the right side is the god Enki (Ea) with four streams of water flowing from the shoulders, left foot resting on a pedestal signifying mountains, four fish in the streams, recumbent cow in profile at the god's feet; crescent between the gods; possibly a contemporary copy with the picture detail of the famous Old Akkadian seal of the scribe Adda; engraved with a square panel with four lines of cuneiform text: 1. KIŠIB X 2. UR-li-bé-lí 3. SAG-?na NANNA (ŠEŠ-KI) 4. DUMU LUGAL-NI-ZU. Cf. Boehmer, R. M. Die Entwicklung der Glyptik wahrend der Akkad-Zeit, Berlin, 1965 S.66 and Tf.XXXII, Abb.377; see St?pie?, M. Animal Husbandry in the Ancient Near East: A Prosopographic Study of Third-Millennium Umma, London, 1996 for discussion. 25 grams, 34mm (1 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; formerly in an important London collection; formed before 1990. Dr Bonewitz notes: 'The fossils in this red limestone are Foraminifera, probably Triticites ventricosus, sometimes called 'rice fossils'. They were particularly abundant in the Carboniferous Period, 359-299 million years BP.' Very fine condition.
16th century AD. A pewter spoon with hexagonal-section shank, incised hatching to the upper shank, the finial a robed figure with item in the left hand (St. Andrew?); shallow dished bowl with stamped initials 'F M' and median roundel. See Jackson, C.J. The Spoon and its History, in Archaeologia, vol.53 for discussion. 44 grams, 17.5cm (7"). From an old North Country collection; formed between 1970-2000. Fine condition, wear to bowl.
117 AD. Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GER DAC PARTHICO legend with laureate and draped bust right. Rev: P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R legend with Providentia standing left holding sceptre and resting on column, with right hand extended over globe at feet; PRO - VID across fields. RIC 364; BMC 607; Sear 3154 variant (obverse legend"). 3.30 grams. . Good very fine.
238 AD. Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG legend with laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the back. Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG legend with Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopiae; SC in exergue. RIC 20; Cohen 7; Sear 8530. 14.34 grams. . Near very fine.
23rd-22nd century BC. A mottled chalcedony cylinder seal with judgement scene; the water-god Enki seated confronts a human flanked by robed and bearded supporters, two columns of cuneiform text. 4.58 grams, 20mm (3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; previously in the M. Cloake collection, acquired in 1977; formerly with Cohen Antiques, London W8. Very fine condition, chipped.
3rd century BC. Obv: head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, crowned with corn. Rev: LARISSWIA legend (off flan) with warrior, holding spear, on horse rearing right; issue letter M below. BMC 85; Hoover HGC 530. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 5.79 grams. . [No Reserve] Very fine.
1268-1275 AD. Lorenzo Tiepolo, grosso. Obv: doge and St Mark holding staff with DVX between with L A TEVPL and S M VENETI legends. Rev: Christ enthroned with IC above left and XC right; with a contemporary barbarous copy of a gold ducato. Obv: doge and St Mark with staff and DVX between with [?]EOI ZOC[--] and S M VEN [--] legends. Rev: Christ standing within vessica with stars around with SIT T XPE TATOT REGIS STE DVS legend with inverted A for V. Paolucci p.20 1. 2.09 3.09 grams. . [2 No Reserve] Very fine; second pierced.
