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Click here to subscribeBEECH CIRCULAR COFFEE TABLE WITH INCISED ARCH AND FOLIATE DESIGN TO TOP, ON FOUR ORNATE TURNED BALUSTER LEGS WITH STRETCHERS (H: 47 cm, DIA: 76.5 cm) TOGETHER WITH AN OBLONG BEECH OCCASIONAL TABLE ON ELONGATED TURNED LEGS WITH STRETCHERS (H: 59.5 cm, L: 59.5 cm) AND A REGENCY STYLE MAHOGANY WINE TABLE ON TRIPOD FEET (H: 52 cm, DIA: 30 cm [3]
A Pretty 19th Century Inlaid Maple Tripod Table. The circular top ornamented with a thistle, rose and shamrock in a banded trefoil with fleur de lis between the lobes, a crowned motif to the centre and a scalloped underedge. The centre column inlaid with fluting above a carved & stained bulb of crested leaves and tripod base adorned with anthemions and bell-flowers, 27½ ins (70 cms) high, 17½ ins (44.5 cms) in diameter.
A Fine Quality 19th Century Tilt-top Tripod Table. The rosewood near square top with canted corners above a carved mahogany base. The triple column cluster ornamented with reeds rising from the base above an ornate carved collar and out-swept legs terminating on claw feet & brass castors, 28¾ ins (73 cms) high, 24 ins (60 cms) wide.
A Small Cast Iron Pedestal Table and Two Stools: The table having a circular top clad in embossed brass on a stop fluted centre column above entwined serpents and a tripod base painted black, 29 ins (74 cms) high, 23½ ins (60 cms) in diameter. The stools with round padded seats on centre columns and four out-swept paw feet, 17½ ins (44.5 cms) high.
A Specimen Marble Topped Tripod Table. The round top inlaid with a compass star to the centre and irregular stone specimens of a black ground around the border, resting on a 19th century ebonised base having a wrythen reeded baluster columns above shaped silhouette cut legs terminating on small bun feet, 25½ ins (65 cms) high, 23 ins (58.5 cms) in diameter.
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AR Tetradrachm. Circa 155-145 BC. Stephanophoric type. Erasippos, son of Aristeos, magistrate. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, left elbow resting on tall tripod behind, holding in right hand a branch tied with fillet; EPAΣIΠΠOΣ APIΣTEOY to left, MAΓNHTΩN to right, meander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Jones obv. die 32; SNG von Aulock 2042; SNG Copenhagen –. 16.62g, 35mm, 1h. Extremely Fine.
Kingdom of Pontos and Cimmerian Bosporos, Pharnakes II AV Stater. Pantikapaion, 53/52 BC. Diademed bust of Pharnakes right, with luxuriant hair falling behind neck / Apollo, semi-draped, seated to left on lion-footed throne, holding laurel branch over tripod, left elbow resting on kithara at his side; BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN above, MEΓAΛOY ΦAPNAKOY below, date ΣMΣ to right, three pellets to left. K.V. Golenko and J.P. Karyszkowski, 'The Gold Coinage of King Pharnaces of the Bosporus,' in Numismatic Chronicle 1972, p. 38, fig. 3 (same dies); MacDonald 185/3; HGC 7, 198. 8.25g, 20mm, 12h. Minor die break on reverse, otherwise Mint State. Extremely Rare – the second known specimen. The three pellets symbol depicted on the reverse of this rare coin is known on Sasanian coins where it held great significance as an old Iranian sacral symbol of power (cf. Ardashir I, SNS I Type IV/3a). Such pellets apparently with the same meaning, and are also found on the debased late staters of the Sarmatian king Thothorses of the Bosporos (cf. MacDonald 647/1). Born the youngest son of Mithradates VI, he nonetheless became the sole heir after the deaths of his brothers Arkathios and Machares – the former died while on campaign in Macedonia in 86, the latter committed suicide after rebelling against Mithradates. After his father's final defeat and escape to Pantikapaion, Pharnakes had no desire to support his father's continued wish to wage war with the Romans. He therefore began a plot to remove Mithradates from power. Though his plans were discovered, the army supported him, not wishing to engage Pompey and the Roman armies again. So in 63 BC, surrounded, Mithradates VI was forced to take his own life. Pharnakes II quickly sent an embassy to Pompey with the body of his father, to be at the disposal of Pompey. Pompey granted Pharnakes the Bosporan Kingdom, and named him friend and ally of Rome. Like his father, he could not resist taking advantage of the war between Caesar and Pompey, thinking Rome to be too distracted to prevent his conquests of Colchis and Lesser Armenia. He defeated Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus and a Roman army, and proceeded to overrun Pontos. Caesar however made haste to give battle himself, and at Zela in 47 BC Pharnakes was routed, escaping with only a small detachment of cavalry. Thus, this parricide would-be 'Great King of Kings' was soundly defeated by the might of Rome in the person of Julius Caesar, who reported this victory to the Senate with the famous phrase: 'veni, vidi, vici' (Plutarch, Caesar. 50; Suetonius, Iulius Caesar, 37).
