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Lot 1299
Britains Famous Football Teams `Celtic` white shirts with green hoops, white shorts and black socks comprising three forwards, four midfielders, three backs and a goalkeeper with moveable arms, in original card box with insert (generally G, most figures show some signs of chipping, box F-G, some taping, label clear with ``Celtic`` written in ink to front) a very rare set
Lot 1661
Frankish Imitative - `Constantine I` - Gold Victory Solidus5th century AD, imitating a solidus of Constantine I as Augustus (of 310 AD, Trier mint). Obv: CONSTAN-TINVS P F AVG (second N reversed) legend with laureate bust right. Rev: VOTIS .V. MVLTIS X legend with pellet each side of second V and Victory inscribing shield on cippus (VI/CTO/RIA/AVG in four lines shield inscription erased); mintmark PTR in exergue. For coin prototype see Sear 15786; RIC 821. 5.16 grams. Ex Belgian collection; ex Lanz Graz Auktion 1, 9 December 1972, lot 305 (9,000 schillings, with photocopy catalogue extract); ex Ernst Holzer collection, Graz, Austria. This imitative piece is of quite good style and is a generally faithful copy from the original Roman prototype with only the second N to the obverse legend being truly aberrant; the deliberate erasure of the inscription to the reverse shield is curious although this could possibly be the result of a former pin attachment or similar. Good very fine; scar from ancient pendant loop at top, shield inscription to reverse erased, small gouge to reverse right field. Extremely rare.
Lot 1672
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Series QIIIB, Type 64 - Secondary Bird Sceatta710-760 AD. Obv: sea bird or eagle standing left on ground, wings raised, feet splayed, long cross before, pellets in field. Rev: quadruped left, foreleg and tail raised, pellets in field. S. 810A, Abramson Q370 variant. 0.98 grams. Extremely fine. Extremely rare variant.
Lot 1674
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Eclectic Series - Type 30 - Woden Head Variant Sceatta710-760 AD. Obv: facing `Woden` head with almond-shaped eyes. Rev: two standing figures holding central long cross. S. 835 variant; M.429-431 (see pp.527-530). 1.33 grams. Found Harston, Cambridgeshire, UK, 2014. Good fine; coarse style. Rare.
Lot 1679
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Archbishop Aethelheard with Offa - Canterbury - Second Issue PennyCirca 796 AD, second issue type. Obv: +EDIL HEARD ARCPI in three lines with contraction lines above R and I and plain lines between legend. Rev: +OFFA REX in two lines with REX and Mercian M with trefoils of pellets in lunettes. S. 885; N. 229; Chick type 247. 1.35 grams. Loss to outer rim, otherwise good very fine. Extremely rare.
![Viking Coins - Southern Danelaw - `Alfred` - `Tilewine` - Imitative Two-Line Penny880-895 AD. Obv: small cross with EL [FR E]](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/35846/2909456/1681-2014102918323_468x382.jpg)
Lot 1681
Viking Coins - Southern Danelaw - `Alfred` - `Tilewine` - Imitative Two-Line Penny880-895 AD. Obv: small cross with EL [FR E]D REX legend. Rev: quatrefoils of pellets and pellet dividing [TI]ILE / [ ]VNE legend in two lines copying the Alfred moneyer Tilewine. S. 966; N. 475/1. Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference PAS CAM-58CD21 (with printout of entry); Early Medieval Corpus, Cambridge, reference EMC 2011.0103. 0.78 grams. Found near Papworth, Cambridgeshire, UK, 2011. Many of the surviving examples of this coinage are damaged or fragmentary. [No Reserve]A large fragment; repaired. Very rare.
Lot 1685
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Edmund - Northeastern Mint / Nother - Portrait Penny939-946 AD, BMC type vi. Obv: profile bust with +EADMVND REX legend with reverse-barred N. Rev: small cross with +NOÐERMONETAIIC.A. legend with first N reverse-barred and A inverted, for the moneyer Nother at an uncertain north-eastern mint. S. 1106 variant; N. 697 variant; see Blunt, Christopher, BNJ 40, pp.17-18, coin number 2 (for the moneyer); see Blunt, Lyon & Stewart, Coinage in Tenth Century England, 1989, p.197, number 268 (for the moneyer); see EMC 2014.0253 (this coin). Early Medieval Corpus, Cambridge, reference EMC 2014.0253. 1.20 grams. Found near Carlisle, UK, 2009. Coins of this type for a moneyer Nother are sometimes attributed to a mint at Bedford(?) with a `mint abbreviation` of BA (see references cited above for discussion) but this coin has an ending of IIC.A. (possibly for NCA?), with a pellet set high each side of the letter A; Bedford is a possible place of minting, along with Northampton, Huntingdon or Cambridge (although the legend is not a garbled mint signature for the latter); a further coin recorded of this moneyer, sharing the same obverse die, has a reverse reading that possibly ends IIIP (P inverted); the moneyer name also recorded for a few coins of Aethelstan and Eadred. Good very fine; edge slightly ragged, toned. Extremely rare; new reverse die.
