Treasure, World, U.S. Coin & Paper Money Auction 24

Solid silver coat-of-arms seal with spiral-shaped handle from the 1715 Fleet. 168 grams, 4" long, 1" diameter at base. Attractive, sturdy...

Clump of three silver cups from the 1733 Fleet. 485 grams, 3-1/2" tall, 3-1/4" x 2-1/2" wide. Three nested cups, conserved and intac...

Lot of four silver finials (game tokens?) from the Luz (1752), ex-Castells & Castells (1997). 40 grams total, each about 1" tall. Little a...

Matching pair of ornate gold and red coral earrings from an unidentified ca.-1750s wreck in the River Plate. 7.10 grams total, each earring about 1-1

Lot of two earthenware "boy-on-buffalo" figurines from the Tek Sing (1822), probably gamepieces, some legs missing. One is 28.04 grams, 2...

Encrusted green-glass ale bottle from an unidentified early-1800s wreck off Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 1,284 grams, 9" tall (bottle on...

Encrusted stoneware ale bottle from an unidentified early-1800s wreck off Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 1,013 grams, 10" tall x 3-1/4&qu...

Natural Colombian emerald in stone matrix with pyrite. 1058 grams, 10" long. Large, attractive oblong slab of white and black stone, pyrite an...

Lot of North Sea ancient amber fossil pieces (approx. 44 million years old). 191 grams total, 4 pieces from 1/2" to 3-1/2" long. Lightwei...

Megalodon (huge shark) tooth, Miocene era (approx. 2.6 to 15 million years old), found in the Hawthorn Formation, North Carolina. 223 grams, 4-1/2&...

Rare early European or Spanish burgonet helmet, 1500s-1600s. 1124 grams, 11" long x 10" high. Intact early helmet with raised decorated m...

Early European siege-weight soldier's breastplate, 1600s. 3470 grams, 17" tall x 13-1/2" wide. Heavy hand-forged construction with fo...

Eastern European steel war shield, 1700s. 1980 grams, 18-1/2" diameter. Ornately engraved and well-worn shield featuring pastoral scenes of an...

Large stone cannonball with rusted spike, 1500s. 6980 grams, 6" diameter. Far less common than iron or even bronze cannonballs, this example m...

Spanish eight-pounder cannon shot, recovered from a southern Caribbean site, 1600s, with wood base. 4479 grams total, 4054 grams for shot, 4" ...

Early Dutch or Spanish colonial bronze swivel-mounted cannon, 1600s-1700s, with old colonial carved wooden mount. 49-1/2" long, 4-7/8" mu...

Small bronze signal cannon (mortar), Spanish, 1600s-1700s. 3187 grams, 4-3/4" tall, 3" diameter. Short, crude, flat-bottomed cannons like...

American Revolutionary War 12-pounder mortar shell with wooden base, found in Philadelphia, 1777. 3252 grams total, 2761 grams for shell, 4-1/2&quo...

American Revolutionary War three-pounder barshot, found in New York. 1422 grams, 11-1/2" long, 2-3/4" diameter half-spheres. Rare example...

British eighteen-pounder stand of grapeshot, early 1800s. 7980 grams, 7-1/2" tall, 5" diameter. This type of projectile is seldom found i...