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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
Auction Highlights:
.jpg "Roman Bronze Eros Cradling Goose Applique")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
.jpg "Assyrian Bronze Relief Fragment")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
.jpg "The Tenby Hiberno-Norse Viking Penannular Brooch")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
![English Milled Coins - George VI - 1937 - Cased RM Proof Coronation Gold Set [4]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/203351-s(2).jpg "English Milled Coins - George VI - 1937 - Cased RM Proof Coronation Gold Set [4]")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Obv: profile bust with RECTOR RE-IP RHACVSIN legend. Rev: crowned ornate arms with DVCAT SEM REIP RHAG legend and date. 27.21 grams.
Near very fine; adjustment marks to reverse.
Ex David Harthill collection, UK (with ticket).
Near very fine; adjustment marks to reverse.
Ex David Harthill collection, UK (with ticket).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Obv: crowned monogram dividing date within wreath. Rev: crowned double-headed eagle with arms on breast dividing E - M with inscription on ribbon below. 51.24 grams.
Near extremely fine.
Ex Katz Auction 46, lot 2316 (with ticket). Acquired Spink USA. Property of a Kent gentleman.
Near extremely fine.
Ex Katz Auction 46, lot 2316 (with ticket). Acquired Spink USA. Property of a Kent gentleman.
Obv: profile bust with inscriptions. Rev: fire altar with attendants and inscriptions. 4.10 grams.
Extremely fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer (with a ticket).
Extremely fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer (with a ticket).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Palermo mint. Obv: interlaced design with pellets and blundered legend. Rev: interlaced design with pellets and blundered legend. 0.98 grams.
Good very fine.
Ex David Harthill collection, UK (with ticket).
Good very fine.
Ex David Harthill collection, UK (with ticket).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Madrid mint. Obv: profile bust with date below and FERDIN VII DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: crowned arms dividing R / crowned M - 8 / G J with HISPANIARUM REX legend. 26.62 grams.
Good very fine.
Acquired Spink USA. Property of a Kent gentleman.
Good very fine.
Acquired Spink USA. Property of a Kent gentleman.
.jpg "World Coins - Switzerland - 1911 B - Gold 20 Francs")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Bern mint. Obv: profile bust with HELVETIA legend. Rev: arms dividing 20 - FR with date below and small 'B' mintmark to right. 6.45 grams.
Extremely fine.
Property of R W M collector.
Extremely fine.
Property of R W M collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
With 'reef knot' loop and ring and silk ribbon. Obv: 25mm diameter hand enamelled central disc depicting the radiant standing lion guardant holding shamshir sword with red and green border set against the radiant four-pointed star backing. Rev: shaped with fixed suspension loop; with original blue hinged case of issue with crowned radiant lion emblem to upper lid and printed 'ARTHUS BERTRAND / PARIS' in two lines to inner silk lining of lid. 141 grams total, box 7.5 x 14 cm.
Extremely fine. Rare.
Acquired by the vendors father on the UK art market, before 1990.
The Order of Homayoun is also known as the Order of the August and was founded in 1939 to replace the earlier Order of the Lion and Sun (instituted 1808); the Order was issued in five degrees with the 5th class being designated Knight of the Order.
Extremely fine. Rare.
Acquired by the vendors father on the UK art market, before 1990.
The Order of Homayoun is also known as the Order of the August and was founded in 1939 to replace the earlier Order of the Lion and Sun (instituted 1808); the Order was issued in five degrees with the 5th class being designated Knight of the Order.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Obv: facing bearded head with gibberish legend. Rev: heraldic arms quartered with four annulets, a sword, three chevrons and diagonally striped. 10.15 grams, 26mm.
Very fine. This type and module not listed by Mernick; rare.
Acquired M J Bowman Auctions, lot 81. Property of a Kent gentleman.
William Smith and Charles Eaton created fantasy antiquities supposedly found in the river Thames silts, especially during the construction of the new docks at Shadwell. Using chalk moulds the cast a wide variety of medallions, pendants and other objects in a lead alloy or lateen (a crude brass alloy) which were treated with chemicals to give them a realistic patination. They typically depict bearded heads or armoured figures in combination with unintelligible inscriptions using letters of a characteristic form. When they first started to appear, they were widely accepted as genuine and it took some while before they were finally condemned as fantasises.
Very fine. This type and module not listed by Mernick; rare.
Acquired M J Bowman Auctions, lot 81. Property of a Kent gentleman.
William Smith and Charles Eaton created fantasy antiquities supposedly found in the river Thames silts, especially during the construction of the new docks at Shadwell. Using chalk moulds the cast a wide variety of medallions, pendants and other objects in a lead alloy or lateen (a crude brass alloy) which were treated with chemicals to give them a realistic patination. They typically depict bearded heads or armoured figures in combination with unintelligible inscriptions using letters of a characteristic form. When they first started to appear, they were widely accepted as genuine and it took some while before they were finally condemned as fantasises.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Silver medallion by Loewenstark & Sons, London. Obv: profile bust with Hebrew legend and date. Rev: A / UNIVERSAL / TRIBUTE / OF / RESPECT & ESTEEM / TO / SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE / BART / PHILANTHROPIST / FROM HIS / ADMIRERS & FRIENDS / CENTENARY / 27TH OCTOBER 1884 in 13 lines with HOLY LAND EGYPT DAMASCUS CONSTANTINOPLE RUSSIA POLAND ROME MOROCCO ROUMANIA legend. 33.02 grams, 41mm.
Near as struck; brilliant and richly toned. Rare.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Near as struck; brilliant and richly toned. Rare.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
![Ancient Greek Coins - Mixed AE Units and Fractions Group [13]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/196336-s(1).jpg "Ancient Greek Coins - Mixed AE Units and Fractions Group [13]")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Group comprising: mixed issues and types. 61 grams total.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a South London gentleman.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a South London gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Obv: head of Apollo facing. Rev: TE monogram in incuse square. 0.19 grams.
Very fine.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
Very fine.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
![Ancient Greek Coins - Egypt - Ptolemy - Eagle Bronzes [3]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/203601-s.jpg "Ancient Greek Coins - Egypt - Ptolemy - Eagle Bronzes [3]")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Group comprising; mixed issues; eagle and double eagle reverses. 185 grams total.
Near very fine.
Acquired Canterbury Auction Galleries, 2022. Property of a Kent gentleman.
Near very fine.
Acquired Canterbury Auction Galleries, 2022. Property of a Kent gentleman.
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