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Lot 16789
North Borneo : (SG 444) 1977-78 Harrison Butterfly Sabah 20c multicoured in a fresh unmounted lower right corner Plate block of six, easily identified by the photogravure screening dots, especially around '20c', exceptionally rare in mint condition as these were missed by collectors and dealers at the time, a Plate block may be unique! Cat £4500 (image available) [US2]
Lot 20941
United States of America : (SG Se.476a) 1916-17 perf 10 no watermark Franklin 30c orange-red, centred to NE, superb rich colour, very fresh, fine marginal u.m. Philatelic Foundation Cert. (1984) states Position #30 from Plate 6911 Scott 476A. RARE. Cat. Scott Specialised $6500 (2010). Seldom offered. (image available) [US3]
Lot 78
Very Interesting and Rare 19th Century Zulu Spear “Assegai” Carved to Resemble Martini Henry Rifle, the spear with steel leaf shaped head and flattened stem, grooves struck into the stem. Five areas of wire binding decoration to the shaft and the lower section finely carved to resemble a Martini Henry rifle with a geometric pattern design carved into it. The shaft is of a two tone wood colouring. The spear tip 35 ½ cms, overall 126 ¼ cms.
Lot 49
Rare Zulu Chiefs Knobkerrie Converted to Swordstick, fine example of a light coloured hardwood club with small bulbous head being carved in geometric designs. The shaft is decorated with eight bands of wire binding. The top section pulls out to reveal a triangular blade possibly made from a British Martini Henry socket bayonet, the blade length 46 ½ cms, overall 67cms in length.
Lot 44
Zulu Executioners Knobkerrie, rare and early example with the large bulbous head being completely covered in metal hobnails which would have been collected from the boots of dead British soldiers on the battlefields of Zululand. The short shaft has copper wire binding to the top and lower sections. Generally good overall condition. 50cms in length.
Lot 58
Rare 1870’s Zulu Warriors Large Battle Shield “Isihlangu”, very good early example of the large war shield used by the Zulu Warriors during the Anglo-Zulu wars. The hide shield is covered in white fur with light brown patches and spots. White fur to the central lacing. Shield is complete with its staff. Remains in very good overall condition with just some light areas of fur loss, crinkling to the hide and one small area of damage near the top section of the shield. 124 x 66 cms.
Lot 83
Rare Early Large Zulu Stabbing Spear “Iklwa”, very good and scarce early example with large thick elongated leaf shaped spear tip, the lower section of the steel blade with engraved geometric pattern design. The top of the shaft with very thick wire work binding and the lower section of swollen type with intricate carved ribbed section. Blade 43cms, overall 145cms.
Lot 74
19th Century Tigers Head Headdress, believed to have been worn by a tribal leader or Medicine man within a tribe. The full head skin and fur has cut outs for the eyes, nostrils and ears. Some cracking to the hide but the fur remains in good condition. Some curling of the hide. Very unusual and rare item.
Lot 85
A rare French Saint Louis Egyptian Revival frosted glass paperweight in the form of a Sphinx, circa 1876-8, with moulded factory mark, 12.5cm high Purportedly, Saint Louis exhibited a similar sphinx model at the 1876 World's Fair Centennial Exhibition. A limited number of these were then manufactured for a brief period of time in a few size and colour variations.
