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Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 44

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location2585 Sebastopol Road #7386, Santa Rosa, California, 95407, United States

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Session A | 09:00 PDT | Lots 1-311 | Ancient & Islamic Part I
Session B | 14:00 PDT | Lots 312-861 | Islamic Part II & India
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Session C | 09:00 PDT | Lots 862-1208 | China & World Coins - Asia & Middle-East
Session D | 14:30 PDT | Lots 1209-1730 | World Coins - Europe, Africa, Americas, Pacific, Ethnographic
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
Session E | 10:00 PDT | Lots 1731-2640 | Internet - Single Lots
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2022
Session F | 10:00 PDT | Lots 2641-3250 | Internet - Group Lots
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INDONESIA: Western New Guinea, LOT of 2 penis shields2601 - INDONESIA: Western New Guinea, LOT of 2 penis shields
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INDONESIA: Western New Guinea, LOT of 2 penis shields, measuring ca. 22.5cm and 13.5cm long, 2.8cm and 3.6cm wide at the base respectively, attached w
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Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
Sold for 420.00
 
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INDONESIA: Western New Guinea, LOT of 2 penis shields2602 - INDONESIA: Western New Guinea, LOT of 2 penis shields
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INDONESIA: Western New Guinea, LOT of 2 penis shields, measuring ca. 26cm and 21cm long, 4cm and 4.5cm wide at the base respectively, attached with wo
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 288.00
 
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INDONESIA: Western New Guinea, stone "finger chopper" (229.87g), Choice VF2603 - INDONESIA: Western New Guinea, stone "finger chopper" (229.87g), Choice VF
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INDONESIA: Western New Guinea, stone "finger chopper" (229.87g), Opitz (2011) p.227 (plate example), ca. 21 x 5cm, comprising a wedge-shap...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 132.00
 
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INDONESIA: Western New Guinea, yerak band, VF-EF2604 - INDONESIA: Western New Guinea, yerak band, VF-EF
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INDONESIA: Western New Guinea, yerak band, Opitz p.382 (plate example), comprising 88 cowry shells on a 100 x 2.5cm woven band with pieces of fur on b
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 78.00
 
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IVORY COAST: AE boat anklet (208.29g), VF2605 - IVORY COAST: AE boat anklet (208.29g), VF
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IVORY COAST: AE boat anklet (208.29g), Opitz p.281, Semans p.6, 142 x 82mm, made by the Senufo people of West Africa, worn by wealthy women and used a
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 78.00
 
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KENYA: LOT of 3 giraffe hair monies2606 - KENYA: LOT of 3 giraffe hair monies
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KENYA: LOT of 3 giraffe hair monies, Opitz (2011) p.235 (plate examples), including two braided into a coil (ca. 7.5cm and 14.5cm-wide respectively),
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for 420.00
 
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KENYA: water jug (917g), VF2607 - KENYA: water jug (917g), VF
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KENYA: water jug (917g), ca. 35cm tall & 21cm wide, made from camel stomach, complete with a braided leather strap and a wooden plug, made by th...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 72.00
 
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MEXICO: LOT of 12 chewing gum monies, VF2608 - MEXICO: LOT of 12 chewing gum monies, VF
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MEXICO: LOT of 12 chewing gum monies, Opitz (2011) p.242 (plate example), Yucatan brand by Chicle Adams S. A., given out as change in lieu of the 1 ce
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold for 48.00
 
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NIGERIA: iron spear (1469g), Choice VF2609 - NIGERIA: iron spear (1469g), Choice VF
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NIGERIA: iron spear (1469g), Ballarini p. 134, 143.5cm, with one end pointed, the other forked for spearing fish, and the shaft wrapped with copper st
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 90.00
 
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NIGERIA: iron spear (6601g), VF2610 - NIGERIA: iron spear (6601g), VF
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NIGERIA: iron spear (6601g), Opitz (2011) p.528 (plate example), Ballarini p.170, 174cm, comprising a solid iron pole mounted with a crown of six wedg
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for 420.00
 
