Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins

Discoid type with integral suspension loop; obverse with Corpus Christi in high relief and figures in the field; reverse with central cross and legend '+ IESV' (Jesus). 4.41 grams, 23 mm



Found near Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, UK. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.LIN-003188.

Oval stone with one thinned end of keeled profile. 23.4 grams, 81 mm



Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

With suspension loop on a slender neck supporting two addorsed horse-heads with billets to the mane, void between the forelegs, transverse bar with six pierced roundels to the lower edge. 11.9 grams, 49 mm



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

With pellets and raised borders to the trapezoidal panels. 15.6 grams, 57 mm



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

Comprising a round-section large loop with twisted terminals and an axe-shaped pendant with impressed linear decoration on one side. 4.84 grams, 61 mm



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

With domed eye and tendril surround ending in loops, substantial suspension loop to the reverse. 16.8 grams, 55 mm



Acquired before 1990. Ex property of a professional collector.

Ribbed annular body with four domed rosette-shaped bosses and a pin. 9.36 grams, 45 mm



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

The headplate with a raised trapezoidal panel with rectangular wings decorated with grooves, a full-round knob projecting from the end of the central panel, a keeled bow and an animal head foot; a catchplate and pin-lugs on the reverse. 16.8 grams, 64 mm



Found Uttlesford, Essex, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SF-0D30CE.

Comprising a raised beat-head modelled in the half-round beneath a triangular void with scrolled shoulders, open mouth with Winchester-style scrolled tendrils and pierced attachment lug. 17.4 grams, 50 mm



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

Comprising an expanding arm cross within a circular border, punched ring-and-dot decoration, pin and catch on the reverse. 12.6 grams, 36 mm



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

With highly decorative openwork border of Style I ornament to the headplate formed as a rectangular median plate with lateral wings, enhanced with punched-pellet detail to the sides and top edge of each; raised central square panel with incised rosette; to the middle of each edge a Style I human mask in plan, formed as a T-shaped brow-and-nasal with two pellet eyes, with pairs of Style I profile bird-heads with curved beaks; the bow deep with facetting at each end; the footplate rectangular with Style I lappets; transverse collar above a finial Style I human mask with complex beard below; pin-lugs and scar for catchplate to reverse. 52 grams, 12.3 cm



Found Seaham, Co Durham, UK. Property of a Durham private collector.

The florid cruciform brooch presents a headplate as a rectangle above the bow, with wings visible to either side. The top and side-knobs show stylised human faces with prominent eyes. The decoration is in style 1. The finial also has the prominent eyes found on the headplate surrounds, with the nose formed by an extension of the footplate and curly moustaches forming at the same time as the part of the flanking animals.

Trapezoidal type with saw-cut teeth to each long edge, one group coarse and the other fine. 14.95 grams, 71 mm



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