Lot 115
A rare pair of early 18th century oval reverse glass mezzotint portrait prints, of Queen Anne and Prince George of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, probably published by John Smith, 29 x 23cm, each in a contemporary but later gilt carved wood frame, (Prince George damaged). (2)
Lot 120
A rare pair of 'Queen Anne' white and polychrome japanned side chairs in the manner of John Ball, with parcel gilt decoration and painted with scrolling leaves and flowers, each with a pierced leaf and scroll carved cresting, the serpentine caned back with a central splat decorated with red diaper panels and bands of intertwined husks, above a caned seat, on stylised shell and leaf capped cabriole legs and square pad feet united by moulded stretchers, with a flaming urn finial, early 18th century. (2) Provenance: Purchased by the vendor's parents from Mallett's, c.1972. The above chairs are illustrated in Lanto Synge, Mallett's Great English Furniture, p.65. See Christie's,Thomas Hope & The Neoclassical Vision & The Collector of Collections, 24th April 2008, lot 182 for an identical pair of chairs probably from the same suite. A similar design of chair appears on the 'Cane Chair' manufacturer John Ball's trade card. John Ball traded at 'The Crown & Three Chairs' in the Minories, near Little Tower Hill. The pattern of the above lot with serpentine frames and ribboned splat is influenced by the fashion for Indian and Chinese designs brought back by the East India Company. The japanned decoration is carried out in the manner prescribed by Stalker and Parker, 'A Treatise of Japanning and Varnishing', Oxford 1688.
Lot 376
A rare mid-18th century Italian Florentine Grand Tour scagliola table top by Don Pietro Belloni, the black ground decorated with a central pastoral landscape panel depicting figures, cows, a horse and sheep, with a river beyond with buildings, within a pierced and scrolled cartouche with a shell surmount, with scrolled shell and floral borders, with Commedia dell'arte figures in cartouches to the corners, signed and dated 'Petro. Belloni. Vallumbrosa. A Florenta. F. Anno. D 1754', with a three quarter moulded edge, 71.5 x 139.5cm, 5cm deep. Provenance: Purchased by the vendor's parents from Stair & Company Ltd. Successors to R. L. Harrington Ltd., 120 and 125 Mount Street, London, 19th May 1972. Don Pietro Belloni was a monk at the monastery of Vallombrosa near Florence and assistant to the abbot, Don Enrico Hugford. Enrico Hugford (1695-1771) was born in Florence, the son of a watch maker who emigrated to Italy to work for Cosimo III. He took orders in 1711 at the monastery of Santa Reparata in Marradi. Marradi was the site where selenite (a mineral essential for the working of scagliola) was quarried and it is here where the young Hugford learnt the technique of scagliola. According to John Fleming it was Hugford who 'advanced scagliola from being merely a cheap and easily worked substitute for marble and mosaic to a medium of such refinement that landscapes and figures could be depicted in it'. Don Enrico's work soon became much sought after by the English Grand Tourists of the day, especially large table tops to grace their country houses. In 1742 Sir Horace Mann paid Hugford 25 zecchins for a table top which he gave to Horace Walpole. Under Hugford's tutelage Belloni also began to produce scagliola slabs to satisfy the demand from the 'English milords' and his work is much better documented. The present lot fits into a group of table tops supplied to a small coterie of Anglo-Irish Grand Tourists who were in Rome in the middle of the 18th century. This group of friends comprised Joseph Leeson of Russborough House, Wicklow, Matthew Fetherstonhaugh of Uppark, West Sussex, Ralph Howard of Shelton Abbey, Wicklow and Robert Clements of Killadoon. Their similar tastes are indicated by the fact whilst in Rome they all had their portraits painted by Pompeo Batoni and they had commissioned landscape paintings by Claude Joseph Vernet. The table tops are all of a similar design, with a central landscape panel after painters such as Visentini and Locatelli, within a cartouche with floral and shell borders, some decorated with fruit, others with animals and Commedia dell'arte figures. A pair was supplied to Joseph Leeson of Russborough, Co. Wicklow in 1750. They are mentioned in correspondence between Sir Horace Mann (the English minister in Florence) and Horace Walpole on the 11th June 1747. 