Devonian Period, 400 million years BP. A group of five larger than average Terebratula sp. brachiopods exhibiting good preservation, from the Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd collection. 458 grams total, 57-64mm (2 1/4 - 2 1/2"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. [5, No Reserve] Fine condition.
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Carboniferous Period, 350 million years BP. A fossil of the large brachiopod Productus sp., with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd labels reading: 'CARBONIFEROUS, Productus sp., United Kingdom' and 'Carb. Limestone / west of Cornwall', in old white card tray. 448 grams including tray, 11cm (4 1/4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Carboniferous Period, 350 million years BP. A fossil of the large brachiopod Productus sp., with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label reading: 'CARBONIFEROUS, Productus sp., United Kingdom', in old white card tray. 530 grams including tray, 99mm (4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Jurassic Period, 200 million years BP. A finely preserved brachiopod Rhynchonella tetrahedra, with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd reference specimen label reading: '30, Lias. Rhynchonella tetrahedra. Leicestershire', in old white card tray. 10 grams including tray, 18mm (3/4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. The Lias Group or Lias is a lithostratigraphic unit (a sequence of rock strata) found in a large area of western Europe, including the British Isles. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Cretaceous Period, 180 million years BP. A finely preserved fossil brachiopod Terebratula sella, with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd reference collection label reading: '56, Neocomian, Terebratula sella, Isle of Wight', in old white card tray. 12 grams including tray, 28mm (1"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Cretaceous Period, 120 million years BP. A finely preserved brachiopod Terebratula sella, with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd reference specimen label reading: '51 Neocomian, Terebratula sella, Isle of Wight ', in old white card tray. 16 grams including tray, 32mm (1 1/4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. In geology, 'Neocomian' is a name given to the lowest stage of the Cretaceous system, introduced by Jules Thurmann in 1835. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Early Cretaceous Period, 120 million years BP. A fossil brachiopod Terebratula biplicata with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label reading: 'Red Chalk, Terebratula biplicata, Hunstanton', in old white card tray. 21 grams including tray, 36mm (1 1/2"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. The Hunstanton Formation is a lithostratigraphic name applied to an early Cretaceous limestone succession in eastern England which was formerly known as the Red Chalk. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Silurian Period, 440 million years BP. A fine fossil of the gastropod Poleumita, probably Poleumita discorus, from the Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd collection, with a Victorian adhesive label showing the obsolete name ‘Parkinsonias’ with fragmentary locality label indicating an origin in the Silurian Oolitic Limestone, in old white card tray. 57 grams including tray, 47mm (1 3/4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Jurassic Period, 200 million years BP. A fossil of the gastropod Melanioptyxis altararis in limestone, with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label reading: '41. Great Oolite. Melanioptyxis altararis, Gloucs.', in old white card tray. 73 grams including tray, 60mm (2 1/4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. The Great Oolite is a geological formation in Europe dating back to the Middle Jurassic. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Eocene Period, 50 million years BP. A fossil of the gastropod Clavilithes macrospira with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label reading: ‘EOCENE. BARTON BEDS. CLAVILITHES MACROSPIRA, BARTON, HAMPSHIRE’, in old white card tray. 169 grams including tray, 11cm (4 1/4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Eocene Period, 50 million years BP. A group of two fossil gastropods from the London clay, with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd reference collection label reading: '79, London Clay, Vermiensis bognoriensis, Sussex', in old white card tray. 6.75 grams total including tray, 18-21mm (3/4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Eocene Period, 45 million years BP. A fossil gastropod from Epernay, France with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label reading: 'FOSSIL GASTROPOD, Eocene Age, (approx. 45 million years old), Damery, near Epernay, France'', in old white card tray. 8.92 grams including tray, 32mm (1 1/4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Ordovician Period, 460 million years BP. A group of two specimens of the rugose coral Zaphrentis sp., from the Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd collection, in old white card tray. 67 grams total including tray, 43-51mm (1 3/4 - 2"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. Solitary rugosans such as these are often referred to as horn corals because of their unique horn-shaped chamber with a wrinkled or 'rugose' wall. