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Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
.jpg "Assyrian Bronze Relief Fragment")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
.jpg "The Tenby Hiberno-Norse Viking Penannular Brooch")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
![English Milled Coins - George VI - 1937 - Cased RM Proof Coronation Gold Set [4]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/203351-s(2).jpg "English Milled Coins - George VI - 1937 - Cased RM Proof Coronation Gold Set [4]")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Engraved vertically between clusters of ribs, the penannular hoop with a convex outer face and expanded central section. 113 grams, 75 mm wide
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £315
Comprising an outer ring with wolf mask in low relief at the centre. 3.4 grams, 26 mm
Ex property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000.
Cf. MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 24.1.
Ex property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000.
Cf. MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 24.1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
Border enclosing a low-relief image of a male facing mask between two birds embraced at the necks; with integral loop. 2.8 grams, 20 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. Hammond, B. M., British Artefacts Volume 2 - Middle Saxon and Viking, p.57, item 1.5.3-f.; cf. Korshyn, V.E., Yazcheskye Priveski Drevnei Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, item M.2.02.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. Hammond, B. M., British Artefacts Volume 2 - Middle Saxon and Viking, p.57, item 1.5.3-f.; cf. Korshyn, V.E., Yazcheskye Priveski Drevnei Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, item M.2.02.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Formed using openwork, pellets to border; integral suspension loop. 5.8 grams, 34 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Composed of a round-section hoop with decoratively twisted wire collars, graduated bulbs adorned with granules. 11.4 grams, 35 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Comprising thirty-eight 8-shaped iron links, with interstitial H-shaped twisted elements; securing ring at the upper end; iron ring at the lower end with thick linked ring and two substantial shackles, each a pair of parallel bars with a loop at each end; attached to each a flat rectangular-section fetter with substantial retaining rivet. 4.45 kg, 2.57 m long
Acquired 1971-1972.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
Cf. iron collar from John’s Lane, Dublin, now in the National Museum of Ireland.
The shackles are formed with an elliptical void in order to accommodate a human foot, closed with an iron rivet which could not have been easily removed without heating the metal.
Acquired 1971-1972.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
Cf. iron collar from John’s Lane, Dublin, now in the National Museum of Ireland.
The shackles are formed with an elliptical void in order to accommodate a human foot, closed with an iron rivet which could not have been easily removed without heating the metal.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £160
In openwork, circular lugs to the bow and stem, cruciform and circular motifs to the bit. 15.3 grams, 77 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Composed of a free-running wedge-shaped head with sun burst to one face and repoussé pellets to the cutting edge, suspended on a slender carinated ring. 2.99 grams, 40 mm
Ex UK collection since the 1990s.
Ex UK collection since the 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
The hoop with a stylised zoomorphic design representing a bird, decorative collars and articulate tongue with openwork geometric dragon motif with head modelled in the half-round; long pin lost in antiquity. 37 grams, 59 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. Graham-Campbell, J., The Vikings, The British Museum, London, 1980, p.112, for a comparable brooch.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. Graham-Campbell, J., The Vikings, The British Museum, London, 1980, p.112, for a comparable brooch.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Composed of a child-sized penannular hoop with tapering terminals and expanded central section. 93 grams, 66 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Comprising a ribbed suspension loop, surface divided into panels of granule clusters. 3.62 grams, 29 mm
Acquired on the German art market before 2000.
From an old Munich collection.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XLV, item 3.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000.
From an old Munich collection.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XLV, item 3.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Composed of a penannular hoop with carinated outer face, punched triangles containing pellets. 39 grams, 71 mm wide
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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