Lot 1686
Norman Coins - William I - Sandwich / Aelfget - Two Sceptres Penny1072-1074 AD, BMC type iv. Obv: facing bust with cross patteé headed sceptre left and cross botonné headed right and PILLEM REX IING legend. Rev: cross fleury with annulet centre over saltire botonné and +IELFGETONSIINI legend for the moneyer Aelfget at Sandwich mint. S. 1253; N. 844; Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference KENT-428297. 1.29 grams. Found near Ashford, Kent, UK, 2013; Extremely fine; about as struck. Rare thus; superb portrait and details.
Lot 1687
Norman Coins - William II - Lincoln / Ulf - Cross in Quatrefoil Penny1089-1092 AD, BMC type ii. Obv: facing bust with sword and +PIL[LELM R]EX legend. Rev: cross in quatrefoil with [+]VLFONLIN[COL?]NE legend for the moneyer Ulf at Lincoln mint. S. 1259; N. 852. Portable Antiquites Scheme, reference DENO-ED5BF8 (recorded there at time of entry as being uncertain mint/moneyer). 1.27 grams. Found Arksley area, Doncaster, UK, 2013. Fine for issue, struck weakly or from worn dies; flan slightly distorted. Rare.
Lot 1688
Norman Coins - Henry I - London / Thodred - Round Halfpenny1107 AD. Obv: uncrowned facing bust with HENRIC REX legend. Rev: cross potent with quatrefoils in angles with +TORED.ON[LI]IN legend with pellet set high, for the moneyer Tored (Thodred) at London mint; with official snick to edge of flan; with a printout from EMC of other recorded specimens. S. 1277; N. 872; cf. EMC 2013.0128 (same mint and moneyer, different dies); see Grierson & Brooke, Round Halfpennies of Henry I, BNJ 26, pp.286-289 and Mabbott, T., The Round Halfpenny of Henry I, BNJ 27, p.91 for discussion of the issue; see also Conte & Archibald, Five Round Halfpennies of Henry I: A Further Case for Reappraisal of the Chronology of Types, SNC 98, pp.232-236. See Early Medieval Corpus, Cambridge, reference EMC 2014.0258 (this coin). 0.66 grams. Found near Tilbury, UK, 2014. Round halfpennies are known, mostly from single specimens, for some ten mints (of about fifty-nine mints that struck under Henry I) at Hereford (Ailred), Lincoln (Lefric), London ([-]odred), Norwich (Thot and Turstan), Oxford (Aethelnoth), Sandwich (Adalbot, including a unique coin muled with a class 9 penny reverse), Wallingford (Osulf), Wilton (Aethelweard), Winchester (Alfwine, Godwine and Wigmund) and York (Forna/Foren); this specimen seems to be a new die pair for the moneyer Thodred at London mint; a moneyer of this name also struck pennies of several classes for Henry I at London. Very fine, near as struck; slight flatness in legends as usual, small flan crack associated with the official snick. Extremely rare as a type (sixteen examples listed in EMC); new dies.
Lot 1689
Norman Coins - Stephen - Hereford / Edwine - Cross Moline Watford Penny1136-1145 AD, BMC type I. Obv: profile bust with sceptre before and +STIEFNE RE[X?] legend. Rev: cross moline and fleurs with +EDPINE.ON.HER[E?] legend for the moneyer Edwine at Hereford mint. S. 1278; N. 873; see EMC 1994.0263 (this coin). Early Medieval Corpus, Cambridge, reference 1994.0263; BNJ, volume 64, Coin Register, reference 1994.263. 1.38 grams. Found near Chediston, Suffolk, UK, 1994. Very fine and better for issue. Rare mint (only fifteen coins of the type recorded in EMC/SCBI for this mint and this is the only example for Edwine).
Lot 1691
Norman Coins - Stephen - York - Flag Type Penny136-1154 AD, York group, circa 1150 AD. Obv: profile bust with lance and flag and mullet below and +STIEFNE R legend. Rev: cross moline with fleurs in angles and +*PT[I]*ETS*NC*V legend with triple pellet after V and where * represents four ornamental symbols within the legend. S. 1313; N. 919; see EMC 2014.0261 (this coin). Early Medieval Corpus, Cambridge, reference EMC 2014.0261. 0.95 grams. Found near Bourne, Lincolnshire, UK, 2014. Very fine, near as struck; slightly ragged edge below bust. Very rare.
