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Click here to subscribeGreek Coinages, Calabria, Tarentum, Nomos, 332-302, warrior on horseback right, holding spear and shield, σα below, rev. dolphin-rider left, holding kantharos and trident, smaller dolphin below, ταρασ σ ω around, 7.80g/3h (HN Italy 937; Vlasto 615; SNG ANS 1003; McClean 610). Good very fine, attractively toned £400-£500
Greek Coinages, Calabria, Tarentum, Diobol, 325-280, head of Athena right wearing crested helmeted ornamented with hippocamp, rev. Herakles standing right, wrestling lion, 1.25g/8h (HN Italy 976; McClean 712); Litra, 280-228, cockle shell, rev. dolphin right, owl below, 0.56g/3h (HN Italy 979; Vlasto 1519-21); LUCANIA, Metapontion, Diobol, c. 325-275, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. ear of barley, 1.04g/7h (HN Italy –; Johnston Class F.21; McClean 999-1001); Poseidonia, Diobol, c. 445-420, ποσειδα, Poseidon standing right, casting trident, chlamys draped over shoulders, rev. bull standing left, barley-grain in exergue, 1.27g/4h (HN Italy 1119; McClean 1083-5); BRUTTIUM, Terina, Triobol, 420-400, head of nymph left, rev. Victory seated left on plinth, holding wreath, 1.25g/8h (HN Italy 2624) [5]. Fine to very fine, toned £200-£260
Greek Coinages, Calabria, Tarentum, Nomos, 280-272, warrior on horseback right, preparing to cast javelin, rev. dolphin-rider left, holding kantharos and trident, ταρασ below, 6.28g/2h (HN Italy 1007; Vlasto 727-9); LUCANIA, Poseidonia, Nomos, c. 445-420, πομεs, Poseidon standing right, casting trident, chlamys draped over shoulders, rev. bull standing left on single exergue line, πομεs (retrograde) above, 7.77g/9h (HN Italy 1116) [2]. Cleaning scratches, very fine £90-£120
Greek Coinages, Northern Lucania, Poseidonia, Drachm, c. 530-510, Poseidon standing right, casting trident, chlamys draped over shoulders, rev. incuse figure as on obv., 3.72g/12h (HN Italy 1108; Pozzi 553-4; McClean 1045; SNG ANS 620; SNG Lockett 440-1). Ethnic obscured by die wear, otherwise better than very fine, of pleasant archaic style, dark toned £700-£900
Greek Coinages, Northern Lucania, Poseidonia, Nomos, c. 470-445, πομε, Poseidon standing right, casting trident, chlamys draped over shoulders, rev. bull standing right on single exergue line, πομεs above, volutes in exergue, 7.96g/11h (HN Italy 1116; Pozzi –; McClean 1503; SNG ANS 647). Light surface granularity, otherwise about very fine, scarce and toned £90-£120
Greek Coinages, Northern Lucania, Poseidonia, Nomos, c. 445-420, ποmεsδα, Poseidon standing right, casting trident, chlamys draped over shoulders, rev. bull standing left on single exergue line, ποmε (retrograde) above, 8.08g/4h (HN Italy 1116; Pozzi [sale] 208; McClean 1059-60; SNG ANS 659; SNG Lockett 442). Die break across Poseidon’s legs and with trifling surface marks, otherwise good very fine, attractive old cabinet tone with considerable iridescence £600-£800
Greek Coinages, Northern Lucania, Poseidonia, Nomos, c. 445-420, πομεs, Poseidon standing right, casting trident, chlamys draped over shoulders, rev. bull standing left on single exergue line, πομε (retrograde) above, 7.92g/11h (HN Italy 1116; Pozzi [sale] 208; McClean 1059-60; SNG ANS 659; SNG Lockett 442). Good fine, toned £90-£120
Greek Coinages, Northern Lucania, Poseidonia, Nomos, c. 445-420, πομεs, Poseidon standing right, casting trident, chlamys draped over shoulders, rev. bull standing left on single exergue line, πομεsδα (retrograde) above, 7.96g/7h (HN Italy 1116; Pozzi [sale] 208; McClean 1059-60; SNG ANS 662-3; SNG Lockett 442). Surface marks and find deposits, otherwise very fine, scarce £90-£120
Greek Coinages, Northern Lucania, Poseidonia, Nomos, c. 420-410, Poseidon standing right, casting trident, chlamys draped over shoulders, Η behind, rev. bull standing left on pelleted and beaded exergue line, I below, ποσειδα above, 7.78g/11h (HN Italy 1127; Pozzi –; cf. McClean 1069; SNG ANS 678). Struck from a heavily worn obverse die, otherwise good very fine, the reverse attractive £100-£120
Greek Coinages, Northern Lucania, Poseidonia, Nomos, c. 420-410, ποσειδα, Poseidon standing right, casting trident, chlamys draped over shoulders, η behind, rev. bull standing left on pelleted and beaded exergue line, θ below, ποσειδα above, 7.73g/12h (HN Italy 1127; Pozzi –; McClean 1068; SNG ANS 678). Reverse die breaks, very fine, toned £150-£180
Greek Coinages, Northern Lucania, Poseidonia, Nomos, c. 420-410, ποmεsδ, Poseidon standing right, casting trident, chlamys draped over shoulders, rev. bull standing left on double exergue line, M below, ποmεs (retrograde) above, 7.78g/11h (HN Italy 1128; Pozzi –; cf. McClean 1059; SNG ANS 682). Very fine, toned £240-£300
