Treasure, World, U.S. Coin & Paper Money Auction 35

ANCIENT GREEK, Athens, Attica, AR tetradrachm, 449-413 BC, mounted owl-side out in 14K gold bezel with fixed bail. 25.17 grams total. Helmeted head of

ANCIENT GREEK, Illyria, Dyrrhachion, AR stater, 370-350 BC, mounted pegasus-side out in 14K gold bezel with fixed bail. 11.89 grams total. Pegasus fly

BYZANTINE EMPIRE, Constantinople mint, AV solidus, Maurice Tiberius, 582-602 AD, mounted ruler-side out in 18K gold bezel with fixed bail. 8.39 grams

Lot of five pewter porringer bowls, ex-"Pewter Wreck" (mid-1500s). 1366 grams total. Each 8-12" x 5" x 1-7/8". Small oval-s...

Large silver candlestick base, ex-Atocha (1622). 665 grams total. 2-1/4" tall, 5-1/2" in diameter. As found, mostly intact, a hollow round...

Small silver breastplate with ornate design, ex-Atocha (1622). 16.25 grams. 2-1/4" diameter. Miniature, round, concave breastplate, intact and ...

Small silver finial or stopper, ex-Atocha (1622), with pre-Mother Lode certificate. 27 grams. 1" x 3/4". Pitted but intact and solid artif...

Center portion of a silver plate, ex-Concepción (1641). 178 grams. 8" x 6-1/2". Despite most of its rim being corroded away, this is ...

Most of a Chinese blue-on-white porcelain cup, Ming Dynasty, with reign marks on bottom, ex-Concepción (1641). 55 grams. 2-1/2" tall, 2-3/...

Small pewter candlestick holder, ex-Concepción (1641). 34 grams. 2" x 1". Upper portion of a small candlestick holder with intact scr...

Small, intact, Chinese blue-on-white porcelain vase, ex-Chinese junk wreck (ca. 1645), ex-Hatcher. 80 grams. 5" tall, 1-3/4" in diameter a...

Gold chain, 30 grams, 30-1/2 inches, ex-1715 Fleet. A very tight braid in bent-wire links of high-grade gold (XRF tested at 21-1/2K), great length for

Small gold decorative piece, ex-1715 Fleet. 0.63 gram. approx. 1/2" long. Nearly semicircular in shape but rather small and somewhat wreath-lik...

Bronze breech block marked III, ex-1733 Fleet, ex-Meylach. 29 lb. 8-1/2" x 5". With handle in side and semicircular protrusion in bottom, ...

Long gold chain, 54.2 grams, 59-1/2" long - thickness about 4mm, ex-Leocadia (1800), ex-Fismer, Treasure magazine cover (1992), Sedwick Auction...

Brass shako plate, British, universal pattern, ex-Lady Burgess (1806), ex-Sotheby's, ex-Cowan. 35 grams. 6" x 4-1/8". British Napoleon...

Glass preserves bottle, A. Kemp, ex-SS Republic (1865). 642 grams. 9-1/4" tall, 3-3/4" in diameter. Large and impressive light-green bottl...

Glass medicine bottle, J.R. Stafford's Olive Tar, ex-SS Republic (1865). 156 grams. 6-1/4" tall. Intact, light green, rectangularly shaped ...

Glass snuff bottle, ex-SS Republic (1865). 184 grams. 4-1/4" tall, 2-1/2" x 1-3/4". Very attractive, deep-green, stout, eight-sided b...

Glazed porcelain pot, ex-SS Republic (1865). 487 grams. 4-1/4" tall, 3-1/2" in diameter. Intact, high-glaze, light-colored pot (missing li...

Glazed porcelain pot, Holloway's Ointment, ex-SS Republic (1865). 41 grams. 1-1/2" tall, 1-1/2" in diameter. Petite white pot with na...

Baltic amber with preserved hairy spider, approx. 44 million years old, from Kaliningrad, Russia. 4.3 grams. 1" x 1-1/4" x 1-1/4". Tr...

Baltic amber with preserved ant, approx. 44 million years old, from Kaliningrad, Russia. 0.44 gram. 3/4" x 1/2". Small teardrop of transpa...

