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Celtic, bronze artefacts (3), early 1st century AD, including swimming duck mount 22mm by 20mm, with loop below; bull’s head with elliptical eyes and flattened upright horns and circular snout; woad grinder pestle, 6.5cm long with a trefoil-shaped handle [3]. All very fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £100
Celtic, a bronze circular terret ring, 1st century AD, 6.5cm wide; circular in section, ending in flattened trumpets which enclose an attachment bar. Very fine with a smooth green patina £80-£100
Hammer Price: £90
Celtic, bronze circular mount, 1st century AD, 2.3cm diameter, male face with moustache and beard, elliptical eyes and wedge-shaped nose. Very fine with a green patina £60-£80
Hammer Price: £75
Celtic, bronze strap junction, 1st century AD, 4.5cm by 4.2cm, two conjoined rings with a straight connecting bar on two sides. Fine with a green patina £60-£80
Celtic, horse bit, 1st century AD, bronze ring with an iron link, 7cm diameter, link 11cm long; together with bronze scabbard chape; bronze oval shaped and decorated terminal with two conical projections [3]. Fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £50
Celtic, 1st century AD, a bronze woad grinder pestle, 5cm long, crescent-shaped with central loop; together with the matching mortar, 5.6cm long, which has a recessed body to receive the pestle, with triangular enamelled cells below [2]. Fine with a green patina £60-£80
Hammer Price: £110
Iron Age, Northern Britain, bronze Dragonesque plate brooch, Brigantian, late 1st century AD, 50mm long by 26mm wide by 5mm deep, expanded body decorated with trumpet motif above and below a central boss. Complete except for the pin, very fine with a smooth brown patina £300-£400
£300–£400
Iron Age, Northern Britain, bronze Dragonesque plate brooch, late 1st century AD, expanded S-shaped body with central boss, large head and foot terminals, 55 x 26mm. Complete except for the pin, fine with an uneven brown patina £140-£180
Roman, hollow bronze military cart fitting terminal, 1st or early 2nd century, 7.1cm long by 2.6cm wide, eagle’s head with a long neck with incised feathers rising out of a seven-sided socket, frontal hook projection missing. Fine with an underlying green patina £80-£100
Hammer Price: £220
Roman, 1st-2nd century, lead-filled bronze steelyard weight of the head of a youthful Hercules, wearing a lionskin on his head, facing frontally with hair swept back, suspension loop at top which is broken, 5cm x 4cm, 243.22g. Very fine with olive green patina £400-£600
Hammer Price: £320
Roman, bronze figure of Jupiter, 1st-2nd century, 8.1cm x 5.7cm, standing nude muscular male figure with the weight on his right foot, left leg slightly bent to the side, right arm bent forwards, left arm straight to the side, head facing to the right, thick bearded jaw and hair bound in a fillet surmounted with a wreath. Very fine with a green patina, arms and legs missing extremities £300-£400
Hammer Price: £240
Romano-British, 1st-2nd century, openwork folding knife handle of a dog chasing a hare, 44mm by 20mm; both animals decorated with ring and dot design along their bodies. Very fine with a smooth brown patina £150-£180
Hammer Price: £150
Roman, iron dagger, 1st -2nd century AD, single-edged blade, bronze handle with ridged pommel; together with iron barbed arrow heads (3); bronze bracelet; bronze brooches (2); Greek bronze arrowheads (2) [9]. Mostly fine to very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £280
Roman, 1st-2nd century, glass unquentarium bottle for holding olive oil, 11cm high by 2.1cm wide, of pale green colour with a flattened rim and a cylindrical neck. Intact and very fine £40-£60
Romano-British, bronze brooches (38), 1st-2nd century, including dolphin, trumpet, headstud, and disc types [38]. All complete, three with pins £150-£200
Hammer Price: £170
Romano-British, a bronze disc brooch of Umbonate type, with four lugs, late 1st-2nd century, 38mm diameter, lead-filled centre boss surrounded by six petals; together with a 3rd century gilt-bronze spoke brooch [2]. Both good fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £60
Roman, 1st-3rd century, bronze artefacts (16), including belt mounts (6); knife handle with openwork design; nail cleaners (2); lion head casket fitting; running dog mount; eagle in flight mount; finger ring with circular bezel; top of a cornucopiae from a statuette [16]. Varied state £80-£100
Romano-British, a bronze folding knife handle, 2nd century, 76mm long by 19mm high, solid pedestal base with extended handle in the form of the forepart of a lion with a curving body, deep slot behind for the iron blade of which traces remain. Very fine with a green patina £120-£150
Hammer Price: £160
Romano-British, bronze zoomorphic plate brooch, 2nd century, 2.7cm by 2.7cm; outline of a fly with curved wings, oval abdomen, and pointed head, traces of blue enamel present on the wings and head; hinged pin intact behind. Very fine £100-£120
Roman, silver pin head, 2nd century AD, 3cm long, hand holding a small round fruit; together with a bronze mount of a cherub’s head; a crude figurine of Mercury on a pedestal base, 4.2cm high; a gold ring bezel with applied decoration and oval garnet [4]. All very fine £80-£100