Greek Coinages, Northern Lucania, Poseidonia, Nomos, c. 410-350, ποσειδα, Poseidon standing right, casting trident, chlamys draped over shoulders, dolphin behind, rev. bull standing left on double exergue line, dolphin below, ποσιδανι above, 8.14g/3h (HN Italy 1129; Pozzi –; McClean –; SNG ANS 682; SNG Lockett –). Struck from a worn obverse die, otherwise good very fine, beautifully toned £300-£400
Greek Coinages, Northern Lucania, Poseidonia, Diobol, c. 410-350, πομεs, Poseidon standing right, casting trident, chlamys draped over shoulders, olive branch behind, rev. bull standing right, 1.22g/12h (HN Italy 1145; Pozzi 562-4; McClean 1087-90). Reverse die break, otherwise good very fine and attractively toned; rare thus £200-£260
Greek Coinages, Northern Lucania, Poseidonia, Diobol, c. 410-350, πομεs, Poseidon standing right, casting trident, chlamys draped over shoulders, olive branch behind, rev. bull standing right, 1.18g/1h (HN Italy 1145; Pozzi 562-4; McClean 1087-90). Light surface deposits, otherwise better than very fine, attractively toned £150-£180
Cornelius Scipio Asiagenus, serrate Denarius, c. 106, laureate head of Jupiter left, rev. Jupiter driving quadriga right, .g in field above, 3.74g (Craw. 311/1d; BMCRR 1377; RSC Cornelia 24); C. Sulpicius Galba, serrate Denarius, 106, jugate laureate heads of the Dei Penates left, rev. two armed figures standing facing and gesturing towards a sow which lies between them, 3.70g (Craw. 312/1; BMCRR 1322; RSC Sulpicia 1); L. Calpurnius Piso Cæsoninus and Q. Servilius Cæpio, Denarius, c. 100, head of Saturn right, harpa behind, trident below, rev. two quæstors seated left between ears of corn, 2.71g (Craw. 330/1a; BMCRR 1125ff; RSC Calpurnia 5) [3]. Second smoothed, third with cleaning scratches on reverse, otherwise very fine and better £90-£120
Two Edwardian early 20th century Edward VII one florin silver .925 coins comprising of a 1903 Edward VII one florin two shillings silver .925 coin with the observe featuring the bare head of King Edward VII facing right, with the legend 'EDWARDVS VII D: G: BRITT: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMPO:' and the reverse having the helmed Britannia standing at the bow of a ship, holding a trident, and supporting a shield. The main design is surrounded by a legend reading 'ONE FLORIN TWO SHILLING', with date below; together with another Edward VII 1910 silver .925 coin having the same inscriptions. Each coin weighs 11.3 gr, and measuring 28.5cm in diameter.
A 19th century Neo-Classical style silver plate on bronze tazza, pierced and moulded decoration with mythical sea creatures and trident, on claw and ball feet, diameter 29cm, height 20cmNo damage or repairs, high points are slightly worn and some of silver plating is wearing through to base metal
A BRONZE FIGURE OF DURGA RIDING A LION, INDIA, 15TH CENTURYThe seated goddess mounted on the separately cast lion standing foursquare on a stepped rectangular pedestal, the wide base and waisted plinth engraved with lappet borders framed by beaded edges. Her four arms holding a sword, trident, conch, and bowl, the face with almond shaped eyes centered by an urna and surmounted by an ornate crown. The lion and base each with two apertures for a mount.Inscriptions: The base punched with the name of a previous owner, 'Krishna Jyoti Amvane'.Provenance: From a South German private collection, mostly assembled between the 1960s and 1980s. Condition: Good condition with minor wear and casting flaws, small nicks and dents, light scratches, losses.Weight: 5,052 g Dimensions: Height 33.4 cmDurga is a major deity and supreme divinity in Hinduism. She is one of the most popular and widely revered among Indian divinities and is associated with protection, strength, motherhood, destruction, and wars. The most popular legend associated with the goddess is of her killing of Mahishasura, a half-buffalo demon who did severe penance in order to please Brahma. Durga was created by the trimurti to destroy Mahishasura and was gifted a lion as her mount. She is seen as a motherly figure and often depicted as a beautiful woman, riding a lion or tiger, with many arms each carrying a weapon and often defeating demons.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie's New York, 20 March 2008, lot 345 Price: USD 5,000 or approx. EUR 7,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A brass figure of Durga slaying the buffalo, India, Orissa, 15th centuryExpert remark: Note the much smaller size (14.9 cm).
