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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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.jpg "Egyptian Granite Head of a Dignitary")
.jpg "Roman Marble Portrait of a Boy as Worshipper of Isis")
.jpg "Larger Than Life-Size Roman Bronze Sandaled Foot")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800
.jpg "Byzantine Porphyry Relief with Cross Surrounded by Two Birds")
.jpg "Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull")
.jpg "Natural History - British Woolly Mammoth or Rhinoceros Hip Bone")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Fragment of the pelvis with socket; drilled and provided with a rod for mounting. 1.78 kg, 27 cm
From the North Sea bed.
Ex Gemini Trading, UK.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Accompanied by an old identification tag.
From the North Sea bed.
Ex Gemini Trading, UK.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Accompanied by an old identification tag.
![Natural History - Large Dravite Tourmaline Crystal Specimen Group [10]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/211437-s.jpg "Natural History - Large Dravite Tourmaline Crystal Specimen Group [10]")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising variously sized prismatic crystals in mica. 1.03 kg total, 40-68 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
.jpg "Natural History - Historic Owl on a Motorbike Agate in Amethyst Crystal Specimen")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Cut and polished slice with amethyst encrusted edges, the agate banding forming an attractive feature resembling 'an owl riding a motorcycle', collection number 358. 69 grams, 10.1 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Displaying excellent striated faces giving a mirror type effect, collection number 382. 231 grams, 81 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
.jpg "Celtic Gaul. Nervii(?) AV Stater.")
Extremely Rare Denomination
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Crossed Lines with Lyre type. Branched abstract pattern of chisel marks / Horse to left with rider above, lyre below. ABC 10; SCBC 4; LT.8694; DT.90-93; Van Arsdell 33. 7.65gr, 18mm
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Sudbury, Suffolk, UK, by Kevin Stimpson in 2017.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Sudbury, Suffolk, UK, by Kevin Stimpson in 2017.
.jpg "Northeast Gaul. The Ambiani AV Quarter Stater.")
Excessively Rare Quarter Stater of Ambiani
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Imported coinage. Gallo-Belgic Aa2, class 1b. Right facing type with bird. Flamboyant stylised laureate head of Apollo to right, wreath enlarged into an elaborate head decoration / Celticised horse to right, stylised charioteer above, bird below. SCBC 6; Sills 271; ABC 28; DT 559a; LT 7879; CCI 01.1445. 1.77gr, 15mm, 1h
Good Very Fine. Well-centered on large flan. Excessively rare right facing example with this control.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Walton, Essex, UK, in 1997, by Paul Sheedy.
Good Very Fine. Well-centered on large flan. Excessively rare right facing example with this control.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Walton, Essex, UK, in 1997, by Paul Sheedy.
.jpg "Celtic Britain. Belgae(?) AV Stater.")
Chute (Durotrigan A/British B) type. Wreath pattern with crescents / Disjointed horse to left; above tail, elongated pellet within elliptical ornament, row of pellets. ABC 746; SCBC 22; Van Arsdell 1205-7 (Durotriges). 5.87gr, 18mm, 10h
Very Fine. Yellow gold.
Acquired on the UK art market; From the private collection of Mr G.B., Hampshire, UK.
Very Fine. Yellow gold.
Acquired on the UK art market; From the private collection of Mr G.B., Hampshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
CUNOBELINI, laureate head to left / TASCIOVANI, centaur to right, blowing horn. ABC 2957; SCBC 336; Van Arsdell 2089. 1.89gr, 14mm, 6h
Near Fine.
Found Hertfordshire, UK.
Near Fine.
Found Hertfordshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £806
Kite Type. Devolved head of Apollo to right, consisting of wreath and crescents; [wheel] before / Lunate horse to left, kite above, four-armed spiral(?) and three pellets beneath horse's belly, three pellets beneath horse's tail, four-spoked wheel before. Cf. ABC 1761; cf. Van Arsdell 825.1; cf. SCBC 392. 5.29gr, 17mm, 11h
Good Very Fine. Lustrous.
Found Yorkshire, UK; From a private Durham, UK, collection.
Good Very Fine. Lustrous.
Found Yorkshire, UK; From a private Durham, UK, collection.
Fine Specimen of an Extremely Rare Variant
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Anted Rig (Dobunnic D) type. Dobunnic emblem of tree with pellet at base / ANTEΘ-[R]I-C-OV, stylised triple-tailed horse to right; cross and crescent between pellets above, cross above six-spoked wheel and pellet below, cross and pellet beneath horse's head, three pellets beneath tail. Cf. ABC 2066 note (only one other of this type known); Van Arsdell 1069-1 var. (ANTED); BMC 3023-27 var. (same); SCBC 379 var. (same). 5.44gr, 19mm, 10h
Good Extremely Fine. Well-centered with sharp details. Extremely rare variant.
Found in Bishton, near Newport, Gwent, South Wales, UK, in 2024; Accompanied by copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report after recording with Cardiff Museum, with reference no. NMGW-A082DB; This coin is described by PAS as a 'find of note and has been designated: County / local importance.'
Good Extremely Fine. Well-centered with sharp details. Extremely rare variant.
Found in Bishton, near Newport, Gwent, South Wales, UK, in 2024; Accompanied by copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report after recording with Cardiff Museum, with reference no. NMGW-A082DB; This coin is described by PAS as a 'find of note and has been designated: County / local importance.'
Profile moon head (type B) to right, pelleted crescents for hair, large boss on chin, stalk lips / Celtic triple-tailed annulate horse to left with annulets and symbols around; 'flower' symbol below, stylised bird's head above, three pellets in field. ABC 2015; Van Arsdell 1042; BMC 2953-62; SCBC 377. 1.07gr, 15mm, 10h
Very Fine. Struck in good silver on a large flan.
Property of a Wiltshire, UK, collector.
Very Fine. Struck in good silver on a large flan.
Property of a Wiltshire, UK, collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Icenian G type. Two outline crescents back-to-back, two pellets between, on a central band set on vertical wreath / Celticised horse prancing to right, with grain ear mane; two pellets beneath tail, pelletal sun above, reversed S before; below, pellet triad, line of three horizontal pellets and monogram of ANTD. Van Arsdell 715-1; ABC 1645; BMC 3960-4009. 0.67gr, 12mm
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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