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Click here to subscribe5th-4th century BC. A ceramic statuette of the goddess Asherah, plano-convex in section with outstretched arms, painted detailing to the face, hands and costume; remains of iron earrings to either side of the face; mounted on a custom-made stand. 252 grams, 14cm including stand (5 1/2"). Property of a London gallery; previously in a family collection since the 1960s. Fine condition, chipped. Rare.
28th-23rd century BC. A carved stone cylinder seal depicting two standing figures, accompanied by a museum quality impression and a typed, signed scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: The main design is put between upper and lower bands of triangular shapes and consists of two standing human figures, a tree, a spade, and filling globes. A rare seal from Mesopotamia, Syria or Anatolia, c. 2700-2200 BC. Condition fair. 14.25 grams, 40mm (1 3/4"). Property of a Mayfair, London, UK, ancient art collector; acquired in the 1970s-1980s; inventory number 63. Fine condition. Rare
Mid 2nd millennium BC. A discoid roundel core in bitumen with head of a hero figure to centre, long hair parted down the middle, ending in three curls on each side; head separated from a row of six recumbent animals by double rope-pattern band; outer border with double rope-pattern; mounted on a custom-made stand. For an example once in the Schimmel Collection, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with a similar facing head surrounded by seven rams, similar bitumen core, see no.73. bis in Hoffmann, ed., The beauty of Ancient Art, The Norbert Schimmel Collection; also see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1989.281.24. 324 grams, 14.5cm including stand (5 3/4"). Property of a London gallery; formerly with Moses Antiques. Fine condition, cracked. Rare.
19th-17th century BC. A carved chrome chalcedony cylinder seal depicting Lamma goddesses with inscription in three columns, accompanied by a museum quality impression and a typed, signed scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: Design: three line cuneiform, Summerian inscription between two standing Lamma goddesses. It reads Enki, life......, who grants the seed of the land. Old Babylonian, c. 1800-1600 BC. Condition good. 8.37 grams, 24mm (1"). Property of a Mayfair, London, UK, ancient art collector; acquired in the 1970s-1980s; inventory number 89. Dr Bonewitz notes: Chrome chalcedony in the ancient world came from a small deposit in modern Turkey, then Anatolia. It disappeared from the archaeological record in the second century AD. Items made from it are mostly found in the Roman world, but important pieces of raw material made their way into Mesopotamia much earlier. This is only the second cylinder seal I have seen made from it. The other was a royal seal, so it is likely that this seal belonged to someone of significance. Fine condition. Material extremely rare.
20th-17th century BC. A carved haematite cylinder seal depicting two standing figures and Amurru god symbol, with owner's inscription in three columns, accompanied by a museum quality impression and a typed, unsigned scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: Two standing figures: god with mace facing Lama goddess. Symbol of the god Amurru: goat with two shepherd's crooks rising from its back, resting on an elaborate pedestal. Inscription naming the ancient owner: A?amarshi, son of Abi-ara?, servant of Amurru. Old Babylonian, c. 1900-1600 BC. Large, and with rare symbol of the god Amurru. 13.38 grams, 30mm (1 1/4"). Property of a Mayfair, London, UK, ancient art collector; acquired in the 1970s-1980s; inventory number PL12. Very fine condition. Rare.
Copper Hoard Culture, Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, mid-2nd millennium BC. A substantial round-section copper bar developing to a rectangular-section finial, curved and rounded blade. See Yule, P. The Bronze Age Metalwork of India, Prähistorische Bronzefunde XX, München, 1985 for discussion. 2.4 kg, 46.5cm (18 1/4"). Property of a West London gentleman; previously in an important weapons collection formed in the 1980s and early 1990s. Some Copper Hoard items have been assigned a ritual rather than practical function (Yule: 1985"). [No Reserve] Fine condition. Extremely rare.
7th-4th century BC. A carved haematite cylinder seal depicting a standing bird and walking bull, accompanied by a museum quality impression and a typed, unsigned scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: The design shows a large standing bird behind a walking humped bull. A terminal is created of a hillock on the ground and a crescent in the sky. This is a rare type of seal from the Acaemenid period, c. 500-300 BC from eastern Iran or west central Asia. It is nicely cut and in good condition. 13.32 grams, 26mm (1"). Property of a Mayfair, London, UK, ancient art collector; acquired in the 1970s-1980s; inventory number PL46. Very fine condition. Rare.