Published 1974 AD. A matching set of all thirty-eight volumes, including the four Collected Essays, published by The Library of Imperial History to celebrate the centenary of his birth and comprising the entire collected works; each bound in full natural vellum with gilt spines and page edges, printed on archival paper, illustrated, each with green armorial slipcase; the volumes housed in the original wooden two-shelved and pedimented bookcase bearing an inscribed brass Certification plate and arms to front, the set numbered 212 of 1750 actually issued (edition originally intended to run to 3000 copies) and with commissioning labels for all 38 volumes (that for volume 1 with typed name of L. T. Groves) and prospectus for the four Essays volumes. Cohen A286 Woods/ICS A146(b), Langworth p.355. 64 kg total, case 91.5cm wide (36"). Property of an Essex lady; acquired by inheritance. This is the only full set of Churchill's collected works ever to be published; his books are only otherwise obtainable piecemeal as single titles from the various different copyright-holding publishers; the set was issued in 1974 at a price of $2500 (equal to $13000 today) plus an additional $100 for the Collected Essays. From Richard M. Langworth: 'The specifications were titanic: five million words in 19000 pages, weighing 119lbs, taking up 5.5ft of shelf space. To achieve publication, 11 publishing houses in Great Britain, the United States and Canada released their individual copyrights in exchange for the promise that no other complete edition of Churchill works would be published until the expiration of international copyright and Cohen: 'The Library of Imperial History went bankrupt before the projected run of 3000 sets could be completed, so the print run never exceeded 2000 copies and only 1750 sets were ever published.' Fine condition; some colour variation to spines, as usual, internally pristine.
46-45 BC. Spanish mint. Obv: M POBLICI LEG PRO PR legend with helmetted head of Roma right. Rev: CN MAGNVS IMP legend with Hispania standing right, holding shield and two spears, presenting palm branch to Cnaeus Pompey standing left on prow. Pompeia 9; Crawford 469/1a; Sydenham 1035; RSC 1; Sear 1384. 3.43 grams. . Good very fine; oval flan.
214 AD. Rome mint. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM legend with laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: P M TR P XVII IMP III COS IIII PP legend around with S-C across fields with Mars standing left, foot on helmet, holding branch and spear. RIC 532b; Cohen 260. 9.48 grams. . Good very fine. Scarce.
1st-2nd century AD. An iron blade for a gladius short sword, parallel-sided and lentoid in section with long rectangular-section tang. See Feugère, M. Weapons of the Romans, Stroud, 2002 ch.6 for discussion. 604 grams, 69cm (27 1/4"). From an old Suffolk collection; formed 1990-2000. Fair condition.
282-283 AD. Siscia mint. Obv: M AVR CARINVS NOB CAES legend with radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: CLEMENTIA dot TEMP legend with Carinus standing right, holding short sceptre, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, naked, standing left, holding sceptre; gamma in lower centre, mintmark XXI in exergue. RIC V-2 202; Sear 12294. 3.38 grams. . With collector tickets. [No Reserve] Very fine.
Coin dated 1773 AD. Mexico mint. Obv: profile bust with date below and CAROLUS III DEI GRATIA legend; with profile head right of George III countermark in oval cartouche at centre. Rev: crowned arms between pillars with HISPAN ET IND REX o/M 8R F M legend. See S. 3765A for countermark type; KM# 106.2 for coin type. 24.20 grams. . A possibly genuine (light in weight for the issue) 1773 Mexico 8 reales coin bearing a false countermark. [No Reserve] Coin and countermark good fine; scratch to reverse, toned.
2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with hexagonal-section blade, biconvex socket mouth, flat trapezoidal panel to each broad face with raised rib detailing, straight cutting edge; heart-shaped void to one broad face, lateral casting seams with minor flashing. Cf. Novotná, M. Die Äxte und Beile der Slowakei, Abteilung IX Band 3 Munich, 1970 items 738 797 for type. 164 grams, 98mm (4"). From a home counties collection; formed 1970-1980. Fine condition.
16th-17th century AD. A flat discoid lead seal with monogram containing letters M, G and T surrounded by three roses, legend around the rim: 'THOMAS.GCODARD.&COMPANY'. 21 grams, 40mm (1 1/2"). Property of a Middlesex gentleman; previously in a UK collection formed in the 1980s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
2nd century AD. A bronze female head with hair drawn up in bands into a topknot with four splayed tails; large lentoid eyes, flat triangular nose, small mouth. Cf. Pitts, L.F. M. Roman Bronze Figurines of the Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, BAR British Series 60, Oxford, 1979 item 221. 34 grams, 29mm (1 1/4"). Property of a Bedfordshire collector; acquired in the 1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
116-117 AD. Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P legend with radiate, draped bust right. Rev: SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS legend with Trajan walking right, looking back, between two trophies; SC in exergue. RIC 676; Cohen 356; BMC 1052; Sear 3219. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 13.88 grams. . With collector ticket. Good very fine; bust better.
