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Lot 331
Parthia(?), 'Athenian Series' AR Didrachm. Ekbatana(?), circa 246/5-239/8 BC. Attic standard. Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl; monogram of Andragoras(?) behind / Owl standing right, head facing; behind, prow and grape bunch on vine with leaf, AΘE before. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 1A; SNG ANS 6; N&A 43-45; cf. Mitchiner 24, third illustrated specimen (appears to have appropriate reverse symbols, but is not described in text and listed, probably erroneously, as local weight standard). 8.03g, 19mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
Lot 712
Trajan AR Denarius. Rome, circa AD 107. Restored issue of C. Numonius Vaala. C NVMONIVS VAALA, bare head of Caius Numonius Vaala to right, assimilating the features of Octavian and/or Trajan / IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST, soldier standing to left, holding spear and shield, assaulting foe who stands behind rampart, brandishing javelin; VAALA in exergue. RIC 812; BMCRE 690; cf. RSC Numonia 2 and Crawford 514/2 for prototype. 3.02g, 19mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Excessively Rare, one of very few known examples. The occasion for this ‘restitution’ series issued under Trajan may have been the melting down of old coinage as mentioned in Cassius Dio (67.15), for Mattingly and Sydenham (RIC II, P. 303) proposed that “since the Romans regarded their coins with a certain amount of reverence as products of the Sacra Moneta it is not unnatural to conclude that they valued them also as historical monuments. The dominating trait in the character of Trajan was a desire to emphasise and expand the glory of Rome. It seems reasonable, therefore, to suggest that this was his motive for issuing the Restored Coins; and, by thus placing together a series of types illustrative of the development of Rome, Trajan may not ineptly be regarded as one of the first to recognize Numismatics as an aid to History.” The C. Numonius Vaala named on the obverse may have been an acquaintance of Horace, who lived near Velia and Salernum in Campania, and to whom in about 22 BC, Horace, seeking a place to spend the winter, addressed a letter, inquiring as to the climate of the area. The ancestor depicted on the reverse is not known to history, though we can deduce that in the course of battle he was the first to storm a vallum (frequently an earthen rampart with a wooden pallisade) and for this was awarded the Corona Vallaris – a prestigious military honour – and took the cognomen Vaala which he passed on to his descendants.
Lot 206
Mysia, Kyzikos EL Stater. Circa 500-450 BC. Lion crouching to left, inclining head to left and seen from above; tunny fish below to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze 83, pl. III, 2; SNG France -. 16.08g, 19mm. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare; only three other examples on CoinArchives.
Lot 788
Macrinus AV Aureus. Rome, AD 217. IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P, Felicitas standing left, cradling cornucopiae with her left arm and holding long caduceus with her right. RIC 20c; BMCRE 34; Hunter -; C. 64; Calicó 2954. 6.50g, 22mm, 6h. Near Mint State; stunning lustre. Extremely Rare. Having orchestrated the assassination of Caracalla, we are told by Cassius Dio (79.4), on account of a prophesy that had been noised abroad that he and his son were destined to hold imperial power, Macrinus was declared emperor by the army four days after his predecessor’s death. He had used the intervening time well, communicating with all the nearby detachments of soldiers to obtain their allegiance. The Senate, so far away, was powerless to intervene, and so because he had removed the hated Caracalla and more importantly because he had the support of the army, Macrinus was accorded the title Augustus, and the title of Caesar was conferred on his son Diadumenian. Macrinus himself, the first emperor to hail from the equestrian class and the first emperor of Mauretanian descent, took the name Severus to suggest continuity with the Severan dynasty who had ruled since 193. A shameful end to the campaign against Parthia, now under Macrinus’ direction, was reached when the emperor agreed to pay a large indemnity in return for peace, so that he might instead face the threats from Dacia and Armenia. His popularity fell further when he undertook to return Rome to economic stability following the ruinously profligate spending of Caracalla; as part of his reforms Macrinus proposed to reduce the burden of military spending by lowering the pay of future recruits to the level set by Septimius. Though the veteran soldiers were to be unaffected by the pay reduction, they viewed the policy as a foreshadowing of eventual reductions in their own privileges and pay, thus significantly reducing Macrinus’ popularity with the legions that had declared him emperor. For the whole of his short reign, Antioch was Macrinus’ principal residence and an imperial mint was set up there to meet the immediate monetary demands of the emperor. The coinage struck at this mint was Roman in character and style, rejecting local references in favour of traditional and time-honoured themes, such as Felicitas as depicted here, who represented the virtue of harmony that resulted from good governance and was closely associated with the ‘blessedness’ renewed under each new reign. Such an association was particularly important for an emperor raised by an army previously loyal to Caracalla and the Severans, of which house there were still a number of living members.