'Here is a scholar of his (Hugford) but vastly inferior to him and so slow in working that he has been almost three years about a pair for a Mr Leson and requires six months more.' While Belloni may have been criticised by Mann as being 'inferior' to Enrico Hugford, and for his slowness, the table tops he produced for Leeson and his friends are examples of the scagliola technique at its finest. According to Jonathan Cook in his article 'Masters of the Art of Scagliola', these remarks with regards to Belloni were unjust and 'to judge from his surviving work his technical abilities and decorative style was of a parity with his master'. Another pair, dated '1750', was supplied to Ralph Howard for his house, Shelton Abbey, and a pair dated '1754' were commissioned by Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh for his house, Uppark, in Sussex. It is surprising that no tables are known for Robert Clements, later 1st Earl of Leitrim, and there is a distinct possibility that this present lot could well be a missing table top commissioned by Clements. The date is the same as the Uppark pair and the decoration is very similar to the Leeson tables, now in the National Gallery, Dublin, Ireland. Other related tables include a pair previously at Adare Manor, Co. Limerick probably made for Thomas Dawson, Viscount Cremorne, and a pair of tables bearing the arms of the 1st Viscount Fane on elaborate giltwood bases exhibited at Dreweatt Neate 'Hidden Treasures, A loan exhibition', 25th November-2nd December 1997. Literature: John Fleming, 'The Hugfords of Florence', The Connoisseur, 136, October 1955, pp.106-110. Anthony Coleridge, 'Don Petro's Table-tops: Scagliola and Grand Tour Clients', Apollo, 83, March 1966, pp.184-87. Hugh Honour, 'Scagliola for Georgian Homes', Country Life, 22nd June 1967, pp. 1627-30. Gervase Jackson-Stops in The Treasure Houses of Britain, exhibition catalogue, National Gallery of Art, Washington/Yale University Press, 1986, pp.253-54. Jonathan Cook, 'Masters of the Art of Scagliola', Country Life, 29th September 1994. Uppark, West Sussex, a National Trust handbook, 1995, pp. 20-21, 54. Anna Maria Massinelli, 'Scagliola l'arte della pietra di luna', 1997, pp.24-37. Dreweatt Neate, 'Hidden Treasures, A loan exhibition', 25th November-2nd December 1997, pp.14-15. Jonathan Cook 'Walpole's table', Country Life, 13th July 2011, p. 85.
Lot 181
R.M.S. Titanic - a rare memorial paper napkin, Souvenir in Affectionate Remembrance of the Captain, Mates, Crew, & Passengers, Who Lost their Lives by the Foundering of the World's Largest Liner S.S. "Titanic", Whilst on Her Maiden Voyage from Southampton to New York, On the 15th, April 1912, "In the Midst of Life We Are in Death", centred by an image of the ship sailing, the lower margins with the King and Queen's Message and the Last Hymn, printed in mourning black within a frame of purple violets and green leafy stems, Printer: S. Burgess, 8 York Place, Strand, [London] W.C., 35.5cm x 35.5cm, 1912Reputedly and most likely made for a remembrance lunch or dinner.
Lot 145
λ A rare George II rosewood torchere or candlestand, the circular dished top with a moulded edge, above a turned acanthus leaf carved baluster stem, on tripod cabriole legs, each carved with a cartouche and leaves, on lion's paw feet, 78.2cm high, 51cm wide. See The Noel Terry Collection of Furniture & Clocks, Fairfax House, York, p.124 pl.122 for an identical torch*ere purchased from Mallett's in 1944.
