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Natural History - Large Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth Plate
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Comprising fourteen teeth, one with only a tip visible, and various jaw fragments set on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 9.75 kg, 47.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young. -
Natural History - Fossil Cave Bear Lower Jaw
Late Pleistocene Period, circa 40,000-20,000 years B.P.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Comprising the right side of Ursus spelaeus lower jaw with three molars and canine (repaired). 304 grams, 20.5 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman formed since 2003.
The cave bear was a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia, and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum. -
Natural History - Woolly Rhinoceros Jaw
Devensian Period, circa 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
A well-preserved lower jaw section from Coelodonta antiquitatis with four molars. 3 kg, 52 cm
From the Northamptonshire, UK, collection of J. Shaul. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
The form of the woolly rhino’s skull and teeth had evolved to support its grazing lifestyle with its head dipped downwards towards the ground, even in its relaxed attitude. The skull is unusual in having both an extensively ossified nasal septum, probably evolved as a result of the heavy pressure on the horn and face when grazing, and a down-turned anterior region on the premaxilla that contacts the edge of the upper jaw. The shoulders were raised with a powerful hump, used to support the animal's massive front horn and also used for storing fat. -
Ancient Roman Provincial Coins - Otho - Kratesis Billon AR Tetradrachm 69 A.D.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Alexandria mint. Alexandria. Obv: AYTOK MARK OQWNOS KAIS SEB, laureate head right, LA before. Rev: KRATHSIS, Kratesis standing left holding Nike and trophy. 9.19 grams, 25 mm.
Fine.
Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Quintillus - Laetitia AE Antoninianus 270 A.D.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev: LAETITIA AVG, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and anchor on globe, XII in exergue. 2.65 grams, 21 mm.
Very fine.
Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. -
Ancient Roman Provincial Coins - Probus - Temple AE Antoninianus 276-282 A.D.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Rome mint. Obv: PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, mantled bust left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre. Rev: ROMAE AETER, Roma seated in temple, holding Victory and sceptre. Mintmark R thunderbolt Delta. 3.33 grams, 22 mm.
Extremely fine.
Property of a North London gentleman. -
World Coins - Islamic - Arab-Sassanian - Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad - AR Dirham 673-683 A.D.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Obv: profile bust with inscription in margin. Rev: fire altar and attendants. 4.15 grams, 30 mm.
Extremely fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
World Coins - Islamic - Arab-Sassanian - Al Muhallab ibn Abi Sufrah - AR Dirham 632-702 A.D.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Obv: profile bust with inscription in margin. Rev: fire altar and attendants. 3.99 grams, 30 mm.
Extremely fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
World Coins - Islamic - Arab-Sassanian - Al Muhallab ibn Abi Sufrah - AR Dirham 632-702 A.D.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bishapur mint. Obv: profile bust with inscription in margin. Rev: fire altar and attendants. 4.19 grams, 32 mm.
Extremely fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Parthian Dynasty - Sinatrukes - AR Drachm 95-68 B.C.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Obv: diademed bust left, wearing tiara. Rev: archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow, BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛoY APΣAKoY ΘEoΠATPoY NIKAToPoΣ. 4.06 grams, 19 mm.
Very fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Lucius Verus - Paduan AE Sestertius 19th century A.D.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Cast copy imitating: 'Rome mint, 163-164 A.D.' Obv: L AVREL VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS, laureate head right. Rev: REX ARMENIIS DATVS IMP II TR P IIII COS II S-C, Verus seated left on platform; behind him two soldiers; in front, officer standing right, holding rod; below, Sohaemus raising right hand to his head. 24.43 grams, 33 mm.
About very fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
World Coins - Islamic - Umayyad Caliphate - AR Dirham Group [5] c.635-735 A.D.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Comprising mixed issues with obvs: inscription in three lines with legend around. Revs: inscription in four lines with legend around. 14.40 grams total, 25-27 mm.
Good fine-extremely fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.