A SANDSTONE FRAGMENT OF DURGA SLAYING MAHISHA, UTTAR PRADESHIndia, 9th-10th century. Carved in openwork as Durga wielding the mighty broad bladed sword above her head with which she has just decapitated the buffalo. With her remaining right hands, she displays the discus weapon of Vishnu and plunging Shiva's trident. In her raised left hands she holds the shield, poised as a counterpoint to the raised sword, and the noose, the face adorned with a crown, backed by a halo and flanked by devis above.Provenance: Stefaan Grusenmeyer, Belgium, 1987. A noted Belgian private collection, acquired from the above and thence by descent in the same family. Stefaan Grusenmeyer was a Belgian art dealer initially based in Ghent. In 1983, he opened a gallery in Brussels, which his son Karim took over in 2000. The gallery specializes in sculpture, archaeology, jewelry, and decorative arts from Southeast Asia, China, and India. Condition: Fine condition commensurate with age and with extensive weathering and wear, areas of erosion, some structural cracks and losses, minor nicks here and there, all as expected for a statue of this high age. Good natural patina.Weight: 22.6 g (incl. stand) Dimensions: Height 32 cm (excl. stand), 38.2 cm (incl. stand)With a modern wood stand. (2) Expert's note: This fragment is rare and was most likely part of an exterior structure of a lost and long-abandoned temple, exposed to the elements for hundreds of years. Such temple pieces have a particularly charming patina resulting from centuries of natural weathering, which is simply impossible to recreate even by the most talented and resourceful forger. A piece worth the close attention of the advanced collector!Durga slaying Mahisha is here represented in her multi-armed form, manifesting her supreme power as the dispeller of evil. Following the Devi Mahatmya text, she wields the mighty weapons lent to her by the assembly of male gods who singly could not defeat the demon.The worship of a mother goddess as the source of life and fertility has ancient roots, but the composition of the text Devi Mahatmya ("Glory of the Goddess") during the fifth to sixth century led to the dramatic transformation of the female principle into a great goddess of cosmic powers. Durga is the cosmic Magna Mater, and this popular iconic type encapsulates the struggle between the goddess and the demon Mahishasura, who symbolizes ignorance, disorder, chaos, and evil. Later textual sources generally refer to the subject as Mahishasuramardini, or 'killer of the buffalo demon'. She remains the most important and popular form of the great goddess known generically as Devi or Shakti.Literature comparison: Compare a related stone carving of Durga, dated to the late 9th century, Bihar, India, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2016.650. Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie's New York, 20 March 2012, lot 46 Price: USD 18,750 or approx. EUR 23,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A buff sandstone relief of Durga, India, Uttar Pradesh, 10th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related pose, attributes, and headdress. Note the size (42.5 cm).
Edwardian silver and mother of pearl handled four piece afternoon tea set, comprising bread trident, pickle fork, preserve spoon, and butter knife, each with foliate engraved detail to prongs, blade and bowl, hallmarked A J Bailey, Birmingham 1901Condition Report:General wear commensurate with age and use, including surface scratches and nicks.Hallmarks with some wear.