20th-17th century BC. A carved haematite cylinder seal depicting two god scenes, accompanied by a museum quality impression and a typed, signed scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: Two designs of roughly the same date are incorporated on this seal. The first shows a scene of three standing gods. On the right is the goddess Ishtar in horned tiara and long robe open at the front where one leg projects with foot resting on the back of a small lion. Quivers rise over her shoulders as she holds up in one hand the double-lion-headed mace, and holds down in the other hand a weapon with curved end. Facing her is a worshipper in hat with deep brim and long fringed robe, open at the front with one leg projecting. He is holding a kid in his arms, which he offers to the goddess. Behind him is a Lamma goddess in horned tiara and long flounced robe, raising both hands. Fillers within this scene are: a fly, a sideways crouching quadruped, and a mask or other such object. The second scene shows a god standing on a dais in the same attire as Ishtar, but holding in one hand a standard surmounted with the lunar crescent. Facing him is a hero with much facial hair, wearing a tight kilt and clasping hands at the waist. A shepherd's crook serves as a terminal. This is an Old Babylonian seal, c. 1900-1600 BC. The first, traditional design was already a little worn when the second design was done, but both fall within the same period. This is an interesting seal for the two designs, the second of which is unusual. The second design is in very good state of preservation. 20.79 grams, 28mm (1"). Private collection, London, UK; formerly with Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s. Very fine condition. Rare.
11th-8th century BC. A wheel-cut chalcedony cylinder seal with copper-alloy suspension pin depicting a frieze of monsters, accompanied by a museum quality impression and a typed, unsigned scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: The design shows a frieze of two running monsters: slender quarupeds' bodies with wings, a crescent above the one, a simple cross above the other. Babylonian, c. 1000-700 BC. Engraved entirely with the wheel. The ancient suspension pin in place and intact. The stone in good codition. 15.64 grams, 50mm overall (2"). Property of a Mayfair, London, UK, ancient art collector; acquired in the 1970s-1980s; inventory number PL45. Very fine condition. Rare with original pin.
11th-6th century BC. A carved stone cylinder seal depicting a kneeling archer and various creatures, accompanied by a museum quality impression and a typed, unsigned scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: A very full design is shown, including a kneeling archer, a standing horned animal with head turned backwards, a curling snake, two prancing quadrupeds, a large bird with wings out, a small sitting bird, and many filling shapes. This comes from west central Asia and is a type not so far studied by experts, a date c. 1000-500 BC is perhaps the most probable. It is fine work and rare. 4.28 grams, 24mm (1"). Property of a Mayfair, London, UK, ancient art collector; acquired in the 1970s-1980s; inventory number PL47. Very fine condition. Rare.
20th-16th century BC or later. A stone cylinder seal with nude la?mu (Hairy) with horned crown, beard and four large curls, walking to the right, facing forward, holding both forearms angled at hip height from the body, inviting to a total of twenty four beetles each with six feet, fifteen of which approach his left side and nine to his right side; the representation of la?mu in connection with beetles is unique and potentially contradicts his protective and beneficent nature, supplied with museum quality impression. 16 grams, 31mm (1 1/4"). From an important London collection, acquired in the 1980-1990s. Fine condition. Rare.
20th-17th century BC. A carved lapis lazuli cylinder seal depicting three standing figures, accompanied by a museum quality impression and a typed, unsigned scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: A group of three standing figures. On the right the god with mace, facing him a human worshipper, on the left a figure raising one hand. Old Babylonian, c. 1900-1600 BC. A rare stone for this period. Cf. Collon, D., First Impressions, Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, London, 2005, for similar examples. 2.07 grams, 19mm (3/4"). Property of a Mayfair, London, UK, ancient art collector; acquired in the 1970s-1980s; inventory number PL8. Very fine condition.