Vitellius AV Aureus. Rome, August - December AD 69. A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head right / XV VIR SACR FAC, tripod lebes with dolphin above and raven standing right below. BMC 38; BN 75; C. 110; RIC 108; Biaggi 288; Calicó 585. 7.26g, 19mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Very Rare. Lustrous, beautifully struck and possessing a superb portrait. Easily among the finest surviving aurei of Vitellius. Emperor for only eight months, Vitellius was the third to take the purple during the Year of the Four Emperors in AD 69. Consul in 48 and Proconsul of Africa in 60/61, Vitellius commanded the army of Germania Inferior in 68, where he made himself extremely popular with the officers and soldiery through lavish extravagance and lax discipline. It was because of two of his legion commanders on the Rhine that he was acclaimed emperor by the legions in Germania, and they were soon joined by the armies of Britannia, Gaul and Raetia. With Otho’s suicide, Vitellius gained the throne without the need for excessive bloodshed. His short lived reign was characterised by excessive feasting, gambling and indolence. Suetonius records some of the greater outrages which led to his being deserted in favour of Vespasian: ‘Acting more and more in open violation of all laws, both divine and human, he assumed the office of Pontifex Maximus, upon the day of the defeat at the Allia; ordered the magistrates to be elected for ten years of office; and made himself consul for life.’ The reverse of this coin makes reference to Vitellius’s membership of one of the four priestly colleges, the Quindecimviri Sacris Faciundis (the other three being the Pontifices, Augures, and the Epulones), and so also his new self-appointed position as Pontifex Maximus. The raven refers to the college of Augures who interpreted the will of the gods through the study of the flight of birds. The tripod lebes can be linked with the college of Epulones, which arranged the religious feasts and festivals. The dolphin holds several symbolic meanings including that of messenger, protector and guide, and can be associated directly with various gods including Neptune, but when viewed as a symbol for protection and guidance, is associated with the college of Quindecimviri Sacris Faciundis. Members of this college were responsible for keeping the Sybilline Books in safety and secrecy. At the command of the Senate, they consulted the Books in order to discover not exact predictions of definite future events in the form of prophecy, but the religious observances necessary to avert extraordinary calamities and to expiate ominous prodigies (comets and earthquakes, showers of stones, plague, and suchlike).
A George III style twin pillar mahogany dining table late 20th century, the pull-out extending top with two additional leaves, on gun barrel columns to tripod cabriole style supports with brass casters, 45in. (114cm.) wide, extending from 71in. (180cm.) to 107.5in. (213cm.) long, 29in. (73.5cm.) high.
A George III mahogany drum rent table of small proportions, the circular top with inset faux-leather and three frieze drawers with later handles and boxwood inlaid lettering, on a turned column to swept tripod supports with pad feet and brass casters, 28.5in. (72.5cm.) diameter, 30in. (76cm.) high.
A George III mahogany tilt-top tripod table, circa 1770, the shaped top with a pie crust edge, supported on a bird-cage mechanism with four turned column supports, raised on a turned column with fluted and reeded moulding, standing on three cabriole legs with later carving to knees, 70cm high, 61cm in diameter
A 19th century mahogany tripod table, 53 cm diameter, two low tables, an armchair, and an oak cabinet with drawers (5) Condition report Report by GH The top is chipped, scratched and gouged with dark (possibly burn) marks etc. The underside of the top, the brass mechanism is present and working, although a little stiff. Cracks to the bottom of the column. One of the tripod feet has been broken off towards the end and has been reglued in two places. General wear and tear to feet.
A Vizagapatam miniature tabletop chess table, on a carved tripod base, 19 cm square, with a natural and stained ivory chess set See inside back cover colour illustration Condition report Report by GH Top surface generally good, with some very slight separation of chequer board pieces. Some light cracking to ivory border. One of the decorative nipples is off, but present. Also one nipple entirely missing from the frieze, and two broken in half. Tripod support - slightly wobbly where it connects to the table, and evidence of possible repairs with glue residue visible on to the three legs where they connect to the column. Overall presents very well. Associated pieces in very good condition with one pawn missing its finial, otherwise no apparent damage or restoration. One piece of pierced ivory decoration also missing from the lid of the box.
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