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF CHAKRASAMVARA AND VAJRAVARAHINepal, 17th-18th century. Chakrasamvara striding in alidhasana on two prostrate figures over a lotus base, dressed in a tiger skin and adorned with a garland of severed heads, holding a damaru and khatvanga in his primary hands and other attributes including the head of Brahma, trident, kartika, and kapala in the radiating hands. Vajravarahi with both legs wrapped around his waist and holding a kartika and kapala in her raised hands, dressed in a festooned belt and adorned with beaded jewelry. His hair pulled up into a high chignon adorned with sun and crescent moon symbols above the foliate crowns.Provenance: Old Viennese private collection, built over several generations between 1910 and 1975, thence by descent in the same family.Condition: Good condition with some wear, particularly to gilt, and minor casting flaws. Small nicks, losses and light scratches, some bending and dents, primarily to attributes. The base sealed with a double vajra plate.Weight: 915.1 gDimensions: Height 15.3 cmChakrasamvara's four heads are cast separately and inserted with an attachment tang at the bottom. (2)Chakrasamvara, embodying the most important transcendental ideals in Buddhist art, couples with Vajravarahi symbolizing a perfect union of wisdom and compassion. From Chakrasamvara's neck hangs a garland of severed heads strung on a length of human intestine and the hair of a corpse, signifying the purification of speech and the mental factors according to the Chittamatra or Mind-Only School as described by Asanga.Being so complex, only the best artists were fit to undertake the challenge of casting Chakrasamvara. The task most often fell to Newari master craftsmen from Nepal who produced such sculptures for domestic and Tibetan worship. The stylistic preferences of each of those two audiences are somewhat slight. But, while many contemporaneous Tibetan examples emphasize the ferociousness of Chakrasamvara's facial expressions, here instead, a benign intimacy is shared between the deities gazing into each other's eyes. This sentiment betrays a preference in Nepal for showing divine couples in harmony, as representatives of ideal matrimony.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie's New York, 13 September 2011, lot 356 Price: USD 20,000 or approx. EUR 24,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A gilt bronze figure of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, Nepal, 17th centuryExpert remark: Compare the similar benign expression, the two in embrace gazing into each other's eyes, as well as the beaded jewelry and high chignons. If the base is discounted on the present figure, this bronze is of similar height (12.7 cm). Note that Chakrasamvara has only one head, the figures are wearing skull crowns, and there is no lotus base.鎏金銅勝樂金剛像尼泊爾，十七至十八世紀。勝樂金剛勝四頭，十二臂，兩足，弓步。主尊頭戴五葉冠，上有太陽和新月符。主臂兩手分別持金剛杵和金剛鈴，擁抱明妃金剛亥母。其餘各手分別持不同的法器，如三叉戟、匕首、卡巴拉碗等。脖子上掛人首做成的項鍊，雙足奮力踩踏兩個魔鬼，威力無比。金剛亥母雙腿盤在勝樂金剛腰間，手持鋮刀和卡巴拉碗，穿著花飾腰帶，佩戴著珠飾。 來源：維也納私人老收藏，在1910 年與1975年期間，經過幾代人的共同努力建立，在同一家族保存至今。 品相：品相良好，有一些磨損，特別是鎏金和輕微的鑄造缺陷。小刻痕和輕微劃痕，一些彎曲和凹痕，主要是法器。底座密封，有雙金剛杵印密封。 重量：915.1 克 尺寸：高15.3 厘米 勝樂金剛的四首獨立鑄造，在底部插入連接柄。拍賣結果比較： 形制：非常相近 拍賣：紐約佳士得, 2011年9月13日, lot 356 價格：USD 20,000 （相當於今日EUR 24,000） 描述：17世紀尼泊爾鎏金銅勝樂金剛像 專家評論：比較相近的溫和神情，兩人擁抱在一起，凝視著對方的眼睛，還有串珠首飾和高高的髮髻。含底座的尺寸相近（12.7厘米）。請注意此尊勝樂金剛僅有一顆頭，頭戴頭骨皇冠，無蓮座。
UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-. Silver 10 pounds, 2021. Royal Mint. Proof. Fifth crowned head of Elizabeth II facing right; JC below; ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA · REGINA · F · D · 10 POUNDS · 2021. Design by Jody Clark. / Seated Britannia with lion, shield, and trident; BRITANNIA 2021 5OZ 999 FINE SILVER. Design by PJ Lynch. Edge milledIn secure plastic holder, graded NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO, certification number 6030105-001. NGC Census in this grade: 72, equal-finest graded.Total NGC Census: 90Mintage: 250.Diameter: 65 mm.Weight: 156.30 g. (ASW=5 oz.)Composition: 999.0/1000 Silver.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. No other fees, including live bidding. Delivery cost will be added to your order.
UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-. Silver 10 pounds, 2021. Royal Mint. Proof. Fifth crowned head of Elizabeth II facing right; JC below; ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA · REGINA · F · D · 10 POUNDS · 2021. Design by Jody Clark. / Seated Britannia with lion, shield, and trident; BRITANNIA 2021 5OZ 999 FINE SILVER. Design by PJ Lynch. Edge milledIn secure plastic holder, graded NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO, certification number 6030105-002. NGC Census in this grade: 72, equal-finest graded.Total NGC Census: 90Mintage: 250.Diameter: 65 mm.Weight: 156.30 g. (ASW=5 oz.)Composition: 999.0/1000 Silver.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. No other fees, including live bidding. Delivery cost will be added to your order.
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