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Dated CY 230 (166/7 BC). AD 161-169. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙСΑΡ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟС, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / СЄ ΑΒΙΛΗΝധΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ СΥ, Hercules, nude, s...

1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. An impressive oil lamp with rounded body and long nozzle with volute scrolls, deep discus with concentric circle...

12th-17th century AD. Various rulers. 12.81gr total. Condition as seen.From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, an...

Late New Kingdom, 1279-1070 B.C. Depicting a rearing cobra sporting a sun disc with its coiled body below resting on the hieroglyphic neb sign. Cf...

9th-11th century A.D. Piriform in profile with narrow point and domed mouth; the body decorated with impressed concentric circles; intended to be ...

2nd century A.D. A small piriform unguentarium with everted rim; mounted on a display stand. 12.3 grams total, 7.2 cm (7.6 cm including stand) (2...

4th century A.D. A wide, shallow bowl with gently sloping walls and dimple to base, tubular foot ring; set in a custom-made glazed display case. C...

Comprising six translucent and opaque polished slices showing banding and some crystallisation, five dyed. 435 grams total, 9-12.2 cm (3 1/2 - 4...

Iron Age, after 900 BC. Relief of deity's head, possibly Astarte, with tall headdress; all on cubical base. For a similar weight cf. Hendin 184. ...

9th-10th century A.D. Comprising a domed openwork shell with raised ornament of five D-shaped studs amid bands of three-ply knotwork in panels; fr...

20th century A.D. Composed of cylindrical dark beads alternating with larger light-coloured agate and chalcedony beads; restrung. 166 grams, 69 c...

14th-10th century B.C. With rounded shoulders and square-section mid-rib running to the tip; short tang. Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armor from ...

13th century A.D. Conical in profile with ring foot; glazed inner face with reserved cross and panels of calligraphic text; text to underside insi...

1988 A.D. Paul A. Johnsgard - Oxford, 1988, hardback with dustwrapper, 264 pp, colour and monochrome. 1.43 kg, 28.5 x 22.5 cm (11 1/4 x 8 7/8 in....

6th-3rd century B.C. Openwork plaque depicting a stylised horse with curved body, bosses to the hips and shoulders, head turned backwards along th...

1st century A.D. Comprising a round-section shank and flattened finials: one with punched annulet detailing and ring-and-dot eyes, the other small...

2nd-3rd century A.D. and later Gemstone with intaglio advancing lion on a baseline, set into a possibly later gold oval cell with round-section ho...

2nd-4th century A.D. Comprising a D-section hoop (split), and an oval bezel with standing goddess, possibly Venus. 3.39 grams, 21.26 mm overall, ...

4th century B.C.-4th century A.D. Comprising: an Etruscan figure of Turms (Greek Hermes), standing and holding a patera in his right hand, origina...

Late Period, 664-332 B.C. With hatched detailing to the body and wings. See Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, fig. 48, for simi...

Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912 A.D. Bell-shaped in profile with basal ring, micaceous inclusions. 115 grams, 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.). [No Reserve] Acquired ...

Tower (London) mint; i.m: star. Struck 1640-1641. Group F; sixth large 'Briot's bust', type 4.4. 1625-1649. (Star) · CAROLVS · D .' G .' MAG .' BR...

19th-20th century A.D. An unfinished painting of a dancer in vividly coloured costume, signed in pencil to the lower left hand corner 'Bakst 1912'...

Late 19th century A.D. Depicting the Gemini constellation, the twins shown nude and with long braided hair, Arabic text above and below, thirteen ...

3rd-4th century A.D. Rectangular hoop with a lentoid bezel bearing an incised palm branch motif. 2.47 grams, 19.30 mm overall, 16.66 x 14.81 mm i...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With incuse rearing ibex and altar; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.35 grams, 22.5 mm (7/8 in.). From the '...

20th century A.D. Group of cornerless cube beads with incised ring-and-dot motif to each face. 40 grams, 41 cm (16 1/8 in.). [No Reserve] Ex Lond...

3rd-1st century B.C. Carved in the round with fresh features and short textured hair; ears drilled; mounted on a custom-made stand. 287 grams, 10...

1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Moulded in the half-round female mask fragment with rim of vessel above; later pierced for mounting. 130 grams,...

