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Richard Cyril Lockett

fl. 1955–1985 · United Kingdom

British collector, active 1955–1985. Bought from Clarence S. Bement; consigned to auction 12 of the R. Cyril Lockett Collection.

Life and work

  1. 1955
    Owned a collection of Greek coins sold in Glendining's Greek sale of 25-28 October 1955, which included a Salamis tetartemorion.

    Jean Elsen & ses Fils s.a., Liste 258 (2011)

  2. 1956
    Formed the celebrated coin collection whose continental portion was dispersed in early 1956, from which the British Museum made acquisitions.

    The British museum quarterly

  3. 1958
    His collection (Part VI, sold 1958) included a silver tetradrachm of the mint of Salamis in Cyprus in a group of eight.

    Catalogue of Part VI of the celebrated collection of coins, formed by the late Richard Cyril Lockett, Esq. : Greek, Part II : Black Sea District, Thrace, Macedo (1958)

  4. 1961
    Collector whose collection included a Ptolemy I Soter AE 20 obol later sold at Glendining's in 1961.

    Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd, Sale 125 (2020)

  5. 1961
    Owned a Ptolemy VIII silver tetradrachm of the Citium mint (sold Glendining's, 21 February 1961, lot 2830) and an Idalion silver stater of c. 470-460 BC listed in its provenance before the Hanbery collection.

    Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd, Sale 86 (2007)

  6. 1961
    Consigned an object ('Coin of Koinon of Cyprus with bust of Julia Domna', inv. 67.903) to auction 12 of the R. Cyril Lockett Collection (lot 3070) in 1961; now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection online, 'Coin of Koinon of Cyprus with bust of Julia Domna', inv. 67.903

  7. 1985
    Earlier owner (lot 3068) of a third-stater of King Stasikypros, sold in a 1985 coin auction.

    No. 46 Coin Auction 1985 (1985)

  8. Undated
    Earlier owner (lot 2530) of a stater of an early Cypriot king, sold in a 1985 coin auction; his collection was sold by Glendining in 1961, with Ptolemaic coins of Cypriot mints.

    No. 46 Coin Auction 1985 (1985)

  9. Undated
    Formed a Greek coin collection that included Cypriot pieces; its continental portion was dispersed in early 1956, and its lots were sold at Glendining's in 1955-61 and at Spink in 1985 (sale 46, lots 2533-2540: a twelfth stater with bull and eagle, an obol of Evagoras I).

    Spink, No. 46 Coin Auction 1985 (1985)

  10. Undated
    Former owner of the Cyprus, Idalion silver stater ca. 470-460 BC, listed in its provenance before the Hanbery Collection.

    The Pre-Long Beach Auction (2017)

  11. Undated
    Owned 2 objects ('Coin of Koinon of Cyprus with bust of Antoninus Pius', 'Coin of Koinon of Cyprus with bust of Julia Domna'; inv. 63.1417 and others), now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection online, inv. 63.1417; 67.903

Connections

2 people

Sales, gifts & bequests

Sources

  1. 1.No. 46 Coin Auction 1985 (1985).
  2. 2.Catalogue of Part VI of the celebrated collection of coins, formed by the late Richard Cyril Lockett, Esq. : Greek, Part II : Black Sea District, Thrace, Macedo (1958).
  3. 3.Spink, No. 46 Coin Auction 1985 (1985).
  4. 4.Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd, Sale 125 (2020).
  5. 5.The British museum quarterly.
  6. 6.Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd, Sale 86 (2007).
  7. 7.The Pre-Long Beach Auction (2017).
  8. 8.Jean Elsen & ses Fils s.a., Liste 258 (2011).
  9. 9.Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection online.
  10. 10.Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection online, 'Coin of Koinon of Cyprus with bust of Julia Domna'.
  11. 11.Glendining & Co., Catalogue of Part XII of the celebrated collection of coins, formed by the late Richard Cyril Lockett, Esq. : Greek, (Part IV - Final) : Asia Minor, Asia, and A (1961).

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