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Lot 422
Antoninus Pius Æ Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Zodiac Series. Dated RY 8 = AD 144/5. AVT K T AIΛ A∆P [ANTωNЄINOC C]ЄB ЄVC, laureate head right / Venus in Taurus (night house): diademed and draped bust of Aphrodite left, star of eight rays before her, bull butting left below; L-H (date) across fields. Köln 1492; Dattari (Savio) 2960; K&G 35.280; Emmett 1450.8. 24.26g, 32mm, 12h. Very Fine. Very Rare.
Lot 219
Mysia, Kyzikos EL Stater. Circa 500-450 BC. Hoplite, nude but for Corinthian helmet, with shield on left arm, and right arm extended forward, standing in a semi-crouched stance to right on ground line; to right, tunny downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze 119; Greenwell 91; Boston MFA 1497; SNG France 265 = de Luynes 2452; BMC 78; Gillet -; Gulbenkian 620; Jameson 1404. 16.03g, 21mm. Very Fine. Very Rare.
Lot 71
Thessaly, Perrhaiboi AR Hemidrachm. Circa 450-400 BC. Hero to right, with chlamys draped over his shoulders, holding with both his hands a band passing around the head of a bull's forepart leaping to right / Forepart of bridled horse to right; Π above, E to right, all within incuse square. SNG Fitzwilliam 2429 (same dies); BCD Thessaly II, 542 (this coin). 2.96g, 17mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Rare. Ex BCD Collection, Triton XV, 3 January 2012, lot 542.
Lot 355
Baktria, 'Athenian Series' AR Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region, circa 261-239/8 BC. Attic standard. Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl; monogram behind / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind, [grape bunch] over tail, AΘE before. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 1A; Mitchiner 13e; N&A 13-15; SNG ANS -; Svoronos pl. 109, 8; Leu 83, 263. 16.99g, 25mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
Lot 632
Marc Antony Legionary AR Denarius. Military mint moving with Antony, autumn 32 - spring 31 BC. ANT•AVG III•VIR•R•P•C, praetorian galley to right / Aquila between two signa; LEG XXIII across fields. Crawford 544/39; CRI 383; RSC 60; Sydenham 1246; BMCRR East 219. 3.69g, 17mm, 3h. Very Fine. Rare.
Lot 382
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Heliokles II Dikaios AR Tetradrachm. Circa 90-75 BC. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔIKAIOY HΛIOKΛEOYΣ, diademed and draped bust right / 'Maharajasa dhramikasa Hiliyakresasa' in Kharosthi, radiate Zeus standing slightly left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; monogram to lower left. Bopearachchi 1A; SNG ANS 1139-41; HGC 12, 377. 9.82g, 26mm, 11h. Near Mint State. Very Rare.
Lot 292
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI AR Didrachm. Uncertain mint in Cyprus(?), dated year 105 of an uncertain era (158/7 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, PE (date) on thunderbolt; ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ around. Svoronos 1212; SNG Copenhagen 552; DCA 76. 6.67g, 21mm, 1h. Extremely Fine. Rare.
