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

Hardback, Oxford, 611 black-and-white illustrations with an index of names of persons, titles and epithets. 1.98 kg, 45.3 x 35.5 cm



From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

S. Marinatos - Excavations at Thera Vol I - Athens, 1968, card covers, 58 pp, fold-out image; Vol II - Athens, 1969, card covers, 54 pp, 41 plattes, fold-out plans; Vol III - Athens, 1970, card covers, 68 pp, 62 plates, fold-out maps; Vol IV - Athens, 1971, card covers, 54 pp, 126 plates; Vol V - Athens, 1973 reprint, card covers, 7 pp, 104 plates; Vol VI - Athens, 1975, card covers, 60pp, 109 plates, fold-out frieze; Vol VII - Athens, 1976, card covers, 38 pp, 66 plates; N. Marinatos - Art and Religion in Thera: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Society - Athen, 1984, card covers, 128 pp, colour. 3.07 kg total, 23.6 x 17.1 cm each



Property of a London, UK, gentleman.

Spencer, A.J., Catalogue of Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum V - Early Dynastic Objects, London, 1980, hardcover, 110pp., 80 BW pls. 1.86 Kg, 36.5 x 28.5 cm



Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Collier, Manley, B., How to read Egyptian, Hieroglyphs, London, 1998, hardcover, 179pp., B/W Ph. and figs. 535 grams, 24 x 16.2 cm



Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Peltenburg, E., The Burrell Collection, Western Asiatic Antiquities, Edinburgh, 1991, hardcover, 156pp., 129 photos, 11 in colour. 624 grams, 25.6 x 18 cm



Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Narrow hoop with facets to outer face, disc bezel with twelve robed figures (apostles?) below swept wings, two flanking nimbate angels and median vesica with Mary Theotokos. 8.94 grams, 26.29 mm overall, 21.17 x 19.92 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Comprising a narrow D-section hoop with segmented projections, cup bezel with silver panel to upper face, inscribed 'ΗΛΙΑΔΕΒΟΗΘΙ' (Iliad ...). 2.65 grams, 27.68 mm overall, 18.66 x 19.26 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Comprising a substantial D-section hoop with niello-filled frond motif to each shoulder, stepped bezel with disc bearing a running scroll surrounding 'BY' monogram. 16.92 grams, 32.24 mm overall, 19.30 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Plain lentoid-section bronze hoop with applied rectangular bezel; pointillé border enclosing retrograde legend 'KOC/TOC'. 4.11 grams, 23.54 mm overall, 18.60 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Possibly intended for the personal name 'Kostas', a shortened form of Κωνσταντίνος (Constantine).

Discoid in plan with incuse equal-arm cross between two opposed bearded figures; old label to reverse. 3.98 grams, 21 mm



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Hexagonal in plan with tapering sides, collar, loop and suspension ring; incuse legend '+KEB / [.]HOΠω/ANOU'; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 7.4 grams, 24 mm



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

With scaphoid bezel, two low-relief standing nimbate figures with wings and floor-length robes. 3.40 grams, 21.90 mm overall, 18.23 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.