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  • Etruscan Black-Glazed Bucchero with Warrior Frieze
    Etruscan Black-Glazed Bucchero with Warrior Frieze

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,750

    A large ceramic black-glazed bucchero oinochoe with wide mouth pinched to the front and sieve at the lip; tubular neck with thin collars at junction; shoulder decorated with repeating pattern of scrolling lotus flowers, one with scrolling figure-of-eight pattern; central part of bulbous body delineated by ribs and decorated with a frieze of warriors in helmets and carrying swords and large shields, advancing horses and lotus flowers; applied strap handle decorated with column of lotus flowers within a frame; tall incised triangles to the lower body; wide foot with gusset to the rim.





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  • Roman Marble Head of a Goddess
    Roman Marble Head of a Goddess

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,875

    A carved marble bust of a youthful female, possibly a goddess, with hair parted in the centre and tied at the rear of the head in a chignon, the eyes with soft fleshy lids, the nose and mouth small, the lips pert and the chin rounded; mounted on a custom-made stand.





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  • Roman Marble Head of Hercules
    Roman Marble Head of Hercules

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,500

    A marble head of Hercules (Greek Herakles), gently bowed and turned slightly to the left; curled unruly hair and long wavy beard; deep inset eyes and prominent bow, mouth slightly open; mounted on a custom-made stand.





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  • Roman Military Flying Phallic Pendant
    Roman Military Flying Phallic Pendant

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,250

    A finely detailed winged or possibly horned bronze phallic double looped pendant or mount, three dimensional with engraved detail of hair; the reverse with two pierced lugs; accompanied by a copy of the Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Finds Report dated November 1998 comments: 'Phallic ornaments are a fairly common good luck / virility symbol, the association with bulls is common - adding extra male strength to the symbolism - and they are often but not exclusively associated with the Roman army'.





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  • Roman Statuette of the Goddess Venus
    Roman Statuette of the Goddess Venus

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £55,000

    The goddess of love depicted with youthful idealising features on a slender neck, hair dressed in a chignon to the rear, two tresses pulled up over the crown of her head and fastened in a top-knot, with two tresses falling past her shoulders; her oval face with almond-shaped eyes beneath gently-arching brows, slightly-parted lips, and a rounded chin; standing on a columnar base, the goddess depicted nude, with a slender physique, standing with her weight on her left leg, similar to that of the Capitoline Venus; holding and looking into a circular mirror held in her right hand and a pomegranate in her left, both professionally re-attached.





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  • Roman Lifesize Statue Fragment
    Roman Lifesize Statue Fragment

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,000

    A bronze statue head fragment comprising the nose, septum, upper and lower lips, chin with trimmed beard and moustache; with additional beard fragment.





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  • Western Asiatic South Arabian Stele
    Western Asiatic South Arabian Stele

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,500

    A large rectangular limestone stele with carved male face of a dignitary and three-character inscription below; the face stylised with beard extending to the exterior from the temples under the chin, small rectangular ears with scroll detailing, small mouth and sharp nose with brow-ridge; inset marble scaphoid eyes with sockets for separate pupils; the inscription carefully engraved '11°' (possibly a patronymic); mounted on a custom-made stand.





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  • Western Asiatic Canaanite Votive Seated Deity
    Western Asiatic Canaanite Votive Seated Deity

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £16,875

    A bronze figure of a deity, seated frontal with joined legs and upright torso, right arm raised in a benediction gesture, left arm bent to hold an object in a fisted hand; wearing a short crown with rounded top with the remains of silver cladding, and a long dress with fringed border and decorated collar; narrow face with light features; peg extending from the rear and below the feet for insertion onto a throne; mounted on a custom-made stand.





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  • Western Asiatic Mesopotamian Staff of Justice
    Western Asiatic Mesopotamian Staff of Justice

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,750

    A staff comprising a hollow alabaster shaft with ceramic terminals; lower end conical in shape with concave base, upper end with rounded shoulder, narrow neck and wide flat rim open to reveal hollow shaft.





