Vesica type with loop to reverse; central perching bird motif with Lombardic script legend to the border '+ S' RICARDI DE FORDERIA' (seal of Richard of Ford...'. 10.2 grams, 32 mm



From the collection of a Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman. Property of a private collector, West London, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Formed of sheet-gold with facetted edges and ribbed suspension loop. 0.49 grams, 12 mm



Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

With a slender D-section hoop, raised bezel set with dark blue sapphire cabochon. 1.40 grams, 20.79 mm overall, 16.90 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)



From an English collection formed before 2000. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Featuring a D-section hoop, expanded shoulders with hatched chevrons, discoid bezel with a pair of hatched triangles separated by a hatched horizontal band. 3.73 grams, 21.46 mm overall, 18.61 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)



From an English collection formed before 2000. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

A mixed group of coins, jetons, buckles, a key, lead weights, and others. 300 grams total, 11-47 mm



Found Cambridgeshire, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Comprising: heater shield pendant with reserved saltire; heater shield stud with reserved lion rampant; teardrop shield pendant with reserved lion rampant; lozenge pendant with radiating knops, central circular recess with enamel fill and reserved cinquefoil; T-shaped strap with attachment holes. 28 grams total, 16-60 mm



Found UK. From the collection of a Wiltshire, UK, gentleman, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Comprising a single cutting edge and scale tang; bifacial pommel engraved with a female figure to one face and an enigmatic design to the other. 35 grams, 17 cm



Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

There were four essential ways to carry the small knifes in late Middle Ages: a) with the scabbard tucked diagonally behind belt, without suspension loop; b) without scabbard, simply thrust through the purse of the belt; c) with the scabbard tied horizontally at waist with suspension holes in the widened handle flap; d) suspended vertically from thong looped over the belt, in the scabbard.

Hollow-formed with everted rim to the neck, hair held in a snood, with shallow lentoid eyes, bottle-shaped nose and slit mouth; remains of fixing pin to top of head. 49 grams, 34 mm



Found Cambridgeshire, UK. Private English collection formed in the 1990s. Property of an Essex gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

With a wide D-section hoop, raised boss to the base and on the shoulders, large discoid bezel. 8.50 grams, 23.48 mm overall, 18.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)



From an English collection formed before 2000. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Including a regardant beast, two with a start motif, a standing bird, and two others; each pierced through the upper edge for attachment. 2.67 grams total, 13-18 mm



Found on the Thames foreshore in the 1980s. Property of an Essex collector. Ex Capital Gains Exhibition at the Museum of London. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

With hollow-formed conical plaque and round cell, inset garnet cabochon. 1.72 grams, 21.54 mm overall, 15.14 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G 1/2, USA 3 1/2, Europe 5.55, Japan 5)



Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Mainly biconvex in profile with pellet and bar detailing. 227 grams total, 27-35 mm



Ex Nigel Mills, London, UK, circa 2000. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.