Lot 231
Mysia, Kyzikos EL Stater. Circa 450-330 BC. Lion to right, gnawing on the leg of a prey animal, its hoof held in his right paw and the upper part held in his mouth; below, tunny fish swimming to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze 177; Greenwell 108; Boston MFA 1502; SNG France 322; BMC -; Gulbenkian 621; Jameson 2204; Weber 5009. 16.03g, 19mm. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare. Prior to the appearance of the particularly well preserved hekte at Sternberg XI in 1981, most cataloguers and scholars had referred to the object in the lion's mouth as a sword or harpa, and that the lion is therefore engaged in an illogical animalistic act, attacking a weapon that perhaps had been used against it. This strange conclusion may be forgiven due to the fact that those surviving examples of the type (staters in inferior condition, and two fractions - a twelfth and a twenty-fourth) were indistinct, thus preventing accurate description. Thanks to the superb condition of the Sternberg example, the cataloguer was able to finally recognise the object in the lion´s mouth as being the lower leg and thigh of an animal, presumably that the lion had just attacked and killed.
Lot 725
Hadrian AV Aureus. Rome, circa AD 134-138. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory standing left, holding palm in left hand and eagle, which bears wreath in beak, in outstretched hand right. RIC 284; Calicó 1397; C. 1459. 7.27g, 19mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Rare. This reverse type most likely makes reference to Hadrian's victory over Simon Bar Kochba in Judaea during the last Romano-Jewish war. Strack (pp. 132–9) and Mattingly (BMCRE p. cxlvi), both attribute the Victory reverses on the late aurei of Hadrian to the Roman victory in the Bar Kochba War in Judaea (AD 132-135). This large-scale rebellion lasted from AD 132-136, and succeeded in establishing an independent state of Israel over parts of Judaea for over two years. Jewish gains were short-lived however, as Hadrian drafted in six full legions with auxiliaries and vexillations from up to six further legions, which finally crushed the revolt. According to Cassius Dio, 580,000 Jews were killed during the rebellion, 50 fortified towns and 985 villages were razed to the ground, and many more Jews sold into slavery. Roman military casualties were significant; Cassius Dio claimed that "Many Romans, moreover, perished in this war. Therefore, Hadrian, in writing to the Senate, did not employ the opening phrase commonly affected by the emperors: 'If you and your children are in health, it is well; I and the army are in health.'" Legio XXII Deiotariana was disbanded after severe losses, and Legio IX Hispana was possibly also disbanded as a result of the war, according to recent scholarship.
Lot 101
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AV Hemistater. Salamis, circa 332-323 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, dove at her feet. Price 3130; Leu 13, 122. 4.27g, 15mm, 12h. Very Fine; scuff on obv. Extremely Rare.
Lot 460
C. Vibius C. f. Pansa AR Denarius. Rome, 90 BC. Minerva driving galloping quadriga left, holding trophy, reins and spear; [PA]NSA in exergue / Minerva driving galloping quadriga right, holding trophy, reins and spear; C•VIBIVS•C•F in exergue. Crawford 342/6a; RSC Vibia 5. 4.05g, 19mm, 5h. Very Fine. Deep grey tone, areas of flat striking. Rare. From the Eucharius Collection.
Lot 222
Mysia, Kyzikos EL Hekte. Circa 500-450 BC. Archaic female 'Aethiopian' head right, wearing kekryphalos headdress, and large circular earring; tunny fish behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Hurter-Liewald 2002, 19a; von Fritze -; Boston MFA -; BMC -; SNG France -. 2.66g, 10mm. Very Fine. Extremely rare, apparently only the second recorded example.
Lot 337
Parthia(?), 'Eagle series' AR Hemidrachm. Ekbatana(?), circa 246/5-239/8 BC. Local standard. Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Eagle standing left, head right; grape cluster on vine with leaf above. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 2A; SNG ANS 17-18; cf. Mitchiner 26c (drachm). 1.49g, 11mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare, and among the finest known examples.
Lot 383
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Heliokles II Dikaios AR Tetradrachm. Circa 90-75 BC. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔIKAIOY HΛIOKΛEOYΣ, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust right / 'Maharajasa dhramikasa Hiliyakresasa' in Kharosthi, Zeus standing slightly left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; monogram in left field. Bopearachchi 3A; Mitchiner 2, 290a (Heliokles I); SNG ANS -. 9.83g, 25mm, 11h. Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
Lot 797
Postumus Æ Double Sestertius. Colonia Agrippinensis, AD 260. IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EXERCITVS AVG, emperor on horseback left, raising right hand and addressing three soldiers standing to right before, each holding signa; SC in exergue. RIC 116; Elmer 199; Bastien 21. 29.02g, 34mm, 6h. Very Fine. Very Rare.