Lot 382
A mid-19th century Italian specimen marble and micromosaic Grand Tour table top, inlaid with radiating concentric panels of ninetysix marbles and various hardstones including: lapis lazuli, blue john, malachite, porphyry, Siena and Portor marbles, the centre with a circular micromosaic panel of a drake swimming amongst reeds, within a verde antico and white veined marble outer border, 94.8cm diameter, 3.3cm thick, on a later brass stand, overall 44.5cm high. Provenance: Sir Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999). Bonhams, Fine English & Continental Furniture & Works of Art, 12th July 2005, lot 227. The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever. Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde (1921-1999), known professionally as Dirk Bogarde, was an English actor and writer. Initially a matinee idol, playing Simon Sparrow in 'Doctor in the House' (1954) he became Britain's biggest box-office draw and favoured leading man. In the early 1960s he became frustrated with the studio system and beginning with Basil Dearden's 'Victim' (1961) he embarked on a number of complex demanding roles which brought him creative satisfaction. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for 'The Servant' (1963). Other notable film roles include: 'Accident' (1967), 'Death in Venice' (1971), 'The Night Porter' (1974) and 'Despair' (1976). In a second career he wrote seven best-selling volumes of memoirs and six novels. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in 1992. It is not known for which of Bogarde's houses this table was purchased but it is visible in photographs of Nore, his country house in Sussex, where he lived from 1962 to 1965. The table was then moved to all his subsequent homes, including his beloved Clermont, the Provencal former farmhouse where he lived from 1970 until 1986. Over the years that the table was in his possession many leading figures from the world of art and entertainment would have more than likely sat around it, including the likes of: Ingrid Bergman, Judy Garland, Vivien Leigh, Richard Attenborough, Charlotte Rampling and Elton John. Bogarde's final visitor, on the eve of his sudden death in May 1999, was Lauren Bacall who came for tea at his London flat. It is fairly rare to have a specimen marble table top with a micromosaic centre but for a similar table top see Woolley & Wallis, 4th April 2018, lot 440, from the Collection of Dr. J. S. Gordon.
Lot 2211
Diakov 1046.1 (R3), Sm 985. Crowned portrait of Alexander III right within a wreath flanked by seated women holding the Arms of Kutaisi and Tiflis Provinces, locomotive emerging from tunnel below, signed lower right / Plan of the Tunnel district with names of the stations and railway parameters within outer wreath. A very rare and impressive medal. Lovely orange-amber, violet and blue iridescent hues. Lustrous. Choice uncirculated
Lot 193
Vespasian. Gold Aureus (7.23 g), AD 69-79. Judaea Capta type. Lugdunum, AD 71. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG TR P, laureate head of Vespasian right. Rev. TRIVMP AVG in exergue, emperor on triumphal quadriga right, holding palm and eagle-tipped scepter, being crowned by Victory standing behind him and accompanied by trumpeter; before horses, soldier escorting captive. Hendin 1475; RIC 1127; BN 17; BMC 397; Calicó 689. An important Jewish rarity. Very Fine. From the S. Moussaieff Collection. We sold a similar (but slightly inferior example in Goldberg 41 (27 May 2007), lot 2786) and again in Goldberg 90, lot 3044 which realized $78,000. This lot has been officially exported from Israel through the Israel Antiquities Authority. Simon bar Giora AureusThis very rare 'Judaea Capta' - themed aureus, minted to commemorate the recently concluded Jewish War, is most notable for its reverse type. The exergual inscription simply reads: TRIVMP AVG (Triumph of Augustus [Vespasian]). Depicted with particular clarity is the imperial quadriga in the way it would have appeared in the triumphal procession, preceded by a soldier who looks back at the emperor, while escorting a captive with hands bound behind. Robert Deutsch (BAR Jan/Feb 2010, 51-53) identifies the captive as the most important leader of Jerusalem in the Jewish War, Simon bar Giora.The triumph celebrated by Vespasian and Titus in 71 A.D. was a magnificent showcase of the abundance gleaned from the victory over the destroyed province. Booty taken back to Rome after the war was prodigious. When the Romans entered the Temple court, "so glutted with plunder were the troops, one and all, that throughout Syria the standard of gold was depreciated to half its former value" (Josephus, de Bello Judaico, 6.316-322).The triumph itself was described in vivid detail by Josephus, who was an eye-witness to the event (de Bello Judaico, 7.24): "…as dawn was breaking [Titus and Vespasian] emerged, crowned with laurel wreaths and wearing the time-honored purple clothes…. It is impossible to do justice in the description of the number of things to be seen and the magnificence of everything… For almost all the remarkable and valuable objects which have ever been collected … were on that day massed together, affording a clear demonstration of the might of the Roman Empire. The quantities of silver, gold and ivory, worked into every conceivable form, were not like those usually carried in a triumph, but resembled, as it were, a running river of wealth… The greatest amazement was by the floats… For many were three or four stories high… Standing on his individual float was the commander of each of the captured cities showing the way he had been taken prisoner… Spoil in abundance was carried past. None of it compared with that taken from the Temple in Jerusalem, a golden table [the showbread table], and a golden lamp stand [the menorah]… The Law [Torah; The Five Books of Moses] was carried last of all the spoil.The procession culminated at the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus… where they still had to wait for the traditional moment when the news was brought of the death of the enemy leader. In this case he was Simon bar Giora, who had passed in procession with captives and had been dragged under the lash, with his head in a noose, to a spot near the Forum. That is the traditional place at Rome for the execution of those condemned to death for war crimes. When his end was announced and a general cheer had arisen, they started the sacrifices…."