1st millennium BC. A bronze spearhead with broad triangular blade, thick neck, lozenge-section socket with V-shaped clefts to the mouth. 117 grams, 18.5cm (7 1/4"). Property of a Jersey gentleman; by inheritance from his father; acquired in lieu of a debt in 1962 and originally brought back to Jersey by a British army officer in the 19th century. [No Reserve] Fine condition, complete and undamaged. Extremely rare.
5th-3rd century BC. A bronze bow brooch with flat leaf-shaped bridge, coiled spring with two parallel pins, D-shaped final with lateral catches. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1729 for type. 4.85 grams, 59mm (2 1/4"). From a North West London collection; previously acquired in the 1980s. [No Reserve] Fine condition. Rare.
19th-18th century BC. A carved haematite cylinder seal depicting four quadrupeds, accompanied by a museum quality impression and a typed, unsigned scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: The design shows a mountain goat, recumbent with head turned backwards, and to each side a quadruped sitting on its tail with body upright: a monkey on the right, a lion on the left. A terminal is formed of a combined disc and crescent above the head of a demon. This is an Assyrian seal from their commercial colonies in Anatolia, c. 1800-177 BC. It is a rare and attractive design, and the seal is in very good condition. 4.56 grams, 18mm (3/4"). Property of a Mayfair, London, UK, ancient art collector; acquired in the 1970s-1980s; inventory number 49. Very fine condition. Rare.
19th-18th century BC. A carved haematite cylinder seal depicting three figures, accompanied by a museum quality impression and a typed, unsigned scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: 'A group of three figures: a deity with flowing jar on the right, on a throne supported by two fish-bulls, facing standing worshipper, and Lamma goddess on the left. Combined crescent and solar disc in the sky. Anatolia, from the Assyrian merchant colonies, c. 1800-1700 BC. Rare design for this area and period, also large and in good condition.' 15.59 grams, 26mm (1"). Property of a Mayfair, London, UK, ancient art collector; acquired in the 1970s-1980s; inventory number PL19. Very fine condition. Rare.
New Kingdom, 18th-19th Dynasty, 1550-1292 BC. A gold and silver pendant plaque of lotus-flower form with bell-shaped body, openwork stem with suspension loops; the body with cells to accept cloison inlay of glazed composition and carnelian, the stem with glazed composition fill; two small loops to the lower edge. Cf. Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, item 65(b) for type. 16 grams, 64mm (2 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; part of a Mayfair collection formed in the 1970s and 1980s. Accompanied by X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate number 00961-2018EJ. Fine condition. Rare.
3rd millennium BC. A steatite amulet of a flying owl; outspread wings with engraved lines to the top, fan-shaped tail to the back with engraved lines; rectangular shaped head with small drill holes for eyes; small feet to the underside; pierced through the head for suspension. Exhibited: Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Genève Exhibition, 30 March-20 September 2000: Animaux d'Art et d'Histoire - Bestiaire de Collections Genevoises (Animals of Art and of History, Bestiary of Genevan Collections"). 9.11 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). From an important London collection of animal amulets formed in the 1970s; some published and all previously exhibited. Very fine condition. Rare.
12th century AD. A silver reliquary cross pendant with hinged loop, to the obverse a facing image of Christ standing in benediction pose, to the reverse Mary Theotokos holding the Christ child. 122 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of a British gentleman; formerly in the private collection of Russian businessman Yuri Golubev (1942-2007), some of his collection was published in his book 'Symbols and Images'; acquired on the London art market 1990s-2007. [No Reserve] Fine condition. Rare.