Lot 84
Macedon, Potidaia AR Tetradrachm. Circa 500-480 BC. Poseidon Hippios, nude, riding horse walking to right, holding trident with his right hand and the reins with his left; star beneath horse / Quadripartite incuse square divided diagonally. AMNG III 2 var. (control marks); SNG Lockett 1366 var. (same); SNG ANS 688-9 var. (same). 16.90g, 26mm. Good Very Fine. Very Rare. Ex Gorny & Mosch 232, 5 October 2015, lot 117.
Lot 141
Ionia, uncertain mint EL 1/24 Stater. Circa 600-550 BC. Phokaic standard. Human leg / Incuse square. CNG 102, 492; CNG 100, 1482; otherwise unpublished in the standard references. 0.67g, 7mm. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare. Both the obverse design and reverse punch are immediately reminiscent of the obols attributed to Phlious in Phliasia (cf. BCD Peloponnesos 78–80).
Lot 122
Thraco-Macedonian Tribes, the Tyntenoi AR Tristater. Circa 480 BC. Hermes, naked and bearded, wearing kausia, walking between two bulls to right on ground line, extending left hand to neck of nearest bull; ΤΥΝΤΝΟΣ around / Wheel within incuse square. Cf. C. Arnold-Biucchi, NumAntClQT 9, 1980, 31 pl. 2, 13; cf. Svoronos, Hell. prim 4648 pl.4, 20; cf. AMNG 211f, pl.24, 40. 28.55g, 33mm. Very Fine. Extremely Rare. Ex Gorny & Mosch 232, 5 October 2015, lot 120.
Lot 95
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. Kyzikos, circa 280-275 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, long torch and monogram in left field, monogram in circle below throne. Price 1340; SNG France -. 17.06g, 31mm, 1h. Extremely Fine. Rare.
Lot 258
Dynasts of Lykia, Kherei AR Obol. Circa 410-390 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Head of satrap right, wearing bashlyk, symbol before; all within incuse circle. CNG E-310, 98 (same obv. die); Elsen 108, 189 (same dies); cf. SNG von Aulock 4177-4178; cf. Traité II 352. 0.54g, 10mm, 4h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
Lot 335
Parthia(?), 'Eagle series' AR Drachm. Ekbatana(?), circa 246/5-239/8 BC. Local standard. Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Eagle standing left, head right; grape cluster on vine with leaf and kerykeion above. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 2A; SNG ANS -; Mitchiner 26d; N&A 63-64. 3.62g, 14mm, 6h. Near Mint State. Extremely Rare.
Lot 882
Michael VI Stratioticus AV Histamenon Nomisma. Constantinople, AD 1056-1057. + IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhm, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / + mIXA HL AVTOCRAT, Michael standing facing on left, wearing crown with pendilia and jewelled chlamys, holding globus cruciger, and being crowned by the Theotokos standing facing on right, wearing nimbus crown, pallium and maphorium; barred MӨ between. DOC 1a; Sear 1840; Berk 310. 4.39g, 25mm, 6h. Fleur De Coin; one of the finest known examples. Extremely Rare. Michael’s reign was short. The elderly patrician was chosen as heir by the Empress Theodora on her deathbed in early September 1056. Having been military finance minister (hence the epithet Stratioticus), and apparently a relative of the powerful courtier Joseph Bringas (who had been influential during the reign of Romanovs II), he was recommended to Theodora for the position. His appointment ended the 189 year long Macedonian Dynasty that had begun with Basil I. Although Michael was able to survive an early conspiracy organised by a nephew of the former emperor Constantine IX Monomachos, Michael faced the disaffection of the military aristocracy, which he further alienated by ignoring the perceived rights of the general Nikephoros Bryennios. Thus putting himself at odds with this still powerful element of society, when Nikephoros was arrested for plotting to overthrow the emperor the military aristocracy rallied around a general named Isaac Komnenos, who was proclaimed emperor by his troops in Paphlagonia on 8 June 1057. On 26 August 1057, Michael’s army was routed at the Battle of Petroe near Nicaea, leaving nothing between Isaac and Constantinople. Michael attempted to negotiate by offering Isaac the position of Caesar, and so the position of heir to the empire. During the negotiations riots erupted in the city in favour of Isaac, and the Patriarch of Constantinople convinced Michael to abdicate. Following the Patriarch’s advice, Michael lived out the rest of his days as a monk, and retired to his private home, dying there in or around 1059.