97 AD. Rome mint. Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P legend with laureate head right. Rev: (AEQVIT)AS AVGVST legend around with S-C across fields and Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC 77; Cohen 7; Sear 3060. 9.66 grams. . With collector ticket. Good very fine.
527-565 AD. Constantinople mint. Obv: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG legend with helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe and shield, cross to right. Rev: Large M, ANNO to left, cross above, regnal date XU to right, delta below; mintmark CON in exergue. Sear 163; DOC 40. 23.41 grams. . Near extremely fine.
217-218 AD. Nikopolis ad Istrum, Moesia mint, magistrate Marcus Claudius Agrippa. Obv: K M OPPEL ANTWNI DIADOVMENIANOC legend with bare head right. Rev: VP AGRIPPA NIKOPOITWN PROC ICTRW legend with Asklepios standing facing, looking left, resting on serpent-entwined staff. Varbanov 3670; AMNG 1805. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 11.45 grams. . With collector tickets. [No Reserve] Very fine.
183 AD. Rome mint. Obv: M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS legend with laureate head right. Rev: TR P VIII IMP VI COS IIII P P legend with Mars walking right, holding trophy and transverse spear. RIC 54; RSC 878; cf. Sear 5715 (year"). 2.93 grams. . With collector tickets. [No Reserve] Extremely fine.
37-41 AD. Rome mint. Obv: M AGRIPPA L F COS III legend with head left wearing rostral crown. Rev: Neptune standing facing, head left, naked except for chlamys draped behind him and over both arms, holding small dolphin in right hand and vertical trident in left; S - C to field. RIC I, 58 [Caligula]; Cohen 3; Sear 1812. 11.18 grams. . [No Reserve] Good very fine.
17th century AD. A D-section silver vervel or hawking ring with inscription to the outer face 'John Hanmer Esq of Wittinghã[m]: hall'; the tilde above the 'a' (ã) is a standard medieval abbreviation for 'am' or 'an'. Disclaimed under the Treasure Act, reference number 2016T901. Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme with reference number SF-1A876D; accompanied by a print out of the PAS report and print-outs relating to Sir John Hanmer. 1.08 grams, 13mm (1/2"). Found near Fressingfield, Suffolk, UK. Sir John Hanmer was a noted Royalist who inherited lands in Gloucestershire and Suffolk. His parliamentary seat was in Flintshire but his main residence was at Fressingfield, Suffolk. He served in several military units including Lord Gerard's Horse, the Duke of Buckingham's Foot and others. He was a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, and Esquire of the Body and a Commander for Revenue Inspection. He fought in Ireland at the Battle of the Boyne. Very fine condition.
1st century AD. A tinned bronze plate brooch of a wheel with hub and ribbed spokes; hinged pin and catch to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987 item 1004. For a discussion on the wheel as a symbol of Taranis see, Green, M. The Sun-Gods of Ancient Europe, Frome, 1991 pp. 86-106. 2.92 grams, 28mm (1"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number PB4; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. Chris Rudd has collected ancient coins and antiquities since the 1940s. As an amateur archaeologist he found many himself at Badbury Rings, Dorset, 1952-53. He also dug at Hod Hill with Professor Sir Ian Richmond and at Wroxeter with Dame Kathleen Kenyon and Dr Graham Webster. Today he is best known as a Celtic coin dealer. His catalogues have been described as ‘an important research source’ by Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe and ‘treasure houses of delight’ by Dr Anne Ross. Coins and artefacts associated with Chris Rudd – as a collector, dealer and valuer – can be seen in The British Museum and other museums. This collection was formed since the 1970s. [No Reserve] Very fine condition, cracked. Rare.
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