Fara Period, 2600-2500 BC. A rectangular clay tablet with cuneiform text to both faces recording the payments made by the buyer of a field to the sellers, with various types of goods, for example: 1 mina of copper, 1 loaf of bread, 1 cake, 2 containers of soup, 2 containers of fish, Inim-nizi, agronomist; a number of witnesses of the payment are named, and the officials involved in the transfer also received payment; the date given as the period when an official named Abzukidu was in office; accompanied by a full transliteration and translation: obverse column 1, 1: [n(asz@c) uruda ma-na] - [x minas of copper]; 2. [sa10] ?GAN2? - purchase price of the field; 3. ?5(iku@c)? GAN2-bi - 5 ‘acres” is the area; 4. 10(asz@c) ma-nauruda - 10 minas of copper; 5. LAK672-AN-TAR - (unknown term); 6. 20(asz@c) uruda ma-na - 20 minas of copper; 7. [nig2-diri] - supplementary payment; column 2, 1. [n(asz@c)] uruda ma-na - [x] minas of “copper” (error for wool); 2. tug2 - garment; 3. 5(asz@c) ninda - 5 loaves of bread; 4. 5(asz@c) gug2 - 5 cakes; 5. 2(asz@c) kur2 tu7(|HIxASZ@c|) - 2 containers of soup; 6. 2(asz@c) kur2 |LAGABxHA|-A - 2 containers of …-fish; 7. 1(asz@c) i3 ?sila3? - 1 quart of vegetable oil; 8. gi-AN-X - Gi… . 9. [x x x]; 10. [n(asz@c) ninda] - [x loaves of bread]; column 3, 1. 5(asz@c) gug2 - 5 cakes; 2. 2(asz@c) kur2 tu7(|HIxASZ@c|) - 2 containers of soup; 3. 2(asz@c) kur2 |LAGABxHA|-A - 2 containers of …-fish; 4. - za-ki-gal - Zakigal; 5. 5(asz@c) ninda; 4. 5(asz@c) gug2 - 5 loaves of bread; 5. 2(asz@c) kur2 tu7(|HIxASZ@c|) - 2 containers of soup; 6. 2(asz@c) kur2 |LAGABxHA|-A - 2 containers of …-fish; 7. ur-{d}nir-kin - Ur-…; 8. 5(asz@c) ninda - 5 loaves of bread; 4. ?5?(asz@c) gug2 - 5 cakes; 5. [2(asz@c) kur2 tu7(|HIxASZ@c|)] - [2 containers of soup]; column 4, 1. [2(asz@c) kur2 |LAGABxHA|-A] - [2 containers of …-fish]; 2. [x (x)] {d} ENGUR/NAMMU - … -Nammu; 3. Dumu - Son; 4. ur-{d}nammu - of Ur-Nammu; 5. lu2 sa10 gu7 - the seller; 6. 5(asz@c) ninda - 5 loaves of bread; 7. 5(asz@c) gug2 - 5 cakes; 8. 2(asz@c) kur2 tu7(|HIxASZ@c|) - 2 containers of soup; 9. 1 tug2 me-gal2 - 1 negal-garment; 10. ?x xx? - …; column 5,1: [x x x] - …; 2. ?x?zi? - …; 3. 1(asz@c) sanga? nirzi - …-nir-zi (Name); 4. {d}en-lil2-?x? - Enlil-…; 5. 1(asz@c) ?x x? - … (name); 6. 1(asz@c) ?x x? - … (name); 7. 1(asz@c) me hi - Mehi; 8. 1(asz@c) sud3-MI.MUŠEN.IM - Sud-Anzu; 9. 1(asz@c) ?sa2-X? - Sa…; 10. 1(asz@c) sag [x x] - Sag…; column 6,1: ?x? [x] ti [x] - … 2. a na[m] - Panam; 3. 1(asz@c) da-da - Dada; 4. X tur - …tur; 5. lugal-ezen - Lugal-ezen; 6. tul2? ur-sag (?) - …-ursag; 7. 1(asz@c) X X - …; 8. ?x? [x x] - …; reverse column 1,1: ?da?? [x] - Da?...; 2. 1(asz@c) uruda ma-na - 1 mina of copper; 3. 1(u@c) ninda - 1 loaf of bread; 4. 1(u@c) gug2 - 1 cake; 5. 2(asz@c) kur2 tu7 - 2 containers of soup; 6. 2(asz@c) kur2 |LAGABxHA|-A - 2 containers of fish-…; 7. inim-ni-zi - Inim-nizi; 8. sur-gu-nun - agronomist(?); 9. 1(asz@c) uruda ma-na - 1 mina of copper; 3. 5(asz@c) ninda - 5 loaves of bread; column 2,1: ar3-tu - Artu; 2. Engar - assistant? cultivator official; 3. Usz; blank space; column 3,1: [x ]-ma - ….ma; 2. lu2 GAN2 sa10 - is the buyer; 3. Bala - (During) the office of; 4. abzu-ki-du10 - Abzukidu; 5. su3isz? - … (a title?"). An article by Francesco Pomponio and Giuseppe Visicato reviews the Fara sale documents and the bala-officials involved, including Abzu-kidu who appears in this tablet; see Ignace J. Gelb, Piotr Steinkeller und Robert M. Whiting, Jr., Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus, Chicago, 1991; and Pomponio, F. and Visicato, G. I mezzi di pagamento nei contratti di Fara e il loro rapport con il funzionario bala, Studia Asiana, 7, pp.149-166, Roma, 2011. 190 grams. 10cm (4"). Property of a Scandinavian collector; formerly in a London, UK, collection: formed in the 1980s; Adelaide, Australian collection, formed in the 1960-1970s. Field sale documents begin in the Fara period and originated in Šuruppak (modern Fara"). All field and land sales of this period follow a standard format with minor variations. The officials’ names in this tablet are known from similar sale documents, and further study of the known corpus of some 55 Fara sales might allow some fragmentary names to be restored. Fine condition. Rare and important.
