Catalogue
Lot 1531
Sale 118 British Historical Medals
HENRY BESSEMER, engineer and inventor, in bronze (58mm) by Pinches (BHM 2954, Eimer 1630), obverse, Bessemer bust left, reverse, Bessemer converter for steel manufacture within ...
Estimate $60
SOLD $80
Lot 1532
Sale 118 British Historical Medals
SHOOTING MEDALS, includes Northumberland Rifle Association medal, (1921), in bronze (64mm), reverse inscribed, 'Freemen Of/Newcastle/Shield/1921.'; The Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs National League, (1930), in ...
Estimate $70
SOLD $80
Lot 1533
Sale 118 British Historical Medals
MILITARY SPORTING MEDALS, includes No.2 Con. Depot B.E.F., undated, in bronze (50mm), unnamed; Royal Military Academy,(1922), in bronze (45mm), reverse inscribed, 'R.A.F. (Cranwell) v R.M.A./1922/Athletic ...
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Lot 1534
Sale 118 British Historical Medals
LONDON COLLEGE OF MUSIC, award medal in bronze (32.5mm), maker J.A.Restall, with suspension loop, reverse inscribed, 'Olive/N.Evans/For Elocution/Interm/Section./April-1928'; The Yorkshire Society For The Jubilee Show ...
Estimate $80
SOLD $90
Lot 1535
Sale 118 British Historical Medals
COLLECTION OF PRIZE AND COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, 32 to 51mm, including Philatelic Prize medal, South Australia 1928, in silver (51mm); Royal Horticultural Prize medal, in silver ...
Estimate $150
Lot 1536
Sale 118 British Historical Medals
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND, Assistant Steward badge, 1935, in gilt blocked green leather affixed to brass plate (46x63mm), with suspension lug; Royal Counties Agricult. ...
Estimate $100
Lot 1537
Sale 118 British Historical Medals
EDWARD VIII, Proposed Coronation 1937, in silvered bronze (57mm), by Preston (BHM 4286); and a collection of medalets for the Coronation and Abdication (22 to ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $280
Lot 1538
Sale 118 British Historical Medals
THE CAMPBELL ORR CHALLENGE SHIELD, medal in silver (29mm), hallmarked for Birmingham 1947 by V&S (Vaughton & Sons), with suspension loop, obverse, gold plated and ...
Estimate $50
Lot 1539
Sale 118 British Historical Medals
MASONIC HOSPITAL PERMANENT STEWARD'S JEWEL, reverse inscribed, 'W.Bro. W.G.Metherell/No.7672', pin missing from ribbon brooch bar; Surrey Lodge neck jewel for Historian (Deputy); Past Worshipful Master ...
Estimate $100
Lot 1540
Sale 118 British Historical Medals
THE CHURCHILL CENTENARY MEDALS, Trustees Presentation Edition, 1974, set of twenty four gilded silver medals (each 25.8g, 38mm, total weight 619g) by John Pinches, London, ...
Estimate $300
SOLD $220
Lot 1541
Sale 118 British Historical Medals
HALLMARK GOLD PLATED SILVER MEDALLIC STAMP REPLICAS OF THE EMPIRE COLLECTION, twenty four (one missing from a set of twenty five) in plush lockable case ...
Estimate $300
SOLD $220
Lot 1542
Sale 118 British Historical Medals
ROYAL WEDDING, HRH Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, 1981, in silver and bronze (57mm) by M.Rizzello for Spink & Son. In cases of issue, ...
Estimate $100
Lot 1543
Sale 118 British Historical Medals
A SMALL GROUP OF ELECTROTYPE MEDALS, individual obverses and reverses, Earl of Essex, reward for troops in Parliamentary Forces; Siege and Capture of Seringapatam, 1799, ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
Lot 1544
Sale 118 Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
SICILY, Syracuse, Time of Agathokles, (317-289 B.C.), electrum twenty five (25) litrai, (3.46 g), obv. laureate head of Apollo with long flowing hair, star behind, ...
