Catalogue
Egypt, Egyptian artifact, hare, cornelian, length 30mm, height 309mm, c.1500 B.C. Missing nose and tail, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $180
SOLD $0
Egypt, Egyptian artifact, ibis, stelite, length 33mm, height 28mm, c.1500 B.C. Very fine, with good detail and rare.
Estimate $180
SOLD $180
Egypt, Egyptian artifact, knubis, amulet, width 10mm, height 30mm, c.1500 - 1000 B.C. Very fine, with good detail.
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
Roman seal, 2nd - 3rd century A.D. pottery seal, with raised facing heads of male and female. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Antiquity, Roman Britain, (c.A.d. 200), bronze fibula cloak pin, 48 mm, (cf. A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatts Ancient Brooches, Oxford 2000). Green -black patina, with intact pin, handsome piece. Choice very fine and scarce.
Estimate $170
SOLD $200
Byzantine, weights, spherical commercial weights for one ounce with A **d* at top, (25.6 grams and 29.0 grams), both (cf.Bendall 23); others for half ounce of similar shape, (14.9 grams, 12.4 grams, 12.2 grams). Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Antiquity, Pre-Columbian head, (c.A.D. 500), Derivative culture of Western Mexico region, 45 mm high mounted for display. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Nigeria, round ring Birmingham issue 'Manilla' 60mm., issued from end of 15th - mid 20th century, (Opitz p.210-1). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
China, jade carving, c.1900 A.D., type of Pu Ti, the god of joy as incarnation of the future, Buddha Maitraya. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
China, modern sycee base metal (lead?) ingot of standard 'shoe' or 'boat' shape, 58mm x 34 mm x 33mm and approximately 300 grams weight, stamped with Chinese characters top and on base, (cf.Cribb 370 for style but that in silver). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
North East India, coin necklace of twenty (20) Nepalese rupee coins with welded links, threaded on a textile rope with metal possibly silver and glass pendant (one inlay missing) 760mm circumference. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
New Guinea, important shell ring called Mwali or Toea (PNG one cent coin denomination is named after these items); from the Trobriand Islands where it is used in the Kula Trade Cycle, 65mm diameter, cut conus shell with attached decorations of shells, banana seed pods, banana leaf and glass seed beads, (Quiggin p.120). Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
New Guinea, goldlip pearlshell crescent called kina (PNG one dollar coin denomination is named after these items) 155mm x 42mm with native string and seed rope for suspension; probably the most used of all PNG primitive money, it had an official exchange rate of twelve shillings per pair until the 1960's (Mira p.28). Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
New Guinea, Ndap shell coin of Njaru village, Rossel Island, of the denomination 'Kejem', these coins were made 'before man came to Rossel by the supreme god, Wonajo'. (Armstrong estimates about 74 of this denomination in existence), (cf.Quiggin p.183-6). Rare, very fine together with description of authenticity and provenance.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
New Guinea, Ndap shell coin of Njaru village, Rossel Island, of the denomination 'Tebuda', (Armstrong estimates about 59 of this denomination in existence), (cf.Quiggin p.183-6). Rare, very fine together with description of use, its authenticity and provenance.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120