Lot 1158
Ducat/Aranyforint, 1648 NB, 3.42g. Nagybánya/Neustadt. GEOR.RA.D.-G.P.TR., Armored bust right, wearing fur cap and holding scepter and sword hilt. Rev.PAR.REG.HVN.-DO.ET.SI.CO.1648, Facing Madonna and Child, N-B (pellet above and below each letter), breaking central circle (MBR 2033, Resch 69). Very rare variety with large hat. Light pinscratches obverse field. Extremely Fine.
Lot 198
Domitian. Æ As (10.61 g), as Caesar, AD 69-81. Rome, AD 72. CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS DES II, laureate head of Domitian right. Rev. S C in exergue, emperor, holding eagle-tipped scepter and reins, driving slow quadriga right. Hendin 1559; RIC 490; BN 639; BMC 646. A magnificent example! Dark green patina. Very rare and seldom offered. We note some light smoothing in the reverse fields. Choice Very Fine. From the Palm Desert Collection. Purchased from D. Hendin in the 1980s.
Lot 3108
Award # 63. Silver. Red enamel. Screwback. S/S pp. 178-181, Virabyan/Babayan 9.2. Comes with related Award Book issued on July 9, 1938 by ZIK of Armenian Soviet Republic to Gevorkyan Tirayr Sargis – ???????? ?????? ?????????? (1895-1986). Very rare 2nd Type. Comes with photocopies of other award booklets. The Hero of Labor of Armenia was awarded 70 times, the first 50 were unnumbered (type-1), and the last 20 (type-2) had stamped numbers 51 to 70. Condition: Moderate handling, problem free, Extremely fine
Lot 60
Cilicia, Tarsos. Datames. Silver Stater (10.44 g), Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, 384-361/0 BC. Struck ca. 375 BC. Baaltars seated right, holding grain ear, grapes, and eagle-tipped scepter; below throne, bucranium; all within crenelated wall. Rev. Satrap, wearing Persian dress, seated right, holding arrow; in upper right field, winged solar disk; before legs, bow. SNG BN 286-8; SNG Levante 88. A wonderful strike on both sides with full borders well defined. A splendid example, quite rare in such high grade. Lightly toned. Superb Extremely Fine.
Lot 235
Ptolemy I Soter, 323-283 BC. Gold Stater (7.04g). Struck at Euhesperis, ca. 305-283 BC. Diademed bust of Ptolemy I r., wearing aegis around neck. Reverse: ?TO?EMAIOY / BA?I?E??, Alexander the Great, wearing chiton and himation, standing l. in elephant quadriga, holding reins in his l. hand, thunderbolt in is raised r. hand; in exergue, laurel branch with berries. Naville, Cyrenaique 80, 239 (same dies); Svoronos, Pt. 101 (same dies). Very rare. Underlying luster present. Extremely Fine.
Lot 4
Lucania, Metapontum, ca. 280 BC. AR Nomos (7.84 g). Bearded head of Herakles r., wearing thin hair band over curled hair; club over shoulder and lion's skin secured by knotted paws at truncation. Rev. META to left, six-grained barley ear with leaf to right; kantharos above leaf, BI below. Johnston Class D4.2 (same dies); Noë/Johnston D 4.2; Rutter, Historia Numorum 1621. Boldly struck in high relief, strike a little weak on grain ear. The work of a master die engraver. Rare. Underlying luster present and beautifully toned. Extremely Fine. Ex CNG Sale 49, March 17, 1999, lot 88.
