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.jpg "Roman Bronze Eros Cradling Goose Applique")
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): £2,340
Comprising a round plaque and beaded border; catch to the reverse and pin-lugs with mineralised fabric; inset gilt sheet silver medallion with stylised profile imperial bust, herringbone border and legend 'CMASPRO'. 11 grams, 41 mmFine condition. Extremely rare.
Acquired from a private London collection formed in the early 1990s.
Ex private Suffolk, UK, collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by searcher certificate no. 200199.
Cf. similar brooch in the collection of the British Museum, London, under reference 1990,0705.1.
The legend 'CMASPRO' may be a bungled attempt to reproduce Roman script.
Acquired from a private London collection formed in the early 1990s.
Ex private Suffolk, UK, collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by searcher certificate no. 200199.
Cf. similar brooch in the collection of the British Museum, London, under reference 1990,0705.1.
The legend 'CMASPRO' may be a bungled attempt to reproduce Roman script.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising an openwork addorsed bird design and sub-rectangular plaque with interlace motifs and beast head in relief. 13.2 grams total, 27-37 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.
One a discoid bezel(?) with notched edge, two fragments of rectangular bar. 4.2 grams total, 6-9 mm
Acquired on the London art market, 1990s.
Acquired on the London art market, 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Of penannular form, each with trapezoidal flanges with faux granule decoration. 24 grams total, 53-55 mmFine condition.
Acquired 1990-2000.
From an old Suffolk collection.
Acquired 1990-2000.
From an old Suffolk collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Comprising an integral suspension loop; the openwork plaque with banded border and four panels, internal stylised zoomorph with hatched panel to the hip, gripping three-fingered hands to the body and border, two detailed feet, clearly visible facing mask below the loop with pellet eyes. 5.19 grams, 30 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. Korshyn, V.E., Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, items K.2, K-5.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. Korshyn, V.E., Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, items K.2, K-5.
Standing addorsed within a pelletted roundel; three attachment lugs to reverse. 15.3 grams, 32 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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £211
The body decorated with an X-motif formed of gold granules within a filigree roundel, additional rings and crescents of small granules at the centre, applied suspension loop. 1.19 grams, 19 mmFine condition.
Acquired 1970-2010.
Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.
Acquired 1970-2010.
Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Of polygonal shape, reserved stylised vegetal forms; attachment rivets to reverse. 8.7 grams, 32 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. Historical Museum, Moscow, The road of Varangians to Greeks and Greece (In Russian and English), Moscow, 1996, nos.232-237, 422, for similar mounts.
Pentagonal strap mounts decorated with schematic plant ornaments, cast in bronze, characterised the population of Volga Bulgars, often in commercial relations with the Viking world. A belt-set with pentagonal and rectangular mounts decorated with plant ornaments, along with its strap end and buckle, were excavated by V.D. Sokolov in Slavic-Scandinavian graves in Russian territory.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. Historical Museum, Moscow, The road of Varangians to Greeks and Greece (In Russian and English), Moscow, 1996, nos.232-237, 422, for similar mounts.
Pentagonal strap mounts decorated with schematic plant ornaments, cast in bronze, characterised the population of Volga Bulgars, often in commercial relations with the Viking world. A belt-set with pentagonal and rectangular mounts decorated with plant ornaments, along with its strap end and buckle, were excavated by V.D. Sokolov in Slavic-Scandinavian graves in Russian territory.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Comprising stylised bead head footplates and engraved and punched geometric decoration over the headplates and bodies; remains of pin lugs and catchplates to reverses. 97.6 grams total, 10.7-11.2 cm
From a Norfolk excavation in the late 19th century.
Ex property of a Nottingham gentleman by descent.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1856,0701.5174, for similar.
From a Norfolk excavation in the late 19th century.
Ex property of a Nottingham gentleman by descent.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1856,0701.5174, for similar.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Featuring square-section terminals and lentoid-section hoop decorated on the shoulders of the upper face with a pecked geometric motif. 109 grams, 10 mm wide
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1852,0329.148, for a similar brooch.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1852,0329.148, for a similar brooch.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Comprising a C-section penannular hoop with convex outer face and stamp-decorated decoration in zones including pellets, opposed triangles, segmented bars. 24.4 grams, 67 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.169(6); Lehtosalo-Hilander, P-L., Luistari I, Helsinki, 1982, pl.90 (3759).
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.169(6); Lehtosalo-Hilander, P-L., Luistari I, Helsinki, 1982, pl.90 (3759).
.jpg "Migration Period Silver-Gilt Sword Scabbard Pyramid Mount")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Formed with a circular base tapering to a square socket at the apes, the facetted sides fashioned as stylised petals, triangular recesses between each. 7 grams, 18 mm
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
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