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Finial from the headplate of a cruciform brooch with plano-convex mask in conical brimmed hat, crescent below with bird-head terminals; remains of attachment loops to reverse. 2.3 grams, 21 mm



Found near Gunthorpe, North Norfolk, UK, on Friday 22nd October 2021. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-43286D.

Comprising: D-shaped headplate and five radiating lobes, flat ribbed bow, lozengiform footplate with piriform finial, pin-lug and catch to the reverse. 3.94 grams, 38 mm



From a Wiltshire, UK, collection, 1990s.

Comprising a D-section hoop and a circular bezel with a stylised quadruped with long horns. 2.31 grams, 19.96 mm overall, 16.69 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Comprising: a pin with a ring-and-dot decorated finial; two brooch pin fragments; four pin finials with ring-and-dot decoration; a beast-head strap end; a large section of a trefoil-headed brooch; a lead pendant with cross motifs; a pin head with a quatrefoil. 47.7 grams total, 9-56 mm



Found Norfolk, Lincolshire and Yorkshire, UK. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Lancashire, UK, collector.

Discoid brooch with bilinear frame and a low-relief motif of a beast facing back; catchplate and remains of pin lugs and base of loop for a swag of beads to the reverse. 10.3 grams, 27 mm



Found near North Kelsey, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Lancashire, UK, collector.

Comprising a semi-circular plate with faux-rope decoration, three loops below with pendant drops with bell finials, the central one from a different pendant. 29.6 grams, 63 mm



From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

Finial from the headplate of a cruciform brooch with plano-convex mask and crescent below; attachment lug to reverse. 4.34 grams, 21 mm



Found near Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, UK. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Comprising a rectangular-in-plan cap with a median lobe and scooped edges, a small attachment lug to each short end; outer faces of the lobe with a neat circular socket; a recess to the underside. 13.9 grams, 49 mm



Found UK. From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Comprising a horizontal bar with ropework detailing to the obverse, two attachment loops to the reverse and suspension loop above; row of five loops to the lower edge with dangles attached: rumbler bell on coiled shank with median bead; two rumbler bells on tubular shanks; two jingles on coiled shanks. 51.5 grams, 13.7 cm



From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

Crescentic body with ribbed suspension loop and pelletted terminals. 6.58 grams, 36 mm



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

Heater-shaped in plan with openwork Urnes Style zoomorphs enmeshed in slender tendrils; reverse plain. 10.3 grams, 32 mm



Found Keyston, Cambridgeshire, UK. Recorded with UKDFD no.38451.

Of Byzantine type, obverse with low-relief Corpus Christi; reverse with enigmatic legend '[?] NIXIXIN'. 31.77 grams, 72 mm



Ex R Ungar, Parthenon Gallery, London, UK, 2006. From an important North London, UK, private collection.

The reverse may bear a blundered attempt at the 'INRI' legend, which appears in Byzantine and late Roman art, for Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum 'Jesus King of the Jews'.