Lot 480
M. Plaetorius M. f. Cestianus AR Denarius. Rome, 69 BC. Draped bust of Fortuna right, control symbol behind / Half-length bust of Sors facing, head slightly right; tablet inscribed SORS below, M•PLAETORI CEST•S•C around. Crawford 405/2; RSC Plaetoria 10. 3.84g, 19mm, 6h. Near Very Fine. Rare.
Lot 352
Baktria, ‘Athenian Series’ AR Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region, circa 261-239/8 BC. Attic standard. Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl; ΦA over prow behind / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig, crescent and grape bunch behind, AΘE before. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 1A; Mitchiner -; N&A 20-22; SNG ANS -. 16.45g, 24mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
Lot 515
T. Carisius AR Denarius. Rome, 46 BC. Head of Sibyl Herophile right, hair elaborately decorated with jewels and enclosed in a sling and tied with bands / Sphinx seated right; T•CARISIVS above, III•VIR in exergue. Crawford 464/1; RSC Carisia 11. 3.98g, 18mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine. Extremely rare thus.
Lot 351
Baktria, 'Athenian Series' AR Drachm. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region, circa 261-239/8 BC. Attic standard. Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl; MN[A] behind / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind, AΘE before. Bopearachchi, Sophytes -; SNG ANS -; Mitchiner -; N&A -, cf. 18-19 (tetradrachms); cf. CNG E-115, 180 (didrachm, misdescribed). 3.81g, 15mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Excessively Rare.
Lot 250
Karia, Halikarnassos AR Half Stater. Aeginetic standard. 510-480 BC. Ketos with scaled body, forked tail and dorsal sail to right / Geometric pattern in star format, grain ear to right and uncertain legend (AΠ..A..ΩNOΣ?) around; all within shallow incuse circle. Cf. Kritt, Kindya, pl. 47, 4 = Troxell, Greek Accessions, ANSMN 22, pp. 17-21; cf. Roma XIII, 332 (rev. legend); cf. Roma E-35, 279. 5.83g, 19mm. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare. Numismatists have long suspected the attribution of this issue and the companion fractions to Kindya to be incorrect. Indeed, this attribution was made on the misreading of just one partial legend. The discovery of a coin (Roma E-35, 279) bearing the reverse legend 'AΛIKAP' allows for a certain reattribution of the series to Halikarnassos. The other reverse legend seen on this issue, 'AΠ..A..ΩNOΣ', may be connected to a cult or site dedicated to Apollo.
Lot 849
Visigoths, Spain. Witteric AV Tremissis. Emerita (Mérida), AD 603-609. + VVITTERICYS RE+, facing bust / + EMERE T Λ PIV(horizontal S), facing bust. CNV 175.8; MV 193b; Miles, Visigoths 143a; MEC 1, 227. 1.48g, 18mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Minor flatness, otherwise sharply struck and well centred. Very Rare.
Lot 404
Samaria, uncertain mint AR Obol. Circa 375-333 BC. King of Persia seated right, on throne with back terminating in swan's head, holding flower in right hand and sceptre in left; ŠN (in Aramaic) to left / Four-winged deity standing right, wearing crown, holding flower in right hand and uncertain object in left; MZ (in Aramaic) to left. Meshorer & Qedar 100; Sofaer 41. 0.58g, 10mm, 1h. Very Fine. Very Rare.