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NIGERIA: LOT of 2 iron stick money2611 - NIGERIA: LOT of 2 iron stick money
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NIGERIA: LOT of 2 iron stick money, Ballarini p. 162, also known as idoma, 76cm (616g) and 79cm (630g) respectively, used as currency in Kaduna State;
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 48.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA & SOLOMON ISLANDS: LOT of 3 rattles2612 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA & SOLOMON ISLANDS: LOT of 3 rattles
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA & SOLOMON ISLANDS: LOT of 3 rattles, including Trobriand Islands: string of rattle seed beads (Opitz 2011 p.98 plate example), ...
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bagi shell money (80.11g), VF-EF2613 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bagi shell money (80.11g), VF-EF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bagi shell money (80.11g), Opitz p.28, Opitz (2011) p.38 (plate example), comprising a crescent-shaped shell (ca. 10cm wide) affixed
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 132.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bamboo money (399.52g), VF2614 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bamboo money (399.52g), VF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bamboo money (399.52g), Opitz p.31, Opitz (2011) p.43 (plate example), comprising numerous segments (each ca. 6cm long) threaded wit
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 90.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bone dagger (110.06g), VF-EF2615 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bone dagger (110.06g), VF-EF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bone dagger (110.06g), Opitz p.128, 331mm, made from sharpened cassowary bone, handle etched with human figures, made by the Asmat p
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 168.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: breast ornament, Choice VF2616 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: breast ornament, Choice VF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: breast ornament, Opitz (2011) p.280, ca. 38 x 11.5cm, comprising a vertical woven band framed with small shells and attached to four
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 420.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 large bailer shell money2617 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 large bailer shell money
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 large bailer shell money, Opitz p.29, 24 x 17.5cm and 23.5 x 18.5cm respectively, both holed at the top and attached with s
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 96.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 penis shields2618 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 penis shields
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 penis shields, measuring 38cm and 32cm long, 5.4cm and 4.9cm wide at the base respectively, intricately woven from plant fi
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Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
Sold for 180.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 turbo shells2619 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 turbo shells
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 turbo shells, Opitz p.359, Opitz (2011) p.172, weighing 653g and 555g respectively, both ca. 17cm long, made of a large seg
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for 84.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 4 beetle monies, VF2620 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 4 beetle monies, VF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 4 beetle monies, Opitz p.79, Schulman & Gibbs p.11, all between 40cm and 50cm-long, comprising dozens of iridescent gre...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for 144.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Manus Islands, shell disc (330.44g), Choice VF2621 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Manus Islands, shell disc (330.44g), Choice VF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Manus Islands, shell disc (330.44g), 153 x 147mm, shaped and polished from a single large clam shell, holed in the center and thread
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for 204.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: nassa shell ornament, VF2622 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: nassa shell ornament, VF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: nassa shell ornament, Opitz p.235, ca. 71 x 30cm, made in the shape of a large snake with thousands of nassa shells and two large co
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 228.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: New Britain, euk shell money (938g), VF2623 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: New Britain, euk shell money (938g), VF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: New Britain, euk shell money (938g), Opitz (2011) p.220, comprising a large gold-lip shell (27 x 23cm) modified to leave an "...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for 102.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Rossel Island (Yela), LOT of 2 ndap shell monies2624 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Rossel Island (Yela), LOT of 2 ndap shell monies
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Rossel Island (Yela), LOT of 2 ndap shell monies, Opitz p.236, Opitz (2011) p.383 (plate examples), 71 and 62mm in length respective
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Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
Sold for 102.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell "boar" tusk, EF2625 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell "boar" tusk, EF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell "boar" tusk, Opitz (2011) p.130 (plate example), 110mm in diameter, made from a giant tridacna shell in the shape ...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 132.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: stone axe (530g), VF2626 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: stone axe (530g), VF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: stone axe (530g), ca. 23.5 x 55cm, comprising a greenstone blade affixed to a curved wooden handle with rattan, blade broken and rep
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold for 120.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: stone club head (589g), VF2627 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: stone club head (589g), VF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: stone club head (589g), Opitz (2011) p.168 (plate example), 100 x 58mm, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Visit www.traditionalmoney.
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Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
Sold for 228.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Sudest Island (Tagula), daveri shell money (16.77g), EF2628 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Sudest Island (Tagula), daveri shell money (16.77g), EF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Sudest Island (Tagula), daveri shell money (16.77g), Opitz p.128, Opitz (2011) p.198 (plate example), shaped, polished and holed as
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for 90.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: turbo shell (658g), VF2629 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: turbo shell (658g), VF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: turbo shell (658g), Opitz p.359, Opitz (2011) p.172, ca. 17.5 x 11.5 x 12.5cm, made of a large segment of the green turban snail she
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 78.00
 
