Featured Coins & Artifacts

664-343 BC Egyptian Ushabti

27th-30th Dynasties

from the Andy Garrison collection.

4-1/2" x 1".......................... $525

Made of Faience, (Material made from powdered quartz

and coated with a transparent, tin glazed blue or green glass).

Ushabtis were placed in tombs and were intended to act as servants for the deceased, should he/she be called upon to do manual labor in the afterlife. Blessed by priests, they would magically come to life and offer their services to the deities.

Boeotia, Thebes 425-400 BC Silver Stater

Boetian Shield & Amphora w/grapes to right,

O-E in field, Attractive example w/very high relief.

BCD 399. Scarce................. $640

Macedon, Amphipolis

158-149 BC

Silver Tetradrachm

Head of Artemis Tauropolos/

Club within wreath.

30mm....................................... $440

Ref: Sear 1386

100-300 AD, Roman, Bronze Key,

Decorative vertical incised lines

Beautiful original green patina.

75 x 25mm.......................$125

We have several hundred Roman coins in stock,

from the Roman Republic

c.200 BC to the Byzantine era c.1000 AD.

All denominations, denarius to sestertius. If you're looking

for a specific ruler and/or particular coin, please feel free to

email us.

Byzantine Empire, 8th-11th century AD.

Bronze reliquary cross-front half. Depicts

Christ with arms upraised Orans.

Three suspension loops intact. Nice dark green,

original patina. 25mm x 45mm.............. $150

c.900-1100 Spain

Iberian Peninsula

Moorish style w/ incised design. Cast bronze buckle plate

with 5 attachment loops on reverse, all intact.

Large, heavy 30mm x 70mm.

From old collection. Previously auctioned

in a 1959 Schulman Auction, New York.

Original envelope included.......... $120.

Venice, Italy

Doge Pietro Gradenigo (1289-1311)

Silver Grosso

Obv: Christ Enthroned

Rev: Banner between St. Mark & the Doge.......... $180

Christ Enthroned

Italy, Naples

Alfonso of Aragon

1442-1458

Silver Carlino

King enthroned & Aragon Coat of Arms

Biaggi #1663................ $225

Venice

Doge- Andrea Gritti

(1523-1538)

Silver Marcello

Christ seated holding Gospels,

Doge kneeling before St. Mark

holding standard, DVX center

Absolute gorgeous toning, (much nicer than scan)............ SOLD

Henry VIII England

(1509-1547)

Mintmark Rose,

2nd coinage, (1526-44)

Obv: HENRY VIII DG R ANG Z FRANC,

crowned bust right.

Rev: POSVI DEV ADIVTORE MEV,

crossed coat of arms.

25mm.......................................... $540

Ref: Spink 2337E

England, Edward VI (1547-1553)

Silver Shilling, London- Tower mint, mm-Tun 1551-53

Crowned draped bust facing. Shield of Arms on

long cross. Spink #2482. Nice affordable example.... $275.

Philip II Mexico

(1527-1598)

Silver 4 Reales

Assayer-O,

Bernardo De Onate, (1572-89)

15.4 grams

Ref: Menzel, MX-196..................... SOLD

1621 Switzerland

St. Gallen, Swiss Canton

Silver Thaler

Obv: MOM NO CIVIT SAN

GALLENSIS, Bear left.

Rev: SOLI DEO OPT MAX LAVS

ET GLORIA, Crowned Imperial eagle............. SOLD

Fascinating provenance- This Swiss Thaler is from the collection of John Weibel, a Swiss national and member of the Royal Society of the arts, who spent his WWII years in London where his collection was accumulated. Previously featured by DNW in one of their London auctions.

1631 Austria

Ferdinand II

Silver Thaler

42mm

ANACS graded- XF40.............. SOLD

1676-1684 Venice, Italy

Gold Zecchino, Ducato

Minted during the reign of

Doge Alvise Contarini.