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Carboniferous Period, 350 million years BP. A section of Carboniferous Period sea floor comprising carbonaceous shale with the fossils of numerous brachiopods, with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label reading: ‘Carboniferous, Spirifersp. [sic], Gloucestershire', in old white card tray. 922 grams including tray, 18cm (7"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Carboniferous Period, 350 million years BP. An outer section of the seed fern Neuropteris semirecticulatum with good preservation of the attachment points for the seed-bearing fronds, with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label reading: ‘CARBONIFEROUS. PLANT REMAINS. NEUROPTERIS SEMIRETICULATUM, Whitehaven, Cumbria’. 1 kg, 15.5cm (6"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. Neuropteris is an extinct seed fern that existed in the Carboniferous period, known only from fossils. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Early Carboniferous Period, 300 million years BP. A fossil of the seed fern Neuropteris cordata comprising a stalk of the plant to one face and a stalk and frond imprint to the other; with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label reading: ‘FOSSIL FERN, Neuropteris cordata, Carboniferous Age (Stephanian), (approx. 290 million years old), Sanvignes les Mines, France’. 400 grams, 21cm (8 1/4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
. A crystallised specimen of apophyllite (a zeolite) with well-formed crystals in a superb arrangement, in old white card tray, from the Gregory, Bottley, and Lloyd collection. Cf. Bonewitz, Dr. Ronald Louis, Smithsonian Rock and Gem, (2008), p.267. 657 grams total, 13.5cm (tray: 15.5cm) (5 - 6"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. James Reynolds Gregory (1832-1899) was one of the principal London mineral and fossil dealers during the second half of the 19th century. The company he founded was one of the longest surviving geological suppliers in the world, second only to Kranz of Germany. In 1858 James Gregory established his business selling polished stones, minerals and fossils from premises in King William Street. A few years later he moved to premises in Golden Square, Soho. He won prize medals at exhibitions in Paris (1867), Sydney (1879) and London (1862 and 1883). He also formed a superb collection of meteorites, which was later sold by his sons to the Natural History Museum, London. On the death of his father in 1899 Albert Gregory took over the business, dealing from premises in Kensington, then 30 Old Church Street in Chelsea. He eventually sold the company in 1932 to Percy Bottley, and after his death in 1982 the premises were sold. The company was then acquired by Brian Lloyd who had started the Natural History sales at Sotheby's before dealing from his own premises in Pall Mall. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd, as it became known, traded from Ricket Street and later Seagrave Road in Fulham. In 2008 the business and all of the stock and Victorian cabinets were moved out of London to Walmer in Kent. On the eventual retirement of Brian and Mary Lloyd in 2014, with none of their family interested in taking over the business, the stock was sold and is now dispersed. Extremely fine condition, a good size for display. Beautiful specimen.
. A very unusual specimen of brookite with numerous crystals on a single smoky quartz crystal, from Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA, with old adhesive tape label reading 'Brookite, Magnet Cove, USA', from the Gregory , Bottley and Lloyd collection, in old white card tray. 408 grams including tray, 82mm (3 1/4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. Brookite is one of the four naturally-occurring polymorphs (minerals with the same composition but different structure) of titanium dioxide. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
. A group of dogtooth (scalenohedral) calcite crystals on a matrix of limestone, with tiny overgrowths of pyrite(?) on the calcite, in old white card tray. 254 grams including tray, 11cm (4 1/4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
. A specimen of galena from Cumbria, UK, showing cubic crystallisation, from the Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd collection, in old white card tray with label reading '2'. 88 grams including tray, 53mm (2"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
. A number of dodecahedral garnets (probably spessartite) protruding from a matrix of feldspar, from the Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd collection, in old white card tray. 47 grams including tray, 44mm (1 3/4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
. A specimen of hemimorphite on limonite, with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label reading 'Mexico', in old white card tray. 134 grams including tray, 81mm (3 1/4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. Hemimorphite is a zinc silicate mineral which historically has been mined from the upper parts of zinc and lead ores. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
. Crystals of lazulite in matrix, with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label reading: 'LAZULITE, Madagascar', in old white card tray. 22 grams including tray, 30mm (1 1/4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. Lazulite is a blue phosphate mineral containing magnesium, iron, and aluminium phosphate. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
. A fine group of pyrite crystals with superb pyritohedral crystallisation and bright faces; with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label reading: 'PYRITE, Huanzala Mine, Ancash Province, Peru', in old white card tray. 190 grams including tray, 62mm (2 1/2"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. [No Reserve] Extremely fine condition.