Lot 669
Augustus AR Denarius. Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?), July 18-17/16 BC. S•P•Q•R•IMP•CAESARI•AVG•COS•XI•TR•POT•VI, bare head right / CIVIB•ET•SIGN•MILITA•PART•RECVPE, facing quadriga on central part of triumphal arch, figures on left and right each holding a standard, aquila and bow. RIC 134a var. (RECVPER); BMC 428; C. 84 var. (same); CBN 1232 var. (same). 3.76g, 20mm, 6h. Fleur De Coin. Highly lustrous metal. Very Rare, and almost certainly the finest known specimen. This type depicts the Arch of Augustus in the Forum Romanum, which spanned the road between the Temple of Castor and Pollux and the Temple of Caesar, and was built in 20/19 BC to commemorate the return from Parthia of the lost standards of Crassus. Though little remains of the arch today, its identification is certain, thanks to an inscription found at this location in 1546. This inscription is significant, as it records a dedication to Augustus in 29 BC, and since no remains of a second arch of Augustus have been found in the Forum, this has led many to conclude that this 'Parthian Arch' was an expansion or replacement of the old Actian Arch (see RIC 267, CRI 422) set up in 29 BC, which commemorated the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium, and which was almost certainly considered distasteful for celebrating a victory over other Romans. The appearance of the arch must be deduced from the numismatic record, since it is not anywhere described in the historical texts. The present type is thus an important archaeological document, allowing for the reconstruction of an early Imperial monument which is otherwise survived only by partial travertine foundations and some marble fragments which have been set atop them in modern brick beds.
Lot 6121A
The very rare find has been handed down the familyof Miss Louisa Alcock who was in service to the Duchess of Cambridge. Made of gingham in purple and white check the style is from the 1870's and is decorated with unusual buttons and turned back cuffs piped in white trim. The name ofLouisa is written in the dress by a later family member and has been in the family ever since
Lot 2863
'Captain Scott's Message to England', London: St. Catherine's Press, 1913. Featuring tipped-in portraits of Scott, Wilson, Oates, Bowers, plus group picture on board the "Discovery". Published the year after Scott's team reached the south pole before perishing on the return journey. A rare piece of travel/exploration history.
Lot 2298
Rare Coalport 'Mansfield decorated' porcelain flatware, to include one large saucer dish and two saucers decorated by William Billingsley, with a yellow band and gilt borders, Exhibition label on reverse, circa 1800, saucer dish 22.5cm diameter, saucers 14cm diameter (3)Provenance: Billingsley Mansfield Bicentenary Exhibition 1999. A private collectionCondition Report: One saucer: Two rim chips and four hairlines. Other Saucer: One hairline, worn gilding. No restoration
Lot 81
A rare set of Victorian creamware scales inscribed 'W & T Avery Ltd, Birmingham' to both sides and with company emblem to each side, with original ceramic platform, brass pan and central powering handle, sold with three associated stacking weights, the ceramic base 55.5cm long. CONDITION REPORT: Extensive grazing to the glaze throughout, nibbles to some of the corners and raised parts of lower body, surface dirt and scratches, an area of nibbles to one of the upper edges and few similar examples to opposing side, large stained hairline to the central section of top, length approx 30cm, minor losses to corners of two feet, surface wear and rubbing to the glaze of the platform, extensive staining along one of the edges underneath, heavy tarnish and areas of pitting to brass pan, tarnish to handle and to the rest of the iron parts.
Lot 848
A rare Royal Doulton HN45 'Jester' figure designed by Charles Noke, marked and fully described to base, height 24cm. CONDITION REPORT: Extensively restored; the right hat and one of the cape bobbles have been broken off and professionally reattached, the cape overpainted, restorations to the tips of both shoes, fine crazing to the glaze throughout, small nibble to one of the lower corners of the base.
Lot 1228
JOHN SWIFT; a rare George II hallmarked silver shaving bowl, the rim with detailed floral and scroll decorated border above slightly convex central panel with traces of decoration to the underside of the base, London 1744, diameter 32.5cm, approx 30ozt. CONDITION REPORT: There are a few very small pinhead sized dents, some light surface scratches the rim is misshapen in two areas of a very solid gauge and basically in good order.
Lot 2401
A rare Edwardian silver watercolourist's box by J.C. Vickery. Box RdNo. 430343, Hallmarked London 1907, the gilt interior with seven original colour tablets and a brush with quill handle. Length 7.8cm excluding suspension ring, width 1.4cm. Condition report: Good order, needs a clean. Fine scratches commensurate with age. Gilt rubbed on inside of lid, hinge good, clips shut. Generally in good overall condition.
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