Treasure, World and U.S. Coin Auction #17 (April 29-30, 2015)

Section of petrified wood from New Mexico (approx. 100-200 million years old). 1480 grams, roughly 10" x 3" x 2-1/2". Beautiful disp...

South American native axe head made from iron meteorite (approx. 5000-10,000 years old), very rare. 393 grams, roughly 3-1/2" x 2" x 1-1/...

European steel closed helmet, 1600s-1700s. 1783 grams, roughly 15" x 13" x 8". Full head protection, with hinged visor and chin-guar...

Spanish brass cannon made in Barcelona, dated 1766, showing Charles III monogram, on antique replica wooden carriage. 105 lb (the carriage another 33

French cast-iron "eprouvette" mortar (signal/testing cannon), 1700s. 6500 grams, 6-1/4" tall and 4" in diameter. Very thick bas...

Small iron signal cannon, unique design, late 1700s-early 1800s(?). 2801 grams, 4" tall and 2-1/4" in diameter with 5-1/2" base and ...

Small bronze signal cannon, Spanish colonial, 1600s-1700s. 1839 grams, 3-3/4" tall and 3" in diameter. Typical piece with patinated dark ...

Large stone cannonball from the 1588 Spanish Armada found by commercial fishermen off the coast of Dover, England. 8 lb 12 oz, 5-1/2" in diame...

Stone cannonball from a 1588 Spanish Armada site off the Netherlands. 4 lb 2 oz, 4-1/2" in diameter. Typically very light for its size, with s...

Bronze cannonball with iron core, probably Spanish colonial (1600s-1700s), rare. 12 lb, 4" in diameter. Medium-sized ball with smooth and bras...

Small bronze cannonball found off the coast of Veracruz, Mexico, Spanish colonial (1600s-1700s), rare. 3 lb 7 oz, 3" in diameter. A rare compo...

Small iron cannonball ("1-1/4 pounder") for an "amusette" cannon, marked by finder with "CP" as from Crown Point, New ...

Medium iron cannonball ("12-pounder") from Fort Ticonderoga, New York, with British Naval broad arrow mark (rare), American Revolutionary ...

British "24-pounder" mortar shell from a battlefield in Savannah, Georgia, American Revolutionary War period (ca. 1780). 13 lb 10 oz, 5-1...

Small iron cannonball ("3-pounder") from Hudson Highlands, New York (Battle of Fort Montgomery), American Revolutionary War (ca. 1777). 2...

Medium iron cannonball ("6-pounder") from the Battle of Blackstock, SC, American Revolutionary War (1780). 6 lb 1 oz, 3" in diameter...

Iron "12-pounder" cannonball, American Revolutionary War period, found near Yorktown, Virginia (1781). 11 lb 11 oz, 4-1/2" in diamet...

American naval 32-pound "stand of quilted grapeshot," early 1800s, rare. 13,460 grams, 9-1/2" tall and 5-1/2" in diameter. Roun...

American naval "12-pounder" grenade shell from the Niagara River area of Canada, War of 1812 period. 6 lb 1 oz, 4" in diameter. Hol...

Large iron cannonball ("24-pounder") from Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S. Civil War-era (1860s). 23 lb 7 oz, 6" in diameter. Solid and ...

Wooden artillery quoin, mid- to late 1700s. 1022 grams, 31" long. Before Gribeauval's reform of the French artillery system in 1765, which...

Naval artillery gunner's wooden linstock (for firing cannons), early 1800s, probably American (War of 1812). 452 grams, 25-1/2" long. A wo...

Lot of 17 copper cannon fuses and 4 copper firing caps, mid-1800s. 81 grams total. Small copper tubes with slit, tapered ends and broken-off tops, pl

Short sword with horn handle, probably Spanish, 1700s. 532 grams, 29" long. Solid but slightly rusty blade (double-edged) with groove in cente...

British naval figure-eight cutlass, ca. 1803. 1030 grams, 33" long. Clean blade with dull point and several small chips in sharp side from use...

