Including toggle-shaped type with openwork, biconvex and other types. 51.1 grams total, 12-34 mm



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

With a rounded (unsharpened) edge, broad, rounded point with a prominent stepped midrib and a wide socket with a fastening hole; high-tin bronze. 148 grams, 17.5 cm



Acquired in Germany in 2000. Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Single-edged sickle with raised rim. 140 grams, 22.5 cm



Ex Norri collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK, 1980s-1990s.

Each with round-section bow, slender pin with coiled spring, some with knob finial and catch. 26.9 grams total, 27-64 mm



Ex property of an Essex, UK, gentleman collector. From the private collection of a Colchester, UK, gentleman.

Comprising: four rings with decorative bezels; a ring with a keeled faux-twist hoop; a ring-type thimble with pointillé decoration. 18.54 grams total, 18-23 mm



Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Similar cast bronze rings were found in the Necropolis of Ruski Krstur, and dated 10th-15th century A.D.

Formed as a length of silver wire with two spiral loops above forming the bezel, the ends wrapped around the shank. 2.82 grams, 25.46 mm overall, 15.94x17.86 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)



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

Comprising: five rings with decorative bezels; a penannular ring; an unfinished ring with a circular hole in the bezel. 24.4 grams total, 20-26 mm



Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Among the group is one complete copper-alloy finger ring of late Iron Age to Roman date (200 B.C - 200 A.D.). It is coiled into a spiral of two and a half turns. Both ends terminated in a square end with rounded corners.

Slender hoop with the bezel formed of three circular cells, each recessed to accept enamel. 0.91 grams, 18.90 mm overall, 16.38 x 13.20 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G 1/2, USA 3 1/2, Europe 5.55, Japan 5)



Found Kent, UK. Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Some of these rings, found in the children's graves, bear the inscription TOT and were dedicated to the devotion of the god Totatis, a Celtic divinity absorbed into the Romano-British pantheon. Originally, our ring was ornamented with enamel.

Comprising: an openwork ring with spirals; three rings with decorated bezels; a ring with a round-section hoop and a lozenge-shaped bezel flanked by raised bosses; a ring with a notched hoop and a raised bezel. 25.04 grams total, 16-27mm



Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Similar rings with with loop and braided wire were found in the Necropolis of Banatsko Arandelovo, Vojvodina, and dated 10th-15th century A.D.

An openwork spoked wheel-type mount with attachment studs on the reverse. 60 grams, 66 mm



Found Windsor and Maidenhead, UK.

Comprising a D-section hoop with horizontal lines at the shoulders, a discoid bezel with ring-and-dot design. 3.35 grams, 23.20 mm overall, 20.54 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)



Found Norfolk, UK. Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Similar types of Celto-Roman bronze rings were found in the Thames in spoil heaps dating to the 1st century A.D. The most prolific finger rings in use throughout the Roman occupation were in bronze, and some forms were borrowed from Celtic arts and patterns.

Plano-convex in section and curved in profile with polished faces; old collector's label to inner face' Broch / Nordwall / Caithness'. 70 grams, 10.5 cm



From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.