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: abaquaro armband, VF-EF2630 - SOLOMON ISLANDS: abaquaro armband, VF-EF
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: abaquaro armband, Opitz (2011) p.10 (plate example), comprising a rectangular band (13 x 10.5cm) with hundreds of red, white, and bla
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for 156.00
 
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: ceremonial wooden club (278.61g), VF-EF2631 - SOLOMON ISLANDS: ceremonial wooden club (278.61g), VF-EF
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: ceremonial wooden club (278.61g), 28cm, with an 8-petaled head and a shaft wrapped in a woven sleeve, VF-EF, ex Charles Opitz Collect
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 480.00
 
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: fossilized shell disc (431.29g), EF2632 - SOLOMON ISLANDS: fossilized shell disc (431.29g), EF
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: fossilized shell disc (431.29g), Opitz p.298, 177 x 171mm, shaped and polished from a single large fossilized clam shell, incised wit
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for 108.00
 
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: LOT of 3 nose-piercing sticks2633 - SOLOMON ISLANDS: LOT of 3 nose-piercing sticks
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: LOT of 3 nose-piercing sticks, Opitz p.362, also known as usu usu, made from clam shell and bone, decorated with 2 or 3 etchings or w
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 168.00
 
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: Malaita Island, LOT of 2 shell necklaces2634 - SOLOMON ISLANDS: Malaita Island, LOT of 2 shell necklaces
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: Malaita Island, LOT of 2 shell necklaces, cf. Opitz p.301, both comprising a necklace made from hundreds of small shell discs and a p
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for 108.00
 
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SUDAN: iron knife (185.2g), VF2635 - SUDAN: iron knife (185.2g), VF
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SUDAN: iron knife (185.2g), 29cm-long with a 18.5cm curved blade, a corner of wooden handle missing, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.
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Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
Sold for 168.00
 
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TIBET: breast ornament, Choice VF2636 - TIBET: breast ornament, Choice VF
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TIBET: breast ornament, 187mm wide, comprising an oval red and blue center ornament surrounded by a ring of yellow and silver beads with three cowry s
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 240.00
 
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UNITED STATES: glass and shell necklace, VF-EF2637 - UNITED STATES: glass and shell necklace, VF-EF
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UNITED STATES: glass and shell necklace, ca. 72cm in circumference, made from numerous cylindrical glass beads (most ca. 25mm long) and 9 small cowry
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for 420.00
 
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 grain vials2638 - WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 grain vials
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 grain vials, including Ancient Egypt: wheat from the tomb of Tutankhamun (ca. 1332-23BC), ex Prof. B. D. Leith Collection; and Uni
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for 390.00
 
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 salt monies2639 - WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 salt monies
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 salt monies, including Congo: partial salt bar, 898g, 210 x 74 x 41mm (Opitz 2011 p.479); and Indonesia: salt block from Madura Is
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Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
Sold for 264.00
 
