Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins

Bust of the Virgin facing, holding infant Christ, in fields left and right, cross / Cruciform monogram. 7.97gr, 21mm, 12h.

Condition as seen.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Uncertain design / Legend. 8.46gr, 19mm, 5h.

Condition as seen.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Laureate male head (Septimius Severus?) to right; two stars before / Blank. 2.25gr, 17mm.

Condition as seen.

Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.

Blundered legend around; holy rider to right, holding spear, impaling and trampling prostrate female serpentine demon below; to right, angel / 'Hystera,' against hatched cross, with eight serpents comprising four pairs of confronted serpents. Cf. H. Björklund, "Protecting Against Child-Killing Demons: Uterus Amulets in the Late Antique and Byzantine Magical World," Department of World Cultures. University of Helsinki, Finland (2017) (for discussion); cf. J. Spier, "Medieval Byzantine Amulets and their Tradition," Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 56 (1993), 21, pl. 2b (for similar). 14.87gr, 42mm, 12h.

Condition as seen. Bent.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

St Christopher carrying the child Jesus across a dangerous river / Blank with central circular incuse. 50.11gr, 33mm.

Condition as seen.

London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.

Sea-horse to left / 'Andrew Tucker 1669' in three lines. British Museum 2012,4001.461. 2.36gr, 19mm, 12h.

Condition as seen. Extremely rare.

Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of the article Scotney, Tim, The Token of Andrew Tucker - A Suggested Place of Issue, in the Token Corresponding Society Bulletin, Volume 14, number 3, June 2023, pages 89-90.

VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIARUM REGINA F : D :, bust to left / Queen, enthroned, on island rock, crowned by the archbishop and attended by Britannia, Hibernia, and Scotia; Neptune and Mercury below, ships to either side; in exergue ASCENDED THE THRONE JUNE 20. 1837. CROWNED JUNE 28. 1838. BHM 1805; Eimer 1310. 121gr, 74mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

LUDOVICUS • MAGNUS • REX • CHRISTIANISSIMUS •, bare head to right, R below / VRBIS • ORNAMEN • ET COMMODO ★, downstream view of the Pont Royal on the Seine with the towers of Notre-Dame in the background; PONS • AD • LVPARAM ANN • M•DC•LXXXV• MOLART•F• in three lines in exergue. French Mint General Catalog 204-B. 176gr, 72mm,, 12h.

Mint State.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

LVDOVICVS★MAGNVS★REX★GALLIARVM★INVICTISSIMVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to left (68th effigy by Michel Molart), MOLART★F★ below / COLVIT MAGIS OMNIBVS VNAM, facade of the Chateau of Versailles as seen from the rear gardens; VERSALLIAE •1•6•8•7• in two lines below. French Mint Catalog - VOL I -205-H/B451. 197gr, 72mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

LVDOVICVS • MAGNVS • REX • CHRISTIANISSIMVS •, bare head to right; R below / DELETA HOSTIVM CLASSE, Victory standing to left on galley to right, holding wreath with her right hand and palm branch with her left; on the stern two cupids holding globe bearing the lilies of France; in the background galleys on fire or sinking, one of which flies a Dutch flag; VICTORIA PANORMITANA M•DC•LXXVI•(date) MOLART•F• in three lines in exergue. 161gr, 72mm, 12h.

Mint State.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

LVDOVICVS MAGNVS REX CHRISTIANISS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, R below / MERSA ET FVGATA ANGLORVM ET BATAV CLASSE, Victory, with the laurel wreath in her right hand and a palm branch in her left, stands on the French ship amid the wreckage of enemy ships; AD ORAS ANGLIAE M DC XC in exergue. 158gr, 73mm, 12h.

Mint State.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

Uniformed bust to left / Blank. 94gr, 71mm.

Extremely Fine.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.