Large bronze signal cannon (mortar), Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 3985 grams. 4" tall, 3-1/2" in diameter. Short, crude, flat-bottomed ...

Medium-sized bronze signal cannon (mortar) with lion's head ornament, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 1750 grams. 3-1/2" tall, 2-3/4" ...

Small flintlock waistcoat pistol, British, ca. 1740s, marked with makers FARMER and GALTON and crowned-P and crowned-V touchmarks. 346 grams. 7-1/4&...

Small flintlock overcoat pistol, European, ca. 1780. 297 grams. 7" long, 2-3/4" barrel. Petite gun with deeply lacquered, dark wooden hand...

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

Silver serving fork, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s), perfectly intact. 25.58 grams. 5-3/4" long. Unusually shaped two-tined fork, curved downwa...

SPAIN, Seville, gold 1 escudo, Charles-Joanna, assayer * to right, mintmark S to left. Cal-196; Fr-153. 3.33 grams. AU with nearly full details includ

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 1 escudo, Philip II, assayer Gothic D with open right side to right. Cal-784; Fr-178. 3.31 grams. VF with solder damage from

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer B, NGC XF 40, ex-Kempen Hoard. 6.74 grams. The Kempen Hoard was buried in the early 1600s and

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer B. 6.73 grams. Nice AU+ with plentiful luster, struck slightly off-center on a broad flan with

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer V. Cal-Type 197; KM-20; Fr-189. 6.72 grams. About AU with cylindrical test-mark on edge, clear

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer not visible. Cal-Type 197; KM-20; Fr-189. 6.67 grams. XF with minor scratches, crudely struck

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer not visible. Cal-Type 197; KM-20; Fr-189. 6.54 grams. XF, struck with a rusty obverse die, nic

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer not visible. Cal-Type 197; KM-20; Fr-189. 6.70 grams. Nice, bold AU with full shield and cross

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 1 escudo, Philip III, assayer B, NGC AU details edge filing. 3.32 grams. Nice, lightly circulated piece with lustrous obverse

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 1 escudo, Philip III, assayer not visible. Cal-Type 186; KM-48.1; Fr-196. 3.33 grams. XF with strong partial shield and cross

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III or IV, assayer not visible. 6.55 grams. XF with surface chatter and marks, nice detailed shield, full c

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 1 escudo, 1623, assayer not visible. Cal-Type 370; KM-68; Fr-211. 3.38 grams. AU with full date visible above complete (if a

PERU, Lima, gold cob 8 escudos, 1699 R, NGC VF details / removed from jewelry (1715 Fleet Shipwreck Label). S-L26; KM-26.1; Cal-968; Fr-1. 26.69 grams

PERU, Lima, gold cob 8 escudos, 1739 V. S-L30; KM-38.2; Cal-2156; Fr-7. Choice full cross-lions-castles, nearly full but off-center and partially doub

PERU, Lima, gold cob 8 escudos, Ferdinand VI, 1747 V. S-L30a; KM-47; Cal-756; Fr-12. Nearly full cross with parts of FERDINANDVS in legend, full but d

COLOMBIA, Bogotá, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, assayer A below mintmark NR to left (ca. 1635), NGC AU details / edge filing, tooled, ex-Mesun...

COLOMBIA, Bogotá, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, assayer R below denomination II to right (mid-1600s). Restrepo-M50.25; S-B21; KM-4.1; Cal-Type...

COLOMBIA, Bogotá, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, assayer R below denomination II to right (mid-1600s), NGC UNC details / edge filing. Restrepo-...

COLOMBIA, Bogotá, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, assayer R below denomination II to right (mid-1600s), NGC UNC details / removed from jewelry. ...

COLOMBIA, Bogotá, gold cob 1 escudo, Philip V, assayer not visible, style of 1715-46. Restrepo-M92; KM-22; Cal-Type 211. 3.36 grams. XF with ni...

COLOMBIA, Cartagena, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, assayer E below mintmark C to right, dots inside, ringlets outside tressure around cross. Restrepo