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.jpg "Greek Marble Head of Dionysus")
.jpg "Roman Veined Marble Torso of an Athlete")
.jpg "Large Middle Elamite Cylinder Seal of Kidnu, Chief Overseer of King Tan-Ruhurater II")
.jpg "Mesopotamian Torch Bearer Stand with Lion Tamer")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With incuse fleur-de-lys motif an border with legend '+ S' WALTER.LE [.] MA[...]'; loop and strap to reverse. 5.36 grams, 32 mm
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With incuse fleur-de-lys motif, legend to border '+ CREDE FLORE' (trust the flower). 7.97 grams, 28 mm
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Obverse with wayfarer in profile wearing hooded cloak and carrying a staff and bundle, reverse with quatrefoil. 0.56 grams, 17 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): £65
Vellum manuscript (psalter) section with versal 'N' in red with blue inked foliage and scrolls surrounding. 0.8 grams, 82 x 45 mm
Private collection, USA, formed in the 1980s.
Private collection, USA, formed in the 1980s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
D-shaped with openwork band of fleur-de-lys motifs to the upper edge, trefoil void to the base; plain reverse with securing wire. 14.2 grams, 45 mm
Found North Yorkshire, UK.
Found North Yorkshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Each cuboid with marks disposed 1:6, 4:3, 2:5.; 1:2, 3:4, 5:6. 10.5 grams total, 8-9 mm
Found on the Thames foreshore, UK.
From the important private collection of dice and gaming pieces of Colin Narbeth, London, UK, collection no.155.
Found on the Thames foreshore, UK.
From the important private collection of dice and gaming pieces of Colin Narbeth, London, UK, collection no.155.
With a keeled hoop, lentoid bezel with a geometric motif resembling a wheatsheaf. 2.77 grams, 18.65 mm overall, 14.10 mm internal diameter (approximate size British F 1/2, USA 3, Europe 4.3, Japan 4)
UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
A papal bulla seal of Pope Martin V, with 'MAR / TINVS / PP. V' within a beaded circle to one face, two stylised facing heads of St Peter and St Paul to the other, cross between, 'SPA SPE' above. 51.9 grams, 37 mm
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman.
Of globular form with low neck, loop handle with spur; textured outer face. 13.8 grams, 21 mm
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Cf. Forsyth, H. & Egan, H., Toys, Trifles & Trinkets. Base-Metal Miniatures from London 1200 to 1800, London, 2005, item 2.8, for type.
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Cf. Forsyth, H. & Egan, H., Toys, Trifles & Trinkets. Base-Metal Miniatures from London 1200 to 1800, London, 2005, item 2.8, for type.
Formed as biconvex scaphoid gems set in a gold frame of two lozenges. 0.49 grams, 12 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s.
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s.
The body decorated with ring-and-dot motifs; the hinged, semi-circular hoop retained within the body of the lock; the keyhole in a piriform panel; complete. 36.1 grams, 57 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Comprising: the larger rectangular panel with reserved trefoil-headed arches, foliage in the spandrels; smaller panel with lancet arches and 'rose-window' roundels. 4.1 kg total, 46-50 cm
Acquired from various UK auction houses.
Property of a Kent collector.
Acquired from various UK auction houses.
Property of a Kent collector.
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