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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
(Krause), Colin R. Bruce II, senior editor, 2008 Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 2230 pps, illustrated throughout; another copy, 2007 Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 2022 pps., illustrated throughout. Fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Numismatica Ars Classica, auction catalogues, Greek, Roman and Byzantine Coins, 2005-2009. Extremely fine. (18)
Estimate $60
SOLD $100
Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (1984 revised edition), vol. II (1972 reprint), vol. III (1972 reprint edition), vol. IV (part I, Part I, 1972 reprint edition, Part II, 1972 reprint edition, Part III, 1973 reprint edition in separate volumes), vol. V (Part I, 1998 reprint edition, Part II, 1998 reprint edition), vol. VI (1984 reprint), vol. VII (1966 original edition), vol. VIII (1981 original edition), vol. IX (1972 reprint edition), vol. X (1994 original edition), general editors Mattingly, Sydenham, Carson, Sutherland and Bruun, Burnett and Kent. Complete in green cloth of issue, half with insect attack on spine, contents fine - very fine or better, 10 volumes in all. (13).
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,000