Late 3rd millennium BC. A three-part stone idol comprising: D-shaped steatite body with ledge to the front, V-shaped neckline, hatched pattern representing a quilted garment; limestone(?) head and neck with large almond eyes and scaphoid mouth; steatite headpiece representing the figure's hair with fabric binding. For a similar figure missing its turban see no.26 in von Brothmer, ed., Glories of the Past, Ancient Art from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Collection; also see Daems, A. The Iconography of Pre-Islamic Women in Iran, in Iranica Antiqua vol. XCXXVI (2001), fig.69 and discussion there. 4 kg total, 30-140mm (1 1/4 - 5 1/2"). Property of a central London gallery; acquired from a private US collection, formerly in Swiss collection since 1960s; previously with Christie’s New York, 12 June 2002, lot 313. [3] [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Fine condition. Rare in such a large size.
Early 18th century AD. A gilt-bronze vase with repoussé interlaced tendrils and flowers, rolled rim. 237 grams, 20cm (8"). Property of a German gentleman; previously in the M. D O'Hara collection; formally acquired from Mme. Artuner in 1970; accompanied by a copy of the German export licence. [No Reserve] Fine condition. Of an extremely rare form.
6th-4th century BC. A hemispherical bowl with chamfered lip, three legs formed as standing nude female figures facing the centre each with shoulder-length hair and arms extended, one with a collar. 287 grams, 10.5cm (4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Fine condition. Rare.
5th-4th century BC. Obv: facing gorgoneion with eight sets of hair curls and protruding tongue. Rev: eagle flying right with dolphin in talons and A P I X around. Minns, Ellis H., Scythians and Greeks, Cambridge, 1913, pl.II, 1; SNG BM I, 380; SNG XI (Stancomb), pl.XVI, 343; Karyshkovski, P. O., Items from the History of the Currency and Monetary Circulation in Olbia, the Olbian ases in Studies of the Metchnikov Odessa State University, no. 149, pp.149-168 (Ukranian text); Weber 2603; Sear 1682. 110.21 grams. About as cast; bruise at edge, scratch each side. Rare.
Autumn 34 BC. Alexandria mint. Obv: CLE[OPATRAE REGINAE REGVM FILIORVM REGVM] legend with diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra VII right, stem of prow before. Rev: [ANTONI ARME]NIA DE[VICTA] legend with bare head of Mark Antony right; Armenian tiara behind. RRC 543/1; CRI 345; BMC East 179; RSC 1; Sear 1515. 2.48 grams. Fine; some areas of plating missing. Rare issue.
63 AD. Rome mint. Obv: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER PM TR P IMP PP legend with laureate head right, aegis on shoulder. Rev: CONG II DAT POP legend with Nero, bare-headed and togate, seated left on low platform on the right, extending right hand; a praefectus annonae standing facing behind him; below in front, an attendant standing left, handing tessera to citizen standing right with fold of toga extended; in background Minerva standing facing, head left, holding owl and spear with flat-roofed tetrastyle building to the left; SC in exergue. RIC 158; WCN 122; Sear 1954 variant (year"). See Wildwinds.com (this coin"). 29.39 grams. Good fine. Rare.