22mm

Beautiful example........ SOLD

1693 Naples & Sicily

Charles II

Silver 50 Grana, (1/2 Ducato)

w/Crowned,Draped bust

of Charles and suspended Golden

Fleece in Baroque frame.

32mm.................................................. $425

1693 Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

German States

Silver 2/3 Thaler,

(24 Mariengroschen)

w/Wildman.

37mm........................... $300

1694 Salzburg, Austria

Johann Ernst

Silver 1/2 Thaler

St. Rupert holding crozier

with Pope on right.

Salzburg Arms. 35mm

Nicely toned & very attractive.......... SOLD

c.1628-1700 Baldrick Buckle

HUGE Baldrick buckle, 7-1/4” x 6”,

(Pillar dollar for size reference)

Comes with Certificate of Authenticity…………… $350

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to secure swords, accessories, etc.

Famously associated with the likes of Caribbean

Pirates to hold their broadswords.

Ref: Handbook of English Costume in the 17th century

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1700s Spanish Colonial

Brass Pendant from South America

Devotional to Archangel Gabriel

& Mother Mary.

These early bronze, devotional medallions are found

today on shipwrecks and in early South American

Spanish missions.

This is a scarcer, large type, 32mm x 37mm

plus suspension loop.............. $175

Ref: Pg. 53- "Artifacts of the Spanish Colonies of Florida & the Caribbean"

by Dr. Kathleen Deagan, curator & professor at Museum of Florida History.

1690 Potosi, Bolivia

Charles II

8 Reales Cob

Assayer VR,

Pedro de Villar

3 partial dates visible

& full cross

25.2 grams....................... $550

1739 Admiral Vernon

40mm Bronze Medal

Commemorating the Battle

of Porto Bello, Panama.

NGC graded XF-45.... $550

"He took Porto Bello

with six ships only"

Nov. 22, 1739

The harbor of Porto Bello, Panama was a Spanish stronghold and depository for the silver & gold coins/cobs being shipped from Potosi, Bolivia and Lima, Peru. The cobs were shipped up the western coast of South America and transported across the jungles of Panama to the port of Porto Bello. Once arrived, they awaited shipment via Spanish galleons to Havana, Cuba and then to Spain. Britain's Admiral Vernon took the Spanish stronghold on Nov. 22, 1739. It was celebrated as a great victory in England where these medals were struck. Admiral Vernon became a popular hero, and was himself commemorated in several places, perhaps most famously Mount Vernon, later the estate of George Washington. Washington's older, half brother and mentor, Lawrence Washington, served under Admiral Vernon during the capture of Porto Bello and Cartegena, Panama.

Philip V

(1700-1746) (Sank 1739)

Silver 8 Reales Cob

Mexico City Mint

Full Florenzada Cross

w/Castile and Leon.

Bourbon Shield.

26.5 grams.............. SOLD

Rooswijk Shipwreck Piece

(Sank 1739)

w/Certificate of Authenticity

1721 Portugal

John V

Copper 10 Reis

Large 36mm

KM-191......... SOLD

1777 AN-EI, 6th Year of EDO Period

Silver 10 Monme Trade Note, Hansatsu

Issued by Amagasaki Han in Settsu no Kuni.

Amagasaki Hikikae Yakusho

Exchange office seal at lower right.

Holed suspension loop

(common amongst these notes).

80mm x 190mm................................... $135

1795 Great Britain

Middlesex, London

1/2 Penny Conder Token

D&H # 317

NGC graded MS64 Brown..... $350

Mrs. Newsham

"The White Negress"

exhibited by Thomas Hall

at The House of Curiosities

No. 10 City Road in London

Amelia Newsham, an albino enslaved woman, arrived in London having been sent from Jamaica as a present from her master to his son. She was sold on to two men who exhibited her at fairs throughout Britain.

Souvenir coins as this were struck with the likeness of the 'White Negress' and were also for sale. Mrs. Newsham continued to exhibit herself even after she married an Englishman, with whom she had six children.