December Online Auction (Sale #284)

European Metal Antiquity Style Assortment

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Start price: $200

Estimated price: $400 - $600

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European Metal Antiquity Style Assortment

Over (45) items including a bronze ornament having a hang tag marked ‘Roman Military piece’; a Riker frame containing a cast bronze Celtic style buckle, a Roman style repousse buckle having a figure of a swordsman, (3) bronze belt ornaments, (3) medical instruments including a spatula and (2) lances; (5) metal ornaments housed in coin holders labeled ‘Celtic’, ‘Graeco-Roman’, ‘Byzantine’, ‘Ottoman’ and ‘Medieval’; bronze boar’s head, bull’s head and bird shaped ornaments; (14) bronze ornaments; (12) unidentified Medieval coins; together with an Ubaid period domed stone seal from Mesopotamia and (3) Chinese Ming style export blue and white bowls

Property from: a Boonsbro, Maryland collector

Height: 2 1/4 inches, Diameter: 2 inches

Condition: Very Good to Good, light to moderate oxidation and occasional verdigris and surface pitting typical of metal detector finds; coins having heavy wear; (2) Chinese bowls having hairline cracks; (2) smaller bowls having occasional chips to top rim

Category: Decorative Arts > Objects

Estimated Sale Time: 11:15 am CST

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Sales Tax: Kansas (6.5%), New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (6%), Washington (10.5%)

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Condition: Very Good to Good, light to moderate oxidation and occasional verdigris and surface pitting typical of metal detector finds; coins having heavy wear; (2) Chinese bowls having hairline cracks; (2) smaller bowls having occasional chips to top rim

Dimensions: 2.25 in