Catalogue
Etruscan, late Hellenistic period, bronze strigilis, length 25.5 cm., width 2.0 cm. With a small chip, otherwise very well preserved, surface somewhat corroded and without patination and includes a suitable plastic stand for support.
Estimate $250
SOLD $600
Greek, Italy, Latium, a terracotta Sima fragment of the late 2nd-1st century B.C., possibly made in Latium, of height 19.5 cm x 22.0 cm of thickness 2.0-2.8 cm, made from coarse micaceous clay containing numerous black, red and white inclusions with overall colour of pale brown; the subject shows Eros (?) naked except for a small shoulder mantle, floating over the waves beside a dolphin, in his right hand a torch. Fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $0
Sicily, pottery statuette of a seated woman, 5th century B.C., height 135mm. Fine, lot includes a statutory declaration.
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Greek, Attic, a fragment of painted red figure pottery 72mm, showing a athlete cleaning himself with a strigilis, produced in the late 5th century. Mounted on frame 180 x 180mm. Fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $600
Western Asiatic terracotta bottle, unglazed, 75 mm, high, perhaps as early as the second millenium B.C., claimed to be found at Bayrakli near Izmir. Very fine with ticket.
Estimate $50
SOLD $170
Phoenicia, multi-coloured (bright green and dark green) glass bangle, c.100 B.C., 88mm. diameter. Fine and rare, with descriptive ticket.
Estimate $80
SOLD $140
Celtic, bronze brooch of length 42 mm, and a bronze stopper for container of length 50mm, c.5th century A.D. Fine, lot includes a statutory declaration. (2)
Estimate $320
SOLD $0
Ancient Roman ring, a carnelian ring 2nd century A.D. Very fine, lot includes a statutory declaration.
Estimate $50
SOLD $240
Roman glass tear bottle, c.3rd century B.C., narrow pear shape with long neck, silver iridescence 120mm high. Very fine, with descriptive ticket.
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Roman, clay oil lamp, with decorated medallion, some damage with knapped handle, 1st-3rd century A.D. Fair, lot includes a statutory declaration.
Estimate $180
SOLD $200
Roman Britain, bronze dolphin fibula with intact pin, 21x42mm, (see note below), 1st - 2nd century A.D. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $160
Byzantine, small terracotta seal, 7-11th century, 22x24mm, obv. facing busts of male and female, rev. plain. Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $70
American Numismatic Association, Membership List and Directory, March 1938, 145pp, cover annotated and initialled by Allan Sutherland; Catalogue of 18th Century Lancashire Tokens from the Collection of R.Stanton, 20pp; The Royal Mint an Outline History, 1960, 38pp; Ratcliffe, E.E. & Wright, Peter A., The Royal Maundy 8th edition, 32pp; Davenport, John S., The Silver Dollars of Africa, Wisconsin, 1959, 42pp; Vicenti, Jose A., Onzas Espanolas, Madrid, 1959, 95pp; Numismatica De Las Monedas De La Republica De Cuba, 1915-1970, 23pp; Volkskas Limited, Gove Munta Gold Coins, 1969, 111pp. The first and fourth books with some foxing, otherwise very fine. (8)
Estimate $50
SOLD $10
Andrews, Dr. Arthur, Australasian Tokens and Coins, 163pps, 61 plates, Sydney, Mitchell Library, 1921, green cloth; Carlisle, L., Australian Commemorative Medals and Medalets from 1788, Sydney, 1983, Near new. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Andrews, Dr. Arthur, Australasian Tokens and Coins, 163pps, 61 plates, Sydney, Mitchell Library, reprint in 1965 of 1921 edition; Tomlinson, G.W., Australian Bank Notes 1817-1963, Melbourne 1963, 143pp, illustrated throughout; J. Remick et al, The Guidebook & Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins, 3rd edition, Canada, 1971, 568 pp., illustrated throughout. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Auction catalogues, Noble Numismatics nos.70, 71 (2), 72-75, 82; Australian coin catalogues (8, all different types); Gregory's Sydney Street Directory, edition 43. Very fine. (15)
Estimate $50
SOLD $10
Auction catalogues (Greek & Roman),. various including Brand Part 3 Greek & Roman, Sotheby's, June 9, 1983; Sotheby's (NFA Sale) Zurich, 26 October 1993 (2); Sotheby's, London, 5 July 1995 (200 Important Greek & Roman Coins); Apostolo Zeno Collection Part III, Dorothheum, 26-7 March 1957; Stacks, Michael F. Price Collection, December 3, 1996; Leu & M&M Niggler Collection parts 2 and 3, 21-2 October 1966 and 2-3 November 1967; Leu Catalogues various Sale numbers 33, 38, 57, 59, 61, 65, 71, 72, 86, 95 issued from 1983 - 2005. Several with prices entered, some with FPL, mostly fine or better. (18)
Estimate $120
SOLD $50
Bellinger, Alfred R., The Syrian tetradrachms of Caracalla and Macrinus, New York, The American Numismatic Society, 1981 (1940), 116pps, 26 plates; Bruun, Patrick, The Constantine coinage of Arelate, published by Finska Fornminnesforeningens Tidskrift Vol. 52, Part 2 (1953), p. 1-115, 7 plates; Hill, Philip V., The Dating and Arrangement of the Undated Coins of Rome, Spink, London 1970; Metcalf, William E, The Cistophori of Hadrian: American Numismatic Society (Numismatic Studies No.15), New York, 1980, 164pps, 31 plates; Kleiner Fred S., and Noe, Sydney P., The Early Cistophoric Coinage, American Numismatic Society (Numismatic Studies No.14), New York, 1977, 126pps, 38 plates, tables etc.; Lippold, Georg., Die Skulpturen des Vaticanischen Museums, Vol.III Text, 1956, 578 pp. Hill volume with insect discolouration on spine and cover, others fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
(British Museum), Carson, R.A.G., Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, Volume VI, Severus Alexander to Balbinus and Pupienus, viii + 311pp., 47 plates, London, British Museum, 1962 first edition. Fine, with plastic jacket.