Lot 1700
World Coins - Ireland - Edward IV - Limerick - Light Coinage Groat1473-1478 AD. Obv: facing bust with `L` on breast and saltires by neck within tressure with +EDWAR[ ]REX[ ]RAN[ ] legend with `rosette` mintmark. Rev: long cross and pellets with rosette to second and fourth quadrant and POSVI DEVM ADIVTOR MV[ ] and CIVITAS LIMI RICI legends for Limerick mint. S. 6340; D&F 134. 2.05 grams. Good fine for issue; reverse better. Rare.
Lot 1703
World Coins - Ireland - Henry VII - Three Crowns Halfgroat1489-1490 AD, late issues. Obv: long cross with triple annulet ends over arms with HE NR [ ] DI G legend. Rev: three crowns over long cross with triple annulet ends and CIV [ ] LIN legend for Dublin mint. S. 6445; D&F 192. 0.95 grams. Good fine for issue; flan clipped. Rare.
Lot 1708
World Coins - Ireland - Henry VII - Facing Bust Groat1496-1505 AD, late portrait issues, arched crown. Obv: facing bust within tressure with HENRIC DEI GRA REX ANGLI Z FR legend with reversed D for C in HENRIC. Rev: long cross and pellets with PROVI EBO IVTORIIVM and CIVITAS DVBLINIE legends with reversed E in DVBLINIE for Dublin mint. S. 6456; D&F 194. 1.69 grams. Good very fine for issue. Rare.
Lot 1711
World Coins - Scotland - David II - Second Coinage Long Cross Halfpenny1357-1367 AD. Obv: profile bust with sceptre before and +DAV[ID]REXSCOTO legend. Rev: long cross and five-pointed mullets with [VIL] LAED INBV RGH legend for Edinburgh mint. S. 5122A; SCBI 35, -; see Holmes & Lord Stewartby, BNJ 70: Scottish Coinage in the First Half of the Fourteenth Century, appendix B, pp.58-59 and plate 6, 3 (same dies, 0.51 grams). United Kingdom Detector Finds Database, reference 46090. 0.40 grams. Found near Saxmundham, Suffolk, UK, 2014. The existence of halfpenny coins for the second coinage of David II was doubted for many years; writers such as Snelling, Burns and Hawkins make reference to possible coins (with only two mullets to the reverse) and the Stewartby specimen listed above appeared in the F. A. Walters sale of 24-27 October 1932, lot 628 (where its authenticity was doubted), bought then by Baldwins for the sum of six shillings before it passed to the Stewartby collection; it was first published in the Holmes & Stewartby paper in 2001 and was described as being `unique` in earlier editions of the (now) Spink`s Coins of Scotland Ireland and the Islands. Very fine; small area of flan edge missing. Exceedingly rare; the second recorded specimen.
Lot 1712
World Coins - Scotland - Robert II - Dundee / Bonagius - Groat1371-1390 AD. Obv: profile bust with sceptre having saltire at base, with letter `B` behind (for the moneyer Bonagius), within tressure and +ROBERTVS DEI GRA REX SCOTOR legend. Rev: long cross and mullets with +DNS PTECT MS Z LIBATOR MS and +VILLA DVNDE legends for Dundee mint. S. 5135; see SCBI 35, 477-478 (possible die duplicate of 477?). 3.99 grams. Very fine. Very rare.
Lot 1715
English Tudor Coins - Elizabeth I - Edward VI `Greyhound` Countermarked Irish Testoon - Devalued to Twopence-FarthingCoin dated MDLI or MDLII (1551 or 1552), third period, countermarked 1560. Obv: profile bust with EDWARD VI D G AGL FRA Z HIB REX legend and uncertain mintmark (`lis` or `rose` for 1551 English issue, `harp` for 1552 Irish issue); countermarked with seated greyhound punch. Rev: crowned arms with TIMOR DOMINI FONS VITE M D L I [I?] legend. S. 2547; N. 1990; see Bispham, J. The Base Silver Shillings of Edward VI, (BNJ 55), pp.134-143. 3.48 grams. The mintmark and date on this coin are not entirely clear; the Roman numerals M D L I (potentially for 1551) are evident but there seems to be enough space for the date to be M D L I I (1552) which date only applies to the Irish issue minted at Dublin; as the majority of the surviving examples are recorded on the 1552 Irish coins, the probablity is that this coin is from that series. Coin worn, sometime bent and straightened; countermark fair. Very rare.
