Auction Highlights
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Etruscan Painted Terracotta Architectural Cornice
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
A fragment of amorphous form, decorated in relief with scrolling tendrils and anthemion, painted egg-and-dart ornament above, surmounted by moulded bands and a frieze of meander and chequerboard panels; remains of red and black painted pigment. -
Roman Bronze Eros Cradling Goose Applique
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Formed as the bust of Eros looking upwards, stub wings to his shoulders, holding a goose to his chest; conical socket above each wing; eyes with silver inserts; old collector's label '1994 51.75' to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand; likely a socket base. -
Roman Silver-Gilt Military Buckle for an Elite Imperial Officer
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
Comprising a rectangular plate, richly decorated with embossed laurel leaves in a grid, framed with raised bosses, the buckle loop comprising opposing dragons with open mouths, holding a spherical tongue-rest, another pair of smaller dragon heads to base, the tongue with a smaller pair of punch-decorated dragon heads. -
South Arabian Bronze Bowl with Mythical Animals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,850
Hemispherical in form, repoussé interior displaying graduated concentric registers of stylised and mythical animals within tessellating cartouches; a low relief mesomphalos decorated with rosette at centre; geometric ornament around the rim. -
Assyrian Bronze Relief Fragment
Sold for (Inc. bp): £16,900
Displaying a corrugated rim above and below; two advancing soldiers, each striding forwards over the headless body of a dead enemy, carrying a severed head in each hand; the soldiers shown bearded and each wearing a pointed and segmented helmet with a recess to accommodate the ears, a cuirass and thigh-length tunic, with a bow over one shoulder and a sword slung from a waist belt; mounted on a custom-made display stand. -
Bronze Age Gold Bracelet with Torc-Shaped Terminals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,440
Of penannular form with expanded sections at the centre and to both shoulders. -
'The Oving' Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Great Square-Headed Brooch
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Comprising a rectangular headplate with two panels of chip-carved Style I ornament, flanking a beast-head with triangular muzzle and two pellet eyes, raised three-sided frame and outer band of pellets above beast-heads with lentoid eyes; the shallow bow with raised median rib, flanges to the edges and punched pellet detailing; footplate with beast-head between curved pellet lines, pierced horse-head lappets, lozengiform central panel with knot of Style I limbs; two lateral discs, one pierced to accept a stud and the other with a domed stud in place; the finial a disc with human mask inverted; pin-lug and part of catch to the reverse. -
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Great Square-Headed Brooch
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
Displaying chased panels populated with Style I zoomorphs and geometric forms, borders of annulets, raised masks to the upper corners of the headplate; applied discoid boss to bow decorated with a rosette, addorsed beast heads below; extensive remains of gilding; pin lug and catchplate to reverse and remains of ancient repair, lower part absent. -
'The Tenby' Hiberno-Norse Viking Penannular Brooch
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
Comprising a round-section crescent with flared ends terminating in two curved spatulate flat panels, each with a ropework border surrounding a two-band knotwork motif; cleaned and conserved. -
Medieval Oil Painting of Sorrowful Virgin
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
The weeping Virgin with her head bowed to the left and hands raised to her chest on a dotted gilt background, an expression of pain on her delicately formed face; wearing a white veil and a black long-sleeved robe, the veil arranged as a headdress and covering her hair; on wood and mounted in a later carved wooden architectural frame. -
Medieval Stained Glass Panel With Saint Martin on Horseback
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Shown beneath an arcade, offering his cloak on the end of his sword to the beggar at his feet; polychrome detailing; repaired with lead cames and held in a wooden frame. -
Medieval Stained Glass Panel with The Virgin and Child
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Composed from irregular painted panels bearing mainly foliage designs and figural elements; Mary crowned and enthroned with infant Jesus on her knee, in a lobed vesica-shaped panel held with lead cames; mounted in a wooden frame with modern replacements. -
