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Lot 392
A Chinese White Metal Mounted Bamboo Opium Pipe, Qing Dynasty, set with jade mouth and end pieces and with ruby glass cabochons, the Yxing stoneware hexagonal bowl incised with a landscape and calligraphy, impressed marks, 63.5cm long; with A Metal Opium Pipe Cleaner, the metal scabbard hung with white metal, carnelian and Peking blue glass drops, 56cm long (2)Bamboo with several large splits. Both terminals are loose. Some typical surface wear, staining and scratching throughout.
Lot 195
A Prussian 1889 Pattern Infantry Officers short sword, with fullered blade and gilt guard with cipher of Wilhelm II, with leather and wire bound grip with stepped pommel within a black painted steel scabbard, the blade 65 cm. CONDITION REPORT: The paint on the scabbard is scratched throughout. One side has a very small dent approximately 20 cm from the bottom and a further small but shallow dent almost directly in the centre. The opposing side has an edge to edge shallow dent just off centre right and a much smaller and shallow dent approximately 10 cm from the bottom. The blade appears not to have been shortened. The tip of the blade is slightly misshapen though not excessively so. There are light pitting marks to the edge of the blade and on one side in both fullers. The blade measures 18 cm at the ricasso. The pommel has some jiggle but this is actually the handle, there appears to be very little movement on the actual pommel itself. The blade enters all the way into the scabbard.
Lot 245
Kubachi school Russian Imperial Kindjal Dagger. Nielloe style patterns on the scabbard and handle, double sided blade. 84 silver standard mark on handle. Blade measures 13-1/2" L, total measures 20-1/4" L. Condition: Corrosion to blade, pitting, wear Domestic Shipping: $66.00 Min Est. $500.00 Max Est. $700.00
Lot 420
Medals and Militaria, WW1, Royal Warwickshire, Too Young/Assumed Identity, Gas Warfare Instructor in Washington, group of three, 1914-15 Star, Great War and Victory Medals, named to 1422 A. Sjt. W.A. Price, R. War. R. [Royal Warwickshire Regiment], the Star named to the then Private, Pte. W.A. Price, R. War'. R., erroneous ribbon arrangement but present; his 1907 pattern bayonet, 43cm blade inscribed Wilkinson, Pall Mall, surmounted by crowned GR cypher, stamped with War Department markings to verso, two-piece wooden grip, scabbard with khaki fittings, 57.5cm long overall; framed Trench map, Fifth Army Situation Map, 5 p.m. 20th August, 1917, 39.5cm x 49.5cm; Army Reserve (Special Reservists) 6 Years' Service; 1915 Calendar and Map of Flanders and Northern France; certificates: Employment During the War, Character and Discharge; send from the Front in 1918 to America, to instruct in Washington and New York vis-à-vis gas warfare and intelligence work: Certificate of Identity, with signed photo, from the New York Office of the British Military Attaché, signed, stamped and dated 7th September 1918, Movement Order dated 7th October 1918 directing the then Sergeant William Arthur Price from Washington to New York from the British Military Mission, D.C., etc; postcards, WW1, humour: b/w (5) and coloured (2); personal possessions: gilt brass vest case, box of Cru-Steel Star Razor Blades, brown leather change wallet; (archive) William Arthur Price was the assumed wartime name of Harold Price he was too young to enlist and so assumed his predeceased brother's name and birth date, as evidenced by the carbon copy of a handwritten letter from is his son/daughter and might also explain why his Certified Copy of Attestation though filled in is not signed by a magistrate or attesting officer.
Lot 314
Arab-Byzantine. Anonymous (temp. Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan or 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan). Gold Solidus (4.34 g), AH 41-60 or 65-86. De-Christianized type imitating the Byzantine emperor Heraclius. Syrian or perhaps an Egyptian mint. The emperor Heraclius, in the center, between his sons Heraclius Constantine, on the left, and Heraclonas, on the right, each standing facing, wearing rudimentary crown missing the central cross of the prototype; each figure holds a globe lacking a cross. Rev. VICTORIA AV??, T-shaped cross on four steps; in left field, Heraclian monogram; in right field, I; A//CONOB. Cf. Baldwin's Islamic Sale 24 (9 May 2013), 3999; cf. Spink Zurich 18 (February 1986), 86. Of the highest rarity. NGC grade AU; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 2/5. Bent, scuffs, edge cut, and light graffito. Although it is not actually an official Byzantine imperial issue from the mint of Constantinople, the types and inscriptions of this wonderfully preserved solidus closely mimic those used by the emperor Heraclius in the period 639-641, when he ruled alongside his sons, Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas. The three emperors are depicted as full figures on the obverse with Heraclius distinguished from his sons by his central position, larger scale, and by the splendid mustache and beard he sports. Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas lack such remarkable facial hair and are instead represented as beardless youths. On the reverse, the legend proclaims the "Victory of the Emperor" — the standard reverse legend for Byzantine solidi since the early sixth century — and carries the mint mark of Constantinople. Despite all of these features that might otherwise give the impression of a legitimate Byzantine solidus struck during the coregency of Heraclius and his sons, the reverse type immediately betrays the coin as an imitation. Official issues feature a cross potent set on three steps, but here the crossbar has been raised to the top of the shaft, turning the usual cross type into a T. The much smaller crosses that normally adorn the diadems and globes worn and carried by the emperors on the obverse have been modified in a similar way on this coin, making it clear that the omitted crossbar on the obverse was no engraving error, but part of a clear attempt to remove explicit Christian symbolism from the types. Although the rare examples of solidi with these de-Christianized types are occasionally attributed to northern barbarians, they are far more likely to belong to the pseudo-Byzantine series struck by mints in Syria and the southern Levant following the loss of the region (together with Egypt) to the Islamic Arabs in 634-642 and the end of locally produced and imported official Byzantine coins. The present solidus was almost certainly struck to fill the need for gold coin that was no longer being supplied to the region by the Byzantine imperial mint. In order to maintain trust in the new imitative coins, the types of the latest official solidi circulating in the region were taken as models, just as they were for pseudo-Byzantine and subsequent Arab-Byzantine bronze issues. However, the engraver clearly found himself in a difficult position: it was critical to retain the traditional Byzantine types in order to avoid a crisis of faith in the coinage, but at the same time the retention of the traditional crosses — an unequivocal emblem of Christianity — posed a crisis of faith for the engraver and/or the Muslim authorities responsible for the coinage. While the Quran recognized Jesus in the line of prophets leading up to Muhammad, it did not accept the Christian belief in his crucifixion and resurrection. Therefore, from the religious perspective, it seemed necessary to convert the crosses on the coin into something more neutral. Interestingly, while the removal of overtly Christian symbolism was deemed important at the time that the solidus was struck, the religiously-based aniconism that came to characterize the majority of Islamic coinage after the reform of the Umayyad Caliph ‘Abd al-Malik in 697 is not at all evident.This solidus provides an important link between the official Byzantine gold coinage and the "Standing Caliph" dinars introduced by 'Abd al-Malik in 693-697. It has long been suggested that the "Standing Caliph" dinars were produced as a direct response to the Christ solidi of Justinian II, 'Abd al-Malik's great Byzantine adversary, but the chronological relationship of the Christ solidi and the "Standing Caliph" dinars has been brought into question. Even if a so-called "war of images" between 'Abd al-Malik and Justinian II did result in the "Standing Caliph" dinars, the iconography of the latter is firmly rooted in the solidi of Heraclius and the modified types of the present pseudo-Byzantine solidus.Both issues feature a modified cross-on-steps reverse — sometimes the cross is converted into a phi (?) rather than an I form on "Standing Caliph" dinars — while the standing caliph (representing 'Abd al-Malik himself) on the obverse seems to be influenced by the central standing figure of Heraclius on the pseudo-Byzantine solidus. The standing caliph sports an impressive beard like that of Heraclius although the caliph's stylist has controlled his mustache to a much greater degree than that of the Byzantine Emperor. The caliph also wears a similar embroidered robe and holds his arms diagonally (slanting right rather than left as on the solidus), but replaces the de-Christianized globe with a sword in its scabbard. This coin is not only an object of desire due to its beautiful metal and high state of preservation, but also due to its great importance for the development of early Islamic coinage. It also marks a profound turning point in the artistic, political, and religious history in the Middle East. The Christian Byzantine Empire had come to an end in the region and this solidus encapsulates the growing pains of the young Islamic empire of the Umayyad dynasty that replaced it. This extremely rare gold solidus represents the earliest Arab gold coinage and it may be regarded as the precurser of all the later Islamic gold coinage.References: Miles, G: Earliest Arab Gold Coinage in the American Numismatic Society Notes, No. 13, 1967; Foss, S: Arab Byzantine Coins: An Introduction with a Catalogue of the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Harvard University Press 2008.
Lot 740
A late 19th century courtsword, tapering hollow triangular section blade 32”, by Timewell & Fulcher, Sackville St, London, etched for half length with trophy and wreath in scrolled panels, polished steel hilt with turn down shell guard, knucklebow, urn pommel and swollen grip, facetted and set with cut steel star studs overall, in its black leather scabbard with ribbed steel locket and chape (kinked at junction). Near VGC Plate 8
Lot 667
A WWI 1912 pattern cavalry officer’s sword of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), straight fullered blade 35” by Wilkinson, no 45278 (for 1915) on backstrap, etched with crowned R Arms, and GVR cypher on one side and Regimental badge on the other, all in scrolled panels, plated bowl guard etched with scroll pattern, stepped pommel, wirebound, fishskin covered, shaped grip, in its leather FS scabbard. GC See inside front cover
Lot 672
A Vic infantry officer’s dress sword, slender very slightly curved blade 32½”, by Wilkinson, no 29678 (for 1889) on backstrap, etched on both sides with flat topped crowned VR cypher, in foliate fenestrated panels, 1895 pattern pierced steel guard incorporating crowned VR cypher, without turned over edge, stepped pommel, chequered backstrap, wirebound fishskin grip, in an associated black painted scabbard with 2 rings. GC (some wear).
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