![English Medieval Coins - Henry II to Charles I - Mixed Hammered Silver Coin Group [55]1180-1649 AD, group comprising: Henry I](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/35846/2909456/1716-20141029181026_468x382.jpg)
Lot 1716
English Medieval Coins - Henry II to Charles I - Mixed Hammered Silver Coin Group [55]1180-1649 AD, group comprising: Henry II to Henry III, short cross series (penny, class 4b, Goldwine at Canterbury, plus 8 cut halfpennies, various classes, mints and moneyers); Henry III, voided long cross series (penny, class 5g, Ambroci at Canterbury, plus 15 cut halfpennies, various classes, mints and moneyers); Edward I to Henry VII, long cross penny series (28; various reigns, classes and mints); Edward III, long cross halfpenny (London); Henry VII, long cross halfgroat (Canterbury); Henry VIII, facing bust penny (York) and Charles I, copper farthing. 49.77 grams total. [55, No Reserve]Fair to good fine. The voided long cross penny of Ambroci fine and rare.
Lot 1764
World Military - Germany - World War I - Juncker Silver Zeppelin BadgeUndated, World War I period, by CE Juncker, Berlin. Depicting a zeppelin with three gondolas on an oak and ivy wreath with ties, surmounted by the Imperial German crown; the reverse stamped with maker`s name, place, open crescent mark, crown mark and 925 mark for the silver fineness, fitted with pin and suspension hook. 47.38 grams, 65mm wide. Acquired Affiliated Auctions, Australia, October 2010 sale, lot 37 (A$750 hammer price, with purchase invoice). Extremely fine, lightly toned. Rare.
Lot 192
Roman Gold Crossbow Brooch4th century AD. A fabricated bow brooch with square-section transverse arm, three onion-shaped knops with beaded wire collars, scrolled loops to the upper face, rectangular-section bow with beaded wire collar, trapezoidal D-section footplate with notched upper edges; gold hinged pin and catchplate to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 505. 11 grams, 42mm (1 3/4"). From the Maurice Braham and Lord McAlpine collections; formerly in the collection of Henry Mossop, Lincolnshire, UK. This is a rare and unusual example of the highest skill in Roman jewellery making. The catchplate is solid gold; most of the remainder is thick gold sheet beaten over a base metal core, probably bronze. The knobs in particular show numerous tiny hammer marks. This item is accompanied by a positive XRF metal analysis report for the gold from Oxford X-ray Fluorescence Limited. Very fine condition.
Lot 213
Roman Silver Anthropomorphic Dice Pair1st-2nd century AD. A matched pair of cast anthropomorphic gaming dice, each formed as a crouching nude figure with looped arms and hands on the hips; punch-marked with a single point to the top of the head, two on one thigh and three on the other, four to the underside of the buttocks, five to the chest and six to the back; one with male genitalia, the other female; offered in a Victorian period card pill-box marked `Mr. F.C.W.`. Accompanied by a print of an email from Judith Swaddling, British Museum (referring to a similar pair in the BM collection, acquisition number 1851,0813.125; see also British Museum reference 1980,0401.2 for another pair) and a print of an email from the original vendor who submitted them to the Dorset auction (where the present vendor acquired them). 6.83 grams total, 28mm including box (1"). Ex Somerset, UK collector; acquired Yeovil Auction Rooms, Yeovil, UK, sale (lot 337, with copy of the listing); formerly with a Dorset gentleman. Accompanied by a Goldsmiths` Company XRF Assay Report (1st August 2014). [2]Very fine condition. Extremely rare.
Lot 368
Roman Bone Weighted Dice1st-2nd century AD. A carved dice with central void to be filled with denser material; the sides with ring-and-dot numerals paired 5:2, 6:1, with 3:4 on the voided sides. 3.14 grams, 15mm (1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1980. Fine condition. Rare.
