Carved in the half-round in three-quarter view, youthful male head with stern features, hair gathered in a browband, horns to the brow; from a frieze or relief; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Carved in the round with thick wreath of laurel leaves to the brow, short tousled hair, stern face with thick jaw; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Standing contrapposto with his weight on his right leg and the left leg brought slightly forward; the musculature of the torso displaying well-defined pectoral muscles, prominent abdominal muscles and wide shoulders, the back with equally toned musculature and well-formed rounded buttocks; the veining of the marble accentuating the idealised anatomy; the now-absent head was most probably turned towards the supporting leg and the left arm would have been raised; mounted on a custom-made display stand.

A high-status green chalcedony seal with frieze depicting a seated figure in horned headdress facing a standing figure with arms outstretched, small monkey to the legs; six columns of Akkadian cuneiform text transliterated as: 1. ki-di-nu UGULA KUŠ-MEŠ 2. GAL šà tan-dru-hu- 3. ra-te-er EŠŠANA šu-ši 4. u an-za-an ARAD 5. šà dha-te-ri-iš 6. šak(?) ì-lí-šu 'Kidinu, chief overseer of the equerries(?) of Tan-Ruhurater, King of Susa and Anzan, servant of Haterishshak, his god'. The seal's owner was an official of King Tan-Ruhurater II (circa 1450 B.C.), king of Susa and Anzan. The title used to describe Kidinu is sometimes translated 'high official', elsewhere 'horse groom' or 'animal trainer'; the Elamite deity Haterish is otherwise unknown.

A substantial torch bearer depicting a male lion or panther standing with legs firmly planted on a rectangular base, tail extending to the ground, with a massive circular shaped armature or candelabra issuing from its back and wearing an elaborate muzzle, the eyes retaining shell inlay with a circular hollow for the pupils; to the right of the beast a kneeling nude male wearing a large belt-armour and a diadem, eyes inlaid, left hand extended to the side and holding the lion's leash.

Catalogues clothbound in single library binding nos 143 (27/5/1968), 144 (22/7/1968), 145 (4/11/1968), 146 (no date), 147 (5/5/1969), 148 (21/7/1969). 1.38 kg, 29.7 x 21.5 cm



Property of an Essex gentleman.

Seaby, King et al. (revised Sear et al.) - 1. The Republic to Augustus; 2. Tiberius to Commodus; 3. Pertinax to Balbinus & Pupienus; 4. Gordian III to Postumus; 5. Carausius to Romulus Augustus - each hardback with dustwrapper. 2.18 kg total, 22.3 x 14.5 cm each



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Roma Numismatics - Sale XXI, 24/25 March 2021 - card covers, 390pp; Roma Numismatics - Sale XXII, 7/8 October 2021 - card covers, 380pp; Triton - Sale XV, 3 January 2012 - hardback, 414 pp; CNG - Auction 124, 19/20 September 2023 - card covers, 287 pp; Nomos - Auction 3, 10 May 2011 - card covers, 119 pp; Kricheldorf - Auktion 49, 18/19 February 2017 - hardback, 416 pp; Dr Busso Peuf - Auktion 407, 7 November 2012 - hardback, 175 pp; Nummorum Auctiones - 11, 5th June 1998 - card covers, 29 pp; Classical Numismatic - 4 January, 2012 - card covers, 55 pp; Myntauktioner i Sverige - Auction 32, 28 April 2019 - card covers, 60 pp; World Coins 2004 - card covers, 2224 pp; Martin Price et al. - Essays in Honour of Robert Carson and Kenneth Jenkins - London, 1993, hardback with dustwrapper, 296 pp, 48 plates. 14.15 kg total, 27.5 x 21 - 30 x 21 cm



Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Kienast, Gunter W., Goetz II, A Supplement to the Medals of Karl Goetz, Cleveland, 1986; hardback, cloth covers, 95 pp and 62 monochrome plates; appendices, index; signed by the author on the title page. 960 grams, 28.8 x 22.5 cm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Kent lady collector.

David Sear - Volume 1: Europe - London, 1978; Volume 2 - Asia & Africa - London, 1979, 762 pp (both volumes); London, 1982, 636 pp, each hardback with dustwrapper.; two slightly water damaged. 2.7 kg total, 22.5 x 14.5 cm



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Kienast, Gunter W., The Medals of Karl Goetz, Cleveland, 1967; hardback, cloth covers, 118 pp and 156 monochrome plates; appendices, index. 1.33 kg, 28.8 x 22.5 cm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Kent lady collector.

Jean Vaillant - Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum Praestantiora A Julio Caesare ad Postumum et Tyrannos - Paris, 1694, modern library binding with 'Numismata' to spine, 256 pp, impressed engravings. 592 grams, 22 x 17.5 cm



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Martin Pryce & Nancy Waggoner - London, 1975, hardback with dustwrapper, 143 pp, 32 plates. 715 grams, 25.3 x 19 cm



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Augustus Spijkerman - Studii Biblici Franciscani Collectio Maior 25 - Jerusalem, 1978, hardback with dustwrapper, 322 pp, 83 plates 1.43 kg, 27.5 x 22 cm



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John W. Mussell - The Banknote Yearbook (6th Edition) - 2009, hardback, 512 pp, colour images; Standard Catalogue of British Coins - Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy) Pre-decimal Issues - 2nd edition, 2002, 219 pp, monochrome images; O.D. Cresswell - Chinese Cash - 1970, card covers, 66 pp, 19 plates with line drawings, Chinese characters and marks. 1.94 kg total, 21.6 x 14 - 25 x 17.5 cm



Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman.

Ewald Junge - World Coin Encyclopaedia - London, 1984, hardback with dustwrapper, 197 pp; Elvira & Vladimir Clain-Stefani - The Beauty & Lore of Coins, Currency and Medals - New York, 1974, hardback, 56 pp; Dr. James Mackay = The World Encyclopaedia of Coins & Coin Collecting - London, 2017, hardback with dustwrapper, 256 pp; Fred Renfield - Catalogue of the World's Most Popular Coins - New York, 2009 edition, card covers, 416 pp; J.R.S. Whiting - Trade Tokens: A Social and Economic History - Newton Abbot, 1971, hardback with dustwrapper, 192 pp; C.H.V. Sutherland - Art in Coinage - London, 1955, hardback with dustwrapper, 223 pp; New Netherlands Coin Company - Eighteenth Catalogue United States Gold, Silver & Copper Sale - 1944, hardback with dustwrapper, 38 pp. 5.6 kg total, 22 x 14.5 - 28.5 x 22 cm



Property of a European gentleman.

Ya'akov Meshorer (trans. I. Levine) - Tel Aviv, 1967, hardback with dustwrapper, 184 pp, 32 plates. 966 grams, 27 x 21 cm



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