Lot 1272
On the Birth of Johann Mauritz, son of Count Alois Friedrich von Brühl, 1781. Silver Medal, 43.6mm. 27.32g. By Johann Philip Holzhäuser. King enthroned left receives a newborn boy from Mars who kneels before him; OB MERITA PATRIS.; STANISLAUS AUG.REX. FILIO RECENS NATO MUNUS LOC:TENENT CONFERT. in ex. Rev. Fifteen-line legend (Hcz 3861-R1; Racz. 574, Wiecek 50). Rare. About extremely fine. Ex Spink Sale, London, March 26-27, 2014, lot 1265. Comes with tag. With the death of August III in 1763, Polish-Saxon diplomat Alois Friedrich von Brühl (1739-1793) lost all of his offices, whereupon he pursued his passion for the theater as a playwright and performer. He was also briefly the governor of Warsaw, where he founded a modern sewer system.
Lot 200
Vespasian. Æ As (10.74 g), AD 69-79. Judaea Capta type. Lugdunum, AD 77/8. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III P P, laureate head of Vespasian right. Rev. IVDAEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, palm tree; to right, Judaea seated on ground in attitude of mourning; arms around. Hendin 1561 corr. (obv. legend); RIC 1233; Lyon 91; BN 846; BMC -. Very Rare. Reddish-brown patina, pitted surfaces. Sharpness of Very Fine. From the S. Moussaieff Collection, This lot has been officially exported from Israel through the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Lot 1060
James I (1603-1625). Fine gold Rose Ryal of thirty shillings, Third coinage (1619-25), King in robes seated facing on plain back throne within tressure, holding orb and sceptre, portcullis below, initial mark trefoil (1624), struck over lis on reverse, Latin legend and beaded border surrounding, IACOBVS D; G; MA BRI: FR; ET. HI: REX., Rev. quartered shield upon long cross fourchée, value above, beaded circle surrounding, alternating lis, lion and rose in circle, Latin legend and beaded border surrounding, A DNO: FACTVM EST ISTVD ET EST MIRA: IN OC: NRIS, weight 12.37g (Schneider 78; N 2108; S.2633; Fr.239; KM.66.2). Attractively toned, with one light crease in flan, a little weak on face, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare this well preserved in combination with the plain back throne. Ex F. G. Hilton Price, Sotheby, 17th - 19th May 1909, lot 172, illustrated on plate V, sold for £8 ½. Ex Sir Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan, Sotheby, 17th June 1935, lot 68 and plate III, sold for £35. Ex Herbert M Lingford, Collection part II, Glendining, 20th June 1951, lot 1050 and plate VII, sold for £64, the highest price for a coin of this denomination and reign in the sale. Ex A H Baldwin, Fixed Price List Summer 2014, BH078. The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "James by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" and on the reverse as "This is the Lord's doing and it is marvellous in our eyes" a Psalm from the Bible, which should read in full "A Domino Factum Est Istud Et Est Mirabile In Oculis Nostris". The indenture for both the fine and crown gold coinages was issued on 20th August 1619 with the fine gold Rose Ryal being the largest denomination at thirty shillings, the terms were repeated in a further indenture to new master-worker Randall Cranfield on 17th July 1623 under whose master-ship this coin would have been struck.
Lot 16
Siculo-Punic, Silver Tetradrachm (17.11g, 3h), 300 BC. Head of young Herakles facing right, wearing a lion's skin headdress. Rev. Horse's head facing left, a palm-tree behind, Punic legend ('mhsbm) below horse's neck (Jenkins, 'Coins of Punic Sicily', Part 4, SNR 57, 1978, 314 (O101/R258); SNG Lloyd 1645 (these dies)). Very well struck on excellent metal, outstanding style, cabinet tone, Nearly Extremely Fine, rare. Ex The New York Sale XXX, 9 January 2013, lot 74.