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
(British Museum), Dept. of Coins and Medals, Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum. Vol. I, Augustus to Vitellius, by Harold Mattingly, 1965; Vol. II: Vespasian to Domitian, by Harold Mattingly 1966: Vol. III: Nerva to Hadrian, by Harold Mattingly. 1966; Vol. IV: Antoninus Pius to Commodus, by Harold Mattingly, Introduction Indexes and Plates volume, (1968). Spine with heavy insect discolouration, last with water damage, contents fine. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $130
(Byzantine), Ratto, Rodolfo, Monnaies Byzantines et D'Autres Pays Contemporaines a L'Epoque Byzantine..., Lugano, 9 April 1930, (4), 151 pp, 2701 lots, 68 plates, prices realised added in, reimpression of the original edition by J. Schulman, 1959, Amsterdam; together with Goodacre, Hugh, A Handbook of the Coinage of the Byzantine Empire, London, 1967, 361 pps. illustrated throughout; Sear, David, R., Byzantine Coins & Their Values, 1974, 416 pps., illustrated throughout. Mostly very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Crawford, Michael H., Roman Republican Coinage, (2 volumes), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1974 edition, 919 + xv pp., 70 plates, charts, tables etc. Fine only slightly worn. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
Divo, Jean-Paul, Modern Greek coins 1828-1968, Amsterdam : J. Schulman, 1969. 100 pps., illustrations throughout; Jaeger, Kurt. Die deutschen Munzen seit 1871, M&M, Basel, 1968, 192 pps., illustrated throughout. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $40
SOLD $0
Callatay Francois de, and van Heesch, Johann, Greek and Roman coins from the Du Chastel Collection, coin cabinet of the Royal Library of Belgium, London, Spink, 1999, xix + 162 p., 41 pl., ill., 30 cm. Very fine with original dust jacket.
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
Head, Barclay V. Historia Nummorum, A Manual of Greek Numismatics, New and Enlarged Edition, Spink, London, 1963 reprint, 964pp., illustrations throughout, seven different indexes, tables, five plates of alphabets; Seaby, H.A., Greek Coins and Their Values, 2nd edition, London, 1966, 218 pps, 8 plates; Kent, J.P.C. and Painter, K.S., Wealth of the Roman World AD 300-700, 192 pps, illustrations and plates throughout, Exhibition: British Museum, 1 April - 1 October, 1977, London, Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Pub., Ltd., 1977., 25 cm. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Hill, Sir George F., Becker the Counterfeiter, Spink & Son, Parts I & II, in one volume, reprint 1955 of 1924 edition, 72 + 39 pp., 19 + 1 plates; Numismatic Archives, Coinage of the Julio-Claudians, 1973-1992, Volume 1, 1992; Sayles, Ancient Coin Collecting III, 1997 edn.; Westdal, S.J., Dictionary of Roman Coin Inscriptions 1982 edn; Romische Kaisermunzen, Leipzig, Max Hirmer, 1942, 66pp., 48 plates; Casey, P.J., Roman Coinage in Britain., 1980; Friedberg, Robert, Gold Coins of the World, 5th edn. 1980; other publications (3) general world and German edition of Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars. Very good - fine. (10)
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
(Hunt, Bunker), Sotheby's, New York, The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, Important Greek and Roman Coins, June 19 1990, about 300pps, lots 1-164, every lot illustrated in colour enlargement and black and white, colour plates throughout, prices entered into catalogue, hardbound with colour dustjacket. Most important, as issued and very scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
(Hunt, Bunker), Sotheby's, New York, The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, Important Greek and Roman Coins, June 21 and 22, 1990, about 400pps, lots 165-953, almost every lot illustrated, colour plates, prices entered into catalogue, hardbound with colour dustjacket. Most important, as issued and very scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
(Hunt, Bunker), Sotheby's, New York, The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, Important Greek and Roman Coins, December 4, 1990, about 300pps, lots 1-117, with prices entered into the catalogue, many coins enlarged in colour and black and white, hardbound with colour dustjacket. Most important, as issued and very scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
(Hunt, Bunker), Sotheby's, New York, The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, Important Greek and Roman Coins, June 19 & 20, 1991, about 400pps, lots 1-1066, almost every lot illustrated, some enlarged in colour, with prices entered into the catalogue, hardbound with colour dustjacket. Most important, as issued and very scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70