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Click here to subscribe18th century AD. A silver-gilt finger ring comprising a D-section hoop, bezel formed as a hollow-formed skull with voids to the orbits and mandible. See Oman, C.C. British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974, chapter 9 for discussion.6.09 grams, 30mm overall, 19.67mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.76, Japan 21) (1 1/4"). Private collection, UK; formed in the 1980s.[No Reserve] Fine condition, usage wear.
17th century AD. A silver thimble with slightly stepped rim, rounded top, billetted band, body with punched texture, engraved 'AS' in seriffed capitals, indistinct maker's mark. See McConnel, B. The Collector's Guide to Thimbles, London, 1996, pages 26, 33.3.42 grams, 17mm (3/4"). From an old North Country collection; formed between 1970-2000. Fine condition.
18th-19th century AD. A silver statuette of a male with long beard falling down body and wrapping around legs; to the head a long cap; wearing a tunic with boots, legs and arms bent forward; cupped recess to the back. 15 grams, 33mm (1 1/4"). From a European collection; previously in a large American collection formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1995; previously in the Mansees collection; formed 1950s-early 1990s. Fine condition.
19th century AD. A silver finger ring with substantial hoop, scaphoid bezel with skull modelled in the half-round, heater-shaped plaque to the underside with initials 'WB'. See Oman, C.C. British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974 for discussion.8.35 grams, 27mm overall, 19.15mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20.0, Japan 19) (1"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1990s. Fine condition.
17th-18th century AD. A silver-gilt ring with flat-section hoop decorated to the shoulder with trefoils and quatrefoils, to the centre a pair of hands holding a heart. 2 grams, 20.80mm overall, 18.11mm internal diameter (approximate size British P1/2, USA 8, Europe 16.86, Japan 16) (1"). From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent.[No Reserve] Fine condition.
17th century AD. A silver ring with D-section hoop, angled at the shoulder with diamond shape to the base; almond-shaped bezel engraved with geometric motif of two lozenge shapes with vertical line between. 11.41 grams, 25mm overall, 19.75mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 10, Europe 22.00, Japan 21) (3/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Fine condition.
17th century AD. A silver-gilt ring formed from a rectangular-section hoop and domed hollow bezel with raised central boss. 7.80 grams, 22.98mm overall, 20.48mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.28, Japan 23) (1"). From a private ring collection; acquired before 1990. Fine condition. A large wearable size.
19th century AD or earlier. A silver ladle with octagonal-section shank, suspension loop finial, flat-bottomed bowl with lip. 88 grams, 19.5cm (7 3/4"). The property of an English gentleman; formerly in a German collection; acquired 1980s-early 1990s.[No Reserve] Fine condition.
5th-4th century BC. A penannular silver bracelet with median flared bulb, the outer face with a D-shaped recess to accept an organic(?) insert; ribbed collar finials. 40 grams, 65mm (2 1/2"). From the collection of a North West London gentleman; acquired in the 1980s. Fine condition.
2nd-1st millennium BC. A silver dress pin with thick tapering shank, punched herringbone detail to the upper section, biconvex discoid head. 27 grams, 94mm (3 3/4"). Private collection, London, UK; formerly with Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s. Very fine condition.
Early 1st millennium BC. A silver repoussé plaque in the form of a striding lion, head turned to face the front, detail of fur to the mane. 8 grams, 80mm (3 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired from a major Mayfair gallery; acquired on the London art market before 2000. Fair condition, repaired.
1st millennium BC. A pair of silver children's bracelets with round section bodies, the terminals in the form of facing ram's heads with curving horns and engraved eyes. 67 grams total, 52-54mm (2"). Ex South London collection; acquired in the late 1990s.[2] Fair condition.
18th-19th century AD. A silver leaf-shaped Mughal pendant decorated with niello background inlaid with gold decoration in the form of a large flower with scrolling pants to the side; double suspension ring to the top. 25 grams, 68mm (2 1/2"). From a South West London collection; formed 1990-2000. Fine condition.
