Circa 14th century A.D. Engraved with two crosses fourchée within a circular frame, flanking crescents. See Bequest, F., Catalogue of the finger rings Early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic, Mediaeval and later, London, 1912, no.252, for the typology. 2.36 grams, 22.74mm overall, 20.30mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18) (3/4 in.). English collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Ex property of an Essex gentleman. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection. The use of seals became more and more essential during the time when the majority of the population was illiterate; the use of signet rings continued until after the fall of Rome in the West. With the establishment of heraldry, the armorial signet was generally adopted by all those entitled to bear arms. A considerable proportion of medieval rings were signets, with portraits, names or monograms, and emblems such as the cross, most of these having the designs cut in a metal bezel. [No Reserve]
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15th-16th century A.D. With slender round-section hoop supporting a discoid bezel with incuse stylised fleur-de-lys. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 641. 2.02 grams, 21.27mm overall, 18.62mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18) (3/4 in.). English collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Ex property of an Essex gentleman. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection. [No Reserve]
19th century A.D. Tongue-shaped with three loops to reverse; displaying an enamelled rosette against a geometric field and within a border of pellets. See Kovacheva-Kostadinova, V., Sarafova M., Cherkezova M., Teneva, N., Traditional Bulgarian Costumes and Folk Arts. National Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 1994; Radeva, A., Hristozova, L., Kableshkova, R., Semerdjieva, S., Yankov, A., Antonov, S., Manev, V., Ethnographic Museum Plovdiv, Plovdiv, 2004. 32 grams, 57 mm (2 1/4 in.). Acquired on the UK art market, circa 2010. Pafti (belt buckles) were a typical Balkan adornment, usually round or oval, mainly with floral ornamentation, but sometimes with mother-of-pearl appliqués of Jerusalem, or plates engraved with iconographic scenes. [No Reserve]
18th-19th century A.D. With integral handle, incised '3/2 / LB' over two lines to one face. Cf. Taylor, K., Hull, G., 'Excavation of Post-medieval Features and a Dump of Late Eighteen-century Artefacts from 5/6-7 Market Street, Oxford' in Oxoniensia, LXVII, pp.313-357, fig.18. 4 kg, 40 cm high (15 3/4 in.). Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. In the Oxford post medieval levels, of the later material, the most interesting piece was a large fragment of stoneware flagon, substantially identical to our specimen, inscribed 'R, Gurden Roe Buck Oxford'. Trade directories of the mid-19th century show that a Richard Curden was proprietor of the Roebuck family and commercial hotel and posting house in Cornmarket Street. [No Reserve]
Dated 1918 A.D. Composed of a flat-section hoop with expanded bezel, shallow inscribed volute hearts and geometric motifs to the shoulders, '1918' to centre. 2.41 grams, 20.80 mm overall, 19.21 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18) (3/4 in.). From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. [No Reserve] [For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price]
Early 20th century A.D. Made from baked clay, the tablet with pseudo cuneiform to both sides and top; the barrel with pseudo cuneiform to its circumference and top. 670 grams total, 8.6 - 14.1 cm (3 3/8 - 5 1/2 in.). R. Heldsworth Williams Collection, West Meon, Hampshire, UK. [2, No Reserve]
17th-18th century A.D. Hoop expanding to facetted shoulders and an octagonal bezel, engraved with a key featuring a cross on its bow, flanked by initials '?-H'; hoop split. 5.09 grams, 22.28 mm overall, 18.92 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18) (1 in.). Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. [No Reserve]
16th century A.D. With broad hoop. integral acanthus-leaf motifs to the shoulders, disc bezel with rose. Cf. similar design on a bronze stud acquired by the British Museum, London, under accession number 1991,1009.1. 7.42 grams, 24.28 mm overall, 20.97 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18) (1 in.). Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
20th century A.D. Crafted from polished greenstone with stylised features, openwork arms and a flat reverse; held in a box with label reading 'from New Zealand. Greenstone 'Tiki' Modern replica. Gift...1949.' 6.12 grams, 34 mm (1 3/8 in.). Family gift, 1949. Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P. R. of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. [No Reserve]