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,600
Lot 1545
Sale 118 Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
THRACE, Kingdom of, Lysimachos, (323-281 B.C.), gold stater, (8.19 g), Istrus mint, posthumous issue c.88-86 B.C., obv. diademed head of Alexander the Great to right, ...
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,800
Lot 1546
Sale 118 Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
LYDIA, uncertain king, (issued before 561 B.C. and probably c.575 B.C.), electrum trite or third stater, (4.69 g) of Lydian-Milesian (Phoenician standard), probably issued at ...
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $3,000
Lot 1547
Sale 118 Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
LYDIA, uncertain king, (issued before 561 B.C. and probably c.575 B.C.), electrum trite or third stater, (4.65 g) of Lydian-Milesian (Phoenician standard), probably issued at ...
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,400
Lot 1548
Sale 118 Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
LYDIA, uncertain king, (issued before 561 B.C. and probably c.575 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (2.30 g) of Lydian-Milesian (Phoenician standard), probably issued at ...
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $850
Lot 1549
Sale 118 Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
LESBOS, Mytilene, (c.412-378 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater (2.49 g), obv. helmeted head of Ares to right, rev. helmeted head of Amazon to right ...
Estimate $700
SOLD $460
Lot 1550
Sale 118 Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
LESBOS, Mytilene, (c.412-378 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater (2.56 g), obv. helmeted head of Ares to right, rev. helmeted head of Amazon to right ...
Estimate $400
SOLD $420
Lot 1551
Sale 118 Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
LESBOS, Mytilene, (c.412-378 B.C.), electrum hekte (2.55 g), obv. diademed head of Io right, rev. wreathed head of Dionysos right within linear square, (cf.S.4249/4250, Bodenstedt ...
Estimate $500
SOLD $550
Lot 1552
Sale 118 Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
IONIA, uncertain, (c.600-550 B.C.), electrum twenty-fourth stater (0.70 g) of the Milesian standard, obv. head of lion right, in linear form, rev. incuse square punch, ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
Lot 1553
Sale 118 Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
IONIA, Phokaia, (c.387-322 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (2.57 g), issued in 327 B.C. [Bodenstedt dating], obv. Athena helmeted head to left, with serpent ...
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
Lot 1554
Sale 118 Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
PERSIA - LYDIA, Achaemenid Empire, Persian Imperial Coinage (c.485-420 B.C.), struck in period of Darios I - Xerxes I, gold daric, (8.31 g), obv. bearded ...
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $2,800
Lot 1555
Sale 118 Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
ZEUGITANIA, Carthage, (c.350-320 B.C.), gold stater, (9.35 g), obv. head of Tanit to left, crowned with wreath of corn, wearing earring with triple pendants and ...
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $3,500
Lot 1556
Sale 118 Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
ZEUGITANIA, Carthage, (c.300 B.C.), electrum stater, (7.51 g), obv. head of Tanit to left, crowned with wreath of corn, wearing earring with triple pendants and ...
Estimate $1,800
SOLD $2,300
Lot 1557
Sale 118 Ancient Gold Coins - Roman
GORDIAN III (AD 238-244), gold aureus (4.92 g), Rome mint, issued March-May AD 240, obv. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed ...
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $3,100
Lot 1558
Sale 118 Ancient Gold Coins - Roman
VALENTINIAN I (A.D. 364-375), gold solidus, Antioch mint, issued 364-367, 4th Officina, obv. pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right of Valentinian I around ...
Estimate $400
SOLD $500
Lot 1559
Sale 118 Ancient Gold Coins - Roman
VALENTINIAN I (A.D. 364-375), gold solidus in a modern gold mount, Antioch mint, issued 364-367, (6.09 g), Officina **G*, obv. pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed ...
Estimate $350
SOLD $340
Lot 1560
Sale 118 Ancient Gold Coins - Roman
VALENS, (A.D. 364-378), gold solidus, Antioch mint, issued 366, 7th Officina, (4.30 g), obv. pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right of Valens around ...
Estimate $350
SOLD $650