Medieval Stone Column Capital with Lion and Human Face
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Carved in the half-round with a frieze composed of interlaced foliage with two rows of acanthus leaves and foliage scrolls, framing a lion's head on one side and a human head on the other, remains of lion's mane to the third; drilled holes to the raised surfaces and sockets for the insertion of decorative stones. -
'The Kirkleavington' Medieval Bronze Inscribed Purse Frame
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
The bar with central D-shaped block pierced vertically by a stud surmounted by the suspension loop, with four pierced flanges to the underside; the frame in two sections, the larger a U-shaped rod with pivot for the bar, the smaller pivoting within the inner face, both pierced on the inner face; the block inscribed to one face with capital S and to the other with intersecting Vs; the bar inscribed to one face in capitals 'A DOMINI TECVM' and to the other in coarsely incised capitals 'AVEMARIA G[R]ACIAPLE[NA]'; the smaller rod inscribed in capitals 'CREATOREN CELI ET TERRE ET IN [IES]VN'; the larger inscribed with a band of scrolled decoration and the text in Lombardic capitals 'SOLI DEO HONOR ET GLORIA'; the accompanying letter discusses the texts (1) Ave Maria G[r]acia ple[n]a Dominus Tecum 'Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord [is] with thee'; (2) Soli Deo Honor et Gloria 'Honour and glory to God alone'; (3) Creatorem celi et terrae et inferum 'creator of heaven and earth and in Jesus'. The intersecting Vs may form a monogram for A[ve] M[aria]; the 1847 letter describes the findspot as 'found at Kirkleavington near Yarm in the sill of a brook' in the North Riding of Yorkshire. -
'The Roxwell' Medieval Gold Signet Ring of 'King's Serjeant William Skrene'
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,400
Gold hoop and discoid bezel with incuse ropework border; incuse image of a bird of prey perching with wings spread and head turned; blackletter incuse and reversed inscription in an arc above the bird's head and pinions '·al : for : ye : best ·' (all for the best); repair to hoop. -
Medieval Silver 'Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Rutland' Royal Hawking Vervel
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,750
Or a leg ring inscribed '+Earle of Rutland' in derivative black letter script, for a female merlin or sparrow hawk (due to the youth of Edmund Plantagenet who died aged 17); the ring with a convex interior face. -
Post Medieval Gold Memento Mori Ring with Inscribed Posy 'In God Alone Wee Two Are One'
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
Displaying large flower heads, foliage and a skull to the outer face, enhanced with black enamelling; interior inscribed in a cursive script 'In god alone wee two are one', together with possible maker's stamps 'D' and 'F' in two rectangular cartouches. -
Heavy Post Medieval Gold 'Love Is The Bond Of Pease' Posy Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Composed of a gently carinated hoop, the interior inscribed in cursive script 'Love is the bond of pease'. -
Post Medieval Gold 'Live Life to the Full' Decorated Posy Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
Composed of a decoratively notched hoop divided into chased rhomboidal panels displaying foliate tendrils and horizontal hatching alternately; the interior inscribed in Roman capitals with the Latin phrase: 'x x x x VIVE x VT x VIVAS'. -
English Milled Coins - George VI - 1937 - Cased RM Proof Coronation Gold Set [4]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700
Set comprising gold five pounds, two pounds, sovereign and half sovereign. Obvs: profile bust with GEORGIVS VI D G BR OMN REX F D IND IMP legends. Revs: St George and dragon; date in exergue; with original Royal Mint hinged red leatherette case of issue.
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Numismatic Books - Sear - Provincial Coinage Titles [2] 1988,1982 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
K. Butcher Roman Provincial Coins: An Introduction to the Greek Imperials, hardback with dustwrapper, 138 pp, line drawings, monochrome photographs; D.R. Sear Greek Imperial Coins and their Values, hardback with dustwrapper, 636 pp, monochrome photographs. 1.46 kg total, 22.5 x 14.5 cm each
Fair condition, Sear with a few loose plates. -
Numismatic Books - Mitchiner - Jetons Medalets and Tokens 1 - The Medieval Period and Nuremberg Published 1988 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Mitchiner, Michael, Jetons, Medalets & Tokens Volume 1 - The Medieval Period and Nuremberg, Seaby, 1988; hardback; profusely illustrated. 3.2 kg, 30.5 x 21.5 cm
Very good condition. Out of print.
