Sale 140 Preface

Welcome to Sale 140, our final for the year, with 3723 lots and a presale estimate of over $5 million.

Highlights include the Tony Taylor Collection of ancient Greek and Roman  gold and silver coins. A premier collection that includes the Twelve Caesars in gold and silver, as well as an exceptional offering of silver tetradrachms.

Significant collections include the Jack Grace Collection of Australian Colonial Jewellery, a fascinating and important insight into early Australian Jewellery trends (see separate catalogue), Roman silver and bronze from Stephen J. Bridges, S.J. Green and other collectors.

Australian coins include Proclamation coins in gold and silver, a NSW holey dollar and three fifteen pence dumps 1813, an Adelaide gold pound 1852, Sydney mint sovereigns and half sovereigns, 1855-1870 later Imperial gold with a few very rare, and Commonwealth patterns of proofs.

Australian historical medals are led by some Captain Cook related rarities, a platina Resolution and Adventure medal 1772 taken by Joseph Banks for presentation to indigenous peoples and a high grade silver issue from the second die as well as the Courage and Perserverance Medal 1779 in bronze all three from the Philip Benjamin Collection. The select collection of Peter Cousens covers agricultural and floricultural medals and awards with considerable research.

British coins include Anglo Saxon and Norman pennies, a choice gold noble of Edward III and date runs of milled coins including silver crowns. Historical medals include a Charles II Embarkation silver medal in high relief by Pieter van Abeele, a large size gold jubilee medal of Queen Victoria 1897, Indian Peace medals and colonial awards of honour to indigenous peoples.

A highlight in world coins is a Canada 1916C sovereign and a Rosa Americana twopence (1722) ex Parmalee, Boyd and Ford collections.

In Australian banknotes, the highlight is the offering of four superscribed notes with the rarest being a City Bank of Sydney one pound not previously been sold at auction. Private bank issues include several rarities.

The military medals section is in the 8th session, Wednesday 26th November 11:30am. Among many group lots the highlights are a WWI VC for R.M. Beatham 8Bn AIF and VC to Australia Afghanistan group awarded to Cpl. Daniel Keighran RAR.

On behalf of the company I would like to thank the consignors and wish all participants in the sale every success. On a personal note I would like to dedicate the catalogue to gentleman extraordinaire, numismatist and friend David Worland who passed away last month after a long illness. David’s “Westmorland” Collection of Alexander the Great is featured in the Triton Sale by CNG in New York next January.