19th-20th century AD. A silver ovoid pendant with ribbed suspension loop and fluted border, openwork foliage design to the reverse, pierced; inset carnelian plaque with outer band of incised calligraphic text surrounding a textured panel with reserved text of the Ayyat al-Kursi verse from the Qur'an, and leaves. 46 grams, 68mm (2 3/4"). Property of a Hampstead gentleman; from his family collection formed since the 1970s. Dr Bonewitz notes: 'The intricate and fine execution of the calligraphy on this piece is the work of a master carver. It is one of the finest I have ever seen.' Very fine condition.
Early 20th century AD. A spherical silver censer formed as two symmetrical hemispheres, each a lattice of scrolled tendrils and leaves populated by gilt birds in flight and bunches of grapes; rosette to each centre, one with attached chain and hook. 204 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of a Hampstead gentleman; from his family collection formed since the 1970s. Fine condition.
11th-14th century AD. A silver-gilt finger ring with D-section hoop, flared shoulders, lozengiform bezel with lug to each angle, reserved zigzag border and central scrolls motif; Seljuk workmanship. CF. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 534.3.91 grams, 21mm overall, 18.56mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17) (3/4"). From a European collection; previously in a large American collection formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1995; previously in the Mansees collection; formed 1950s-early 1990s.[No Reserve] Fine condition.
19th century AD. A silver oval pendant with rectangular pieces of turquoise surrounding a carnelian engraved with a hexagonal geometric Arabic caligraphic symbol; suspension ring to the top. 41 grams, 47mm (1 3/4"). Property of a North London lady; gifted from her father's collection; formerly with a Mayfair gallery, London, UK; previously acquired in the 1980s. Fine condition.
14th-15th century AD. A silver-gilt finger ring comprising D-section hoop with scale detailing to the shoulders, raised scaphoid bezel with S-shaped tendril motifs; Mameluk workmanship. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 538 for type.5.63 grams, 24mm overall, 18.81mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.0, Japan 18) (1"). From a European collection; previously in a large American collection formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1995; previously in the Mansees collection; formed 1950s-early 1990s.[No Reserve] Fine condition. A large wearable size.
19th-20th century AD. A silver cell with hinged attachments, inset carnelian plaque with seven lines of calligraphic text from the Ayyat al-Kursi verse of the Koran. 20 grams, 77mm (3"). Property of a Hampstead gentleman; from his family collection formed since the 1970s. Dr. Bonewitz notes: 'The carving of the calligraphic text is of a very high quality.' Very fine condition.
19th century AD. A silver finger ring with D-section hoop, collar and flat discoid plaque, incised image of a rooster(?"). Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 538.4.65 grams, 26mm overall, 18.83mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.0, Japan 18) (1"). From a private collection; formed 1965-1975. Fine condition.
19th century AD. A silver finger ring with D-section hoop, beast-heads to the shoulders and starburst to the underside, octagonal cup bezel with crescents and saltires. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 527 for type.11 grams, 25mm overall, 18.22mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 8, Europe 17.15, Japan 16) (1"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Fine condition.
19th century AD. A silver finger ring with cusped D-section hoop, scrolled panels to the shoulders, scaphoid bezel with meander detailing, incised calligraphic script to the plaque. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 535 for type.7.89 grams, 22mm overall, 18.18mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 17.0, Japan 16) (3/4"). Property of a private collector; acquired before 1975. Fine condition.
1st century BC-1st century AD. A silver bow brooch of La Tène II type with pin and spring, leaf-shaped bow with central rib, catch to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 740 for type.6.65 grams, 42mm (1 3/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Fine condition.
3rd-1st century BC. A pair of miniature silver earrings comprising: one with round-section curved shank, knop finial, curved tapering plaque with four bosses and bands of punched points; one similar with tremolier border, punched squares with pellet fill, incised guilloche. 10 grams total, 34-39mm (1 1/2"). From the collection of a European gentleman living in South London; acquired 1970-1980.[2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
2nd-1st century BC. A pair of silver amulets with repousse decoration, consisting of: a lunate with five raised bosses with dot decoration to the base, hole to the top for suspension ring, a disc suspended from the lunate with raised boss to the centre with dot border; a rectangular amulet with chevron border, to the centre a human bust with headdress and collar necklace, suspension ring to the top. 12 grams total, 49-64mm (2 - 2 1/2"). From a home counties collection; formed 1970-1980.[2] Fine condition.
