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Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. Gold Aureus. 20mm, 6.98g. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 140-144. AVRELIVS CAE SAR AVG P II F COS, bare head right. R. HO NOS, Honos, togate, standing left, holding branch and cornucopia. RIC III 422 (Pius), Calicó 1864. BMCRE 263, Biaggi 852. XF, minor surface marks. Extremely rare.
19th October 2023 from 10am
London
A very fine gold posy ring c. 1650-1680 decorated around the exterior with two pairs of hands holding hearts, deeply engraved and picked out in red, white and green enamel. The interior is engraved with a combination of words and symbols 'still thus [heart in hands] till this [skull]' conveying the sentiment 'I will love you until I die' or 'till death us do part'. 16mm diameter x 3mm, 1.59g.
27th July 2023 from 10am
London
Medieval Banner Type Harness Pendant. Circa 14th Century AD. Copper-alloy, 43mm x 28mm, 26.8g. Detailed with a shield over a cross-hatched field. The shield displays a set of arms, gules, a rampant lion left argent. These the arms of Mowbray, John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray. He was knighted by King Edward III of England in July 1355 aged 15.  Mowbray was summoned to Parliament from 14 August 1362 to 20 January 1366. On 10 October 1367, he appointed attorneys in preparation for travel beyond the seas; these appointments were confirmed in the following year. Mowbray was slain by the Turks near Constantinople while on route to the Holy Land. A letter from the priory of 'Peyn' written in 1396 suggests that he was initially buried at the convent at Pera, according to the letter, 'at the instance of his son Thomas', his bones had been gathered and were sent to England for burial with his ancestors.
9th May 2023 from 10am
London
Medieval gold iconographic signet ring. The hoop has a moulded ropework pattern divided by a circumferential beaded line. The line is bifurcated at the shoulders before framing the bezel in a manner which echoes the clawed setting of contemporary gem-set rings. The shoulders are sub-triangular in section and each has a pair arched panels displaying iconographic engravings. The four panels depict Saint Michael, Saint Christopher, the Holy Trinity and Madonna & Child. The raised circular bezel is deeply engraved with the figure of a facing lion and the blackletter motto either side appears to read 'du:vie', French for 'of life', all within a circular beaded border.
Historical Coins & Antiquities: Lot 1001 - 1352
22nd February 2023 from 10am
London
Magnus Maximus solidus, Trier (AD 383-388).
Roman Coins: Lot 1 - 240
21st February 2023 from 10am
London
Iron Age 'Barnetby Bull Rider' vessel mount.
9th November 2022 from 10am
London
Romano-British Dragonesque Brooch. Circa, 50 AD. Copper-alloy, 11.35 grams. 47.28 mm. A very good example of the Celtic inspired zoomorphic brooches. Formed of an S-shaped body with a stylised animal head at each end and decorated with enamelled panels across the body. Ref: Catherine Johns, The Jewellery of Roman Britain. Celtic and Classical Traditions. p.152. fig. 7.2.
13th September 2022 from 10:30am
London
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