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

Small Chinese blue-on-white porcelain jarlet with bird motif, intact, from the "Hoi An Hoard" (late 1400s). 110 grams, 2-1/4" tall, ...

Small Chinese blue-on-white porcelain jarlet with bird motif, intact, from the "Hoi An Hoard" (late 1400s). 94 grams, 2" tall, 2-1/2...

Lot of two small Chinese blue-on-white porcelain teacups with flower motif, intact, from the "Hoi An Hoard" (late 1400s). One is 62 grams...

Lot of two small Chinese blue-on-white porcelain teacups with flower motif, intact, from the "Hoi An Hoard" (late 1400s). One is 49 grams...

Lot of two small Chinese blue-on-white porcelain teacups with flower motif, intact, from the "Hoi An Hoard" (late 1400s). One is 43 grams...

Small piece of rope fiber from the Mary Rose (1543) with small tag from The Mary Rose Trust inside an acrylic display. 171 grams, 3-3/8" x 2-1...

Small section of wooden timber from the Mary Rose (1543) inside an acrylic cube signed by famous archeologist Margaret Rule. 148 grams, 2" x 2...

Gold-and-emerald ring, approx. 1 carat, size 4, from the Atocha (1622). 2.1 grams. A somewhat plain, gold-wire ring (slightly misshapen but wearable)

Small gold button from the Atocha (1622). 0.53 gram, 1/2" x 1/4". Tiny well-made button (one of a set of twelve found, according to the F...

High-quality natural emerald, 2.56 carats, grade 1C, from the Atocha (1622). Roughly 3/8" x 1/4". Mostly crystalline shape with even dark...

High-quality natural emerald, 1.68 carats, grade 1C, from the Atocha (1622). Roughly 3/8" x 1/4". Crystal and rough surfaces with lovely ...

High-quality natural emerald, 1.33 carats, grade 1B, from the Atocha (1622). Roughly 1/4" x 3/16". Beautiful flat crystal on one side wit...

Natural emerald, 1.38 carats, grade 2B, from the Atocha (1622). Roughly 1/4" x 3/16". Triangular-shaped beryl of light green opaque color...

Natural emerald, 1.7 carats, grade 2B, from the Atocha (1622). Roughly 1/4" x 3/16". Completely opaque light-green stone with encrustatio...

Natural emerald, 0.56 carat, grade 2A, from the Atocha (1622). Roughly 1/4" x 3/16". Very small light-green specimen, opaque throughout. ...

Natural emerald, 0.8 carat, grade 2B, from the Atocha (1622). Roughly 1/4" x 3/16". Light green to white in color, amorphous shape. From...

Silver "folio" (small pedestal), 12.8 oz troy, from the Atocha (1622). 417 grams, 4-1/4" tall, 2" base diameter. Labeled a &quo...

Iron gun barrel (wall/rail gun) and parts from the Atocha (1622). Gun, 3320 grams and approx. 45 inches; box, 18" x 12". Artifacts like ...

Tiny but ornate gold earring with high-quality cabochon emerald (approx. 1/2 carat) from the Capitana (1654), rare, plated in Horner. 0.38 gram; appr

Long gold chain, 66", from the Maravillas (1656). 74.47 grams. A beautifully hand-crafted continuous length of very bright and obviously high-...

Natural emerald, 17.75 carats, from the Maravillas (1656). Roughly 3/4" x 1/2". Large, molar-like specimen with black matrix covering one...

Natural emerald, 13.73 carats, from the Maravillas (1656). Roughly 5/8" x 1/2". Barrel-shaped molar-like stone with hints of dark matrix ...

Lot of two natural emeralds, 6.04 and 8.22 carats, from the Maravillas (1656). About 1/2" each. Two nuggets of different shapes and sizes, one...

Lot of three natural emeralds, 4.45, 4.51 and 6.10 carats, from the Maravillas (1656). About 1/2" each. Three disparate chunks, from dark to l...

Lot of ten natural emeralds, 2-3 carats each, from the Maravillas (1656). About 1/4" each. Small pieces of approximately same weight and color...

Lot of ten natural emeralds, about 2 carats each, from the Maravillas (1656). Up to 3/8" each. Interesting assortment of nuggets with one a th...

Lot of ten natural emeralds, 1.5 to 2 carats each, from the Maravillas (1656). About 1/4" each. Typical green chunks with dark flakes of matri...

Lot of eight iron muleshoes, professionally conserved, some with maker's marks, from the Consolacion (1681). 1297 grams total, 5" x 3-3/4&...

Small Chinese blue-on-white porcelain vase, intact, from the "Vung Tao wreck" (ca. 1690), ex-Christie's. 120 grams, 3-3/4" tall,...

Gold "olive blossom" chain, intact, from the 1715 Fleet. 43.91 grams, 32-1/2" long. A very desirable type of gold chain from the 171...

Lot of two small pieces of gold "olive blossom" chain from the 1715 Fleet. 20.39 grams total, one piece 14" long, one piece 4-1/2&qu...

Small gold ring (size 3) with seven-panel design of sacred hearts and flowers, from the 1715 Fleet. 1.99 grams. Solid, small finger ring of delicate

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...