Romano-British, 2nd century, bronze knife handle, decorated with the body of a male lion coming out of a lotus bud, 55mm by 15mm. Fine with clear details, slightly rough dark patina £60-£80
Romano-British, zoomorphic bronze belt mount, 2nd century, 3.4cm by 1.8cm, boar facing right with a red enamelled body; two clasps behind. Very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £120
Romano-British, a bronze folding knife handle, 2nd century, 63mm long by 16mm high, solid pedestal base with extended rectangular handle divided into nine equal segments, deep slot behind for the iron blade of which traces remain, rectangular opening by base for suspension. Fine with a green patina £40-£60
Hammer Price: £65
Romano-British, late 2nd century, bronze zoomorphic openwork brooch of an eagle catching a hare, 3.7cm by 2.2cm, eagle with rounded body and folded wings, holding the hare with its open beak and talons, catchplate and hinge behind (Hattatt 1161). Very fine with some silvering present £80-£100
Roman, bronze Venus, 2nd-3rd century, provincial style, 8.5cm x 2.2cm, nude standing figure with weight on her right leg, left leg slightly bent, right arm held forward, left arm bent at the elbow, hand covering her waist, head tilted slightly right and crowned with a diadem, her hair tied together into a knot behind. About very fine and complete, with a red/brown patina £300-£400
Hammer Price: £550
Roman, silvered-bronze repousée plaque, 2rd-3rd century, 58mm by 41mm by 14mm deep, facing bust of female deity with long hair swept back at the sides; pierced at the top. Perforation on bust and minor edge damage, otherwise very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £95
Romano-British, enamelled disc brooch, early 3rd century, 31mm diameter, with a blue enamel field and five equally spaced discs in red enamel and silver beaded borders around a central disc. Very fine with 90% of the enamel intact £80-£100
Romano-British, a bronze finger ring, 3rd century, 22mm diameter, oval raised bezel inlaid with red enamel, shoulders decorated with a zoomorphic design. Very fine £60-£80
Roman, a silver ring of the emperor Postumus, c. 265-269, internal diameter 21 mm, weight 11.89g, Henig type VIII (keeled type) ridged hoop with a pelta design, wide triangular shoulders decorated with chevrons, angled to a raised octagonal bezel which is recessed and inset with a gold foil wrapped denarius of Postumus, Cologne mint, 265-9, (post)vmvs pivs felix avg, jugate laureate busts of Postumus and Hercules facing left (RIC 350 [rev. Hercules walking left]). Good very fine with a few...
£3,000–£4,000
Romano-British, c. 3rd century, bronze finger ring, with decorated expanding shoulders, the raised oval bezel set with a green glass intaglio, moulded with a quadruped standing right, 23mm diameter. Fine £40-£60
Romano-British, bronze artefacts (11), including enamelled seal box lid; swimming duck brooch (Hattatt 1168); bow brooch, Birdlip type (Hattatt 266); large tubular bead with seven decorated grooves; large melon-shaped bead with ribbed decoration; Langton Down brooch; rosette brooch; small mount, bust of Minerva [11]. Generally fine or better £140-£180
Hammer Price: £140
Roman, assorted artefacts (6), including bronze steelyard weight of a male head (Mars?) with crude features; disc brooches (2); spoon bowl; penannular brooch; zoomorphic brooch of a bird (Hattatt 624 var.) [6]. Varied state £80-£100
Hammer Price: £80
Roman (9) and Iron Age (2) brooches, including dolphin; T-shaped; disc with glass boss [11]. Varied state £60-£80
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Roman (9) and Iron Age (2) brooches, including dolphin types; T-shaped; disc with central glass dome [11]. Varied state £40-£60
Hammer Price: £55
Late Roman/Saxon, bronze stylus, 11cm by 1.1cm wide, round shank with bands of ribbing tapering to a point with an expanded eraser at the opposite end. A few scratches, otherwise fine £60-£80
Anglo-Saxon, a gilt-bronze saucer brooch, 6th century, 65mm diameter by 15mm deep, central boss surrounded by cross and quatrefoil alternating, bordered by beaded circles and lines with a flaring rim. Very fine with some wear to rims, still with some encrustation £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £800
Anglo-Saxon, bronze artefacts (6), 6th-10th century, including gilded disc brooch with cloisonne enamel; disc brooch with quadruped looking back; gilded chip-carved saucer brooch; strap end decorated with ring and dot design [6]. Varied condition £80-£100
Anglo-Saxon, bronze artefacts (7), 6th-11th century, including disc brooch; small cruciform brooch; keys (2); strap ends (3) [7]. Varied state £60-£80
Anglo-Saxon, a 7th century silvered-bronze pyramid mount, 18mm by 12mm, straight suspension bar behind; together with 15th century bronze purse bar; annular brooch; Romano-British bronze lion brooches (2) [5]. Varied state £60-£80
Anglo-Saxon, a bronze hanging bowl mount in the form of a bird, 7th-8th century; a circular mount with a running scroll design with traces of red enamel; tear-shaped mount with interlaced design and birds heads [3]. Fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £340
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