Treasure, World, U.S. Coin & Paper Money Auction 36

ANCIENT GREEK, Kings of Macedon, AR tetradrachm, Alexander III ("the Great"), 336-323 BC, mounted head-side out in 14K gold pendant with f...

ANCIENT GREEK, Moesia, Istros, AR drachm, 313-280 BC, mounted heads-side out in 14K gold pendant with fixed bail. 8.37 grams total. Facing male heads,

Immense Sawankhalok stoneware jar, intact, ex-San Diego (1600), with official paperwork from the Philippines. 24" tall, 16" at shoulders. ...

Gold chain, 67 links, 23 grams total, tested at 21K fine gold, ex-Atocha (1622), with hand-signed certificate from 1976. 8" long. A bracelet-we...

Intact silver candlestick holder, ex-Concepción (1641). 314 grams. 5" tall, 4" diameter at base. Well-preserved solid silver piece, a...

Ornate silver handle, intact, ex-Concepción (1641). 122 grams. roughly 4¾" x 4". Silver handle or some sort of drawer pull, mini...

Large pewter platter, intact, ex-Concepción (1641). 979 grams. 12¾" diameter, 1½" deep. Perhaps a serving platter due to it...

Narrow, carrot-shaped earthenware jar, ex-Concepción (1641). 3562 grams. 17½" long, 9" diameter at shoulder. Orangish in color, ...

Shallow iron base or top with white coral encrustation, ex-Concepción (1641). 379 grams. 6½" diameter, 1" deep. Resembling a sma...

Wooden pulley, intact, including sheave, ex-Concepción (1641). 710 grams. 6½" x 5¼" x 3". Amazingly well preserved, as...

Large, green-glazed, two-handled pot, intact, ex-pirate ship Golden Fleece (1686). 1524 grams. 11" tall, 7½" diameter. Large, nicely ...

Dark brown-glazed cylindrical earthenware jar, intact, ex-pirate ship Golden Fleece (1686). 934 grams. 7" tall, 4" diameter. Brown-glazed ...

Orange-glazed earthenware bowl with flower pattern, intact, ex-pirate ship Golden Fleece (1686). 499 grams. 7½" diameter, 2" tall. Si...

Small, glazed earthenware cup, intact, ex-pirate ship Golden Fleece (1686). 76 grams. 2½" tall, 2¾" diameter. Lightweight and am...

Blue-and-white glazed Delftware pitcher, intact, bird on leaf motif, ex-pirate ship Golden Fleece (1686). 567 grams. 6½" tall, 5" wid...

Blue-and-white glazed small Delftware plate, intact, bird and flowers motif, ex-pirate ship Golden Fleece (1686). 281 grams. 8" diameter, 1&quo...

White porcelain one-handled cup, intact, ex-pirate ship Golden Fleece (1686). 169 grams. 3½" tall, 2¾" diameter. Simple and ligh...

Bone white porcelain teapot, intact, ex-pirate ship Golden Fleece (1686). 218 grams. roughly 7" x 4". Simple, delicate, glazed piece, inta...

Very small light blue glass vial, intact, with original cork, with museum tag, ex-pirate ship Golden Fleece (1686). 39 grams. 3¼" tall, 1&...

Massive wooden pulley with sheave intact, ex-pirate ship Golden Fleece (1686). 3257 grams. 11" x 9" x 7". Shipwreck wooden artifacts ...

Ornate gold filigree cufflink, intact, ex-1715 Fleet (Cabin Wreck). 8 grams total. ½" x ½". Intricate little spheres of high-kar...

Complete cup-hilt and handle from a rapier, cocooned in encrustation, ex-Guadalupe and Tolosa (1724). 1737 grams total. roughly 9" x 9" x ...

Silver pocket-watch with chain and possible coins encrusted thereon, ex-Guadalupe and Tolosa (1724). 203 grams total. roughly 3" x 3" x 2&...