Lot 382
Viking Gilt-Bronze Box Brooch with Entwined Animals8th-9th century AD. A hollow-cast drum-shaped brooch with central cell to the upper face, red bead insert; the outer sidewall with lattice hatching, three dividing panels with knotwork motif; the upper face with beaded border and tribrach, three S-shaped animals in Salin`s Style III; pin and catchplate to the reverse. See MacGregor, A. et al. A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections (Roman Iron Age, Migration Period, Early Medieval), Oxford, 1997, item 1.9; Rydh, H. Dosformiga Spännen från Vikingatifden, Stockholm, 1919; Thunmark-Nylén, L. Vikingatida Dosspännen – Teknisk Stratigrafi och Verkstadsgruppering, Uppsala, 1983. 35 grams, 48mm (2"). Property of a 19th century collector; thence by descent. Drum brooches (also called ‘box brooches’, Swedish Dosspännen) were a Scandinavian fashion of the Viking period, beginning in the late 8th century AD and featuring Oseberg style gripping-beast motifs. They remained popular throughout the period into the 11th century AD. They are especially associated with the island of Gotland, the crossroads of trade and traffic in the Baltic where a variety of cultural influences were felt. Occasional examples occur elsewhere in the area of Scandinavian power, plausibly associated with the movement of brides from Gotland to foreign homelands. The earliest (8th century) examples are high-quality multi-part castings with lavish use of gold, parcel-gilding and silver; by the later Viking age they appear in bronze and gilt bronze. The original artistic motifs also evolve into more geometric forms with increased use of knotwork. As a type, they are characterised by their discoid upper face divided into symmetrical quarters often with openwork detail; cords and faux-ropework to the edges are a consistent feature of the design. Some feature a separate cast upper plate, and on others it is the baseplate which is separate, as on the present example. Occasionally the central knop is also a separate casting. It has been suggested that drum brooches were used to hold small valuables, although this seems improbable – these were normally suspended from the girdle or necklace for display. They were most probably used to fasten the triangular shawl or mantle which covered the upper body, in the dress fashion which included the heavy hängerok dress which was worn outside the undershift; the hängerok was often of rich fabric with embroidered borders, and the metal jewellery and glass beads were used to add richness to the costume. It may be this type of brooch (or the tortoise form) which was referred to by the Arab traveller Ibn Fadlan when he mentioned that Rus women wore on their chests drum-shaped brooches of iron, copper, silver or gold, whose decoration indicated the wealth of their husbands. Extremely fine condition. Excessively rare, museum quality.
Lot 393
Viking Gilt-Bronze Borre Style Odin Mount10th century AD. A convex cast tongue-shaped mount with stepped lower edge; dense linear designs forming a Borre Style face and rosette; three attachment pins to the reverse. 9.54 grams, 35mm (1 1/2"). Property of a European gentleman living in Northamptonshire. Very fine condition, complete. Excessively rare.
Lot 420
Viking Bronze Noblewoman`s Headdress9th-12th century AD. A restrung headdress composed from tightly-wound wire tubes and vertical flat-section plaques with repoussé pellet detailing on a plaited hemp base; ribbed tubular finial to the rear and chain with crotal bell pendant; Baltic workmanship. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate CXVIII, item 2. 222 grams, 17cm diameter (6 3/4"). Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired in the 1960s. Fine condition. Rare.
Lot 472
Viking Bronze Bear-Head Buckle Loop11th century AD. A cast D-shaped buckle loop with billetted band to the upper face, two bear-heads to the rear edge and a third at the apex. Cf. the animal-head buckles in Hammond, B. British Artefacts vol.3 - Late Saxon, Late Viking & Norman, Witham, 2013, items 1.2-d, 1.2-e. 15 grams, 41mm (1 1/2"). Found East Anglia, UK. Fine condition. Rare.
Lot 475
Scandinavian Vendel Pre-Viking Bronze FibulaLater 5th century AD. A cast `crab` (`proto-animal-head`) bow-brooch with deep bow and short footplate; the headplate formed as a transverse bar with imitation spring detail, domed ends and two curved lateral arms; the bow and arms with linear decoration; catchplate and ferrous accretion from the pin to the reverse. See Magnus, B. Brooches on the Move in Migration Period Europe in Fornvännen Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research, vol.99, 2004 and Hakenback, S. Roman or Barbarian? Shifting Identities in Early Medieval Cemeteries in Bavaria in Post-Classical Archaeologies, vol.1, 2011. 9.83 grams, 34mm (1 1/2"). Property of a gentleman, acquired in 1999 by descent; formerly in a 19th century collection. Very fine condition. Excessively rare.
Lot 515
Stone Age British Knapped Axe HeadLate Mesolithic, 8000-5000 BC. An early small axe with slightly convex cutting edge; in a graduated grey-black flint with slight traces of polish to high points. Cf. Smith, Reginald M. The Sturge Collection, no.169. 88 grams, 90mm (3 1/2"). Property of a gentleman, by descent from the vendor`s father, who formed his collection in the 1990s; found Suffolk, UK, in 1972. [No Reserve]Very fine condition. Rare type.