1st century BC-1st century AD. A silver finger ring formed from a single length of wire comprising a thick round-section shank, spiral bezel and ends coiled around the shoulders. 4.49 grams, 28mm overall, 21.95mm internal diameter (approximate size British Z, USA 12 1/2, Europe 28.77, Japan 27) (1"). Private collection, UK; formed in the 1980s. Fine condition. A large wearable size.
2nd-1st century BC. A silver hemispherical skyphos cup with pedestal base, handles in the form of vine branches with the Herakles knot to the top, vineleaf to the bottom, each handle with patera-shaped flat ledge above. Cf. Blume, T. The Silver Treasure Trove of Hildesheim, Leipzig, n.d, item 9 for similar example.143 grams, 17.5cm (7"). From a European collection; previously in a large American collection formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1995; previously in the Mansees collection; formed 1950s-early 1990s. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Fine condition.
5th-4th century BC. A matched pair of silver handles, each with curved square-section ribbed shank topped by a rectangular panel, crouching sphinx with lion's tail and body, extended forelegs, large wings connected at the elbows, female human head with chignon hairstyle and tiara. 237 grams total, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Property of a private collector; acquired before 1975.[2] Fine condition.
675-685 AD. Rigold type PA IIB; BMC type 96. Obv: profile bust right with TNC before. Rev: cross on two steps with I[ ]NVNTOIN[ ] legend. S. - (but see S.773 for type III entry); N. - (brief reference to the issue p.59); SCBI 63 (BM), 34 (for type); Abramson Pa15 (p.124); see M. p.76 for discussion; see Rigold, The Two Primary Series of Sceattas, in BNJ XXX, 1960, Appendix A, p.31 and pl.II, PIIB, 2 (possibly a reverse die duplicate"). See Early Medieval Corpus, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, reference EMC 2018.0004 (this coin"). 0.99 grams.Found Birchington, Kent, UK, 2017. Rigold lists only two examples of this extremely rare type, including the BM specimen (cited above); XRF analysis indicates a silver content over 92% with around 3% each for copper and gold, plus traces of other elements. Good very fine. Extremely rare; possibly only the third example recorded.
1466-1467 AD. First reign, light coinage, type VII. Obv: facing bust with E on breast and quatrefoil at sides within tressure with EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGLZ FRANC legend and 'crown' mintmark. Rev: long cross and pellets with POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM and CIVITAS EBORACI legends and 'lis' mintmark for York mint. S. 2012; N. 1583.3.18 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. Good very fine; old tone.
1464-1470 and 1480-1483 AD. First reign, light coinage, local dies. Obv: facing bust with G left and key right with EDWARD DEI GRA REX ANG legend and 'plain cross' mintmark. Rev: long cross and pellets with quatrefoil and CIVI TAS EBO RACI legend for York mint. Second reign, type XXI. Obv: facing bust with T left and slanting key right with EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL legend and 'rose' mintmark. Rev: long cross and pellets with quatrefoil and CIVI TAS EBO RACI legend for York mint. S. 2062; N. 1594/S. 2134; N. 1654.0.75, 0.73 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. [2, No Reserve] Good fine; old tone.
1480-1483 AD. Second reign, type XXI. Obv: facing bust within tressure with EDWARD DEI GRA REX ANGL Z FRA legend and 'cinquefoil' mintmark. Rev: long cross and pellets with POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM and CIVITAS LONBDON legends for London mint. S. 2103; N.1634.1.56 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. Good very fine; old tone.
1472-1473 AD. Second reign, type XIV. Obv: facing bust within tressure with EDWARD DEI GRA REX ANGL Z FR legend and 'annulet' mintmark. Rev: long cross and pellets with POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM and CIVITAS LONDON legends for London mint. S. 2103; N. 1634.1.50 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. Very fine; old tone.