. A large pyritohedral pyrite crystal with accompanying smaller pyritohedral crystal, from Ancash Province, Peru; from the Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd collection, in old white card tray. 314 grams including tray, 64mm (2 1/2"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
. A group of three finely formed interpenetration pyrite cubes, with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label reading: 'PYRITE, Ambasaguas, La Rioja, Spain', in old white card tray. 127 grams including tray, 33mm (1 1/4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
. A finely crystallized group of pyrite crystals with 'cube modified by octahedron' crystallisation and bright faces, with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label reading: 'PYRITE, Huanzala Mine, Ancash Province, Peru' in old white card tray. 120 grams including tray, 48mm (4 3/4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. [No Reserve] Extremely fine condition.
. A specimen of massive pyrrhotite from the Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd collection, in old white card tray. 297 grams including tray, 67mm (2 3/4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. Pyrrhotite is an iron sulphide mineral. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
. An unusual specimen of sphalerite crystals forming a crust on both sides of a 1cm layer of quartz, with accessory white analcime(?) crystals on one side, from the Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd collection, in old white card tray. 120 grams including tray, 78mm (3"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. Sphalerite is a sulphide of zinc and is its primary ore. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
4th-6th century AD. A plano-convex green agate stamp seal with intaglio motif of a standing bird with a collar and text to the border; supplied with a museum-quality impression. For similar see Gyselen, R. Acta Iranica. Sassanian Seals and Sealings in the A. Saeedi Collection, Paris, 2007, item 40.B.6. 3.17 grams, 14mm (1/2"). Property of a North London collector; acquired in the 1970s. Very fine condition.
4th-6th century AD. A fusiform mottled agate stamp seal bead with intaglio design of two kneeling stags facing a trefoil motif within a wreath; supplied with a museum-quality impression. For similar see Gyselen, R. Acta Iranica. Sassanian Seals and Sealings in the A. Saeedi Collection, Paris, 2007, item 30.C.2. 5.15 grams, 25mm (1"). Private collection, London, UK; formed 1970s-1980s. Very fine condition.
4th-6th century AD. A plano-convex rock crystal stamp seal with intaglio kneeling ox and text above; supplied with a museum-quality impression. Cf. Gyselen, R. Acta Iranica. Sassanian Seals and Sealings in the A. Saeedi Collection, Paris, 2007, items 30.D.2-3. 2.62 grams, 13mm (1/2"). From a London, UK, collection; acquired 1970s. Extremely fine condition.
4th-6th century AD. An agate plano-convex stamp seal with intaglio cockerel motif, text to the border; supplied with a museum-quality impression. Cf. Gyselen, R. Acta Iranica. Sassanian Seals and Sealings in the A. Saeedi Collection, Paris, 2007, item 30.G.2. 4.50 grams, 16mm (1/2"). From an important North London collection formed before 1980. Extremely fine condition.
4th-6th century AD. A plano-convex carnelian stamp seal with intaglio profile male bust and headdress, text above; supplied with a museum-quality impression. Cf. Gyselen, R. Acta Iranica. Sassanian Seals and Sealings in the A. Saeedi Collection, Paris, 2007, item 10.16. 3.65 grams, 15mm (1/2"). From a London, UK, collection; acquired 1970s. Very fine condition.
