19th century AD. A shallow pale blue-glazed dish with basal ring, concentric blue segmented rings with floral motifs to inner and outer faces. The Tek Sing (True Star) wreck is one of the famous recovery stories of the 20th century. Sailing from the port of Xiamen (then known as Amoy) in February 1822 the vessel Tek Sing was bound for Jakarta, Indonesia laden with porcelain goods and 1600 Chinese emigrants. The captain decided to pass through the Gaspar Strait, between the Bangka-Belitung Islands, and ran aground on a reef. The vessel sank in about 100 feet of water. The next morning, February 7, an English East Indiaman captained by James Pearl, passing through the same waters, encountered debris and some survivors and managed to rescue about 190 of the latter. 417 grams, 19cm (7 1/2"). Private collection, North London, UK. Fine condition.
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19th century AD. A shallow pale blue-glazed dish with basal ring, floral landscape, flowers and signature to the underside. The Tek Sing (True Star) wreck is one of the famous recovery stories of the 20th century. Sailing from the port of Xiamen (then known as Amoy) in February 1822 the vessel Tek Sing was bound for Jakarta, Indonesia laden with porcelain goods and 1600 Chinese emigrants. The captain decided to pass through the Gaspar Strait, between the Bangka-Belitung Islands, and ran aground on a reef. The vessel sank in about 100 feet of water. The next morning, February 7, an English East Indiaman captained by James Pearl, passing through the same waters, encountered debris and some survivors and managed to rescue about 190 of the latter. 196 grams, 15cm (6"). Private collection, North London, UK. Fine condition.
19th century AD. A shallow pale blue-glazed dish with basal ring, blue border with flowers surrounding a hatched panel. The Tek Sing (True Star) wreck is one of the famous recovery stories of the 20th century. Sailing from the port of Xiamen (then known as Amoy) in February 1822 the vessel Tek Sing was bound for Jakarta, Indonesia laden with porcelain goods and 1600 Chinese emigrants. The captain decided to pass through the Gaspar Strait, between the Bangka-Belitung Islands, and ran aground on a reef. The vessel sank in about 100 feet of water. The next morning, February 7, an English East Indiaman captained by James Pearl, passing through the same waters, encountered debris and some survivors and managed to rescue about 190 of the latter. 284 grams, 18cm (7"). Private collection, North London, UK. Fine condition.
328-329 AD. Constantinople mint. Obv: CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG legend with rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev: CONSTANTINI-ANA DAFNE legend with Victory seated left on cippus, palm branch in each hand, looking right, trophy in front, at the foot of which is a kneeling captive, turning head, spurned by Victory; officina letter Z in left field, mintmark CONSstar in exergue. 348-351 AD, Thessalonica mint. Obv: DN CONSTANS PF AVG legend with pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO legend with emperor standing left on galley, holding labarum and phoenix on globe, Victory seated at the helm; mintmark TESgamma below. RIC VII Constantinople 38; Sear 16192/RIC VIII Thessalonica 120. 2.92, 2.64 grams. Property of an American gentleman, Massachusetts, USA. [2, No Reserve] Near extremely fine. First rare (R3).
342-347 AD. Antioch mint. Obv: FL IVL CONSTANTIUS PERP AVG legend with pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: GLORIA REI PVBLICAE legend with Roma, holding spear, and Constantinopolis, holding sceptre, seated right and left, Roma's head facing, Constantinopolis' head turned left, holding between them a shield inscribed VOT XX MVLT XXX; mintmark SMAN with officina mark I in exergue. RIC VIII Antioch 83; cf. Sear 17758. Walter Steinberg has been a well-known figure at fairs, sales and events for many years. Born in 1922 in Philadelphia, Walter has had a life-long passion for collecting. A long-time resident in London, he has now retired to New York and decided that the time has come to pass on the antiquities and coins he has collected over his lifetime. Walter acquired coins and artefacts that interested him, so his collection, although containing many lovely examples, also contains many affordable specimens. Much of the material has been unavailable to the market for 30 to 50 years. Walter hopes that the items he collected will now find new homes with the next generation of collectors. 2.39 grams. Ex Walter Steinberg collection; with envelope, acquired 2004. Very fine; pierced for suspension as a pendant.
