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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
.jpg "Eastern Roman Bust of the Daughter of Aqima")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
.jpg "Italic Bronze Triple-Disc Cuirass")
.jpg "Massive Stone Age British Bifacial Lanceolate Flint Handaxe")
.jpg "Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Three-Dimensional Urnes Stirrup Apex Mount")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Quatrefoil brooch with four applied knops, slender hinged pin. 15.11 grams, 38 mm
Found Norfolk, Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Accompanied by an old Norfolk Castle Museum record slip.
Found Norfolk, Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Accompanied by an old Norfolk Castle Museum record slip.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £273
With faces of the saints Peter and Paul within a border of raised pellets, above the heads 'SPA' for St. Paul to the left and 'SPE' for St. Peter to the right; the with BENE//DICTVS//.PP .XI. also within a border of raised pellets, the 'PP' stands for 'pastor pastorum' which translates as 'shepherd of the shepherds'. 27.8 grams, 38 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Rylstone, North Yorkshire, UK, circa 2018.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-A73B69.
Papal bullae are lead seals that were attached to papal documents to authenticate them. A bulla was attached to its document using a cord, threaded through the vellum document and then passed through the bulla itself, from top to bottom.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Rylstone, North Yorkshire, UK, circa 2018.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-A73B69.
Papal bullae are lead seals that were attached to papal documents to authenticate them. A bulla was attached to its document using a cord, threaded through the vellum document and then passed through the bulla itself, from top to bottom.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Mixed group including a discoid tag with three roundels, a discoid tag with hatched design and openwork attachment lug and other types. 2.57 grams total, 10-22 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Group of two discoid badges one with central dome and radiating lines, the other with hatched bands and pellets. 4.07 grams total, 19-22 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Of quatrefoil form with loop, one face displaying crossed keys and mitre(?); the other showing a gryllus reserved on a red enamelled field. 10.7 grams, 41 mm
Found UK.
Acquired on the UK art market after 2000.
Ex Stratford collection, Suffolk, UK.
Found UK.
Acquired on the UK art market after 2000.
Ex Stratford collection, Suffolk, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising a quantity of mixed items including a large bell, buckles, coins, buttons, and others, most fragmentary. 732 grams total, 10-57 mm
Found St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK.
Acquired from the finder in 2008.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
Found St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK.
Acquired from the finder in 2008.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
With two standing figures facing right on the bezel, the head of a saint to each shoulder, remains of black niello highlighting the design. 6.37 grams, 21.84 mm overall, 18.09 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Flat-section silver gold frame with applied granules and discs, two raised cells, flat sword-shaped pin. 1.26 grams, 19.98 mm
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
Cf. Egan, G. & Pritchard, F., Dress Accessories 1150-1450, London, 2002, item 1336, for type.
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
Cf. Egan, G. & Pritchard, F., Dress Accessories 1150-1450, London, 2002, item 1336, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Text in two columns with versals and illuminated capitals, red and blue linear ornament; Gregorian chant; mounted within a reveal in a glazed wooden frame. 425 grams total, 22 x 27 cm including frame
Acquired in the 1990s or before.
From a deceased London, UK, estate.
Acquired in the 1990s or before.
From a deceased London, UK, estate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With central fleur-de-lys motif and legend '+ S’HELIE BERC[--]OR'; lug to the reverse and lozenge grid with pellets. 19.9 grams, 36 mm
Found Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Found Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Mixed group of heater-shaped lead-alloy weights, two with fleur-de-lys motif. 774 grams total, 34-62 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With central quatrefoil and radiating Maltese crosses, legend to the border '+S' EDMVNDI FIL'. WIL'MI' (seal of Edmund son of William); lug to the reverse and high-relief cross pommee. 23 grams, 30 mm
Found Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Found Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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