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  • Egyptian Granite Head of a Dignitary
    Egyptian Granite Head of a Dignitary

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £28,600

    Carved with soft facial features and carefully executed cosmetic lines around the eye, earring, and carefully detailed duplex wig with gently wavy curls; likely from the Ramesside Period; mounted on a custom-made stand.





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  • Etruscan Bronze Statuette of Herakles
    Etruscan Bronze Statuette of Herakles

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £18,200

    Modelled in the round with a muscular nude body, his club resting on his shoulder and the hair dressed in rows of tight, close-set curls underneath the Nemean lionskin hood with cloak billowing over his left arm, the paws tied across his chest; mounted on a custom-made display stand.





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  • Roman Marble Portrait of a Boy as Worshipper of Isis
    Roman Marble Portrait of a Boy as Worshipper of Isis

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £17,550

    Carved head of a prepubescent worshipper of Isis, with soft facial features, long nose, small downturned mouth, heavy-lidded eyes, the whole giving the face a sombre or mournful appearance; the hair textured to indicate a short cut and combed forward across the scalp, sidelock above the right ear; mounted on a 16th century carved breccia upper body with leather cuirass and pteruges to right shoulder, cloak draped across the shoulders and fastened at the clavicle on the right side with a disc-brooch; socle base; some restoration.





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  • Larger Than Life-Size Roman Bronze Sandaled Foot
    Larger Than Life-Size Roman Bronze Sandaled Foot

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £39,000

    Modelled in the round and originally part of a monumental statue, the naturalistic right foot encased in a trochades leather sandal with median reversed tongue secured with side straps and thick looped laces; the thick platform sole slightly curved, toes and nails well defined; mounted on a substantial custom-made display stand.





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  • Life-Size Roman Marble Sleeping Girl from a Sarcophagus Lid
    Life-Size Roman Marble Sleeping Girl from a Sarcophagus Lid

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800

    Modelled in the half-round, nude with eyelids half-closed in sleep; a drapery partly covering the head and wrapping around the lower body under the hips; the hairstyle similar to those of the Antonine Dynasty, the peaceful face supported by the hands and the ear pierced to accept an earring; iron reinforcing rod to the feet and the right arm's armilla a later replacement; upper head restored in Parian marble.





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  • Byzantine Porphyry Relief with Cross Surrounded by Two Birds
    Byzantine Porphyry Relief with Cross Surrounded by Two Birds

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £28,600

    An imposing panel divided to four sections by a central cross on a stepped pedestal, the lower and upper arm with branch-like extensions; the upper quadrants with a circlet surrounding a palm tree-shaped motif; each lower quadrant with a bird in profile facing back; mounted on a custom-made display stand.





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  • Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull
    Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £16,900

    Carved skull on a short neck with musculature and blood vessels; mandible in place with some teeth in sockets, wisps of hair adhering to the dome of the skull; one zygomatic bone partly absent; square-section socle base.





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  • The Kelton Gandharan Head of a Bodhisattva
    'The Kelton' Gandharan Head of a Bodhisattva

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £24,700

    Carved in the half-round head of a Bodhisattva (probably Maitreya) with fine detailing to the arched brow, aquiline nose, neat moustache and full lips; the eyes heavily lidded, urna to the forehead, long open lobes to the ears; the hair in multi-stranded curling locks gathered into an ushnisha with brow-band below; heavily cleaned, conserved, and mounted on a custom-made stand; supplied with original old wooden base with collector's label: 'Head of Bodhisattva / Fine grain schist / Gandhara, Northwest Pakistan / 4th century'.





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  • Canada. Victoria AE One Cent.
    Canada. Victoria AE One Cent. 1896.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £13

    Desings by Leonard Charles Wyon and George William de Saulles. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA REGINA. CANADA, head of Queen Victoria to left wearing tiara / ONE CENT 1891 within maple leaves wrapped around a vine. KM 7; Schön 5. 5.71gr, 25mm, 12h

    Good Very Fine.

    Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

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  • Canada. AE One Penny Token Group.
    Canada. AE One Penny Token Group. Dated 1832-1856.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £13

    Group comprising: three Canadian one Penny tokens all from Nova Scotia. 49.41gr total, 33-34mm

    Fine - Very Fine.

    Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

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  • Canada. AE Token Group.
    Canada. AE Token Group. Circa 1837-1852.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

    Group comprising: four Canadian copper one Penny bank tokens. 71.15gr total, 33-34mm

    Fine - Very Fine.

    Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

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  • China. AE Cash Coin Group.
    China. AE Cash Coin Group. 18th-19th century AD.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

    Comprising: Qing Dynasty issues with four Chinese characters on the obverses and two characters on the reverses. 54.51gr total, 23mm each

    Very Fine.

    Acquired on the UK art market; From the private collection of Mr G.B., Hampshire, UK.

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  • France. Napoleon Bonaparte AR 5 Francs.
    France. Napoleon Bonaparte AR 5 Francs. Dated L'An 12 (1803-1804).

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

    Paris mint. Design by Pierre-Joseph Tiolier. BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL, bareheaded bust to right / RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, olive wreath containing denomination; AN 12 (date) below. Edge inscription: ★DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE. Gad 577; KM 659. 24.50gr, 37mm, 6h

    Fine.

    Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

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  • France. Napoleon AR Franc.
    France. Napoleon AR Franc. Dated 1804.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £111

    Paris mint. Design by Pierre-Joseph Tiolier. NAPOLEON EMPEREUR, bare head to right; below, Tiolier / RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, 1 FRANC within wreath; below, date between A and rooster. F# 201; Gad# 443; KM# 656. 4.90gr, 18mm, 6h

    Good Fine.

    Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

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  • France. Napoleon AR Demi Franc.
    France. Napoleon AR Demi Franc. Dated 1809.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £111

    Paris mint. Design by Pierre-Joseph Tiolier. NAPOLEON EMPEREUR, laureate head to right; Tiolier below / EMPIRE FRANÇAIS, DEMI FRANC within wreath; below, date between A and Rooster. F# 178; Gad# 399; KM# 691. 2.41gr, 13mm, 6h

    Good Very Fine.

    Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

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  • France. Napoleon AR Quart Franc.
    France. Napoleon AR Quart Franc. Dated 1803.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £104

    Paris mint. Design by Pierre-Joseph Tiolier. BONAPARTE PR. CONSUL., bare head to right; below, Tiolier / REP. FRA., QUART within wreath, below, date between A and rooster. F# 157; Gad# 342; KM# 653. 1.24gr, 11mm, 6h

    Near Very Fine.

    Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

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  • France. Napoleon III AE 5 Centimes.
    France. Napoleon III AE 5 Centimes. Dated 1855.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

    Paris mint. Design by Désiré-Albert Barre. NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, bare head to left, BARRE below; date between anchor and hand / EMPIRE FRANÇAIS * CINQ CENTIMES *, eagle with spread wings seated facing on thunderbolt, head to right, A below. F# 117; Gad# 155; KM# 797. 5.04gr, 25mm, 6h

    Extremely Fine.

    Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

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  • France. Napoleon III AE 2 Centimes.
    France. Napoleon III AE 2 Centimes. Dated 1854.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

    Lille mint. Design by Jacques-Jean Barre. NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, bare head to left, BARRE below; date between marks below / EMPIRE FRANÇAIS * DEUX CENTIMES *, eagle with spread wings seated facing on thunderbolt, head to right; W below. F# 107; Gad# 103; KM# 776. 1.94gr, 20mm, 6h

    Good Very Fine.

    Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

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  • France. AE 5 Centimes.
    France. AE 5 Centimes. Dated 1879.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

    Paris mint. Design by Eugène-André Oudiné and Joseph-François Domard. REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE 1898, wreathed head of Concordia to left, below, OUDINÉ; all within dotted circle; date between stars below / LIBERTÉ * ÉGALITÉ * FRATERNITÉ *, 5 CENTIMES within wreath. F# 118; Gad# 157; KM# 821. 5.05gr, 25mm, 6h

    About Uncirculated.

    Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

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  • Germany States. Lubeck AR Witten.
    Germany States. Lubeck AR Witten. 1353-1379.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

    ✶MONETA.LUBINESIS, double-headed eagle within beaded circle / CIVITAS.IM[...], cross patée with star at centre; all within beaded circle. Behr 48; Jesse 361. 0.30gr, 13mm, 4h

    Very Fine.

    Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

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