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Snuff box, circa mid 19th Century, in silver gilt (88x45x20mm), by W.C., unknown hallmark *+*, hunting scene on lid. Very fine.
Estimate $600
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Antique horn snuff box, early Victorian c1830s-1850s, hand carved (88x40x23mm), hinged lid with silver monogram inset. Fine.
Estimate $250
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Victorian wooden cigarette case, c1880s, handcrafted (125x80x15mm), hinged top ornately carved with initials in centre. Good very fine, a very nice example.
Estimate $180
SOLD $100
Vintage tool kit, German 'Sabina' full set of eleven steel tools, housed in a leather clip down case (110x110mm). Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
Antique ivory folding rule, c1900 (12 inches), steel fittings, folds to 3 inches. Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Antique ivory folding rule, c1900 (12 inches), brass fittings, folds to 3 inches. Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Antique horn measuring cup, c1880s (60x43mm), opaque man-made bottom; another (50x28mm), clear base, silver lip hallmarked for Birmingham 1882. Fine. (2)
Estimate $60
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Calculigraphe, French circular slide rule, c1880, similar in form to a pocket watch (53mm), nickel case with open faces, white metal dials both sides, with sweep hands, fixed cursor on back dial at 12 o'clock, winding top with separate push button, ring top suspension. Not in working order.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Antique roulette wheel, c1900, in pocket watch form (50mm), brass casing, once silver plated but now worn, top winding mechanism spins wheel and ball, ring top suspension. Partially working.
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Antique bridge propelling pencil, c1890s, in gold (9ct, tot wt 14.6g, 98x10mm), engine turned shaft with carved ornate top, set with a carnelian. In good working order, very fine.
Estimate $200
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Compensated barometer, Victorian, c1880s, silvered brass case (48x18mm), pocket watch style, by Kilpatrick & Co., Melbourne, white metal dial black lettering and numerals, blue metal hand. May or may not be working, untested.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
French carriage clock, c1880, in brass obis case (110x75x55mm), white enamel dial with black Roman numerals, lever escape movement. In working condition but not tested for accuracy, very fine, complete with original key.
Estimate $500
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Mantle clock, c1910, Swiss made for Ingram Bros, Melbourne, in the form of an oversized pocket watch, open face, top wind, nickel case (140mm), damaged white enamel dial, subsidiary seconds register, missing hand, standard unsigned movement, enclosed in a leatherette mantle stand. In working condition but not tested for accuracy.
Estimate $150
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Silver model coach, Elizabeth II, Silver Jubilee souvenir (1977), on wooden stand (tot dimensions 88x58x45mm, silver weight said to be 69.0g) by Toye, Kenning & Spencer, London, hallmark for Birmingham 1977, probably a model of the 1953 Coronation coach. Toned, extremely fine, in case of issue.
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
Southern Britain, uninscribed issue, Atrebates, Atrebatic Abstract type (c.55 - 45 B.C.), gold stater, (5.78 g), obv. well-worn die no evidence of original abstracted head of Apollo, rev. disjointed horse right, horse with triple tail with pellet terminal and seven spoke wheel below horse, (S.39, Van A. 216-1 notes as rare). Very fine/extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $750
SOLD $850
Celtic Britain, Catuvellauni, Andoco, (c.10 B.C. - 10 A.D.), gold quarter Stater (1.36 g), Crescent Wreath Type, obv. crossed-wreath motif with back-to-back crescents in centre, [A]NDO in angles, rev. full-bodied horse left with beaded mane, phallic bucranium above, wheel below, (S.263, BMC Hobbs 2015-17, Van Arsdell 1863). Good very fine, obverse die break, neat flan, great horse with clear bucranium and wheel, very rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $900
Sicily, Syracuse, time of Agathokles, (317-289 B.C.), electrum twenty five (25) litrai, (1.82 g), issued during the Carthaginian War c.310 -306 B.C., obv. laureate head of Apollo left, rev. **SUR[AK] SION* around, lyre with five strings, (S.958, Jenkins 'Electrum Coinage of Syracuse' Essays Robinson, p.155 (Pl.14), BMC 266ff, McLean 2778). Nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $720
Thrace, Kingdom of, Lysimachos, (323-281 B.C.), gold stater, (8.17 g), Tomis mint, posthumous issue c.88-86 B.C., obv. diademed head of Alexander the Great to right, wearing horn of Ammon, rev. Athena enthroned to left, holding Nike and resting left arm on shield, transverse spear resting against right side, to right **BASILEWS, to left **LUSIMACOU, **QEM below arm, TO on throne, trident below in exergue, (cf.S.6813, M.279, SNG Cop.1091). Extremely fine, off centred obverse and virtually as struck.