4th-6th century AD. An annular banded agate stamp seal with intaglio motif of a harpy with text below; supplied with a museum-quality impression. Cf. Gyselen, R. Acta Iranica. Sassanian Seals and Sealings in the A. Saeedi Collection, Paris, 2007, item 40.B.5. 3.70 grams, 19mm (3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; aquired in the late 1970s and 1980s. Very fine condition.
4th-6th century AD. An annular agate stamp seal with one flat face, intaglio motif of a pegasus advancing with text above; supplied with a museum-quality impression. Cf. Gyselen, R. Acta Iranica. Sassanian Seals and Sealings in the A. Saeedi Collection, Paris, 2007, item 40.A.1-2. 5.20 grams, 18mm (3/4"). From an important North London collection formed before 1980. Very fine condition.
4th-6th century AD. A carnelian annular stamp seal with one flat face, intaglio design of beast-heads beneath a star; supplied with a museum-quality impression. For similar see Gyselen, R. Acta Iranica. Sassanian Seals and Sealings in the A. Saeedi Collection, Paris, 2007, item 40.C.1. 3.59 grams, 16mm (1/2"). Property of a North London collector; acquired in the 1970s. Very fine condition.
1125-1103 BC. A bronze axehead formed as a tubular socket with four moulded ribs projecting to the rear to form four conical spikes, a tongue-shaped flat blade slightly pressed in the upper and lower border with incised cuneiform inscription; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: Ancient Inscribed Bronze Axehead naming a King of Babylon. Maximum height: 5 cm, Maximum length: 14.8 cm. the centre of this axehead is round, with hole for the shaft. On the opposite side from the blade are four spikes, joined for greater strength about half-way between the points and the shaft-hole. Each spike continues as a ridge of metal around the shaft-hole, the lower forming a circle, the upper three continuing on the opposite side from the spikes onto the blade. This has an upper edge continuing the angle of the spikes, but the lower edge goes downwards to the cutting edge, which is thus deeper than the opposite end of the blade. Originally the blade was deeper that it is now: the upper and lower edges have been hammered to give the blade more strength by thickening the edges. This happened since manufacture because the inscription has been in part obliterated by this hammering. The inscription is in Babylonian cuneiform and reads: te-le-'-?ama[r-utu] [m]ut-nen-na-a e-te?-[ra] [m]uš-te-'-ú aš-ra-ti-[ka] [..........] x du-un-nin i-di-ia-m[a] [lu]-šam-qí-ta ge-ri-ia [ša] ?nabû-ku-dúr-ri-usur lugal šár: You are able, Marduk, to save the pious who seeks after your shrines, [........].Strengthen my arms that I may fell my foes. [Property of] Nebuchadnezzar, king of the world. This is a prayer to the Babylonian god Marduk, with ownership ascription. The Nebuchadnezzar named is Nebuchadnezzar I, king of Babylon 1125-1103 B.C., not the Nebuchadnezzar II known from the Bible. The inscription begins on one side of the blade and is completed on the other side. Another axehead of the same type formerly in the Foroughi Collection has the same inscription, though complete, see G.Dossin, in Iranica Antiquea II (1962) pl. xxiv. Both these axeheads were apparently found in Iran, but the inscription is purely Babylonian. How such Babylonian inscriptions came to be found in Iran is a debated issue. It may be that such texts were copied onto bronze objects made in Iran, but in any case their date is close to that of kings named. This is then an important axehead naming a major king of Babylon. A later note of prof. Lamber completes the translation: te-le-'-?ama[r-utu] [m]ut-nen-na-a e-te?-[ra] [m]uš-te-'-ú aš-ra-ti-[ka] [eli n] a-ki-ri šu-zu-uz-zu [i-zi-q]a ša-ra-ka a-si-' n[a-ak]-ri-ia du-un-nin kak-ki-ia-ma lu-ú-di-ša ge-ri-[ia] ša ?ná-[ku]-dúr-ri-ÚRU lugal šár: You are able, O Marduk,to make prevail over enemies the devout noble who ever seeks your sanctuaries. Your spirit has [blown], destroy (?) my enemies, strengthen my arms that I may tresh [my] foes. Property of Nebuchadnezzar, king of the world. This is Nebuchadnezzar I, king of Babylon 1125-1103 B.C. Another copy of this inscription on the same type of axehead exists in the former Foroughi Collection and was published by G.Dossin in Iranica Antiqua II (1962) p.158 and pl. xxiv. The inscription there is a little better preserved, and one can note one difference: this axehead under study writes du-un-nin, while the Foroughi example writes du-un-ni-in, proving that the one was not copied mechanically from the other. Some one involved understood the writing. This axehead comes from Luristan and probably dates from a little later than the reign of Nebuchadnezzar I, the inscription having been copied in Iran from an object with this inscription made in Babylon, but circulating in Iran. Generally this object is in good state of preservation, though there is some corrosion of the inscription, and the blade has been sharpened recently. 243 grams, 14.8cm (5 3/4"). From a London, UK, collection; acquired 1970s. Nebuchadnezzar I., r. c. 1125-1104 BC, was the fourth king of the Second Dynasty of Isin and Fourth Dynasty of Babylon. He ruled for 22 years according to the Babylonian King List C, and was the most prominent monarch of this dynasty. He is best known for his victory over Elam and the recovery of the cultic idol of Marduk. Fine condition. Extremely rare.
6th century AD. A flat-section gold hoop with applied beaded and plain wire fillets to the outer face; bezel of five cells with granule detailing, the outer cells crescentic with garnet cloisons, the central cell a conical garnet cabochon. 4.90 grams, 24mm overall, 18.92mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18) (1"). Property of a London collector, acquired before 1980. Very fine condition.
14th-15th century AD. A bronze ring with quatrefoil plaque, hatched leaves and central rectangular intaglio capital 'R'. 4.11 grams, 23mm overall, 18.68mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18.75, Japan 18) (1"). Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the UK art market. [No Reserve] Extremely fine condition.
12th-13th century AD. A bronze ring with broad flat-section hoop with incised cross decoration to the shoulders, discoid plaque with incised raven motif with spread wings 3.35 grams, 19.84mm overall, 18.64mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 5/8, Europe 18 1/2, Japan 17) (3/4"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. Fine condition.
20 BC-10 AD. Obv: crossed wreaths with two crescents at centre with V E R and teardrop in angles. Rev: horse left with bucranium above, TAS below. S. 224; BMC 1642-1644; ABC 2598. 1.31 grams. The Brodie Hall, Kent, UK collection; acquired Chris Rudd (with envelope and ticket). Good very fine. Scarce.
50-40 BC. Obv: wreath cross motif with crescent and two annulets forming hidden face. Rev: annulate horse right with pellet-in-annulet above and below. S. 429; BMC 3420-3434; ABC 1462. 1.02 grams. The Brodie Hall, Kent, UK collection; acquired Chris Rudd (with envelope and ticket); ex R. Bonner collection. Chris Rudd notes: 'Note big ring at 12 o'clock, not often seen.' [No Reserve] Very fine. Scarce.
Dated 1887. By J. Pinches, bronze. Obv: profile bust of Sir John Evans with IOH EVANS D C L S R S PRAESIDI legend. Rev: S I C / L / S I C / C in four lines within wreath with SOCIETAS NVMISM LOND ANNOS CONST LI legend and MDCCCLXXXVII date below. BCM 1729; BHM 3344; Forrer IV/549. 1.2 grams, 57mm. The Brodie Hall, Kent, UK collection; acquired Chris Rudd (with ticket). Sir John Evans (1823-1908), eminent numismatist, archaeologist and son of Sir Arthur Evans was president of the Numismatic Society of London (now the Royal Numismatic Society) from 1874 and was awarded their medal in 1887; he was author of The Coins of the Ancient Britons, published 1864 (with Supplement, 1890); also of The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, 1872 and 1897 editions and of The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, 1881; all of his works are still of considerable value today. Almost as struck, brown tone.
