Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #15

Mediterranean corsair sword, ca. 1720. 37-1/2" long, 910 grams. Clean, double-edged blade with blunt tip and multiple blood-groves, wooden gri...

Figure-eight cutlass, American, late 1700s to early 1800s. 700 grams, 28" long. Simple guard in the shape of a flat figure eight bent into C s...

Spanish colonial machete, late 1800s, with original scabbard. 550 grams, 25" long. Sharp, bright, single-edged German blade stamped with J.E. ...

Dutch naval boarding axe with Amsterdam mark "XXX" stamped on blade (plus uncertain maker's name), 1700s. 1537 grams, 16-1/2" lo...

English boarding axe, ca. 1780. 758 grams, 17" long. Pitted and rusty surface (but intact), the black-painted handle a modern replacement.

Rat-tail silver flintlock pistol, Eastern European, mid-1700s. 1237 grams, 19" long. This piece is ornate from end to end, with brass overlay ...

Flintlock pistol, Eastern European, mid-1700s. 1167 grams, 21" long. Ornate top of barrel and silver furniture, light engraving on lock (somew...

Flintlock pistol, Eastern European, ca. 1750. 995 grams, 19" long. Ornately carved stock with nicely decorative brass furniture, a few minor r...

Eastern European (probably Ottoman) flintlock holster pistol, mid-1700s. 1061 grams, 20" long. Rusty barrel with light engraving, plain brass ...

British East India Company flintlock pistol, ca. 1800-15. 1555 grams, 15-1/2" long. Unusually large 80-caliber big-bore officer's sidearm ...

Belgian "pepper box" percussion pistol, early 1800s. 781 grams, 8-1/2" long. Interesting transition piece from simple percussion pis...

English screw-barrel percussion pocket pistol, ca. 1840s. 514 grams, about 6" long, the case 8-1/4" x 6-1/4" x 2". Excellent sp...

Spanish colonial percussion trabuco (blunderbuss), 1800s, converted from miquelet after 1840. 2088 grams, 28-1/2" long. Popular shipboard, coa...

Lot of 30 lead musketballs, some with carvings or marks and holes, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 48.5 grams total, each about 1/2" to 3/4&q...

Glass/wood display of 132 Naval buttons, various metals and nations, 1700s to 1900s (Revolutionary War to WWII). 16" x 10-1/2" x 2" ...

Brass/iron nautical dividers, Dutch, 1600s. 47 grams, 4-3/4" long. Fully functional and intact, both the brass part at top and the iron points...

Ebony octant, probably English, early to mid-1700s. 1203 grams, roughly 15" x 13" x 3". This navigational device was used to measure...

Sea-captain's long-glass (telescope) marked "S. ABBOT," late 1700s (American Revolutionary War period). 564 grams, 25-1/2" long....

Wooden ship's compass made by Spencer Browning & Rust (London), late 1700s-early 1800s. 207 grams, 3-1/4" tall and 5" in diameter...

Spanish colonial brass espuelas (spurs) with steel rowels and rawhide straps, late 1700s to early 1800s. 798 grams, each spur about 8". Origin...

Pair of brass Spanish covered stirrups (estribos), late 1700s to early 1800s. 1950 grams total, each about 10" long. Basically backless brass ...

Iron "armada" chest with key, no cover plate, early 1600s. About 75 lb, 29" x 14" x 14". A typical German-made strongbox f...

Iron "armada" chest, no keys, with cover plate, late 1600s, painted. About 100 lb, 24" x 13" x 13". Another typical German...

Lot of 4 iron "skeleton" keys on original ring, Spanish colonial (late 1600s to early 1700s), found in Lima, Peru. 678 grams, each about ...

Iron padlock with key, Spanish colonial (late 1600s to early 1700s), found in Lima, Peru. 344 grams, roughly 6" x 3". Square lock with na...

Iron padlock with key, Spanish colonial (late 1600s to early 1700s), found in Lima, Peru. 367 grams, roughly 4" x 4". D-shaped lock with ...

Iron padlock with key, Spanish colonial (late 1600s to early 1700s), found in Lima, Peru. 299 grams, roughly 6-1/4" x 3". Square lock wit...

Spanish colonial wooden "money box," 1700s. 2434 grams, 13" x 8-1/2" x 8". Small-size (tabletop) chest in original conditi...

Spanish colonial mortar and pestle, 1600s. 2495 grams, the pestle 8" long and the mortar 3-1/2" tall and 5" in diameter across the t...

Large brass mortar, probably 1700s. 5410 grams, 5-1/4" tall and 8-1/4" in diameter. Plain but massive, with thinly flared top and heavy b...

Spanish colonial-period brass candlestick holder, 1600s-1700s. 1169 grams, 11" tall. Early candlestick made of a turned stem and base with dri...

Lot of 2 Spanish-style silver wall sconces, each with 3 candle holders, ornate and intact, probably made in Mexico in the late 1800s, total of 51 oz o

Large, pewter, church-alms dish, late 1600s-early 1700s, European. 1079 grams, 12-3/4" in diameter. Very wide-rimmed plate (3" rim) with ...

Earthenware urn, 1600s, from the harbor of a Caribbean port. 1872 grams, 10-1/2" tall and 7" in diameter. Fully intact (rare thus) and wi...

Lot of 2 ceramic mugs (one stoneware, the other porcelain) from the 1600s, recovered from the land under the World Trade Center in New York City in 19

Dutch green-glass "onion" bottle, ca. 1720s. 669 grams, 7-1/2" tall and 5" in diameter. Perfectly intact, no stars or cracks or...

Dutch green-glass "onion" bottle, mid-1700s. 507 grams, 7-1/2" tall and 5-1/4" in diameter. Perfectly intact, no stars or crack...

Large, iron hay-bale handler, mid- to late 1700s, from the east coast of Florida. 26-1/2" long, 4090 grams. Intact and professionally conserve...

Iron grappling hook, late 1700s(?). 18" long and 15" wide, 2730 grams. Sturdy and uncorroded (not a water find), with all five points sti...

Spanish colonial iron shackles, 1600s-1700s. 845 grams, 18" long. Hand-forged, with lock on one side (no key) and typical early Spanish-style ...

English iron shackles, 1700s. 722 grams, 12" long. Early straight-arm shackles used to transport slaves and prisoners, the metal pitted (as-fo...

Large gilt-brass-and-steel spring "bloodletting" lancet, ca. 1750-1800, European, in original black velvet-lined case, rare. 255 grams to...

Bronze ring sundial from a 1700s wreck off Europe. 17.54 grams, 1-3/8" in diameter. Solid and intact but with dark patination all over, the ma...

Lot of two black-leather Abafil coin cases, each for 20 coins. Each 7" x 9-1/2". The gold standard for elegant coin storage, each case wi...

Iron meteorite, 4500 grams (+/-), approx. 4000-5000 years old, from Campo del Cielo, Argentina. 4.18kg, roughly 8" x 4" x 4". Very d...