Ex libris a Suffolk gentleman. -
Numismatic Books - Hill - The Undated Coins of Rome Published 1970 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Hill, Philip V., The Dating and Arrangement of the Undated Coins of Rome, Spink, 1970; hardback with dustwrapper; illustrated. 817 grams, 25.5 x 19 cm
Good condition; dustwrapper sunned.
Ex libris a Suffolk gentleman. -
Numismatic Books - Roman Imperial Coinage VIII - Family of Constantine I Published 1981 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Sutherland, C. H. V. and Carson, R. A. D., The Roman Imperial Coinage VIII - the Family of Constantine I AD 337-364, Spink, 1981; hardback; illustrated. 1.6 kg total, 25 x 16 cm
Very good condition; bump to front cover corner. The standard reference.
Ex libris a Suffolk gentleman. -
Numismatic Books - Roman Imperial Coinage VII - Constantine and Licinius Published 1966 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Sutherland, C. H. V. and Carson, R. A. D., The Roman Imperial Coinage VII - Constantine and Licinius AD 313-337, Spink, 1966; hardback; illustrated. 1.9 kg, 24.5 x 17 cm
Very good condition. The standard reference.
Ex libris a Suffolk gentleman. -
Numismatic Books - Roman Imperial Coinage I (Revised) - 31 BC to 69 AD Published 1984 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Sutherland, C. H. V. and Carson, R. A. G. (editors), The Roman Imperial Coinage from 31 BC to AD 69, volume I, Spink, 1984, revised edition; hardback with dustwrapper; illustrated. 995 grams, 24.5 x 16 cm
Near fine condition; dustwrapper lightly soiled. The standard reference.
Ex libris a Suffolk gentleman. -
Numismatic Books - SCBI 56 - J P Mass Collection - English Short Cross Coins Published 2001 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Mass, Jeffrey P., The J. P. Mass Collection of English Short Cross Coins 1180-12147, British Academy, 2001, Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles 56; hardback with dustwrapper; fully illustrated. 1.7 kg, 25.5 x 19.5 cm
Near fine condition. Out of print; a standard reference.
Ex libris a Suffolk gentleman. -
Numismatic Books - SCBI 39 - J J North Collection - Edwardian English Silver Coins Published 1989 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
North, J. J., The J. J. North Collection - Edwardian English Silver Coins 1279-1351, British Academy, 1989, Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles 39; hardback with dustwrapper; fully illustrated. 972 grams, 25.2 x 19.5 cm
Near fine condition. Out of print and a standard reference.
Ex libris a Suffolk gentleman. -
Numismatic Books - SCBI 7 - Ashmolean Museum - Anglo-Saxon Pennies Published 1967 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Thompson, J. D.A., Ashmolean Museum Oxford - Anglo-Saxon Pennies, BA, 1967, Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles 7; hardback with dustwrapper; fully illustrated. 826 grams, 25.5 x 19.5 cm
Good condition; dustwrapper lightly soiled.
Ex libris a Suffolk gentleman. -
Numismatic Books - Spink - British Colonial and Commonwealth Coins Published 1986 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
de Clermont, Andre P. and Wheeler, John, Spink's Catalogue of British Colonial and Commonwealth Coins, Spink, 1986; pictorial hardback; extensively illustrated. 1.3 kg, 24.5 x 19 cm
Near as new condition.
Ex libris a Suffolk gentleman. -
Numismatic Books - Sear - Greek Imperial Coins and Their Values Published 1997 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Sear, David R., Greek Imperial Coins and their Values, Seaby, reprinted 1979; hardback with dustwrapper; extensively illustrated. 1 kg, 22.3 x 14.5 cm
Fine condition; near as new. A useful reference and introduction to the series.
Ex libris a Suffolk gentleman. -
Numismatic Books - Sear - Roman Coins and Their Values 1 Published 2000 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Sear, David R., Roman Coins and Their Values I - 280 BC - AD 96, Spink, 2000; hardback with dustwrapper; illustrated. 1 kg, 22 x 14 cm
Very good condition; dustwrapper lightly worn.
Ex libris a Suffolk gentleman.