Brass navigational dividers, intact, ex-Guadalupe and Tolosa (1724). 38 grams. 3¾" x ¾". Still functional and very well preserve...

Small pewter plate with maker's mark on bottom, ex-Guadalupe and Tolosa (1724). 286 grams. 8½" diameter. Large-rimmed shallow piece, g...

Small pewter plate, ex-Guadalupe and Tolosa (1724). 200 grams. 8½" diameter. Large-lipped but shallow, rather corroded with many small hol...

Green-glazed earthenware "olive" jar, intact, ex-Tolosa (1724). 3373 grams. 11" tall, 9" diameter at shoulders. Attractive displ...

Earthenware "olive" jar, intact, with small spots of green glaze, ex-Guadalupe (1724). 3380 grams. 11" tall, 9" diameter at shou...

Earthenware "olive" jar, intact, with conglomerate of glass debris attached to side, ex-Tolosa (1724). 4216 grams. 11" tall, 9" ...

Orange-glazed earthenware bowl with flower pattern, repaired in its time, ex-Guadalupe and Tolosa (1724). 481 grams. 8" diameter, 2¼"...

Orange- and blue-glazed Delftware cup, intact, ex-Guadalupe and Tolosa (1724). 72 grams. 3" tall, 2¾" diameter at top. Small, delicat...

Green-glass "onion" bottle, intact, ex-Tolosa (1724). 977 grams. 6" tall, 6" diameter at base. Short and squat, dark green-glass...

Clear glass bottle with cork stopper and contents intact, ex-Guadalupe and Tolosa (1724). 152 grams. 7½" tall, 2¼" x 2¼&quo...

Small clear shot-glass, mostly intact, ex-Guadalupe and Tolosa (1724). 39 grams. 1¾" tall, 1" diameter at base. Small, rather thick, ...

Massive wooden pulley with sheave intact, ex-Guadalupe (1724). 3251 grams. 11" x 8" x 5½". Rare wooden shipwreck artifact, intac...

Massive brass musketball mold for thirteen lead balls, ex-Hollandia (1743). 3309 grams. 16½" long. Manufactured in two pieces, with the or...

Oval gold brooch frame and detached pin, ex-S.S. Central America (1857). 8 grams total. 2" x 1½" oval. A very well-preserved—as...

Marsden's Carminative Syrup (New York) glass bottle, ex-S.S. Republic (1865). 310 grams. 7¼" x 2¼" x 1¾". Light gr...

Intact porcelain bowl with logo of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company on rim, maker's logo G.L. Ashworth & Bros / Hanley on bottom, ex-Dour...

Large matrix of ammonite and orthoceras fossils, Devonian period, approx. 470 to 360 million years old, found in Morocco. roughly 23" x 14"...

Fossilized crocodile skull, Cretaceous period, approx. 145 to 66 million years old, species Dyrosaurus, found in Morocco. 2511 grams total. 71"...

Fossilized mosasaurus jawbone, Cretaceous period, approx. 65 million years old, found in Morocco. 788 grams total. 6" x 5" x 1½"...

Baltic amber with preserved assassin spider, Paleogene period, approx. 44 million years old, from Kaliningrad, Russia. ¾" long . Very smal...

Megalodon (giant shark) tooth, Miocene epoch, approx. 15 to 5 million years old, found off the Atlantic coast of the United States. 368 grams. 4...

Megalodon (giant shark) tooth, Miocene epoch, approx. 15 to 5 million years old, found off the Atlantic coast of the United States. 421 grams. 4...

Megalodon (giant shark) tooth, Miocene epoch, approx. 15 to 5 million years old, found off the Atlantic coast of the United States. 310 grams. 4...

Megalodon (giant shark) tooth, Miocene epoch, approx. 15 to 5 million years old, found off the Atlantic coast of the United States. 379 grams. 4&quo...