Circa 2nd-7th century A.D. Comprising two finely knapped bifacial, hollow base type arrowheads. 5.12 grams total, 34 mm each (1 3/8 in.). Private UK family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P R of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. [2, No Reserve]
Circa 2nd-7th century A.D. Comprising bifacial knapped arrowheads with two long and short leaf-shaped types in chert and a leaf-shaped type with deeply serrated edge in orange quartzite. 30 grams total, 49-82 mm (2 - 3 1/4 in.). Private UK family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P R of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. [3, No Reserve]
Published 20th century A.D. Wilkinson, Richard H., Reading Egyptian Art, London, 1992; hard back WITH Lucas, A. and Harris, J. R., Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries, New York, 1999 (reprint of 1962 edition); paperback WITH Otto, Eberhard, Ancient Egyptian Art, New York, ND; hardback; all illustrated. 2.81 kg total, 23.5 x 15.5 - 27 x 23 cm (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 - 10 5/8 x 9 in.). Ex libris a Hertfordshire gentleman. [3, No Reserve]
Published 20th century A.D. Faulkner, R. O., The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, BM, 1972; pictorial paperback WITH Lloyd, Alan B (editor), Studies in Pharaonic Religion and Society in Honour of J Gwyn Griffiths, Egypt Exploration Society, London, 1992; hardback; both illustrated. 1.74 kg total, 27 x 19.5 - 27.5 x 22 cm (10 5/8 x 7 3/4 - 10 7/8 x 8 5/8 in.). Ex libris a Hertfordshire gentleman. [2, No Reserve]
20th century A.D. Group comprising: booklet on Gippsland lakes and caves; extracts on Peak Cavern and Eden Hole; plan taken from a book showing the new branches of the Lucas Cave and a booklet on the Jenolan Caves (in envelope). 220 grams total, 21.5 x 14 - 26.5 x 19 cm (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 - 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.). Private UK family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P R of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. [5, No Reserve]
Middle Pennsylvanian Period, circa 300 million years B.P.. Comprising two pairs of Pecopteris sp. 131 grams total, 54-65 mm (2 1/8 - 2 1/2 in.). From the Mazon Creek Fossil Beds, Braidwood, Illinois, USA. Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. [4, No Reserve]
Cretaceous Period, circa 70 million years B.P.. A partial jaw with four teeth from Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus, formerly assigned to the genus Globidens. 92 grams, 10.9 cm (4 1/4 in.). From the phosphate deposits in the Oulad Abdoun Basin of Morocco. Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. [No Reserve]
Middle Cretaceous Period, 150 million years B.P.. Polished to reveal the distinctive structure of the Cleoniceras sp. chambers, some iridescence. 124 grams total, 77-81 mm (3 - 3 1/8 in.). From Madagascar. Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R. Gledhill. [2, No Reserve]
Middle Pennsylvanian Period, circa 300 million years B.P.. Comprising two pairs of Pecopteris sp. 118 grams total, 58-60 mm (2 1/4 - 2 3/8 in.). From the Mazon Creek Fossil Beds, Braidwood, Illinois, USA. Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. [4, No Reserve]
991-997 A.D. BMC type IIIa. Obv: profile bust with sceptre and +ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLOR legend. Rev: short voided cross with C R V X in angles and +LIFINCM-OCÆNT legend for the moneyer Lifinc at Canterbury mint. S.1148; N. 770. 1.45 grams. Ex Baldwin's with reference no.C201015484 and B M Coins. Property of a UK collector. Accompanied by a Baldwin's coin ticket. [No Reserve]
Autumn 41 B.C. Syria mint(?). Obv: M ANT IMP III VIR R P C M AVG legend with MP and AV in monogram with bare head of Mark Antony right. Rev: CAESAR IMP PONT III VIR R P C legend with bare head of Octavian right. Craw. 528; Syd. 251; BMC East 123; RSC 1b-2; Sear 1506. 3.08 grams. Found Essex, UK. Accompanied by a collector ticket. [No Reserve]
100 A.D. Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M legend with laureate bust right. Rev: TR POT COS III P P legend with Victory alighting left with shield inscribed SP / Q R; S - C across fields. RIC 410; BMC 737; Sear 3241. 9.67 grams. Acquired from Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection. [No Reserve]
103-111 A.D. Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAES NERVAE TRIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P legend with radiate and draped bust right. Rev: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI legend with Victory standing left holding palm and erecting trophy; S C below. RIC 525; Sear -. 12.28 grams. Ex Baldwins and old collection (with an old ticket). [No Reserve] [For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price]
