Treasure, World Coin & Paper Money Auction 40

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain saucer, Kangxi period, ex-"Ca Mau wreck" (ca. 1723-35). 69 grams. 4¼" in diameter at rim, ¾...

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain saucer, Kangxi period, ex-"Ca Mau wreck" (ca. 1723-35). 87 grams. 4-3/8" diameter at rim, ¾"...

English "horse hoof onion" bottle, ex-Princess Louisa (1743). 921 grams. 5" diameter, 7½" tall. Heavy bottle with a rather ...

Brass navigational dividers, ex-Reijgersdaal (1747). 43 grams. 4" long. Intact and choice set of dividers, consisting of two interlocking arms ...

Brass musket parts (trigger guard and buttplate), ex-Tounant (1779). 221 grams total. 4¾" x 1¾" and 5¼" x 1¼"...

Conical paneled glass ink bottle with stand, ex-S.S. Republic (1865). 57 grams. 2½" diameter at base, 2½" tall. Nine-sided, slop...

Ceramic ink pot, ex-S.S. Republic (1865). 138 grams. 2¼" diameter at base, 2¼" tall. Lovely little milky-white clay ink well wit...

White porcelain dinner plate marked with crowned ITALIA logo on top and Richard Ginori maker's mark on bottom, ex-Andrea Doria (1956). 506 grams...

Large (9') Spanish bronze naval cannon, ex-Spanish Armada (1588). Approx. 3000 lb. The most impressive artifacts from any wreck, at least in ter...

Small bronze swivel-cannon with yoke, probably from the Dutch East Indies, 1700s. 16 lb total. 18" long. Like its much larger brethren, this co...

Bronze lantaka cannon with yoke, Dutch East Indies, 1800s. 31.9 lb. 32" long, 3½" wide at its widest. An eye-catching piece, polished...

Small copper imitation swivel cannon dated "1619," with yoke. 11 lb. 16½" long. Attractive, small replica (XRF tested at 99% cop...

Medium-sized bronze signal cannon (mortar), Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 3.7 lb. 3½" tall, 2½" diameter. Short, crude, flat-b...

Medium-sized bronze signal cannon (mortar), Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 3.1 lb. 3½" tall, 2½" diameter. Short, crude, flat-b...

Iron cannonball ("12-pounder"), Spanish colonial (1500s-1700s). 11.16 lb. 5" in diameter. Solid and heavy with glossy black surface f...

Iron cannonball ("6-pounder"), Spanish colonial (1500s-1700s). 6.19 lb. 3½" in diameter. Lightly pitted with a light-to-dark bro...

Austrian cavalry officer's dress sword with scabbard and hanger, engraved Heinrich Hauptfeld and the date 1856. 1081 grams. 39" long. Lovel...

British double-barreled flintlock carriage pistol, Tatham & Egg, ca. 1801-15. 2.65 lbs. 14" overall, 8" barrel. High-quality original ...

British light dragoon flintlock pistol, first type (1756-1770). 2.1 lb. 17" long, 10" barrel. This very rare first type British dragoon fl...

British dragoon land service flintlock pistol by Vernon, 1759. 2.14 lb. 19" long, 12" barrel. This flintlock pistol is of a type used by B...

Flintlock pistol, European, 1700s. 2.12 lb. 15" long, 8" barrel. Attractive piece with medium-brown wood handle, brass furniture, working ...

Small flintlock pistol, French, early 1700s. 1.4 lb. 10½" long, 5" barrel. Wood and steel piece, the metal with some pitting, the ram...

Flintlock pistol, Spanish colonial, early 1800s. 1.6 lb. 11" long, 6" barrel. Smaller weapon in original, working condition with period re...

Lot of 51 small iron chainmail links, Spanish colonial, early to mid-1500s, found in New Mexico ca. 1985. 13 grams total. According to the accompanyin

Small gold ring with floral design in panel, Spanish colonial (1500s-1700s), 1.46 grams, size 8½, tested at 17K. Delicate, simple ring made up ...

Small gold ring with leaflike design, Spanish colonial (1500s-1700s), 1.22 grams, size 5½, tested at 17.5K. Delicate, lightweight ring, the bra...

Engraved silver crucifix, Spanish colonial, 1700s. 32 grams. 4" x 2½". Interesting piece showing Christ with a distinctly native aspe...

Lot of five small Byzantine crosses (four copper and one silver), ca. 7th to 11th centuries AD. 24 grams total. Ranging from 1" x ¾" ...

Green glass onion bottle from the Suriname River (1700s-1800s). 804 grams. 6" diameter, 7¼" tall. Beautiful, intact example of a so-c...

Wrought iron cresset from Boston Harbor, ca. 1700. 10 lb. 3' tall, 10" diameter. Basically a cage-like basket on the end of an angled handl...

Rare 17th-century German jewelry treasure chest. 3.4 lb. 9½” L x 4¾” W x 4½” H. Rare and unusually small 17th centu...

Small brass nested weight set consisting of six cups and case. 407 grams total. 2" diameter at top, 1½" tall. The outer container enc...

French balance scale for coins in original wooden case with paper table applied to lid, early 1800s. 103 grams total. 6½" x 2" x ...

Pieces of Eight, by Kip Wagner (as told to L.B. Taylor, Jr.), third printing of first edition (1968), signed by all Real Eight members and co-author (

Treasure of the Atocha (1986), by R. Duncan Mathewson, III, autographed, 1988 FUN Show special edition. An overview of the archeological problems and

Framed, signed, color lithograph entitled "The Wreck of the Concepcion 1641" by Duke Long (1980). 24" x 20". A historically accu...

French copperplate-engraved map of the Caribbean entitled "Les Isles de l'Amérique Connues Sous le Nom d'Antilles, ou Sont les Isl...

Dutch copperplate-engraved map of the northern Caribbean entitled "Jonathan Dickensons Ramspoedige Reystogt van Jamaika na Pensylvania nagespoo...

British map of the Manila Galleon passage by George Anson entitled "A Chart of the Channel in the Philippine Islands through which the Manila G...

Large British map of the West Indies, 1768, by John Blair, engraved by Thomas Kitchin. Outside borders 24½" x 18", image 22½&quo...

Original oil-on-canvas painting of pirate Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts by Rick Reeves (1994), signed and dated, framed. 29" x 25&...

SPAIN, Seville, gold 1 escudo, Charles-Joanna, assayer * to right, mintmark S to left, mounted cross-side out in 18K gold pendant. 8.58 grams total. S

SPAIN, Seville, gold 1 escudo, Charles-Joanna, assayer Gothic D to left, mintmark S to right, mounted cross-side out in 18K gold pendant with fixed ba

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer B, mounted cross-side out in 18K gold pendant with fixed bail. 12.33 grams total. Nice, bold c

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer not visible, mounted cross-side out in silver men's ring (size 11) with gold bezel and e...

MEXICO, Mexico City, gold cob 2 escudos, 1712 (J), ex-1715 Fleet, mounted cross-side out in 14K gold pendant with fixed bail. 10.12 grams total. Nice,

BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer R (curved leg), Grade 1, ex-Atocha (1622), ex-Heber, mounted cross-side out in 14K gold pend...

BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer M (pre-dated type), quadrants of cross transposed, Grade 2, ex-Atocha (1622), mounted cross-...

MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer D, ex-"Lucayan Beach Wreck" (ca. 1628), mounted cross-side out in antique (1960s) si...

MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer not visible (D, 1620s), ex-Concepción (1641), mounted cross-side out in 14K gold wire pen...