Megalodon (giant shark) tooth, Miocene epoch, approx. 15 to 5 million years old, found off the Atlantic coast of the United States. 238 grams. 3...

Megalodon (giant shark) tooth, Miocene epoch, approx. 15 to 5 million years old, found off the Atlantic coast of the United States. 236 grams. 4&quo...

Megalodon (giant shark) tooth, Miocene epoch, approx. 15 to 5 million years old, found off the Atlantic coast of the United States. 303 grams. 3...

Medium-sized bronze signal cannon (mortar), Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 2674 grams. 4½" tall, 3" diameter. Short, crude, flat-bot...

Medium-sized bronze signal cannon (mortar), Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 2236 grams. 4" tall, 2¾" diameter. Short, crude, flat-bo...

Medium-sized bronze signal cannon (mortar), Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 2559 grams. 3½" x 3". Short, crude, flat-bottomed cannon ...

Dress sword and scabbard from Brazil for Heinrich Halfeld, Captain of Engineering in Minas Gerais, dated 1856. 1081 grams total. 39" long. Hein...

Large lead seal of Pope Gregory XIII, Spanish colonial, 1500s. 49 grams. 38 mm. Interesting bulla or papal seal with GRE GORIVS PAPA XIII on one side

Silver thimble, Spanish colonial, 1500s-1600s. 8 grams. 1" tall, ½" diameter. Very well preserved, bright, and sturdy, decorated all...

De Munt der Graaven van Holland [The Coins of the Counts of Holland], by Kornelis Van Alkemade, 1700. 12¾" x 8¼". An important w...

The Quicksilver Galleons, by Pedro J. Borrell B., undated (1983), signed by Captain Tracy Bowden (who appears on the cover). 8½" x 7½...

Naufragio en Inés de Soto - Un hallazgo de cuatro siglos, compiled by CARISUB, S.A., 1998, inscribed by the Captain of CARISUB. 10¼" ...

The Forgotten Mint of Colonial Panama, by Jorge A. Proctor, 2005 (edited by Alan Luedeking and Daniel Sedwick), copy 43 of 150, inscribed by the autho

Large, original, framed map by Hondius (1606) of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Margarita Island. 26" x 21". A lovely, origin...

SPAIN, Seville, gold 1 escudo, Charles-Joanna, assayer * to left, mintmark S to right, NGC AU details / cleaned. Cal-197; Fr-153. Choice full legends

SPAIN, Seville, gold 1 escudo, Charles-Joanna, assayer * to left, mintmark S to right. Fr-153; Cal-197. 3.33 grams. AU+ with nice full details includi

SPAIN, Seville, gold 1 escudo, Charles-Joanna, assayer Gothic D to left, mintmark S to right. Cal-199; Fr-153. 3.30 grams. XF with some flat areas fro

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip II, assayer Gothic D below mintmark S to left, denomination II to right. Cal-828; Fr-169. 6.64 grams. XF wi

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip II, assayer Gothic D below mintmark S to left, denomination II to right, NGC AU details / bent. Cal-828; Fr

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip II, assayer Gothic D below mintmark S to left, denomination II to right, NGC AU details / cleaned. Cal-828;

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 1 escudo, Philip II, assayer not visible, NGC XF 45. Fr-178. 3.32 grams. Choice full shield with encrustation in crevices, ne

SPAIN, Toledo, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip II, assayer M below mintmark oT to left, NGC F details / edge filing. Cal-862; Fr-170. Full shield with cont

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer B, OMNIVM in legend. Cal-1050; Fr-unl (cf 189). 6.70 grams. AXF with nearly full shield and bo

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer B, OMNIVM in legend. Cal-1050; Fr-unl (cf 189). 6.74 grams. XF with test-cut on edge, small ye

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer B, OMNIVM in legend. Cal-1050; Fr-unl (cf 189). 6.63 grams. AXF with bold S-B and OMNIVM, also

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer B, OMNIVM in legend. Cal-1050; Fr-unl (cf 189). 6.66 grams. AXF with bold and nearly complete

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, 1611, assayer not visible, NGC VF 30. Cal-Type 197; Fr-189; KM-20. 6.68 grams. Nice full date on a broad flan with

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, 1617 D. Cal-1075; Fr-189; KM-20. 6.66 grams. XF with full date and S-D plus clear king's ordinal, bold shiel...