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 wooden musical instruments2640 - WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 wooden musical instruments
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 wooden musical instruments, including a pair of castanets (without strings, most likely from Europe), and a Chinese temple block (
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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BACTRIA: Eukratides I Megas, ca. 170-145 BC, LOT of 13 AR obols2641 - BACTRIA: Eukratides I Megas, ca. 170-145 BC, LOT of 13 AR obols
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BACTRIA: Eukratides I Megas, ca. 170-145 BC, LOT of 13 AR obols, including examples of the diademed (Bop-3) and the helmeted bust (Bop-9) with several
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Estimate : 325.00 - 375.00
Sold for 360.00
 
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IONIA: Kolophon, LOT of 18 fractional silvers2642 - IONIA: Kolophon, LOT of 18 fractional silvers
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IONIA: Kolophon, LOT of 18 fractional silvers, including 1 hemiobol (Milne-4, Apollo facing), 16 tetartemorions (various types) and 1 hemitetartemorio
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Start Price : 425.00 | Estimate : 550.00 - 650.00
 
 
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IONIA: LOT of 21 fractional silvers2643 - IONIA: LOT of 21 fractional silvers
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IONIA: LOT of 21 fractional silvers, including 6 from Ephesos, 6 from Phokaia, 5 from Miletos, and 4 from Teos, of various denominations between obol
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold for 480.00
 
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MYSIA: Kyzikos, LOT of 17 fractional silvers2644 - MYSIA: Kyzikos, LOT of 17 fractional silvers
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MYSIA: Kyzikos, LOT of 17 fractional silvers, including 3 obols, 8 hemiobols and 6 tetartemorions, of both the tunny/incuse squares type and the boar/
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
 
 
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SELEUKID KINGDOM: LOT of 35 silver coins2645 - SELEUKID KINGDOM: LOT of 35 silver coins
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SELEUKID KINGDOM: LOT of 35 silver coins, including 27 drachms (including several identifiable as of Antiochos I from Aï Khanoum), 6 hemidrach
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold for 390.00
 
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THRACE: LOT of 17 fractional silvers2646 - THRACE: LOT of 17 fractional silvers
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THRACE: LOT of 17 fractional silvers, including 8 from Apollonia Pontica, 4 from Cherronesos (incl. 2 AR and 1 fourrée hemidrachm), 4 from Ist
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Estimate : 350.00 - 450.00
Sold for 420.00
 
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ANCIENT GREECE: LOT of 20 fractional silvers2647 - ANCIENT GREECE: LOT of 20 fractional silvers
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ANCIENT GREECE: LOT of 20 fractional silvers, from a variety of locations including Arados (1), Assos (1), Chios (1), Kebren (1), Klazomenai (1), Magn
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold for 840.00
 
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ANCIENT GREECE: LOT of 19 silvers2648 - ANCIENT GREECE: LOT of 19 silvers
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ANCIENT GREECE: LOT of 19 silvers, including Dardanos (2), Chalkis (2), Histiaia (1), Larissa (1), Macedon (2), Mende (2), Methymna (1), Psophis (3),
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold for 840.00
 
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ANCIENT GREECE: LOT of 15 coins2649 - ANCIENT GREECE: LOT of 15 coins
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ANCIENT GREECE: LOT of 15 coins, including Seleucid Kingdom: AR tetradrachm, Seleukos I, Babylon I mint, Price-3747, SC-82.5, Alexandrine type, ca. 31
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Estimate : 250.00 - 300.00
Sold for 390.00
 
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CARTHAGE: LOT of 23 copper units2650 - CARTHAGE: LOT of 23 copper units
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CARTHAGE: LOT of 23 copper units, wreathed head of female left // horse prancing right, average Fine condition, some crudely struck, average weight ab
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Estimate : 240.00 - 300.00
Sold for 510.00
 
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