Auction Highlights
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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
'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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Italian States, Napoli (Naples, Kingdom). Roberto I d'Angio AR Gigliato. Circa 1309-1317.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
✠ ROBЄRT DЄI GRA IЄRL ЄT SICIL RЄX, Roberto enthroned facing, holding lis-tipped sceptre and globus cruciger / ✠ ҺOꞂOR • RЄGIS • IuDICIu • DILIGIT, cross fleurée, lis in each quarter. MIR 28. 3.94gr, 26mm, 1h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Italy, Venezia (Venice). Antonio Veniero AR Grosso. Doge LXII, 1382-1400.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ANTO • VENERI DVX S • M VENETI, Doge and St Mark standing facing, holding banner between them; star in left and right fields / ✠ • TIBI • LAVS • 7 • GLORIA, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing. Paolucci 3. 1.58gr, 22mm, 10h
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Commonwealth. Edward VIII, Coin Group. 1936.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Mixed group comprising: various issues of Edward VIII from across the Commonwealth. 73.80gr total, 17-32mm
Mainly Extremely Fine.
Property of an Essex collector. -
Group of Twenty Nine (29) AE and AR Coins. 18th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Group of 27 AE coins and 2 AR coins. 142.00gr total, 16-32mm.
Fine to Very Fine.
From a 1980s UK collection; Property of a London antiquarian. -
World AE and AR Coins Group [13]. 11th-15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Thirteen silver and bronze Islamic, Armenian and World coins. 29.90gr total
From a 1980s UK collection; Property of a London antiquarian. -
Mixed AE Token Group. 19th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Mixed group comprising: ONE PENNY TOKEN of T. STANSALL, CHARLES MOOR, RICHARD FISHER, WILLIAM FILLINGHAM, WILLIAM READETT and T. WISON; HALFPENNY TOKEN of ROSE COPPER COMPANY of BIRMINGHAM and SWANSEA; FLETCHER & SHARRATT ONE PENNY TOKEN of WALSALL dated 1811, BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION token dated 1924; JOHN KNAPP JUNIOR VIGORNIA ONE FARTHING token dated 1813, and others. 69gr total, 20-35mm
Fine - Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Great Britain. Elizabeth II, Decimal Coinage Set. 1971.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
The Decimal Coinage of Great Britain And Norther Ireland 1971: this proof set contains some of the first examples of these coins, in clear sealed perspex container, the coins mounted in black, held with their original outer cardboard box envelope. 205gr total, 17 x 12 cm including box
Uncirculated Mint State.
By inheritance; Property of a Lincolnshire lady. -
Hanover. George III and William IV Coin Group. Dated 1816-1831.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: shilling and sixpence of George III plus a William IV sixpence dated 1831. 10.86gr total, 19-23mm
Fine - About Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; From the private collection of Mr G.B., Hampshire, UK. -
Inscribed Lead Token Group. 17th-18th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Comprising: various issues with initials I.P, IK, and T.C. 16.23gr total, 15-22mm
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; From the private collection of Mr G.B., Hampshire, UK. -
France. 20 to 200 Francs Banknote Group 20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Group comprising: issues of 20, 50, 100 and 200 francs. 3.22gr total, largest 170 x 90mm
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Berkshire, UK, gentleman. -
Great Britain. Edward VII, Six Pence Postal Order. 1902-1910.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Serial no. 2/A 868158, unissued, without counterfoil. Blue printed design with black text panels and number over including SIX PENCE value; small pencilled '3' in one date stamp location / blue printed text. 0.885gr, 17 x 9cm
Very Fine; slight discolouration. Rare.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
Japanese Occupation. 5 Cents to 10 Rupees Banknote Group 20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Group comprising: mixed issues of 5 cents, 10 cents, 1/4 rupee, 1/2 rupee, 1 rupee, 5 rupees and 10 rupees. 4.45gr total, largest 160 x 75mm
Mostly Very Fine.
Property of a Berkshire, UK, gentleman.