Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 40

AFRICA: pewter ornamental bracelet (365g), 94 x 94 x 27mm, diamond-shaped exterior with intricate hand-carved patterns, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collectio

AFRICA: ring knife (45.28g), 105 x 98mm, circular blade wrapped in leather, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

AFRICA: trade bead necklace, string of African chevron beads, the classic 4-layer "rosetta" beads, with 21 large blue, white and red beads...

AFRICA: zappozap axe, Opitz p.382, 15" x 9 1/2 " in dimensions, with ornate wrought-iron blade connected to a club-like wooden handle clad...

AFRICA:LOT of 3 pieces of brass tribal bracelets, 75mm, 78mm, 94mm, all with varying degrees of ornamentation, retail value $200, lot of 3 items, ex

BURMA: LOT of 2 cast bronze opium weights, both bird-type with conical base, weighing 322g and 148g respectively, average quality examples, lot of 2 i

BURMA: brass bead necklace, 15.50cm, old Chin State tribal necklace with several blue beads at ends, 39" length, a very interesting and usual p...

BURUNDI: shell pendant (45.15g), 57mm in diameter, semicircular shell worn by women at the neck, choice VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

BURUNDI: shell pendant (52.47g), 88mm in diameter, crescent-shaped pendant worn by women at the neck, choice VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

CAMEROUN: LOT of 8 oval-shaped pieces of "dice money" made in the 19th century from elma tree nuts (30-40mm in length), Opitz p.131, all p...

CONGO: AE collar money (505g), Opitz p.115, ca. 27cm, large open circle with various decorative patterns, made by the Teke people (Bateke) near Kinsha

CONGO: brass ridged crescent (507g), Opitz p.124 (plate example), 225 x 40mm, semicircular bar with ridged exterior, likely over 100 years old, used l

ETHIOPIA: AR wedding ring (22.73g), Opitz p. 276 (plate example), 28 x 12mm, diamond-shaped exterior decorated with intricate inlay, traditionally wor

ETHIOPIA: LOT of 3 large walnut-shaped silver "beads", Opitz p.63-64, each ca. 45mm long, weighing an average of 27g, composed of two sold...

ETHIOPIA:LOT of 4 large silver "beads" made by Jewish silversmiths, Optiz p.63-64, 32-40mm in diameter, likely made in the late 19th centu...

EUROPE: AE axe head, Quiggin fig.123, 98mm, Bronze Age ribbed socketed axe-head, likely nearly 3,000 years old, cast from a copper-tin alloy in a soph

EUROPE: trade bead necklace, ca. 67cm in circumference, string of 29 pieces of 5-layer Chevron, Rosetta or Star beads, the largest bead 24 x 16mm, pos

GHANA: brass gold weight, 47mm, Akan goldweight in the shape of a turtle, EF, R, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Akan goldweights (locally known as mr

GHANA:LOT of 2 brass Akan goldweights in the shape of bells made by the lost wax method, most of these gold weights are in the form of people or anima

GILBERT ISLANDS (KIRIBATI): LOT of 4 pieces of "to-uba" shell money (conus eburneus) produced around 1800, all four set in display card, l...