Large hoop with palm branch on each shoulder, oval bezel with double hourglass motif. 7.00 grams, 24.64 mm overall, 21.81 mm internal diameter (approximate size British W 1/2, USA 11 1/4, Europe 25.66, Japan 24)



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Discoid in plan with central floret to each face and legend to the border; Side A: '* + S'VILL DE VVE[..]' (seal of William of WE[..]); Side B: '+ [S]' [.]VIAN[.]NVR[.]LL'. 11.4 grams, 24.8 mm



Found Thames, UK. From the later Peter Hooper Pewter and Lead collection, who was a guest lecturer at West Dean College and was a longtime member of the Pewter Society who contributed to the Pewter Society Magazine.

Heater-shaped with high-relief reserved lion rampant and other motifs. 709 grams total, 23-56 mm



Acquired in the 1960s-1980s. From an old Carlisle private archaeological collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Chessman-type with pierced trefoil lug; incuse image of two facing figures each in a lancet arch, supplicant in D-shaped panel below; blackletter legend to rim 'STPHILIP[...]. 17.2 grams, 30 mm



Found Yorkshire, UK, before 1991.

Vesica-shaped with lug to one and strap to reverse; obverse with ears of barley to the centre, border with legend 'S* MARGARETE POND'. 14.89 grams, 38 mm



Ex Paul Moore, 1990s. Accompanied by a laminated Paul Moore identification card.

Flat-section hoop with legend to obverse 'X POVERT PA'. 6.36 grams, 30 mm



Ex Graham Slater collection, Cambridge, 1980s-1990s.

This popular ring-brooch legend is the beginning of a proverb [Whiting P334: poverty parts company] found in 15th century manuscripts, which the brooches may well antedate – see, for example, PAS database SF-84C91E, i.e. the perhaps cynical observation that if one loses one’s money, one loses one’s friends.

Amuletic pendant of a four-rooted tooth, bulb finial and loop. 0.22 grams, 9 mm



From the collection of a late Japanese gentleman, 1970s onwards.

Mary and the infant Christ on a crescent moon, stylised bird below, pellet detailing; pin stump to reverse. 2.11 grams, 25 mm



Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984. Ex property of an Essex collector.

Formed as a cross-crosslet, the symbol of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, with punched-point border. 0.85 grams, 20.8 mm



Found Norfolk, UK. From a Norfolk, UK, collection.

The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD.

D-section hoop with a pellet at the base, ribbed shoulders and raised discoid bezel with symbols. 7.84 grams, 24.88 mm overall, 17.09 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Discoid plaque with rolled rim and central socket; underside with incised cross motif, possibly later. 183 grams, 73 mm



From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector, established from the earlier 1960s.

D-section hoop expanding at the shoulders, oval bezel bearing a Jerusalem cross motif. 3.97 grams, 23.92 mm overall, 20.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.