Lot 518
Stone Age British Flint Serrated KnifeNeolithic, 3000-1500 BC. A bifacial knife in dark grey, mottled flint; the blade with one straight edge and one curved; the straight edge with carefully formed teeth; the butt narrow, with traces of the original cortex. 40 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). Found near Dover, Kent, UK. Very fine condition. Rare
Lot 615
Byzantine Bronze Pendant with Warrior Saint10th-12th century AD. A cast flat-section discoid pendant with pelleted border and facing warrior with spear and shield, probably St. Demetrios; integral loop. See Korshyn, V.E. Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rysi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013. 3.54 grams, 27mm (1"). Ex Hiller collection; by descent 1976. Fine condition. Extremely rare.
Lot 626
Roman Enamelled Bronze Ring with Fish3rd-4th century AD. A flat-section hoop expanding to a broad plaque with inset glass enamelled fish motif in yellow on a brick-red field. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L. Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 190. 6.72 grams, 18mm overall, 15.12mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7) (3/4"). Ex Swiss collection; acquired 1980s. [No Reserve]Fine condition. Rare.
Lot 638
Medieval Silver-Gilt Fitting with Engraved Saints on Nacre Insert15th-16th century AD. A flat-section bifacial plaque with scallopped upper edge, median raised band and arched lower edge; nacre bifacial insert with engraved images of praying figures. 6.68 grams, 31mm (1 1/4"). UK art market; acquired before 1990. [No Reserve]Fine condition. Rare.
Lot 694
Post Medieval Gold Enamelled Ring with Full Skeleton and Multiple EmblemsDated 1728 AD. A D-section hoop with design to the outer face reserved against an enamelled field, the running design comprising a full-length skeleton with down-pointing arrow between the legs, crown above the head and below the feet; a transverse band with `MEMO-MENRI-TOX` in three lines with pair of crossed fleur-headed sceptres and sword behind; crossed pick-and-spade with star below; another skull set between pair of antlers and an hourglass with scroll below; the details generally enhanced by engraving to the exposed gold areas; inscribed to the inner face in an italic hand `Penelope Arnold ob.18 May 1728 æt. 42` and maker`s mark `ES` in blackletter script. 3.90 grams, 20mm overall, 17.08mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13) (3/4"). Found near Great Warley, Essex, UK, 2013. The Arnold family had strong connections to the parish of Great Warley, near Brentwood, Essex. The psalmodist John Warley (1720-1792) lived all his life in the parish, where he was a member of the vestry and a church warden. Arnold is noted for his very successful compilation, The Complete Psalmodist, which included tunes for all 150 psalms, some composed by Arnold himself. The work was published in seven editions between 1740 and 1779. In 1753 he published The Essex Harmony and in 1759 The Leicestershire Harmony. Arnold`s death was noted in the Obituaries pages of The Gentleman`s Magazine, in March 1792. Very fine condition; very minor abrasion to enamel. Rare with excellent style and imagery.
Lot 703
Saxon Gold and Rock Crystal Teardrop Pendant6th-7th century AD. A piriform crystal enclosed in a cage of gold straps, each with a median ropework band; loops to the upper and lower ends and to the equator of each band; the crystal polished to a transparent finish on one face, translucent to the reverse. Cf. Hammond B. M. British Artefacts vol.1 - Early Anglo-Saxon, Witham, 2009, item 1.6.4-1. 8.34 grams, 31mm (1 1/4"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. A superb example of the highest skill of ancient goldsmiths and lapidaries: The matte reverse face of the stone gives great depth to the transparent obverse face; the cagework is expertly executed to avoid chipping or fracturing the brittle rock crystal stone. Very fine condition. Extremely rare.
Lot 719
Medieval Gold Belt Buckle Suite14th-15th century AD. A matching suite of belt furniture comprising a buckle, belt-end and keeper; the buckle with double-loop frame, eccentrically placed bar, upper face with granule border and filigree scroll detailing, six bosses to the bar, elliptical-section tongue with granule triangle to the inner end, rear rod attached to two knop extensions with coiled D-section band ornament; rectangular keeper with band of bosses to the upper face flanked by filigree fillets, granules to the corners; a D-shaped terminal plaque with granule and filigree detail, central rosette surrounded by a ring of bosses, rear rod attached to two knop extensions with coiled band ornament. Cf. Whitehead, R. Buckles 1250-1800, Chelmsford, 1996, item 492; Egan, G. & Pritchard, F. Dress Accessories 1150-1450, London, 2002, item 442. 65 grams total, 29-53mm (1 1/4 - 2"). From an important London collection, acquired in the 1970s. [3]Extremely fine condition. Rare.