March-May 68 AD. Revolt in Gaul, Vienne mint. Obv: MARTIS VLTOR legend with helmetted bust of Mars right. Rev: legionary eagle between two standards, altar to right of eagle; with SIGNA P R in exergue. RIC 51 variant (obverse legend); BMC 38 (ditto); Sear 2061 (ditto"). 3.52 grams. Good very fine. Rare; apparently unpublished with MARTIS to obverse.
286-287 AD. Obv: IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG legend with laureate, cuirassed and draped bust right. Rev: MONETA AVG legend with Moneta standing left holding scales and cornucopia; mintmark RSR in exergue. Sear 13521 variant (mintmark); not in RIC, Webb, Stukely, Cohen, Belfort, Schodt, Shiel, Akerman, etc.; cf. RIC V-2, uncertain British mint 717 (with no mintmark"). See Wildwinds.com (this coin"). 4.74 grams. ("). Found near Romford, Essex, UK, 2017. Near as struck; slightly off centre. Exceedingly rare, unpublished, possibly unique.
Circa 760 AD. Reformed sceatta coinage. Obv: small cross with +BEO[NNA in runic characters]REX legend. Rev: saltire cross in pelleted square at centre with + E F E in angles for the moneyer Efe. S. 945; N. 430; M 3; see Marian Archibald, The Coinage of Beonna in the Light of the Middle Harling Hoard, text and plates 2-3, dies Efe O1/R1. See Early Medieval Corpus, Cambridge, reference EMC 2009.0376 (this coin"). 0.66 grams. ("). Found near Thompson, Norfolk, UK, 2008. Very fine; chipped at edge. Extremely rare.
796-798 AD. Obv: +EADVA across centre with +LD above and REX below. Rev: hollow tribrach design with pellets at centre and ends of limbs with BO ED TR legend with lozenge O in successive angles with pellets around for the moneyer Botred. S. - ; N. -; Naismith E1.2a (same dies and recorded as EMC 2009.0248"). See Early Medieval Corpus, Cambridge, reference 2018.0025 (this coin); see Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference SF-619B89 (this coin, with a printout of the entry and of the report as PAS Featured Find for January 2018"). 1.22 grams. ("). Found near Eye, Suffolk, UK, 2017. The only other example of this type known was also found in Suffolk, near to the Anglo-Saxon royal site at Rendlesham, in 2009. Good very fine; flan distorted with associated slight surface cracking and small edge chip. Excessively rare; only one other recorded for the type.
1022-1050 AD. Imitating helmet type of Cnut (as minted 1024-1030 AD"). Obv: profile bust with pointed helmet left with sceptre before and I+?PNCVNTIOCONI legend. Rev: short voided cross with pellet centre and pellet-in-annulets to angles with +?HVNIONORITICVN legend. See SNC 1999, 10 (same dies); SMH 617; see S. 1158 for English prototype of Cnut. 1.14 grams. Good very fine; small closed piercing and gilded. Extremely rare.
