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Celtic, 1st century AD, bronze artefacts (4), including lynch pin with red enamelled trumpet head; open-work harness mount of lozenge shape with boss terminals; awl [leather punch]; arm band with beaded decoration; together with a Romano-British pin with a mushroom shaped head [5]. All fine with green patina. £120-£160
Hammer Price: £120
Celtic, early 1st century AD, a La Tene bronze enamelled oval-crescentic terret ring, 7.7cm x 6cm, expanding around the apex with a red enamelled field enclosing a continuous swirling petal motif containing yellow enamelled circular cells, ending in trumpet collars which enclose a slim notched attachment bar. Good fine with a green patina, yellow enamel largely intact, but only small areas of red remaining £1,500-£2,000
£1,500–£2,000
Celtic, c. 1st century AD, bronze and iron linch pin, 137mm x 24mm; remains of iron central shank which is fitted at the top with a bronze open ring or terret with a bulbous collar; at the bottom is a bronze lip-type foot. Northern Britain type. Bronze very fine with a green patina, iron rusted but still intact £280-£320
Hammer Price: £260
Romano-British, 1st-3rd century, bronze brooches (10), including bird at rest (cf. Hattatt 1157); hare; headstud with enamelled panels in blue and red; knee with pin; disc with green and red enamel (cf Hattatt 118); equal-armed plate with millefiori; hod hill (cf. Hattatt 858); crossbow with pin; dolphin; Kraftig profilierte with pin [10]. Varied state £100-£140
Hammer Price: £240
Roman, 1st to 3rd Century, bronze artefacts (4), including a silvered bronze pear-shaped spoon with short handle, 6.6cms x 2.3cms; a bronze acorn-shaped weight, 56.15g; appliqué of a female head (Venus); an Etruscan appliqué of a male head [4]. All about very fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £100
Roman, 1st century AD, bronze crescent type Aesica brooch, bow with wings, splayed foot incised with beaded grooves, disc back plate (cf. Hattatt 798); together with key handle of a clenched fist; Saxon pin; chip carved mount; Viking strap end; Post Medieval lead shrouded figure [6]. Varied state £60-£80
Hammer Price: £60
Romano-British, 1st century AD, a bronze Boar figurine, 5.2 cms x 3.7 cms, solid cast moulding, the Boar is standing on four upright legs, with a ridged back, while the body is decorated with fine diagonal grooves indicating the coarse hair. The head has prominent ears and narrow recessed eyes, projecting curved tusks and a flat D-shaped snout with two indented nostrils. the open mouth is a straight slit. The tail at the rear is decorated with grooves, curled and hangs down. Intact, about...
Hammer Price: £3,600
Romano-British, 1st-2nd century AD, a tinned-bronze circular Seal Box with a hinged lid and base, 19mm diameter, a separately cast Rabbit rivetted centrally on the lid with a knurled border. The base with four circular perforations; together with a 4th century bronze buckle with dolphins supporting a ball and strap fitting (2) [4]. First fine, rest varied state £60-£80
Hammer Price: £80
Romano-British, 1st-2nd century, a lead tag, measuring 95mm x 30mm x 3mm, pointed oval with knobbed ends, decorated with a dog chasing a fox, ring and dot motifs around. Details clear but with vertical crease mark, extremely rare and unusual £80-£100
Hammer Price: £65
Roman, 1st-2nd century AD, gold and glass matching inset pair of earrings, domed red glass with yellow swirls, hook enclosure to the rear. Fine with some adhesive securing the glass £60-£80
Romano-Egyptian, 1st-2nd century, glass beads (4), including multicoloured millefiori; bulla amulet; blue bead with red and white rosettes; together with Bactrian breccia bead; Amarna black and yellow glass eye bead; Phoenicia eye bead [7]. All very fine £200-£240
£200–£240
Romano-British, 1st-3rd century, Bronze brooches (5), including disc brooches (2), both flat enamelled with dots around (cf. Hattatt 1029); gilded circular plate brooch with central moulded glass intaglio of Victory standing; knee variant with red enamelled scroll design trumpet; T-shaped brooch (cf. Hattatt 935); together with oval enamelled intaglios from disc brooches (2) [7]. Fine to very fine £100-£150
Romano-British, 2nd century AD, a bronze wine strainer, 28.7cm in length including handle, the bowl 11.3cm in diameter, sheet-bronze of fine workmanship 4.5cms deep with perforations arranged in rows vertically from the centre in a rosette pattern. Towards the rim the piercings are horizontally arranged. The handle is solid and rectangular in section. A smooth turquoise patina covers most of the strainer, professionally restored with a metal sheet shaped to fill the missing areas around the...