1477-1480 AD. Second reign, type XVIII. Obv: facing bust with C on breast within tressure with EDWARD DEI GRA REX ANGL Z FRA legend and 'rose' mintmark. Rev: long cross and pellets with C at centre and POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM and CIVITAS CANTOR legends for Canterbury mint. S. 2107; N. 1638.1.40 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. [No Reserve] Very fine.
1480-1483 AD. Second reign, type XXI. Obv: facing bust with EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGLI legend with 'cinquefoil' mintmark. Rev: long cross and pellets with CIVI TAS LON DON legend for London mint. S. 2110; N. 1641.0.74 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. [No Reserve] Very fine; old tone.
1471-1483 AD. Obv: facing bust with EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGLI legend and uncertain mintmark. Rev: long cross and pellets with quatrefoil at centre with CIVI TAS EBO RACI legend for York mint. S. 2127; N. 1647.0.71 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. [No Reserve] Very fine.
1471-1483 AD. Second reign, London mint; one with 'pellet-in-annulet' mintmark, one uncertain mintmark. 0.72, 0.61 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. [No Reserve] Fine; first clipped, second pierced; old tone.
1504-1507 AD. Type IIIc. Obv: facing bust with double arched crown with HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGLIE Z FR legend and 'cross-crosslet' mintmark. Rev: long cross and pellets with POSVI DEV ADIVTORE MEV and CIVITAS LONDON legends for London mint. S. 2199; N. 1705(c).3.05 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. Good fine, small striking split to flan edge, once bent and straightened; old tone.
Issued 1797, host coin dated 1780 AD. Emergency issue, Mexico mint. Obv: profile bust with date below and CAROLVS III DEI GRATIA legend; with oval countermark of bust of George III on neck, also with 'HH' countermark before. Rev: crowned arms between pillars with HISPANA ET IND R4EX o/M 8R F F legend. S. 3765A; ESC 6th, 1852 (old 129); see Kelly, E. M., Spanish Dollars and Silver Tokens, Spink, 1976 for the history of this issue.26.56 grams.Ex Spink 17029, lot 2001 (with lot ticket). Coin good fine, duty countermark near extremely fine.
Dated 1813 AD or later. Insurgent coinage, under General Morelos, cast. Obv: bow and arrow with SUD below. Rev: Morelos monogram over o/M over date 3.57 grams.Ex Norweb collection (with envelope"). The insurgent coinages are catalogued for copper and silver issues, with a suggestion that some might be of later date; there appears to be no record of a gold issue and the Norweb envelope simply states 'pattern Mexico (1 real) 1813' although a denomination of 8 reales would seem more likely. Good very fine.
1st century AD. A pair of mounts in the form of theatre masks depicting an archaic style Elder Dionysus with hair in a series of ringlets in a arch shape over the head in Domitianic style; bushy beard, eyes inlaid with silver; socket to the back. 561 grams total, 64 - 66mm (2 1/2"). From the collection of a European gentleman living in South London; acquired 1970-1980.[2] [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Extremely fine condition.
Dated 1778 and 19th century AD. Made on silver shilling coins. Obv: three-masted ssailing ship. Rev: engraved in script lines 'D Hutton / Dec 14th / 1778. Obv: two-masted sailing ship. Pierced for suspension. Rev: faintly engraved E G initials. See Comfort, Sim, Forget Me Not, London, 2004 for much information regarding maritime tokens.4.56, 4.64 grams.[No Reserve] Fine and very fine.
Awarded 3 January 1940. With red ribbon on silver bar suspender, threaded screw back and circular nut with ??????? in raised lettering. Obv: five-pointed star. Rev: with ????? ???? in two lines and numbered 247 above. Barac 893; see Hero of Soviet Union medal register giving details of the recipient.32.32 grams. Near extremely fine; few surface marks from wearing. Very rare and a very early issue number.
Roman Period, 30 BC-323 AD. A silver finger ring comprising a D-section hoop with snake-head shoulders flanking an egg, the heads with detailed markings. 3.89 grams, 23mm overall, 20.11mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22) (1"). From the collection of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s. Fine condition.