Spanish colonial sailor's dirk, 1800s. 106 grams, 10" long. Distinctive design with wavy-edge blade (both edges sharp), dark horn handle w...

English clip-point bowie knife made for the US West by Samuel C. Wragg (1830-60), rare. 209 grams, 13" long. Clean, sharp blade with CALIFORNI...

English spear-point bowie knife made by John Walters & Co. (1841-62), rare. 440 grams, 14-1/2" long. A handmade bowie knife of a larger si...

Spanish (Toledo) model 1843 artillery/engineer's short sword, dated 1876, Spanish-American War. 1132 grams, 22" long. Very wide blade (2-1...

Dutch Admiralty flintlock blunderbuss, ca. 1720, very rare and important. 15 lb, 33-1/2" long. This is basically a handheld cannon, with massi...

Dutch shipboard flintlock musket, 1700s. 6 lb 6 oz, 45" long. Typical firearm (shorter in length than standard infantry weapons) supplied by D...

Pair of European flintlock pistols, 1700s. Each about 3 lb and 22" long. Elegant ornamental pieces with ornate silver mounts (the sideplates s...

French Naval Marine flintlock musket ("musket du marine / du bord"), 1771, maker St. Etienne (marked), American Revolutionary War period, ...

British flintlock blunderbuss marked by maker W & S Rooke, late 1700s. 5 lb 7 oz, 29" long. Interesting piece with less than half its leng...

Steel bayonet for "brown bess" fusil gun, American Revolutionary War period (late 1700s). 276 grams, 16" long. Uncleaned and origina...

Matched pair of British naval officer's flintlock pistols with brass barrels, ca. 1800. 1 lb 12 oz, 14-1/2" long each. Choice pair with hi...

European flintlock boarding pistol, early 1800s. 2 lb 5 oz, 14-1/2" long. Simple design with small anchor-shaped touchmark on lock (fully func...

British naval flintlock boarding pistol, early 1800s. 3 lb 2 oz, 19" long. Fully functional and well-marked piece, the lock showing markings o...

Lot of six copper religious medallions, probably 1800s, rumored to be from shipwrecks. 110.75 grams total, the largest 2" in diameter. All dif...

Large, octagonal, brass religious medallion, probably 1800s, rumored to be from a shipwreck. 19.74 grams, 1-1/2" in diameter. Worn and heavily...

French, round, silver religious medallion with hand-engraved date 1882 and name, rumored to be from a shipwreck. 11.50 grams, 1-1/4" in diamet...

Lot of over 100 trade beads, mostly glass but one iron and some garnet, Spanish colonial (1500s). 120 grams total, longest piece 2". Fascinati...

Lot of 46 loose glass beads (one broken) and 2 small pearls, Spanish colonial (1500s). 23.56 grams, the longest 2-1/4". Some blue tubes and ch...

Small, black-glass ring (intact, very rare thus) with Maltese cross design, Spanish colonial (1500s). 1.41 grams, size 1-3/4. Very thick, black glass

Large, carved jet (black wood) "higa" (good luck talisman), Spanish colonial (1500s). 12.82 grams, roughly 1-1/2" x 1" x 3/4&qu...

Lot of 5 small pieces of carved jet (black wood), including most of a religious ring with a cross design, Spanish colonial (1500s). 2.87 grams total,

Lot of 5 small pieces of carved-jet (black wood) figurines, Spanish colonial (1500s). 4.04 grams total, the largest 1". Recognizable items (pl...

Immense iron "armada" (Nuremburg) chest, fully operational and intact, European, 1500s-1600s. Approx. 150 pounds, 39-1/2" x 22"...

Lot of two bronze nested weight sets (probably German, 1500s-1600s). Larger: 921 grams, 2" tall and 3-1/4" in diameter; smaller: 439 gram...

Spanish colonial leather dispatch case dated MDCCLXXVIIII (1779). 1071 grams, 13" x 17". Excellent condition despite a few chips in the l...