Hammer Price: £130
Roman, 2nd century AD, a gold open-work palmette pair of ear rings, measuring 3cm x 2.5cm, each 5 grams of 23 carat gold, one with mother of pearl bead in the centre, hooked terminals [2]. Both fine £300-£400
£300–£400
Romano-British, 2nd century AD, bronze enamelled Eagle brooch, 3.3 cm x 2.9 cm, Neck arched with curved beak, enamelled cells on the body, traces of green and blue. (cf. Hattatt 1155); together with piriform plate brooch with central lozenge panel of red enamel [2]. Both fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £70
Roman, 2nd century AD, an enamelled bronze quadriform plate Brooch, 3.2cm diameter, eight circular side lugs (one arm restored and lug detached), centre boss with a circular field with alternate red, blue and white enamel in a wheel-spoke design; together with Hippocampus plate brooch 4.2 cm x 3.3 cm., body with blue and orange enamel traces (tail restored) [2]. Fine to very fine £150-£180
Roman, 2nd century AD, a gold chain ‘loop in loop’ necklace with hook and eye clasp, length 40cm, 7.32g. Very fine and intact £400-£600
Hammer Price: £650
Roman, 2nd century AD, Pannonian bronze brooch, with horse standing right and grazing on a ground line, catch plate and hinge behind; together with an Etruscan 6th century BC leech type with side lugs [2]. Both about very fine £80-£100
Roman, 2nd-3rd century AD, a pair of gold earrings with central boss framed with rope work, below is a grape-like cluster of hollow spheres [2]. Both very fine £150-£200
Hammer Price: £220
Roman, 2nd-3rd century, a pair of gold earrings, crescent shaped with mother of pearl below bands of globules [2]. Both very fine £100-£150
Roman, 2nd century AD, bone pin head, taking the form of a female bust wearing a head dress; together with an Amethyst bead, a Greek bone pomegranate shaped pendant and an Anatolian green steatite amulet with incised decoration [4]. All fine £100-£150
Roman, 3rd century, a silver ring, with oval hoop and sloping shoulders, bezel is raised and oval shaped, engraved with a branch and a crescent, 2.1cm wide. Fine £60-£80
Roman, 3rd century, provincial bronze mount, taking the form of a bust of a young Satyr, head moulded in the round with swept back hair in thick curls. Fine with an olive green patina, with some light deposits £200-£300
Hammer Price: £200
Romano-British, 4th century AD, bronze mount, measuring 4.3 cm x 3.2 cm, taking the form of a male bust in the style of Constantine I. Head moulded in the round, facing forwards with hair swept backwards, wearing a cuirass under a tunic with beaded bands and a central disc; body hollowed out behind. Almost extremely fine, of excellent style and with an attractive dark brown patina; rare thus £1,000-£1,200
£1,000–£1,200
Romano-British, 1st-4th centuries, bronze brooches (11), including a Gilt Disc with inset green glass centre boss; a Disc with red enamelled six pointed star; an openwork disc with lugs and orange enamelled central cross; an oval plate type with triangular cells around a fish; an oval enamelled plate with central recess, detached turquoise inset intagio; an umbonate disc; a trumpet with blue and red enamelled cells and T-shaped brooches (4), all with enamelled lozenge shaped cells [11]....
