Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 3

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Antiquities

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 480		Ancient Chinese Money with Han Dynasty Mirror. Total of 26 pieces including cowry shell money, odd and curious bone and bronze pieces. Beautifully exhibited and archivally mounted in a lucite shadow box on linen background. Rare and most unusual. A superb exhibit. 24" x 26 ½" x 3". Estimated Value $800 - 1,200. View details	Unsold
Lot 481		Ancient Mother Goddess Exhibit. A framed group of seven different terra cotta and bronze antiquities from ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt. Includes a Syrian fertility goddess (seated) circa 4000 B.C. and a terra cotta Persian fertility plaque. Archivally mounted on linen within a Lucite shadow box, 13 x 13 x 3". Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details	Realized $702
Lot 482		Byzantine (Middle Ages Period) Silver and Jeweled Reliquary Cross. Ready to be worn. 45 x 30mm. Good. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details	Unsold
Lot 483		Central African Wooden Carving of a Fetish Figure. A hard wood carving of a stylized figure. A gift given to a missionary circa 1960. Stands nearly 18". Slight chip on base that could easily be stained out. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details	Unsold
Lot 484		Egypt 18th Dynasty Molds and Amulets. Museum type exhibit consisting of 4 amulets and 9 terra-cotta amulet molds. Total of 13 pieces. A unique presentation, all mounted in an archival Lucite shadow box with linen background. 12 3/4 x 12 3/4 x 3¼". Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Realized $265
Lot 485		Egyptian "Gods/Afterlife of Ancient Egypt". Exhibit of 8 small dynastic period figures from ancient Egypt. Includes 7 small bronzes and a faïence ushabiti. All figures of the afterlife mounted on a linen background and housed in an archival Lucite shadow box. 12 3/4 x 12 3/4 x 3¼". Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details	Realized $477
Lot 486		Egyptian (Roman Period) Terra Cotta Heads. Found in Alexandria, circa 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Group of ten terra cotta head fragments tastefully mounted in an archival Lucite shadow box with linen background. Interestingly exhibits the hair styles of the period. 13 x 13 x 2½". Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Realized $265
Lot 487		Etruscan style Bronze Figure of a God. Bronze figure of a gold standing wearing a kilt to waist and holding a patera. Green and brown patina. Probably a souvenir of the Grant Tour and thus 18th or 19th century. Height 10". On a custom wooden stand. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Realized $184
Lot 488		Evolution of Ancient Money. A museum type exhibit which includes Greek, Persian, Judean, Roman and Byzantine coins plus a gold nugget, two arrow points, etc. Highlight is a silver tetradrachm of Alexander the Great (336-323 B.C.) in Very Fine condition. Total of 15 pieces, tastefully mounted in an archival Lucite shadow box with the coins on a linen background. 12 3/4 x 12 3/4 x 3 3/4". Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details	Realized $265
Lot 489		Persian 16th Century Bronze Amulet Bowl. Incised throughout with Persian script with various amuletic prayers asking God for a child. A most unusual ethnic heirloom. In choice condition with excellent dark green patina. Dia. 5½". Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details	Unsold
Lot 490		Persian 16th century Bronze Globe and Stand. An fine amuletic bronze astrological globe and matching bronze stand with incised inscriptions throughout. Excellent mottled dark green patina. A most unusual item, rare and quite choice. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 491		Persian Achaemenid High Gloss Bronze Bowl, c. 550-300 B.C. A well-made bowl with a raised palmette design in the center. Rich high gloss patina. Rare and desirable. Dia. 6". Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,750. View details	Unsold
Lot 492		Persian Amlash Miliforie Red-Glass Bead Necklace, c. 3rd-century B.C. A beautiful multi-color mold glass bead necklace with small blue and white glass bead separators. To ward off the "evil eye." Measures 17". Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details	Realized $92
Lot 493		Persian Luristan Bronze Tea Pot, c. 6th-century A.D. A wonderful and curious bronze tea pot with protruding (open channeled) spout. Excellent dark green patina and free from breaks and repairs. Height 4", Length 9". Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details	Unsold
Lot 494		Roman Bronze Horse and Rider, 1st-century A.D. A well made bronze statuette of a prancing horse on a pedestal, finely incised, with a detachable rider resembling Herakles wearing a crown with horns, a lion-skin draped over his arm, a quiver and a patera. Beautiful glossy dark green patina. A rare and very desirable artifact. Height 4". Estimated Value $2,000-UP. View details	Unsold
Lot 495		Roman Style Marble Figure of a Horse and Rider, 4th-5th century A.D. Greek inscription on the base. Our suspicions are that this is a later piece, thus sold As Is. 8½ x 9½". Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Realized $184
Lot 496		Roman, 2nd- 3rd Century AD Glass Roundel Pendant. A beautiful oval and convex (80mm) light green translucent glass roundel (possibly the cover of a vessel) with fine iridescence, with a 18kt yellow gold Roman style bezel (modern made) with suspension loop. Very Good. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Unsold
Lot 497		Sassanian Period Silver Bowl, c. 4th-5th Century A.D. A finely made silver bowl with incised circular pattern in the center; high gloss finish. Sassanian bowls made in silver are extremely rare and much sought-after. Dia. 6 3/4". Estimated Value $1,750 - 2,250. View details	Unsold