Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #13

Choice crinoid fossil in gray matrix, approx. 250 to 500 million years old, place of origin uncertain. 103 grams; 3" x 2-1/2". Flower-like...

Large plant fossil, Lepidodendron, approx. 300 million years old (Carboniferous period), place of origin uncertain. 2038 grams; 6" x 4-1/2"...

Dinosaur egg, Hadrosaur, approx. 70 to 100 million years old (Cretaceous period), from the Kaoguo formation in Yisan, Hubei Province, China. 3118 gram

Mammal skull, Oreodont, approx. 30 to 35 million years old (Tertiary period, Oligocene epoch), probably from South Dakota. 502 grams; roughly 4"...

Mammal skull, Oreodont, approx. 30 to 35 million years old (Tertiary period, Oligocene epoch), probably from South Dakota. 690 grams; roughly 4-1/2&...

Fossilized cave bear jaw segment with two intact molars, approx. 20,000 to 200,000 years old. 312 grams, roughly 9" x 6" x 3". Impres...

Woolly mammoth tooth from the North Sea, 10,000 to 100,000 years old, rare as intact, with original collection data from the finder. 3217 grams; 10&...

Hammered Inca gold ornament (earring?), very rare. 7.3 grams; about 3" x 2". Thin gold foil cut into a nearly rectangular shape with lines...

Small bronze signal cannon (mortar), Spanish, 1600s-1700s. 515 grams; 5-3/4" tall and 5" at its widest. Broad, flat base but tiny bore (3/...

Large bronze swivel cannon, Dutch East Indies, late 1700s-early 1800s. 55 lb; 41" long. Heavy for a swivel cannon, with interestingly flared bl...

Bronze rail cannon, Portuguese or Malaysian, late 1700s-early 1800s. 20 lb, 9 oz; 28" long. Cute little cannon with minimal design but attracti...

Spanish stone roundshot (cannonball) from a 1588 Spanish Armada wreck in the straits of Dover off England, rare. 6 lb, 3.5 oz; 5" in diameter. ...

Small bronze cannonball (4-pounder), Spanish colonial (1600s-1700s), from a colonial site in the western Caribbean, rare. 4 lb, 13 oz; 3" in di...

Large iron cannonball, probably 1700s. 17 lb; 5" in diameter. Rusty and pitted but solid and intact, with prominent casting seam in middle. Ped...

Large iron cannonball, probably 1700s. 15-3/4 lb; 5" in diameter. Rusty and pitted but solid and intact, with prominent casting seam in middle....

Large iron cannonball, probably 1700s. 16-1/4 lb; 5" in diameter. Rusty and pitted but solid and intact, with prominent casting seam in middle....

Large iron cannonball, probably 1700s. 15-3/4 lb; 5" in diameter. Rusty and pitted but solid and intact, with prominent casting seam in middle....

Medium-large iron cannonball, probably 1700s. 9-4/5 lb; 4" in diameter. Rusty and pitted but solid and intact, with prominent casting seam in m...

Small iron cannonball, probably 1700s. 3-1/3 lb, 3" in diameter. Rusty and pitted but solid and intact, with prominent casting seam in middle. ...

Northern European cuphilt rapier, 1500s-1600s. 1220 grams; 46" long. Long, straight, sharp blade with minimal rust spots, deep blood grooves, i...