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  • Western Asiatic Sassanian Bowl with Simurgh
    Western Asiatic Sassanian Bowl with Simurgh

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £31,250

    A sheet silver boat-shaped bowl, elliptical in plan with rounded underside, thickened rim; repoussé ornament including a band of heart-shaped motifs to the rim, two birds each with crescent above the head and tapering tail holding a bead necklace in the beak, a profile advancing lion with pointillé fur detailing, rows of S-shaped bars and rosettes, central wreath enclosing a simurgh motif.





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  • Gandharan Crouching Atlas Statue
    Gandharan Crouching Atlas Statue

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £42,500

    Atlas at rest carved in schist, crouching on one knee with a muscular torso, stern facial expression with penetrating stare and abundant beard, hair swept back from the brow, robe elegantly draped across the shoulders and chest, the sturdy right arm supporting weight on the knee and the left hand gripping the shin and calf; mounted on a custom-made stand.





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  • Gandharan Standing Bodhisattva Statue
    Gandharan Standing Bodhisattva Statue

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £60,000

    A substantial youthful and benign grey schist statue of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara on a plinth, standing erect wearing a dhoti and sandals with swags of beads and braided ornaments to the neck, sanghati mantle draped elegantly over the left shoulder; the face with pointed moustache, urna to the brow, copious hair bound with a beaded headband; the right hand raised palm-outwards in the mudhra gesture of reassurance, the left hand holding a censer; the plinth with segmented panels; mounted on a custom-made stand.





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  • Gandharan Meditating Buddha Statue, 2nd-4th century AD
    Gandharan Meditating Buddha Statue, 2nd-4th century AD

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,000

    A schist statue of Buddha sitting cross-legged in relaxed and meditative pose on a tapering base with nimbus to the rear of the head, wavy hair dressed in a top-knot over the ushnisha, serene expression to the youthful face with heavy lidded eyes and small pursed mouth, urna to the brow, loosely draped robe and sanghati mantle, the hands folded palm-upwards in the lap; mounted on a custom-made stand.





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  • Gandharan Over Life-Size Bodhisattva Head, 2nd-4th century AD
    Gandharan Over Life-Size Bodhisattva Head, 2nd-4th century AD

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,125

    A superbly sculpted larger-than-life sized carved schist bodhisattva head, clean-shaven apart from a neat pointed moustache, with serene and contemplative expression; the hair carved in wavy bands drawn back from the forehead and held by a braided browband, with two lateral hanks separated and tied above; the facial features sharp and carefully portrayed with small pursed mouth and heavy-lidded almond eyes, urna to the brow; the ears with long lobes pierced to accept earrings; mounted on a custom-made stand.





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  • Anglo-Saxon Gilt Silver Sword Pommel
    Anglo-Saxon Gilt Silver Sword Pommel

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,750

    A parcel-gilt silver sword pommel cap of Bifrons-Gilton type, rectangular in plan with two pierced lugs and securing pins to each short edge, raised T-shaped panel to each scooped face and corresponding notches to the long edges; border of punched triangles to the flat faces and the raised panels, hollow to the underside with ferrous remains; to one face four ring-and-dot motifs on the lower edge flanking an incised arrowhead, incised voided arrowhead to the other face with two ring-and-dot motifs and fylfot to the lower edge.





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  • Iron Age Celtiberian Inlaid Dagger and Scabbard
    Iron Age Celtiberian Inlaid Dagger and Scabbard

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,000

    An iron dagger and associated scabbard; the dagger with carp's tongue blade, flared lower guard, rounded grip, hollow T-shaped pommel with four large rivets, silver inlay to the hollow lower guard; the scabbard with median projections to connect with the lower guard and two T-shaped cotton-reel attachment points for the belt or baldric, four discoid lateral buttons to the finial; the lower guard with panels of inlaid silver wire in lattice patterns with guilloche border, similar ropework and guilloche patterns to the waist, and lower body, cross-in-circle designs to the lateral buttons; the blade lentoid in section with midrib; Iberian workmanship.