20th century A.D. Modelled in the round in meditating pose with eyes half-closed and a utpala flower to each upper arm, hands raised in a mudra. ...

Munich mint. Design by Karl Goetz 18 March 1849. GROSSADMIRAL • ALFRED • V • TIRPITZ, uniformed bust of Grossadmiral von Tirpitz facing slightly t...

Circa 3rd-4th century AD. Various emperors. 131gr total. Condition as seen.From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK...

17th-18th century A.D. Depicting a mature man wearing a ruff and a thick gold chain; inscription to the reverse reading 'Nach einem Gemalde von Re...

Treveri mint; struck AD 320. 2nd officina. AD 317-326. CRISPVS NOB CAES, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, two captives seate...

1st-4th century A.D. Amphoriskos with flat disc-shaped body, tubular neck with flared rim, two lateral knee-shaped handles to the shoulder. Cf. Li...

1st century B.C. and later Composed of lapis lazuli seed beads interspersed with small gold discs, nine tubular pendants with a flower bud suspend...

Sunk 1752 A.D. Comprising a four-pronged table fork and a spoon with ovoid bowl. Exhibited at the museum 'Museo de los Naufragios y Tesoros' in Pu...

4th-6th century AD. Various emperors. 6.27gr total. Condition as seen.UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private ...

12th-10th century B.C. Including triangular, barbed-and-tanged, leaf-shaped, and other types. See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The ...

4th-2nd century B.C. Standing with arms held straight at the sides, short hair with neck-ring to rear, short-sleeved tunic with pleats to centre-f...

Circa 4th century B.C. An expressive polychrome vase formed as the head of an actor wearing rosette earrings, open mouth and applied pupils, short...

1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Columnar bead with sheet-gold cap to each end, each with beaded circlets and applied granule clusters, domed end...

1st-4th century A.D. Round in section with iridescent surface. Cf. Kunstmuseum Luzern, 3000 Jahre Glaskunst, Luzern, 1981, p.103, B, for similar. ...

2nd-8th century A.D. Rectangular in plan with 15 lines of neatly inscribed text. 11.4 grams, 51.5 mm (2 in.). Ex S.M. London collection, UK, 197...

Antioch mint; struck AD 312. 1st officina. AD 310-313. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in long robe, s...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With incuse frieze comprising a standing robed figure and a winged figure with a spear advancing towards a kilted figure w...

20th century A.D. Hollow-formed and sitting cross-legged on a lotus-flower dais with left hand resting palm-upward in the lap to support a bumpa v...

Ptolemaic Period, 323-30 B.C. Discoid palette with rounded underside and flat base, dished central field, flat rim with four radiating trapezoidal...

30 November 1967 A.D. Including: commemorative certificates for rounding Cape Horn as a crew member of R.M.S. Queen Mary and crossing the Equator,...

Rome mint. 82 BC. Laureate head of Apollo to right; sceptre and C(?) (control letter) behind, symbol before / Horseman to right, brandishing spear...

550-450 B.C. With a dynamic frieze composed of a large bird, possibly an ostrich, running and looking back towards human-bodied winged bull, the a...

4th-7th century A.D. Comprising: a squat lamp with short nozzle, raised scrolls surrounding the hole, raised four-petalled flower motif surroundin...

York mint. 737-758. E◊TBERHTVΓ around central small cross / Quadruped standing to left, raising foreleg. North 177; SCBC 847. 0.71gr, 12mm, 5h. N...

4th-5th century A.D. With expandable hoop and narrow bezel inscribed with 'BADA'. 4.14 grams, 23.09 mm overall, 19.53 mm internal diameter (appro...

Small specimens exhibiting mainly green and black colours. 1.01 kg total, 5-12 mm (1/4 - 1/2 in.). [No Reserve] Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. ...

4th millennium B.C. With incised geometric radiating lines forming lozenges; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 11.5 grams, 41 mm (1 5/8 ...

Cyzicus mint. AD 308-309. GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked excep...

Sardeis mint. 560-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion to right, with extended right foreleg, and bull to left / Oblong incuse punch. Cf. Berk 23;...

Treveri mint; struck AD 318-319. 2nd officina. AD 307/310-337. IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, helmetted, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORI...

3rd century B.C. Lentoid-section and depicting a stylised scorpion to one side, a type sometimes known to have the Rhodian legend ΚΑΛΑ to verso. C...