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Cut and Polished Agate Geode Slice Collection [20]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Each displaying attractive banding, some dyed to enhance the colour. 428 grams total, 5.7-13.5 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Large Natural Uncut Gem Citrine Crystal
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A large irregular crystal displaying a beautiful clear yellow colour. 13.9 grams, 26 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Polished Fossil Sand Dollar Pair
Miocene Period, circa 25 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising two polished examples. 269 grams total, 66-82 mm
From Madagascar. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Coloured Quartz Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
An opened nodule lined with dyed pink quartz crystals. 182 grams total, 66-70 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Boxed Pink Dolomite Crystal Display Collection [12]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Some with dusting of marcasite, each in a labelled specimen box. 504 grams total, 42-59 mm
From Touissite, Morocco, North Africa. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Perisphinctes Fossil Ammonite
Jurassic Period, circa 174-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Perisphinctids indogermanus fossil ammonite showing clear ribbing. 199 grams, 88 mm
From Madagascar. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Woolly Mammoth Tooth Partial
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
From Mammuthus primigenius, inked collection number '43' to the side. 695 grams, 13.5 cm
From Pitstone Gravels, Hertfordshire, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VM43; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Large African 'T-Rex' Fossil Dinosaur Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 110 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
A large Carcharodontosaurus saharicus dinosaur tooth with part of the root remaining; tip restored. 46.4 grams, 84 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) of all time and is also related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus. -
Pyrite Crystal Chunk Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising one hundred variously sized chunks. 1.41 kg total, 18-32 mm
From Peru. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Celts in Danube Region AR Tetradrachm. Circa 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Imitating Tetradrachms of Thasos, Thrace. Head of Celticized Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath, and with his hair partially knotted at the back and partially falling down the back of his neck / Blundered inscription around, Herakles, nude but for lion's skin over his left shoulder, standing to left, holding club with his right hand, monogram to inner left. Cf. Göbl OTA Class III/7. 16.81gr, 31mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Wavy flan.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Celts in Danube Region AR Tetradrachm. Circa 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Imitating Tetradrachms of Thasos, Thrace. Head of Celticized Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath, and with his hair partially knotted at the back and partially falling down the back of his neck / ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ, Herakles, nude but for laurel wreath and lion's skin over his left shoulder, standing to left, holding club with his right hand, monogram of MH to inner left. Cf. Lanz 971-4; cf. Göbl OTA ppl. 46-7. For prototype see HGC 6, 359. 15.96gr, 31mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Celts in Lower Danube AR Tetradrachm. Circa 300-100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Imitating Alexander III and Philip III of Macedon. Degraded head of Herakles to right / Stylised Zeus seated to left, holding eagle in right hand and sceptre with left. Cf. Lanz 910-932. 13.59gr, 29mm.
Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.