Hammer Price: £140
Roman, 1st-4th century, iron artefacts (7), including Ballista bolts, arrowheads with barbs and tangs, various lengths [7]. All stable with surface rust £60-£80
Anglo-Saxon, 6th century, a gilt bronze saucer brooch, measuring 39mm in diameter, 25.97g, with a flared rim, chip carved design with a central ring and dot motif enclosed by six running spirals with tendrils forming pointed lobes; hinge and catch plate behind (cf. MacGregor 1993, no. 2.10). Fine with a green patina but the rim is very worn £60-£80
Anglo-Saxon, 6th century, a bronze saucer brooch, 47mm in diameter, with a flared rim, chip carved design with a central raised boss enclosed by eight running spirals with tendrils; hinge and remains of catch plate behind (cf. MacGregor 1993, no. 2.13). Fine with a green patina but part of the rim missing on two sides £60-£80
Anglo-Saxon, a bronze buckle plate, mid 6th century, measuring 32mm by 25mm, rectangular shaped with a central rectangular garnet in a serrated frame, the surrounding field decorated with chipped carved devolved style 1 zoomorphic motifs within a raised border line, iron rivet in each corner (cf. McGregor BAR 230 34.24) About very fine, chipped on one corner, the garnet damaged £80-£100
Anglo Saxon, mid 6th Century, a gilt-bronze button brooch, 19 mm in diameter, upturned rim, face decorated with a chip carved anthropomorphic face-mask, rudimentary features, round eyes with underlines, moustache and lentoid mouth. hinge and catch plate behind (MacGregor BAR 230, cf 3.3). Near very fine, but rim mostly worn away £100-£150
Anglo-Saxon, 6th century, a small bronze Long Brooch, measuring 72mm x 24mm, rectangular-head plate with four circular perforations, arched bow and a spade foot, crescent punch decoration across the head plateband around the edges (cf. MacGregor 15.47). Very fine with smooth olive-green patina £80-£100
Anglo Saxon, mid 6th century, a bronze button brooch, 20 mm in diameter and 8 mm deep, upturned rim, face decorated with a chip carved anthropomorphic face-mask, rudimentary features. hinge and catch plate behind; together with a gilt bronze saucer brooch, with central swastika surrounded by a stylised zoomorphic pattern, 30 mm in diameter; a disc brooch with central circular cell with beaded bands around; and saucer brooch fragments (2) [5]. All about fine £120-£150
Hammer Price: £90
Anglo-Saxon, 6th century, a gilt bronze S-shaped mount, chip carved birds at each end. stud fixing behind; together with a gilt bronze D-shaped buckle with zoomorphic decoration and a 12th century gilt brass stud from a Limoges altar cross [3]. All fine or better £60-£80
Hammer Price: £110
Anglo-Saxon, mid-late 6th century, a gilt-bronze square-headed brooch, measuring 13.6cm x 6.2cm, the rectangular headplate has chip carved decoration with central face mask with prominent circular eyes enclosed by a raised border with punched dots. The field around is filled with debased zoomorphic elements incorporating lentoid eyes. The arched bow has three ribs, the central one with a small central disc. The extended footplate has a raised mid-rib with punched dots, and the field is...
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Frankish, 6th century, a bronze Eagle brooch, measuring 32mm x 21mm, Chip carved with central boss containing ring and dot motif, trapezoidal tail and angular foot and wing, large ring and dot eye with curved beak. Iron spring behind (cf. Hattatt 1320). Extremely fine with smooth green patina £200-£260
Hammer Price: £280
Anglo-Saxon, early 7th century, a gold sword pommel cap, measuring 4 cm x 1.5 cm x 1.8 cm, 20.42g, cocked hat form with beaded wire filigree ornamentation. On one side panel are two dragons or beasts facing each other with their heads and front paws both touching. The neck and body are curved with five lines of beaded wire, the back and front legs are of three lines, each with four toes. The mouth is long with a raised snout and the eyes are triangular and upright. The opposite side panel is...
Hammer Price: £16,000
Anglo-Saxon, 7th-8th century, a gilt bronze chip carved Wodan head face mask pendant, broken suspension loop at top, with zoomorphic devices at the sides. Fine but surface suggests being cremated £60-£80
Hammer Price: £50
Anglo-Saxon, 7th century, a silver gilt pyramid mount, measuring 11mm x 10mm, 1.98g, the four sides decorated alternately with a U-shaped double strand snake, then three disconnected U-shaped double strand heads, niello inlay would have been between the strands, at the apex is a square recess which would have held a garnet. Underneath there would have been a bar for attachment. Fine but with damage to one side £60-£80
Anglo Saxon, 9th-10th century, a bronze key measuring 51mm x 23mm, oval open-work bow with a pierced lozenge in the centre, and a transverse suspension loop, the tongue with two side projections at the base. Very fine with a slightly coarse patina £100-£150
Anglo Saxon, 9th-10th century, a silvered bronze sword pommel, measuring 65mm x 26mm, central panel with ribbing on each side, zoomorphic ends with upturned snout. Rare, about fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £85
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