Lot 100
Judaea, Roman Administration. Nero. Æ (13.12 g), AD 54-68. Caesarea Paneas (as Neronias), under Agrippa II, AD 61-68. Laureate head of Nero right; in right field, lituus. Rev. E?I/BACI?E/A?PI??/NEP?/NIE in five lines within wreath. RPC 4988; Meshorer 129; Hendin 1273 (this coin illustrated). Hendin 1273; TJC 129; RPC 4988. Rare. Glossy dark green patina. Choice Very Fine. From the Palm Desert Collection. Ex Superior (1 June 1988), 1572.
Lot 2076
On the Accession of Catherine II to the Throne, June 28, 1762. Diakov 115.1 – unlisted in Platinum, Reichel 2241 – unlisted in Platinum; Willy Fuchs – “250 Years of Platinum Coinage” p.140, nr.85; cf. “Russian Medals Struck in Platinum,” Charles S. Tumosa. In: Journal of the Russian Numismatic Society, # 62, p. 16-26, # 18. Armored bust of Catherine left cast as Minerva, wearing plumed helmet, signed below; ?.?. ????????? II. I?????? ? ???????? ???????. / Catherine seated left accepting the crown and scepter from Russia, who kneels before her supported by St. George, Providence on a cloud above greets the new Empress; ?? ??????I? ???? above; day, month and year in exergue. Impressive, and Exceedingly rare in Platinum and missing from the Grand Duke’s collection. Light scratch obverse field and a few tiny rim tics About uncirculated
Lot 212
Phoenicia, Ake-Ptolemais. Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Æ (9.58 g), 35-34 BC. RY 3 and 15. Bare head of Antony right, within laurel wreath. Rev. Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra VII right; in fields, dates (IE and L?). Kadman 74; RPC 4742. Extremely Rare. Glossy dark olive-green patina. One of the finest known specimens! Extremely Fine. From the Palm Desert Collection. Purchased from Superior in the 1980s.
Lot 1070
Oliver Cromwell (d.1658). Silver Shilling, 1658, laureate and draped bust left, raised die flaw at top of forehead, legend and toothed border surrounding, OLIVAR. D.G.R.P. ANG. SCO. HIB &c PRO, Rev. crowned quartered shield of arms of the Protectorate, date above, PAX QVÆRITVR BELLO, weight 6.01g (Bull 254; ESC 1005; S.3228; KM.A207). Attractively toned, with proof-like mint bloom, a very slight hint of wear to the highest points only, good extremely fine, practically as struck, and rare this nicely preserved. Ex Stacks, Coin Galleries, New York, 12th December 2004, lot 1365. The abbreviated Latin legends translate as "Oliver by the Grace of God, Protector of the Republic of England, Scotland and Ireland," and on the reverse "Peace is sought by war."
Lot 1283
Scotland, Charles I (1625-49). Gold Half-Unit or Double Crown, first coinage (1625-35), crowned bust of James VI of Scotland right with altered chin and beard, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding both sides, initial mark thistle both sides.CAROLVS. D. G. MAG. BRIT. FRAN. &. HIB. REX. Rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, C struck over I to left, R to right, HENRICVS. ROSAS. REGNA IACOBVS., weight 4.92g (Burns 2 fig.1031; S.5528; Fr.49; KM.53). A little double struck with a well defined portrait of the previous King, good very fine and extremely rare. Ex Robert William Cochrane-Patrick, Sotheby 8th March 1936, sold for £28 hammer. Ex Richard Cyril Lockett, Scottish & Irish part, Glendining, 19th June 1957, lot 403 sold for £150 hammer. Ex The Douglas Collection, Spink Auction 119, 4th March 1997 lot 321. The change of monarch required a change of coinage by Act of Privy Council of the 15th April 1625 for a new portrait and legend upon the coinages. With the gold denominations broadly the same portrait punches were used as per that of James VI with just a slight alteration to the beard and hair around the ear with the reverse dies reused with the C of Charles cut over the old I of James. The Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Charles, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" and on the reverse "Henry the roses, James the kingdoms" referring to James VI of Scotland becoming also James I of England from 1603.