Estimate $1,500
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Thrace, Kingdom of, Lysimachos, (323-281 B.C.), gold stater, (8.33 g), Tomis mint, posthumous issue c.88-86 B.C., obv. diademed head of Alexander the Great to right, wearing horn of Ammon, rev. Athena enthroned to left, holding Nike and resting left arm on shield, transverse spear resting against right side, to right **BASILEWS, to left **LUSIMACOU, **QEM below arm, TO on throne, trident below in exergue, (cf.S.6813, M.279, SNG Cop.1091). Extremely fine and virtually as struck.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $900
Thrace, Kingdom of, Koson, (c.42 B.C.), gold stater, (8.61 g), Northern Greece mint, obv. three togate figures advancing to left, the first and third carrying an axe over left shoulder, KO**SWN* in exergue, Brutus's monogram to left, rev. eagle standing to left on sceptre, holding wreath in one claw, (S.1733, BMC 2, Winkler 4). Off centred reverse, otherwise extremely fine and virtually as struck, rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $900
Lesbos, Mytilene, c. 521-478 B.C., electrum hekte (2.55 g), Bodenstedt dates 497 B.C., obv. head of roaring lion to right, **LE* behind, rev. incuse head of calf to right, (S.4240, Bodenstedt 14 [as unlisted dies], Traite II 2128, cf.SNG Cop. 301, Boston -, BMC 17, cf.Weber 5603-4, cf.SNG Fitz 4335). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $900
SOLD $1,350
Lesbos, Mytilene, (c.377-326 B.C.), (Bodenstedt date 346 B.C.), electrum hekte (2.52 g), obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, rev. head of female right, hair in bun behind, within linear square, (S. Bodenstedt Em. 95, SNG Lockett 2764, cf.McClean 7974, BMC 90). Good very fine/very fine.
Estimate $800
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Lesbos, Mytilene, (c.377-326 B.C.), (Bodenstedt date 346 B.C.), electrum hekte (2.53 g), obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, rev. head of female right, hair in bun behind, within linear square, (S. Bodenstedt Em. 95, SNG Lockett 2764, cf.McClean 7974, BMC 90). Good very fine.
Estimate $700
SOLD $480
Lesbos, Mytilene, (c.377-326 B.C.), electrum hekte, diameter 11mm, (2.58 g), obv. head of Kabeiros right, wearing pileos, two stars flanking the pileos, rev. head of Persephone right within linear square, (Bodenstedt Em. 99, HGC 6, 1025, SNG Cop.321, SNG von Aulock 1729). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $700
Pontus and Bosporus, Kingdom of, Sauromates, (A.D. 172-211) with Commodus, electrum stater, (7.48 g), struck year 485 = A.D. 188-9, obv. diademed and draped bust to right of Sauromates, around BACI**L*EWC CAYPOMATOY, rev. laureate head of Commodus to right, star before, date below E**P*V (485), dotted border, (S.5475, McDonald 496, Stanislavskii 404, Frolova p.171). Good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $950
Mysia, Kyzikos, (c.500-450 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, diam. 10mm, (2.71 g), obv. nude youth kneeling left, holding tunny by its tail, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (S.3480, Von Fritze I 112, cf.SNG France 253 (stater), cf.SNG von Aulock 1202 (hemihekte), BMC 29). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $950
Ionia, Erythrai, (c.550-500 B.C.), electrum hekte diameter 10mm, (2.56 g), obv. head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (S.-, SNG Kayhan 737-8, SNG von Aulock 1942, SNG Cop. -, BMC 7-11, Boston MFA 1806-7, Pozzi 2373-5). Nearly extremely fine with a little die rust, rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,200
Ionia, Phokaia, (c.478-387 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (2.58 g), issued in 330 B.C. [Bodenstedt dating], obv. head of a young satyr to left wearing a mask of Silenus on top of his head, to right a small seal swimming downwards, rev. quadripartite incuse square (cf.S.4527, Bodenstedt 70, BMC 43). Lightly toned, some light cleaning marks and porosity, nearly extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,700
Ionia, Phokaia, electrum sixth stater or hekte, (c.440-430 B.C.), (Bodenstedt indicates 438 B.C.), (2.47 g), obv. head of Pan to left, with horn, rev. incuse square quartered, (Bodenstedt 73 [p.149, Pl.7, 47, reports 3 specimens known from only 2 obverse dies and 3 reverse dies, these dies being obv. b, rev. **g*], SNG von Aulock 7950 [same dies]). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $900
SOLD $650
Ionia, Phokaia, (c.387-322 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (2.57 g), issued in 327 B.C. [Bodenstedt dating], obv. Athena helmeted head to left, with serpent emblazoned on helmet, rev. quadripartite incuse punch, (cf.S.4530, Bodenstedt 111, Boston 1913, SNG Cop. 1030, SNG Berry 1086). Good very fine, and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $500