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Anne - Gold Guinea - 1711
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,530
Dated 1711. Third bust, dies ↑↓. Obv: with ANNA.DEI.GRATIA. legend. Rev: crowned cruciform shields with sceptres in angles, date 17-11 at English/Scottish arms and .MAG.BRI.FR ET.HIB REG. legend. -
George III - Gold Half Guinea - 1764
Sold for (Inc. bp): £828
Dated 1764. Second bust, dies ↑↓. Obv: with GEORGIVS.III.DEI.GRATIA. legend. Rev: crowned shield with date 17-64 above and .M.B.F.ET.H.REX.F.D.B.ET.L.D.S.R.I.A.T.ET.E. legend. -
Victoria - Gold Melbourne Sovereign - 1885M
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,150
Dated 1885. Young head with M below for Melbourne mint, dies ↑↓. Obv: with VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR:REG:F:D: legend. Rev: St George and dragon with date 1885 in exergue. -
British Celtic - 'LX' Harlow Wheel Type - North Thames - Gold Quarter Stater
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,438
Circa late 1st century BC. Obv: cross of lines and opposed crescents, in opposite corners pellet and annulets and crescent, in other corners three triplets. Rev: horse right, wheel above and below, leaf and annulet before. -
British Celtic - 'QC' Rowntree Fern Leaf - North Thames - Gold Quarter Stater
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,329
Circa late 1st century BC. Obv: crooked cross of lines, two pellets in annulets, below two crescents joined by a larger pellet in annulet. Rev: stallion right with plaited tail, palm leaf and rosette above, leaf and annulet before, flower below. -
British Celtic - Dobunni - Uninscribed - Gold Quarter Stater
Sold for (Inc. bp): £828
Circa 1st century BC. Obv: wreath pattern. Rev: horse right with symbols. -
Archbishops of Canterbury - Wulfred - Group II Transitional Monogram Penny - Canterbury, Sæbeorht
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,405
Circa 810-815 AD. Group II, Transitional Monogram Type. Obv: facing tonsured bust of Archbishop Wulfred with pellet to each side and +VVLFREDI ARCHIEPISCOPI legend. Rev: DOROBERNIA C monogram with +SAEBERHT MONETA legend for the moneyer Sæbeorht at Canterbury mint. -
Edward IV - Gold Half Ryal - First Reign
Sold for (Inc. bp): £828
1461-1485 AD, Half ryal (= 5 shillings). First Reign, Light Coinage, Type V, mm none/rose, London mint. Obv: King standing in ship with +EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL FR legend. Rev: rose upon radiate sun at centre of main cross with DOMINE NE FVRORE TVO ARGVAS ME legend. -
Greek - Apulian - Red-Figure Bell Krater
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,450
Magna Gracia, circa 4th century BC. A large, well-painted red figure ware bell krater with restrained use of white slip detailing; laurel motif encircling rim; meander motif along groundline; tongues around handles; palmette complex beneath either handle. Side A: winged Nike seated on rocky outcrop holding phiale with fillet attached, in front a draped female holding tambourine in right hand, thyrsus in her left, laurel branch, rosettes and grape clusters in field. Side B: two draped youthful athletes facing, both with staffs, fillet and palmette complex in field. -
Roman - Important Statuette - Aphrodite
Sold for (Inc. bp): £57,500
3rd century AD. Superbly modelled solid cast, large standing figure of Aphrodite with columnar base, holding and looking into a (separately cast) circular mirror in her right hand. and with a pomegranate in her left hand. -
Roman - Enamelled Hippocampus Brooch
Sold for (Inc. bp): £863
2nd-3rd century AD. A rare type of zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a hippocamp, a horse with a fish's tail; the head moulded in the round with prominent ear and deep-set circular eye, snub nose and open mouth; the mane indicated by a series of incised lines along the back of the neck; lighter texturing indicated by striations on the chest, back, stomach and tail; the forelegs of the beast modelled as if galloping, with two fins behind; a medial panel of grey-white enamel following the outline of the body, subdivided with vertical blue stripes and three pellets; a bilinear transverse collar developing into a four-part tail, the two larger elements lobed and filled with panels of grey-white enamel. -
Roman - Enamelled Frog Brooch
Sold for (Inc. bp): £828
2nd-3rd century AD. A zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a frog with splayed limbs, its D-shaped head provided with prominent lugs with black glass eyes; on the frog's arched back two rectangular panels of yellow-grey enamel with inset white enamel points. -
Viking - Gold Twist Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,750
8th-11th century AD. A Viking finger ring , the band comprising six thick (about 1.5mm) wires tightly plaited; the wires thicker at the centre to provide an expanding band, fused at the base. -
Medieval - Irish Drinking Horn Bird Mount
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,105
10th-12th century AD. An aviform mount comprising a sharply beaked head extending to a curved D-section neck with herringbone patterning along the sides, its back and tail decorated with a pattern of inlaid yellow enamel lozenge panels, between its vestigial legs a fine transverse pin allowing it to be attached to a drinking horn. -
Medieval - Gold Stirrup Ring with Garnet Cabochon
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,150
Circa 14th century AD. A 'stirrup' ring, set with a cabochon garnet. -
Medieval - Gold Black Letter Inscribed Posy Ring - 'DVNTRE E JOYE'
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,405
Circa 15th century AD. The band flat internally and dished externally with an external inscription in Black Letter script reading 'DVNTRE E JOYE'. The words separated by floriate engraving and a quatrefoil. -
Medieval - Tudor/Elizabethan - Silver Inscribed Thimble - AMORE VINCIT OMNIA
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,150
Circa 16th century AD. A tall silver-gilt thimble, the body divided into four triangular panels; the top bearing an engraved Tudor rose with letter 'M' at centre; the lower rim inscribed +AMORE VINCIT OMNIA (Love Conquers All). -
Medieval - Lead Papal Bulla Seal - Alexander IV
Sold for (Inc. bp): £828
1254-1261 AD. A lead seal from a papal Bull of Alexander IV (Rinaldo Di Segni); First Type. Obv: facing busts of Saints Paul and Peter with SPA SPE inscription above and long cross between. Rev: ALE XANDER PP IIII inscription in three lines. -
17th Century - Gold Inscribed Posy Ring - 'In Love Love abide till death devide'
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,840
17th century AD. A finger ring inscribed internally in italic letters 'In Love Love abide till death devide'; the maker's mark 'TS' within a rectangular cartouche. -
18th Century - Gold Inscribed Posy Ring - 'Hurt not that (heart) whoes Joy thou art'
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,875
Circa 18th century AD. A gold finger ring with a legend inscribed around the interior in an italic hand: ‘Hurt not that [heart] whoes Joy thou art’, the word ‘heart’ represented by a heart-shaped ideogram, and the ‘s’ of ‘whoes’ in its long form.
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