1465-1466 AD. First reign, light coinage, type VI. Obv: facing bust with n on breast and quatrefoils at sides with EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC legend and 'sun' mintmark. Rev: long cross and pellets with POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM and CIVITAS NORWIC legend for Norwich mint. S. 2034; N. 1582. 2.93 grams. ("). Ex Morton & Eden Ltd sale; formerly in the Archbishop John Sharp (1644-1714) collection. Dr John Sharp (1644-1714), Archbishop of York from 1691 was an enthusiastic collector and student of coins and medals; his interest seems to have begun around 1687 when, as Rector of St Giles in the Fields, he ‘found it a good divertisement in the evening’. In contrast to nearly all his numismatic forbears and contemporaries who were interested in Ancient Greece and Rome, Sharp selected the coinages of the British Isles and, to a lesser extent, the Colonies and Continental Europe, as his chosen fields. He wrote his ‘Observations on the Coinage of England with a letter to Mr [Ralph] Thoresby’ in 1698-99, which was to circulate amongst numismatists in manuscript form for nearly a century before being finally printed in 1785. Subsequent owners of the Sharp collection evidently added to the collection. The historical sequence of ownership of the collection runs as follows: (i) Dr John Sharp (1644-1714), Archbishop of York; (ii).John Sharp (1674-1726), eldest son of the Archbishop, of Grafton Park, Northamptonshire; (iii) Dr Thomas Sharp (1693-1758), his brother, who was Archdeacon of Northumberland and Prebendary of Durham; (iv).His son Dr John Sharp (1723-1792), Vicar of Hartburn, Perpetual Curate of Bamburgh, who succeeded his father as Archdeacon of Northumberland and who oversaw extensive restoration of the largely-ruined Bamburgh Castle; (v) His daughter Anne Jemima Sharp (1762-1816), who bequeathed it in her will to her uncle Granville Sharp (1735-1813), the prominent Anti-Slavery campaigner. In the event Granville died before his niece, so that on her death in 1819 it passed to her first cousin, another great-granddaughter of the Archbishop: (vi) Catherine Sharp (1770-1843) of Clare Hall, near Barnet, whose husband Rev. Andrew Boult took the name Sharp on marriage; (vii) Her nephew Thomas Barwick Lloyd-Baker (1807-86), the social reformer and ornithologist who was also a direct descendant of the Archbishop through his maternal grandfather William Sharp (1729-1810), George III’s surgeon; thence by descent. During the 1960s and 1970s material from the celebrated Archbishop Sharp Collection was sold through the agency of dealers A.H. Baldwin & Sons, and Owen Parsons of Gloucester. There were auctions of Continental Coins (Sotheby & Co., 14 March 1966) and the particularly important English Coins and Medals Charles I – Anne (and Colonial Coins) held by Glendining & Co., 5 October 1977. The cataloguer of the latter sale drew attention to the distinctive toning found on many of the Archbishop Sharp silver coins, a feature which applies equally to the pieces offered here. Some of these have been studied and occasionally referenced in the past. (Courtesy of Morton & Eden Ltd) Good fine; double struck to one quarter, old tone. Rare.
1461-1464 AD. First reign, heavy coinage, Archbishop Booth. Obv: facing bust with quatrefoil each side and EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL legend with 'rose' mintmark. Rev: long cross and pellets with quatrefoil at centre and CIVI TAS EBO RACI legend for York mint. S. 1987; N. 1542. 0.72 grams. ("). Ex Morton & Eden Ltd sale; formerly in the Archbishop John Sharp (1644-1714) collection. Dr John Sharp (1644-1714), Archbishop of York from 1691 was an enthusiastic collector and student of coins and medals; his interest seems to have begun around 1687 when, as Rector of St Giles in the Fields, he ‘found it a good divertisement in the evening’. In contrast to nearly all his numismatic forbears and contemporaries who were interested in Ancient Greece and Rome, Sharp selected the coinages of the British Isles and, to a lesser extent, the Colonies and Continental Europe, as his chosen fields. He wrote his ‘Observations on the Coinage of England with a letter to Mr [Ralph] Thoresby’ in 1698-99, which was to circulate amongst numismatists in manuscript form for nearly a century before being finally printed in 1785. Subsequent owners of the Sharp collection evidently added to the collection. The historical sequence of ownership of the collection runs as follows: (i) Dr John Sharp (1644-1714), Archbishop of York; (ii).John Sharp (1674-1726), eldest son of the Archbishop, of Grafton Park, Northamptonshire; (iii) Dr Thomas Sharp (1693-1758), his brother, who was Archdeacon of Northumberland and Prebendary of Durham; (iv).His son Dr John Sharp (1723-1792), Vicar of Hartburn, Perpetual Curate of Bamburgh, who succeeded his father as Archdeacon of Northumberland and who oversaw extensive restoration of the largely-ruined Bamburgh Castle; (v) His daughter Anne Jemima Sharp (1762-1816), who bequeathed it in her will to her uncle Granville Sharp (1735-1813), the prominent Anti-Slavery campaigner. In the event Granville died before his niece, so that on her death in 1819 it passed to her first cousin, another great-granddaughter of the Archbishop: (vi) Catherine Sharp (1770-1843) of Clare Hall, near Barnet, whose husband Rev. Andrew Boult took the name Sharp on marriage; (vii) Her nephew Thomas Barwick Lloyd-Baker (1807-86), the social reformer and ornithologist who was also a direct descendant of the Archbishop through his maternal grandfather William Sharp (1729-1810), George III’s surgeon; thence by descent. During the 1960s and 1970s material from the celebrated Archbishop Sharp Collection was sold through the agency of dealers A.H. Baldwin & Sons, and Owen Parsons of Gloucester. There were auctions of Continental Coins (Sotheby & Co., 14 March 1966) and the particularly important English Coins and Medals Charles I – Anne (and Colonial Coins) held by Glendining & Co., 5 October 1977. The cataloguer of the latter sale drew attention to the distinctive toning found on many of the Archbishop Sharp silver coins, a feature which applies equally to the pieces offered here. Some of these have been studied and occasionally referenced in the past. Near very fine. Rare.