Lot 1061
James I (1603-25). Fine gold Half-Angel of five shillings and sixpence, second coinage (1604-19), St Michael slaying dragon right, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding, initial mark book (1616-17) struck over cinquefoil both sides, pellet and comma stops in legend.IACOBVS. D'. G'. MA'. BRI'. FRA'. ET. HI'. REX, Rev. ship sailing, no bowsprit, large quartered shield upon hull, mast above, I to left, rose to right, pellet stops in legend.A. DNO. FACTVM. EST. ISTVD., weight 2.29g (Schneider 20; N.2082; S.2617; Fr.233; KM.43). One slight crease and a little double struck in legend, otherwise a bold very fine and comparable in quality with the Schneider example, extremely rare mint mark. Ex Richard Cyril Lockett, English part 3, Glendining, 4th-6th November 1958, lot 3316 and plate XXIV sold for £210, the same price as a gold Ship-Ryal two lots preceding and the higher priced of the two gold Half-Angels offered across all the English parts of the famed Lockett Collection. Ex David Duprée, collection bought by Spink and Son Ltd 1989. The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "James by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland"; and on the reverse "This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes." A Psalm from the Bible. The nominal values of the gold coins were raised by 10% in an indenture of 18th May 1612 with Sir Richard Martin as Warden and his son Richard Martin as Master Worker, which caused a spike in fine gold production of just over £3,000 worth during that year which subsequently tailed off. By the time the initial mark book was used on the coinage for fine gold under mint marks book and crescent, it was just under £1,000 worth with book being the rarer of the two marks accounted for. Of the fine gold denominations surviving today with mint mark book, there is only one Rose Ryal in private hands and two Half-Angels we are aware of. There are a few Angels extant but that is all we have to show as scant survivors of this very small output of fine gold coins.
Lot 1250
Kajetan Soltyk, Bishop of Kraków and Duke of Siewierz (1759-1782), formerly Bishop of Kiev (1756-1759). Private Gold Ducat, 1762, 3.01g. 20.7mm. Kraków. Capped bishop's bust left clad in ecclesiastical robes; CAL.SOLTYK EPI: CRAC: DUX SEVERIAE. Rev. MONETA AUREA DUCATVS SEVERIAE A.1762 in five lines within wreath (Kop.6506 - R8, Hcz 9947 - R8, Fr.54 - plate coin). Excessively rare. Slightly wavy flan. Good Very Fine. Ex Henry V. Karolkiewicz Collection, CNG, Triton IV, December 2000, lot 2433,Ex "The Alicia and Sid Belzeberg Collection," Stack's, Rosemount, IL, April 24, 2008, lot 1047. During the reign of August III, Kajetan Ignacy Soltyk (1715-1788), scion of the prominent Saltykov family of Russia, became one of the most important politicians at the royal court. Initially tied to the defacto ruler of Poland Count Heinrich v. Brühl, Soltyk, in the 1760's, because of various conflicts, distanced himself from the Saxon-Polish statesman. After the death of August III, Soltyk opposed the election of Stanislaw August Poniatowski and went on to work with pro-Russian factions to dethrone him. But in the shifting landscape of political alliances, Soltyk eventually became an opponent of the Russian ambassador and provocateur Nicholas Repnin.As a result of his vocal opposition to the Repnin Sejm of 1767-1768, Solytk was imprisoned in Kaluga. He returned from imprisonment in 1781. His increasingly erratic behavior allowed his opponents to declare him insane and Soltyk was unable to reclaim his Bishopric.Under the Bishops of Kraków, the Silesian town of Siewierz had its own laws, treasury and army, but apparently never exercised any mint rights. Twelve years after Bishop Soltyk's death, his nephew Michal Soltyk had the engraver Szapacha Wappenstein strike private coins for Siewierz - a silver Grosz dated 1761 and a gold Ducat dated 1762, along with some Ducats in silver. Count Hutten-Czapski speculated that he did this in order to preserve related mint rights that were granted in 1232 but never utilized.
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