Lot 799
Medieval Ferdinand I of Hungary Denar Coin Obverse DieDated 1547 AD. A wrought iron obverse die used to strike a hammered billon denar coin of Ferdinand I (1526-1564 AD), probably from the royal mint at Kremnitz; the shaft of rectangular section, reducing to a circular die face depicting the Hungarian arms with date above and FERDINAND D G R VNG legend, all reversed and incuse; the head of the die showing burring from being hammered in striking coins; the corresponding reverse for this coin would depict Mary, crowned and seated and holding the infant Jesus with PATRONA VNGARIE legend; accompanied by an impression taken from the this die and a print showing the coin type produced. 267 grams, 10cm (4"). From an important English collection; acquired in the 1990s. Very fine condition; the die face fully legible and clear. A rare survival of the medieval hammered coin minting process.
Lot 844
Post Medieval Bronze Charles I Beheaded Commemorative PendantAfter 1649 AD. A cast bronze discoid pendant incised with a decapitation scene comprising a small figure to the left brandishing a large axe, the body of Charles I to the right with extended arm, the bearded head placed centrally with radiating lines representing gouts of blood; above the word REX in seriffed capitals and below the word MORT. 9.80 grams, 37mm (1 1/2"). Property of a Northumbrian professor; formerly in an important West Country collection. Fine condition. Rare.
Lot 863
Book Ainsworth, William - Researches in Assyria, Babylonia and ChaldaeaPublished Parker, London, 1838. First edition, recording the Euphrates Expedition with folding cross-sections at back [fp., title, 343 pages, 4 plates]; original blue cloth. 595 grams, 23 x 15cm (9 x 6"). From the collection of an eminent physician; formerly New Book Club library (with printed and annotated membership list at front). [No Reserve]Fine condition; end papers discoloured. Rare.
Lot 906
Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Helmetted Head Button Brooch6th-7th century AD. A gilt button brooch of Class Bi with heavy gilding to the upper face, male helmetted mask within a circular frame, band of pellets around the face and a second band to the outer border; flared rim, catchplate to the reverse. Cf. Avent, R. & Evison, V.I. Anglo-Saxon Button Brooches in Archaelogia, vol.CVII, 1982, item 2.3. 2.09 grams, 17mm. (3/4"). Found Bournemouth, Dorset, UK. Very fine condition. Rare with second pelletted band.
Lot 907
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Sub-Penannular Brooch5th-7th century AD. A cast D-section hoop with plate and V-shaped slot, flanking stop-knobs; the plate formed as a trefoil with scrolled corners, incised transverse line; the pin an iron tapering spike with coiled end. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1688. 19 grams, 66mm (2 3/4"). Ex Cornwall, UK, collection. The brooch is a transitional type between the Roman period penannular types and the Saxon quoit brooch types. The hoop is developed from the penannular type, with the finials conjoined into a single plaque with a slot to accommodate the pin. In use, the two stop-knobs prevent the pin from sliding back through the slot. The use of an iron rather than bronze pin suggests a Saxon period (5th-7th century) date for the brooch. [No Reserve]Fine condition. Rare.
Lot 908
Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Sugar-Loaf Ecclesiastical Boss10th-11th century AD. A cast domed boss with three pierced lugs to the rim, the surface divided into four panels by inlaid silver wires, each panel with Winchester Style acanthus foliage ornament; hollow to the underside. With a letter from the British Museum Medieval and Later Antiquities Department identifying the find, dated 18th April 2000. 17 grams, 22mm (3/4"). Found Dorset, UK. Fine condition. Extremely rare.
Lot 923
Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Bird and Beast MountEarly 10th century AD. A slightly convex mount depicting a bird of prey attacking a quadruped (dog?) in Winchester Style; the bird`s wing forming the main element with the head above biting the animal`s rump, head and forepaws emerging on the left; substantial fixing stud to the reverse. Cf. image of biting birds in in MS Bodleian Library Oxford, Tanner 10, fol. 43` published in Wilson, D.M. Anglo-Saxon Art: From the Seventh Century to the Norman Conquest, London, 1984. 16 grams, 41mm (1 1/2"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. The Tanner manuscript contains the Old English version of Bede`s Historia ecclesiastica gentis anglorum, and dates from the early 10th century AD. Very fine condition. Very rare.
Lot 926
Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Interlace Pendant Hanger6th-7th century AD. A cast flat-section triangular suspension mount with ropework border, panel of three-strand knotwork; rectangular extension with hatched panel, pierced to the reverse to accept a pendant; pierced attachment lugs to the reverse. Cf. mount with three-strand interlace motif from Asthall Barrow, Oxfordshire, UK in MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 47.18. 2.48 grams, 28mm (1"). Found Suffolk, UK. Very fine condition, pendant loop intact. Rare.