Died circa 284 A.D. Antioch mint. Obv: VABALATHVS V C R IM D R legend with laureate draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG legend with radiate and cuirassed bust right with H below. RIC 381; Sear 11718. 3.70 grams. Acquired on the German art market around 2000. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
372-375 A.D. Siscia mint. Obv: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG legend with diademed and draped bust right. Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM legend with emperor dragging captive by hair right holding labarum; F in eft field, R / A in right; mintmark ?SISC and monogram in exergue. RIC ix, p.147; Sear 20065. 1.99 grams. Found Essex, UK. With coin ticket. [No Reserve]
65 A.D. Rome mint. Obv: IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P legend with laureate bust right. Rev: Victory alighting left with wings spread holding shield inscribed S P Q R; S - C across fields.9.79 grams. Sear 1976 variant (obverse legend). 9.79 grams. Found Essex, UK. Accompanied by a collector ticket. [No Reserve]
1301-1310 A.D. Class 10cf2. Obv: facing bust with +EDWA R ANGL DNS HYB legend. Rev: long cross and pellets dividing CIVI TAS LON DON legend for London mint. S. 1411; N. 1041. See British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference DENO-604B8F (this coin). 1.35 grams. Found near Long Bennington, Lincolnshire, UK. Accompanied by a British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme record printout, reference DENO-604B8F. [No Reserve]
1299-1301 A.D. Class 9a. Obv: facing bust with star on breast and EDW R ANGL DNS HYB legend. Rev: long cross and pellets dividing CIVI TAS LON DON legend for London mint. S.1407. See British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference DENO-C2EA2C (this coin). 0.99 grams. Found near Cotham, Nottinghamshire, UK. [No Reserve]
Dated 1981 A.D. Charles and Diana wedding commemorative. Obvs: profile bust with ELIZABETH II D G REG F D legend. Revs: jugate busts with H R H THE PRINCE OF WALES AND LADY DIANA SPENCER legend and date; few in packets. S. LL4. 861 grams total. Property of an Essex gentleman. [29, No Reserve]
1637-1642 A.D. Third coinage, Falconer's first issue. Obv: profile bust with XL behind and CAR D G SCOT ANG FR ET HIB R legend. Rev: crowned and leaved thistle with sideways F above and SALVS REIPVB SVPREMA LEX legend S. 5579. 1.48 grams. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer. [No Reserve]
Dated 1796 A.D. Prague mint. Obv: profile bust with 'C' mintmark below and FRANC II D G R I S A GER HIE HVN BOH REX legend. Rev: floriate cross with crowns in upper angles and flower below with ARCH AVST DVX BVRG LOTH BRAB COM FLAN legend and date. KM# 62.1. 28.86 grams. Property of a Berkshire, UK, gentleman. [No Reserve]
Dated 1793 A.D. Obv: arms with INDUSTRY HAS ITS SURE REWARD legend. Rev: standing boy figure with BRIMINGHAM HALFPENNY; date in exergue. Edge: with incuse CURRENT EVERY WHERE inscription. D&H Warwickshire, 50. 10.24 grams. Private UK family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P R of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. [No Reserve]
20th century A.D. Comprising: quantity of on-paper, postally used modern world kiloware; with a stockbook holding a small number of mixed world stamps, mint and used, mostly relating to sport and olympic games. 1 kg total, 30.5 x 22.5 cm (12 x 8 7/8 in.). Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P. R. of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. [Quantity, No Reserve]
Circa 5th-7th century A.D. Comprising a double band of purple wool over linen, the ornament consisting of a series of circles alternating with a star-shaped and rhomboid decoration. Cf. Forrer, R., Die frühchristlichen Alterthümer aus dem Gräberfelde von Achmin-Panopolis, Strassburg, 1893, pl.XVIII, no.6, for similar. 152 grams, 42.5 x 34 cm (16 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.). Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. The large segments can be classified as clavi, although they are not part of a tunic but more possibly borders of a curtain, or a funerary sheet. Mantles and funerary shrouds were usually decorated by wide bands along the lower border, imitating the ornaments of tunics with clavi and orbiculi. [No Reserve]
Circa 4th century A.D. Comprising a clavus with a band of heart motifs, framed by a straight border of straight segments decorated with geometric motifs. Cf. Forrer, R., Die frühchristlichen Alterthümer aus dem Gräberfelde von Achmin-Panopolis, Strassburg, 1893, pl.VIII, no.4, for similar. 122 grams, 41 x 26 cm (16 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.). Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. Tapestry technique on natural purple wool and linen. It is highly probable that this tapestry was part of a tunic decoration, a clavus, running vertically on the breast and on the back of it. [No Reserve]
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