90 BC. Rome mint, moneyer C. Vibius C.f. Pansa. Obv: PANSA legend behind laureate head of Apollo right, R dot beneath chin. Rev: C VIBIVS C F legend beneath Minerva, holding spear, reins and trophy, driving galloping quadriga right. Vibia 1; Crawford 342/5b; Sydenham 684b; Sear 242. 3.84 grams. Extremely fine.
39 BC. Possibly Ephesus mint. Obv: M ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT legend with jugate heads of Marc Antony, wreathed with ivy and berries, and Octavia, bare-headed, right. Rev: III VIR R P C legend with cista mystica between two coiled serpents, Dionysos (Bacchus) standing left above, holding kantharos and thyrsos. SNG Cop. 408; SNG von Aulock 6555; RSC 3; Sydenham 1198; RPC 2202; Sear 1513. 11.21 grams. Very fine.
4th-5th century AD. A hollow fabricated gold crossbow brooch with hexagonal-section arms, two onion-shaped knops to the arms and a third above the bow, each with a beaded wire collar; scrolled openwork plaque to the upper face of the arms, the bow triangular in section with collar to the lower edge; the footplate with openwork scrolls to each edge, chamfered panels beneath; curved catchplate to the reverse; the bow with niello inscription to two faces ' SEMPER FIDELIS' (ever faithful). Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 505. 21 grams, 61mm (2 1/2"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Very fine condition, pin absent.
279 AD. Rome mint. Obv: IMP C PROBVS AVG legend with radiate, cuirassed bust right. Rev: ADVENTVS AVG legend with Emperor riding left, holding sceptre and raising right hand, one captive before the horse; mintmark R-thunderbolt-Z in exergue. RIC V-2 Rome 156 variant (officina not in RIC for this issue); Sear 11953. 3.79 grams. [No Reserve] Extremely fine.
274-275 AD and 278 AD. Aurelian. Rome mint. Obv: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG legend with radiate, cuirassed bust right. Rev: ORIENS AVG legend with Sol walking left, holding globe and raising right hand, foot on one of two captives at foot. Officina letter T in exergue. Probus. Rome mint. Obv: IMP PROBVS AVG legend with radiate bust left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre. Rev: SOLI INVICTO legend with Sol, holding globe and whip, driving quadriga galloping left; mintmark R dot-in-crescent epsilon in exergue. RIC 62; Sear 11572/RIC 202. 4.07, 3.79 grams. [2] Extremely fine; as struck.
Dated 1669 AD. Blandford, farthing, Corporation, 1669. Obv: with THE / BVRROVGH / OF BLAND / FORD THEI / RE CORPO / RATION in six lines. Rev: with FAR / THING / FOR THE / VSE OF YE / POORE in five lines with date below. Lyme Regis, farthing, Town, 1669. Obv: initials L R above date with A FARTHING OF LYME RS legend. Rev: town arms with THE ARMES OF LYME RS legend; with collector tickets. Williamson/Dickinson Dorset 9/Williamson/Dickinson Dorset 91. 2.63, 1.83 grams. [2, No Reserve] Fair and fine.
Dated 1660 AD and undated.. Bristol, Town, farthing, 1660. Obv: initials C B with date below with small R below (for Rawlins, the engraver) and A BRISTOLL FARTHING legend. Rev: arms with THE ARMES OR BRISTOLL legend. Hampton Road, farthing, anonymous, undated. Obv: initials T C with IN HAMPTON ROAD legend. Rev: initials T C with IN GLOVCESTER SHIERE legend; with collector tickets. Williamson/Dickinson Gloucestershire 17/Williamson/Dickinson Gloucestershire 105. 3.32, 0.36 grams. [2, No Reserve] Fine and fair.

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