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  • Iron Age Celtic Sceptre Finial
    Iron Age Celtic Sceptre Finial

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £12,500

    A bronze sceptre finial formed as a bronze tube with iron core and ox-head detailing; band of four curved hooks to the rear flanked by beading, plain crescent panels flanking transverse ribbed panel, beaded collar, narrow waisted muzzle, flange ears with pellets, socket eyes, opposed crescent horns.





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  • Anglo-Saxon Coins - Offa - East Anglia / Ecghun - Star of David Penny
    Anglo-Saxon Coins - Offa - East Anglia / Ecghun - Star of David Penny

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,000

    Type 168. Obv: long cross fleury with lozenge and pellet centre and short cross-bars to limbs with XO / FF / A+ / RE in angles. Rev: star of David with pellet-in-rosettes at centre and at points dividing E / g / C / H / V / N legend (with Runic 'g') for the moneyer Ecghun at an East Anglian mint.





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  • Norman Coins - Empress Matilda - Pembroke / Gillapaidrig - Unique Cross Moline Penny
    Norman Coins - Empress Matilda - Pembroke / Gillapaidrig - Unique Cross Moline Penny

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,500

    Copying cross moline Watford (BMC type i) issue of Stephen. Obv: profile bust right with sceptre before and MA.TIL.DI:IMP: legend. Rev: cross moline with fleurs on cusps and [+G]ILLIPATRI:ON[:P] legend for the moneyer Gillipatric/Gillapaidrig at Pembroke mint.





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  • English Medieval Coins - Henry IV - Light Coinage Type II Eight-Arc Groat
    English Medieval Coins - Henry IV - Light Coinage Type II Eight-Arc Groat

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,250

    Light coinage, Potter type II, obverse die 1 (Stewartby PII). Obv: facing bust with slipped trefoil on breast, small annulet to left of crown and pellet to right, within tressure of eight arcs with +HENRICxDEI‡GRA‡REX‡ANGLxZxFRANC legend with Lombardic n's (where x = single saltire and ‡ = double saltire stops). Rev: long cross and pellets with +POSVIx / DEVM‡A / D‡IVTORE / M‡MEVM outer legend with slipped trefoil (or quatrefoil?) at end with Lombardic m's and CIVI / TAS / LON / DON inner legend with reverse-barred Roman N's for London mint.





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    EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHIC SHABTI
    Late Period, 664-332 BC
    Lot No. 0003
    Sold for (Inc. premium): £450
    EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHIC SHABTI
    Late Period, 664-332 BC
    Lot No. 0004
    Sold for (Inc. premium): £500
    EGYPTIAN SHABTI FOR PTAR SON OF HATHOR
    Late Period, 664-332 BC
    Lot No. 0005
    Sold for (Inc. premium): £550
    EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHIC SHABTI
    Late Period, 664-332 BC
    Lot No. 0006
    Sold for (Inc. premium): £425
    EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHIC SHABTI
    Late Period, 664-332 BC
    Lot No. 0007
    Sold for (Inc. premium): £475
    EGYPTIAN SHABTI WITH HIEROGLYPHIC TEXT
    Late Period, 664-332 BC
    Lot No. 0008
    Sold for (Inc. premium): £375
    EGYPTIAN WEDJAT EYE AMULET
    Late Period, 664-332 BC
    Lot No. 0009
    Sold for (Inc. premium): £225
    EGYPTIAN PHALLIC AMULET
    Late Period, 664-332 BC
    Lot No. 0010
    Sold for (Inc. premium): £525
    EGYPTIAN PATAIKOS AMULET
    Late Period, 664-332 BC
    Lot No. 0011
    Sold for (Inc. premium): £163
    EGYPTIAN RAM AMULET
    Late Period, 664-332 BC
    Lot No. 0012
    Sold for (Inc. premium): £121
    EGYPTIAN COSMETIC POT WITH FACE
    Late Period, 664-332 BC
    Lot No. 0014
    Sold for (Inc. premium): £2,500
    EGYPTIAN HEAD OF ANUBIS
    New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BC
    Lot No. 0016
    Sold for (Inc. premium): £1,688

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