The Leonard Dimmick Collection

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The Leonard Dimmick Collection

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Coin of Philip I
A heavily debased silver coin of Philip I. The surface is a dark green brown in colour, with rough pale green patina in the recesses. There is evidence of stratching around the front of the portrait. The coin was originally minted in Alexandria in…

An Egyptian figurine, listed as "associations unknown" in the Queensland Museum register. This figurine has not yet been identified in the Queensland Museum collection, but is the subject of further research.

The figurine is part of a collection…

An Egyptian figurine of a cat. This figurine has not yet been identified in the Queensland Museum collection, but is the subject of further research.

The figurine is part of a collection of nine antiquities and coins said to have been collected…

Coin of Licinius
A bronze coin of Licinius I. The coin is brown with a fine light green patina in the recesses. On the obverse there are cracks with orange deposits in the recess, and "A738" in black in over the portrait. The reverse has some etching of the raised…

Coin of Licinius
A bronze coin of Licinius I. The coin is brown with a fine light green patina in the recesses. On the obverse a circular black discolouration over the face of the portrait, and "A738" in black in over the portrait. A small area of the same black…

Fake Figurine of Isis and Horus
A Fake Egyptian terracotta figurine of Isis and Horus. The surface of the figure is a mottled black/brown with flecks of green. Some areas are damaged and show the pale pink terracotta beneath, including the nose and knee of Isis, the forehead and…

Fake Scarab with Cartouche of Ramses II
A large grey terracotta scarab with the cartouche of Ramses II on the underside. The left cartouche is damaged by scratches, while the right cartouche is worn, but easily identified. Three large chips are missing from the edge of the scarab above the…

Fake Scarab with Cobras
A fake scarab decorated with four cobras in a brown stone. The clypeus is triangular and rather worn, and the head is very small, almost non existant. The thorax is shaped like an elongated pentagon and the elytra is divided in two, with notches on…

Fake Scarab with Cartouche of Thutmose III
A fake scarab with the name of Thutmose III in a buff-orange stone covered in a green glaze. The clypeus is diamond shaped and incised with five vertical lines. It sits below a very small triangular head and a large thorax. The elytra is divided…
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