Rock n Roll Singles, four original UK 7" Singles comprising Elvis Presley - Paralyzed (HMV 45-POP378 - Gold / Purple labels), The Silhouettes - Get A Job (Parlophone - 45-R 4407 - Purple / Silver labels), Little Richard - Long Tall Sally (London - 45-HL O.8366 - Tri Centre with gold print) and Eddie Cochran - 20 Flight Rock (London - 45.HL-U 8386 - Tri Centre with silver print_ - Mainly fair to good condition
David Bowie, Speed Of Life 2012 UK Genesis Publications individually numbered limited Collector's Edition no 1018 / 2000, featuring the classic photos of Masayoshi Sukita from 1972 to date, the book is printed on 250mm x 360mm 200gsm matt art paper & quarter hand-bound in a bespoke dyed calfskin leather, onto a turquoise cloth cover as personally selected by David & housed in a hand-made slipcase, bound in black buckram featuring pink, silver and turquoise foils and calfskin leather accent, hand numbered and signed by both David Bowie & Masayoshi Sukita & also comes with an exclusive photographic quality 7" picture disc featuring parts one & two of 'It's No Game', all housed in outer cloth bag and in as new condition
The Beatles, Sgt. Peppers - American Legends Foundry - limited edition Belt Buckle No 1788 Apple Corps 1996, Porcelain Music Box - Franklin Mint - Apple Corps 1992, 25th Anniversary limited edition Silver Coin in book folder with booklet and postcard - Apple Corps 1990 and 25th Anniversary Limited Edition plate by Delphi - Apple Corps 1992 with case and certificate
9th-11th century AD. An iron spearhead with slender lozenge-section triangular blade, sharp shoulders, octagonal-section socket with short silver-inlaid parallel lines, attachment holes. Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, table 7, item 4.424 grams, 47cm (18 1/2"). Property of a lady living in Kent, UK; formerly part of her grandfather's collection; acquired in Germany after WWII; thence by descent 2006. Very fine condition. Scarce.
9th-11th century AD. An iron stirrup with cusped footrest, triangular plaque with inlaid silver(?) geometric panels, slot to the upper section. Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, plate 34(1).198 grams, 14.5cm (5 3/4"). From an old European collection; acquired in Germany in the 1990s.[No Reserve] Fine condition.
1551-1553 AD. Fine silver issue, Southwark mint. Obv: facing bust with rose left and XII right with EDWARD VI D G AGL FRA Z HIB REX legend and 'y' mintmark. Rev: long cross over arms with POSVI DEV ADIVTORE MEV legend. S. 2482; N. 1937.5.74 grams. Fine; reverse better.
6th century AD. A gold hinged bracelet comprising a flat-section hoop with openwork scrolled vegetation, beaded borders; hinged junction with pin; ribbed hinges flanking the discoid cell with beaded rim, inset silver disc overlaid by an openwork panel with christogram within intersecting squares; the christogram and tendrils with pecked detailing, the scrolled tendrils punched pellet detailing to the fruit. See Yeroulanou, A. Important Bracelets in Early Christian and Byzantine Art in Entwistle, C. & Adams, N. Intelligible Beauty, Recent Research into Byzantine Jewellery, London, 2010 for discussion. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate. 45 grams, 71mm (2 3/4"). Property of a New York collector; acquired 1980s. Accompanied by a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. The chi-rho is an ancient Christian symbol that consists of the intersection of the capital Greek letters chi (?) and rho (?), which are the first two letters of Christ in Greek. The chi-rho can represent either Christ or Christianity and is also known as a Christogram. The chi-rho is also known as the labarum, which is based on the Latin word laureum, military standard. This is based on Constantine's application of the chi-rho symbol to his military standard after receiving his famous vision before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312 AD. The symbol, along many others such as the fish, was also used by early Christians as a means of identifying each other without drawing the attention of hostile authorities. Its popularity as a symbol under the recognised Christian faith was mostly during the Late Roman period and the early to middle Byzantine periods, until it was eventually superseded by the symbol of the cross itself. This style of bracelet became popular from the sixth century onward and they are noted for the technical skill of the goldsmiths in producing the depicate decoration on the band and head. As well as the Chi-Rho motif images of the Virgin Mary in the orans prayer posture were also popular decoration. Very fine condition, usage wear.
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