Lot 934
Near Eastern Babylonian Nebuchadnezzar II Cuneiform Clay Brick604-525 BC. A substantial fragment of terracotta brick with impressed cuneiform text to the flat face, from one of the royal buildings at Babylon; the partial text in two lines reading `[...] king of Ba[bylon...]` and `...(the temple) Ezi[da...]`. Supplied with a letter from Dr. Irving Finkel, Assistant Keeper in the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum, discussing the object and its inscription, with further photocopied datasheets supplied by the British Museum covering the inscribed bricks from this site and their epigraphy, and nine monochrome photographs of the site when visited by the vendor in the 1950s. 98 grams, 67mm (2 3/4"). Property of a Bedfordshire, UK family; found Babylon area, late 1950s while vendor was serving in the Royal Air Force. Fine condition. Very rare.
Lot 1179
Geological Diamond in Matrix SpecimenAn octahedral diamond crystal with stepped faces weighing approximately 1/2 ct in a matrix of kimberlite. Cf. Bonewitz, Dr. Ronald Louis Smithsonian Rock and Gem, 2008, p.122-123. 16 grams, 32mm (1 3/4"). Ex Dr. Ronald Bonewitz collection. From the Sakha Republic of Russia. Diamond specimens in matrix are relatively uncommon; from this locality even more so. Extremely fine condition. Rare and unusual, good display quality.
Lot 1181
Geological Ashanti Gold in MatrixA choice example of quartz matrix vein material showing gold on all sides of the specimen. Cf. Bonewitz, Dr. Ronald Louis Smithsonian Rock and Gem, (2008), p.114-115. 195 grams, 74mm (3”"). Ex Dr. Ronald Bonewitz collection; from the Ashanti region of Ghana. The Ashanti region is located in south Ghana, the third largest of 10 administrative regions. The Ashanti region and Asanteman is known for its major gold production. Extremely fine condition. Rare.
Lot 1182
Geological Large 3,470 Carat Ruby CrystalA very large crystal of ruby with adhering matrix and overgrowths of additional ruby. Cf. Bonewitz, Dr. Ronald Louis Smithsonian Rock and Gem, (2008), p.150-151. 694 grams (3470 carats), 10.5cm (4 1/"). Ex Dr. Ronald Bonewitz collection; from Tanzania. Fine condition. Rare in this size.
Lot 1183
Geological 300 Carat Aquamarine in MatrixA fine prismatic hexagonal crystal of blue aquamarine in quartz matrix exhibiting a few areas of gem-quality material. Cf. Bonewitz, Dr. Ronald Louis Smithsonian Rock and Gem, (2008), p.290. 1.1 kg, 12.5cm overall; crystal approx. 60 grams (300 carats), 1cm (5"). Ex Dr. Ronald Bonewitz collection; from Brazil. Aquamarine is the blue to blue-green variety of the mineral beryl, a beryllium-aluminium silicat,e taking its colours from traces of iron and titanium in its structure. Very fine condition. Rare and unusual.
Lot 1184
Geological Tourmaline Gem Crystal GroupA group of fourteen fine gem-quality green tourmaline crystals, comprising: a rare and unusual parallel growth of multiple crystals; an unusually long tourmaline ‘pencil’; twelve chunky crystals, all of good transparency. Cf. Bonewitz, Dr. Ronald Louis Smithsonian Rock and Gem, (2008), p.288-289. 164 grams total (840 carats), 16-108mm (1/2 - 4 1/4"). Ex Dr. Ronald Bonewitz collection; first two items from Brazil, rest from Australia. Good gem quality throughout. The colour is good, but gems should be cut for colour rather than weight. [14]Extremely fine condition.
Lot 1185
Geological Emerald Crystal in MatrixAn emerald crystal in a matrix of quartz and biotite mica, the crystal of good hexagonal form and showing an unusual healed fracture filled with quartz, with original collection label: `emerald quartz mica, not for sale`. Cf. Bonewitz, Dr. Ronald Louis Smithsonian Rock and Gem, (2008), p.292-293. 119 grams, 65mm overall, emerald: 41mm (2 1/2"). Ex Dr. Ronald Bonewitz collection; from Brazil. Emerald is the green variety of the mineral beryl, a beryllium-aluminium silicate, taking its colour from traces of chromium in its structure. Extremely fine condition. Rare and unusual.
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