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  • Viking Silver Twisted Ring
    Viking Silver Twisted Ring
    Early 9th-11th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

    Heavily patinated solid silver ring with thick braided bezel of three wires, flat butted reverse. 8.62 grams, 27.28 mm overall, 18.24 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)



    Acquired on the London art market, 1990s. Private collection, London. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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  • Viking Age Bronze Broad Axehead Pendant with Ring-and-Dot Decoration
    Viking Age Bronze Broad Axehead Pendant with Ring-and-Dot Decoration
    9th-11th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

    Formed as a miniature axehead with broad blade, spur to rear and three ring-and-dot motifs, flat socket. 6 grams, 32 mm wide



    From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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  • Viking Age Bronze Necklace Bead Group
    Viking Age Bronze Necklace Bead Group
    Circa 9th-11th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £104

    Comprising tubular beads with ribbed detailing and waisted tubular beads. 41 grams total, 13-28 mm



    UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

    From the small number of identified child burials dating to the Viking-Age, it appears that small bronze bells, toys and mirrors are often artefacts associated with children. There is also some evidence that large numbers of beads were attached to outfits or worn as ornaments by children in certain areas, like those of Baltic Curonian.

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  • Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Apex Urnes-Style Stirrup Mount
    Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Apex Urnes-Style Stirrup Mount
    9th-11th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £293

    Tulip-shaped mount with Urnes Style interlace, pierced at the apex and twice at the base above the shallow rear ledge; a rare type. 23 grams, 48 mm



    Found whilst searching with a metal detector in East Anglia, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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  • Viking Age Decorated Bronze Bracelet
    Viking Age Decorated Bronze Bracelet
    9th-12th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

    A flat-section penannular bracelet with two decorative bands to the upper face separated by a median line, both finials with two bands of similar decoration flanking decorative X-motif. 27 grams, 67 mm



    Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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  • Viking Age Bronze Hinged Horse Harness Pendant
    Viking Age Bronze Hinged Horse Harness Pendant
    8th-10th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £104

    Comprising: triangular attachment plate with rivet-holes at the upper corners, Y-shaped motif in a beaded border, lateral scrolls; articulating joint connecting to a tongue-shaped bifacial pendant with ribbed bulb and scrollwork. 36 grams, 90 mm



    From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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  • Anglo-Saxon Bronze Strap End Group
    Anglo-Saxon Bronze Strap End Group
    9th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

    Comprising one convex-sided with niello palmette design, beast-head finial; one convex-sided with beast-head finial, recesses above; one fragment with Trewhiddle Style beast and palmette; Thomas's Class A. 11.2 grams total, 24-47 mm



    Found north Kent, UK. Previously on loan to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK. Ex Midlands collection. Property of a Kent, UK, lady collector since 2013. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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  • Viking Bronze Twisted Ring
    Viking Bronze Twisted Ring
    Early 9th-11th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £124

    Comprising a braided band of wire butted on the underside. 6.75 grams, 27.80 mm overall, 19.39 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)



    Acquired on the London art market, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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  • Anglo-Saxon Decorated Silver Hooked Tag
    Disclaimed Treasure
    Anglo-Saxon Decorated Silver Hooked Tag
    8th-9th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

    Of broken kite shape with two foliate designs below running to the narrow hook, all features outlined by heavy groove infilled with niello, single piercing above. 0.68 grams, 20 mm



    Found whilst searching with a metal detector by Robin Sykes at Sutton in the Forest, Yorkshire, UK, on Monday 17 November 2003, recorded as Treasure by the finder and disclaimed by the Crown with Treasure Reference no.2004 T50. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. Accompanied by a copy of the Treasure Report by the Curator of Anglo-Saxon Collections, Department of Prehistory and Europe, at the British Museum. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-580904. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

    Hooked tags were used for fastening a variety of dress articles, including garters. The present example is unusual in its shape, decoration and for having only a single piercing.

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  • Germanic Bronze Ring with Inscription
    Germanic Bronze Ring with Inscription
    Circa 6th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £59

    Comprising a D-section hoop and a discoid bezel with a vertical band of inscription, decorative motifs above and below; hoop split. 2.54 grams, 23.69 mm overall, 17.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)



    Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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  • Viking Age Bronze Twisted Bracelet with Hatched Terminals
    Viking Age Bronze Twisted Bracelet with Hatched Terminals
    9th-12th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

    Two rods tightly twisted and curved into a penannular shape, hammered flat towards the ends, each terminal with heavily hatched design to the outer edge. 80 grams, 80 mm

    3 1/8 in.

    From a Sussex, UK, private collection; acquired 1980s-1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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  • Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Wrist Clasp
    Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Wrist Clasp
    450-570 A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

    Rectangular in plan with six vandykes to the trailing edge, hook beneath the forward edge, transverse grooves flanking a panel of Salin's Style I ornament (Tiermensch). 6.69 grams, 43 mm



    Found near Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, UK, in 2019. From an old Yorkshire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-DDC0C9. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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