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, 1619 G. Cal-1079; Fr-189; KM-unl (20 for type). 6.66 grams. Crude VF yet with first three digits of date clear plu

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer B, NGC XF 45. Cal-Type 197; Fr-189; KM-20. 6.75 grams. Bold mintmark and assayer to left of cr

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer B. Cal-Type 197; Fr-189; KM-20. 6.71 grams. XF with weakly struck yet full shield plus clear m

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer B, NGC XF 45. Cal-Type 197; Fr-189; KM-20. 6.73 grams. Crudely struck yet only lightly circula

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer B, NGC VF details / removed from jewelry. Cal-Type 197; Fr-189; KM-20. 6.71 grams. Decent deta

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer D. Cal-Type 197; Fr-189; KM-20. 6.67 grams. VF+ with bold full shield and choice cross.

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer not visible. Cal-Type 197; Fr-189; KM-20. 6.74 grams. Boldly struck on a crude planchet with s

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer not visible. Cal-Type 197; Fr-189; KM-20. 6.69 grams. AU or so with bold shield and nice full

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer not visible, NGC AU 55. Cal-Type 197; Fr-189; KM-20. 6.75 grams. Bold, nearly complete shield

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer not visible. Cal-Type 197; Fr-189; KM-20. 6.70 grams. Broad XF with partial shield, nice bold

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 1 escudo, Philip III, assayer B, OMNIVM in legend, NGC VF details / test cut. Cal-1017; Fr-unl (cf 196); KM-unl. 3.37 grams.

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 1 escudo, 1610 B, NGC AU 53. Cal-1018; Fr-196; KM-48.1. 3.35 grams. Broad flan with much legend, bold full shield and S-B, th

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 1 escudo, Philip III, assayer V. Cal-Type 186; Fr-196; KM-48.1. 3.32 grams. Crude XF+ with off-center cross showing bold 161

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III or IV, assayer not visible, without Portuguese inescutcheon in top of shield, NGC AU details / reverse

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III or IV, assayer not visible. 6.71 grams. AU with bold strike (if a bit crude and off-center) showing par

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III or IV, assayer not visible. 6.66 grams. About VF with nearly complete shield, full cross, somewhat crud

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip III or IV, assayer not visible, NGC AU details / obv damage. 6.74 grams. Lightly circulated piece with scat

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 1 escudo, Philip III or IV, assayer not visible, NGC AU 55. 3.37 grams. Nearly full cross, very off-center shield, crude stri

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 1 escudo, Philip III or IV, assayer not visible, NGC XF 45. 3.34 grams. Bold cross and most of shield despite peripheral flat

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 1 escudo, Philip III or IV, assayer not visible, NGC AU details / obv damage. 3.28 grams. Bold upper half of shield (particul

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Charles II, assayer not visible, NGC AU 58. Cal-Type 154; Fr-227; KM-211. 6.77 grams. Very lustrous piece with typ

SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 1 escudo, Charles II, assayer not visible. Cal-Type 137; Fr-230; KM-180. 3.36 grams. Minimally circulated AU with upper half

COLOMBIA, Bogotá, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, assayer A below mintmark NR to left, dots in ringlets (1636 only), NGC UNC details / removed f...

COLOMBIA, Bogotá, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, assayer R below denomination II to right, mintmark NR to left, style of 1640s-1650s. Restrepo-...

COLOMBIA, Bogotá, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, assayer not visible (R) to right, mintmark NR to left, style of 1640s-1650s. Restrepo-M50.25; ...