367-375 AD. Trier mint. Obv: DN VALEN-S PF AVG legend with pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev: VIRTVS-EXERCITVS legend with emperor standing facing, looking left, holding standard in right hand and resting left hand on shield; mintmark TRPS· in exergue. RIC IX Trier 26b2 and 42a1; RSC 71+c. See Wildwinds.com (this coin). 4.03 grams. [No Reserve] Very fine; striking split to flan and chip at edge. Rare.
393-394 AD. Milan mint. Obv: DN THEODO-SIVS PF AVG legend with pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev: VIRTVS ROMANORVM legend with Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and inverted spear; mintmark MDPS in exergue. RIC IX Milan 32a; Sear (1988) 4176; Sear 20460. 1.55 grams. Ex Walter Steinberg collection; with envelope. [No Reserve] Good fine. Rare (R2).
527-538 AD. Imitative, Constantinople mint. Obv: D N IVSTINI-AVS P P AVG legend with pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian facing, holding cross on globe in right hand and shield decorated with horseman riding down enemy on left arm. Rev: VICTORI-A AVGGG and officina letter theta, legend with angel standing facing, holding linear cross and cross on globe; star in right field; mintmark CONOB in exergue. DOC 8d; MIB 5; Sear 139. 2.91 grams. Good fine; flan clipped.
527-538 AD. Imitative, Constantinople mint. Obv: D N IVSTINI-AVS P P AVG legend with pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian facing, holding cross on globe in right hand and shield decorated with horseman riding down enemy on left arm. Rev: VICTORI-A AVGGG and officina letter H legend with angel standing facing, holding P-headed staff and cross on globe; star in right field; mintmark CONOB in exergue. DOC 9; MIB 7; Sear 140. 4.28 grams. Good fine.
527-538 AD. Constantinople mint. Obv: D N IVSTINI-AVS P P AVG legend with pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian facing, holding cross on globe in right hand and shield decorated with horseman riding down enemy on left arm. Rev: VICTORI-A AVGGG and officina letter Delta, legend with angel standing facing, holding P-headed staff and cross on globe; star in right field; mintmark CONOB in exergue. DOC 9; MIB 7; Sear 140. 2.86 grams. Very fine.
527-538 AD. Imitative, Constantinople mint. Obv: D N IVSTINI-AVS P P AVG legend with pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian facing, holding cross on globe in right hand and shield decorated with horseman riding down enemy on left arm. Rev: VICTORI-A AVGGG and officina letter A, legend with angel standing facing, holding P-headed staff and cross on globe; star in right field; mintmark CONOB in exergue. DOC 9; MIB 7; Sear 140. 3.12 grams. Fine; pierced and flan clipped.
545-565 AD. Imitative, Constantinople mint, lightweight issue. Obv: D N IVSTINI-AVS P P AVG legend with pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian facing, holding cross on globe in right hand and shield decorated with horseman riding down enemy on left arm. Rev: VICTORI-A AVGGG and officina letter I, legend with angel standing facing, holding long, P-headed staff and a cross on globe; star in right field; mintmark (OB XX or similar) in exergue (off flan). MIB 16; Sear 142A. See Wildwinds.com (this coin). 2.17 grams. Very fine; clipped flan.
565-578 AD. Unofficially struck from the dies for a gold tremissis (from stolen dies?), Constantinople mint. Obv: DN IVSTI-NVS PP AVG legend with pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM legend with Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and cross on globe, star in right field; mintmark CONOB in exergue. Cf. DO 13-14; Sear 353 (gold tremissis); not an official issue, struck possibly using stolen dies. See Wildwinds.com (this coin). An interesting coin with the wide flan around the edge typical of a tremissis; in addition the mintmark CONOB shows that the dies were planned for a gold coin, not silver (CON = Constantinopolis or its weight standard, OB = obryzum = refined or pure gold) and was never used on silver coins. Worthy of further research. 1.20 grams. [No Reserve] Very fine. Very rare and interesting.
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