1472-1478 AD. Light 'cross-and-pellets' coinage. Obv: facing bust with pellet below chin with EDWARDVS DI GRA DNS HYBE legend and 'cinquefoil?' mintmark. Rev: long cross and pellets with quatrefoil-with-pellet at centre and VIL LA DET RIM legend for Trim mint. S. 6380A; Burns (4th edition) p.71, T-2; D&F -. 0.57 grams. ("). Found near Great Bentley, Essex, UK, 2104. [No Reserve] Very fine; flan clipped as usual. Rare; Burns cites only five other specimens.
Dated 1643 AD. Obv: profile bust with XII behind and CAROLVS D G MAG BRI FR ET HI REX legend and 'Oxford plume' mintmark. Rev: three Oxford plumes above RELIG PROT / LEG ANG / LIBER PAR in three lines with date below and EXVRGAT DEVS DISSPENTVR INIMICI legend. S. 2972; N. 2440. 5.52 grams. Good fine; reverse better. Rare.
Dated 1693 AD. Obv: co-joined profile bust with GVLIELMVS ET MARIA DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: cruciform arms with WM monogram and date numerals, with '9 over 0' in angles and MAG BR FR ET HI REX ET REGINA legend. S. 3437; ESC 6th, - (overdate not listed but illustrated"). 5.76 grams. Near fine; struck off centre. Rare.
1505-1581 AD. Obv: lion with LVDOVICVS PRIM D GRACIA REX BO legend. Rev: St Joachim standing S left and I right with arms below and AR DOMI SLI S TE Z FRA CO D B legend. See Dav. 8141 for type. 48.25 grams, 45mm. ("). Clearly a struck piece but with reverse legend slightly different from those given in most catalogues; perhaps a trial piece from dies discarded but worthy of further research. Extremely fine; minor striking cracks at rim, pierced later at top. Very rare.
95–90 BC or 80–70 BC. Obv: laureate head of Zeus right. Rev: DIAS beneath eagle standing half-left on thunderbolt, head turned right; HTR monogram in left field. RecGen 5A-1bis (Waddington's hand-written addition in the Paris BNF example of RecGen); Type Hoover HGC 453; BMC -; BMC Black Sea -; SNG France 7 -; extremely rare monogram, listed only as an addition by Waddington. See Wildwinds.com (this coin"). 5.28 grams. Very fine. Extremely rare monogram.
2nd millennium BC. A bronze figure of a priest in ankle-length fringed robe with hatched belt, elaborate ribbed headdress, detailed curls to the hair and beard, arms raised with left hand clenched and right hand open. 147 grams, 99mm (4"). From an important London collection formed before 1980. Very fine condition. Rare.
3rd century BC-2nd century AD. Group comprising denarii: Republican, anonymous issues, c.211-206 BC (Dioscuri); L Marcius Censorinus, 82 BC (Marsyas); Imperial, Sabina, wife of Hadrian, 136 AD (Venus); Aelius, 137 AD (Pietas"). Sear 38/Sear 281/Sear 3924/Sear 3974. 15.44 grams total. [4, No Reserve] Very fine. Last rare.
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