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  • Greek Hellenistic Gold Oak Leaf Wreath
    Greek Hellenistic Gold Oak Leaf Wreath

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,560

    A diadem wreath comprising projecting sprays of sheet-gold oak leaves with serrated edges and veins, a large central rosette to the centre, each element affixed to a custom-designed display stand. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register and certificate.





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  • Greek Gold Repoussé Bracteate Set
    Greek Gold Repoussé Bracteate Set

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,720

    A set of round repoussé rosettes, each with various subjects including a male mask, bold with long beard, a female mask, wearing earrings, the hair styled in a chignon, a child's mask and Medusa mask with snakes around the neck, small dots around the border and three holes for attachment, professionally mounted on a custom display stand.





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  • Greek Eastern Hellenistic Couch Foot
    Greek Eastern Hellenistic Couch Foot

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,456

    A foot from a couch or stool formed as a tiered foot and baluster with broad lotus-leaf collar, lion's claw with swept curves to the rear, bust of Diana (?) with acanthus leaves and lateral palmettes, biconvex rim. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.





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  • Graeco-Roman Horse-Head Finial
    Graeco-Roman Horse-Head Finial

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,960

    A bronze horse-head with open mouth and ruffled mane emerging from the centre of a lily; mounted on a custom-made stand. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.





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  • Byzantine Heavy Gold Coin Pendant with Chain
    Byzantine Heavy Gold Coin Pendant with Chain

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £21,700

    A hexagonal gold pendant with scooped edges, loop and inset a gold solidus coin of Theodosius II (402-450 AD); the plaque with raised rim and inner border with punched annulets, openwork scrolled filigree panel surrounding a discoid cell with raised rim and filigree collar; a small discoid cell with beaded wire collar to each angle, four set with a cabochon garnet, two with an emerald (or sapphire?); broad suspension loop with running scrolled filigree and punched annulets to the border; twelve external ribbed loops with wire, string of barrel-shaped pearl beads; plain reverse with corresponding cell displaying the reverse of the medallion; suspension chain of substantial gold links, heart-shaped finials, hook and eye closure; the central insert a gold coin of Theodosius II with imperial bust oriented correctly, the coin obverse with D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG legend with facing bust; the reverse with SALVS REI PVBLICAE legend showing Theodosius II seated with Valentinian III, each holding mappa and globe with star above, with CON OB to the exergue for Constantinople mint (struck 425 AD and issued in commemoration of the eleventh consulship of Theodosius and the first of Valentinian). Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.





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  • Byzantine Gold Earrings with Sapphires
    Byzantine Gold Earrings with Sapphires

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,968

    A matched pair of gold earrings, each a hoop with openwork transverse bar, two dangles with turquoise, pearl and amethyst beads extending to an openwork scrolled filigree plaque and five dangles with sapphire, pearl, amethyst and gold sphere beads.





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  • Byzantine Gold Fretwork Panel
    Byzantine Gold Fretwork Panel

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,997

    A gold rectangular panel with beaded border enclosing a fretwork design of two peacocks amid fruit and foliage facing a vessel surmounted by a cross; pierced at the border for attachment; old collector's inked number to the reverse 'M376[.]'. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.





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  • Anglo-Saxon Gilt Drinking Horn Terminal
    Anglo-Saxon Gilt Drinking Horn Terminal

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,820

    A silver-gilt funicular mount, probably the terminal from a drinking horn, with bilinear border and three panels of dense chip-carved interlace framing slender standing beasts; butt jointed along the long edge.





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  • Anglo-Saxon Gold Beast Pendant
    Anglo-Saxon Gold Beast Pendant

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,580

    A triangular gold pendant with slightly convex edges and integral cast loop; the outer edges notched; the central keyed field with reserved beast in Trewhiddle Style with returned twisted tail; trefoil motifs above the head and the four-toed foot, the foreleg folded beneath the chest.





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  • Scandinavian Pre-Viking Box Brooch
    Scandinavian Pre-Viking Box Brooch

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,580

    A bronze box brooch with traces of original gilding, discoid in plan with slightly tapering sidewall with a band of dense interlace; the upper face with a triskele of beasts each executed in three-strand banding with profile bird-head, pellet to the neck and pellet eye, all surrounding a central pellet; hollow to the reverse with catchplate and pin-lug, remains of ferrous pin.





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  • Viking Gold Plaited Bracelet with Ornamented Terminals
    Viking Gold Plaited Bracelet with Ornamented Terminals

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £29,760

    A large heavy gold bracelet formed as a penannular shank of plaited rods, splayed terminals with punched ornament, each punchmark a triangle with a pellet to each angle.





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  • Western Asiatic Sumerian Demon Head
    Western Asiatic Sumerian Demon Head

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £14,880

    A carved stone head with horns above the ears and inlaid eyes; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: "Ancient Near Eastern Demon Head in Black Stone. 61 x 29 x 68mm. The front gives the face in full detail, the back in contrast is smooth and plain. The demon has a smiling face, with chin, lips and nose rendered fully naturalistic. The eyes are inlaid with shell and lapis in bitunen [sic] surround. They are large. The brows join above the nose are [sic] are also inlaid. The ears are those of a quadruped and the bases of horns appear above the ears. The top of the head is smooth. This comes from central Mesopotamia or a neighbouring area and dates to c. 2500-2100 B.C. It is an extremely rare item for size and quality of workmanship. The nose has a little damage, otherwise the piece is in very good condition and is an important addition to art of its period and area."; mounted on a custom-made stand. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.





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  • Medieval Large Gold Ring with Sapphire Cabochon
    Medieval Large Gold Ring with Sapphire Cabochon

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,920

    A large ring with elliptical-section hoop expanding to the shoulders supporting a very large hexagonal pie-dish bezel with scooped upper faces, with inset hardstone cabochon, probably a sapphire.





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  • Medieval Heraldic Isabelle of Malling Seal Matrix
    Medieval Heraldic 'Isabelle of Malling' Seal Matrix

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,464

    A discoid silver seal matrix with raised panel and loop to the reverse; the face with stag's head flanked by profile hounds heads, surmounted by a heater shield between the antlers bearing six martlets, suggesting the full arms to have a stag's head as crest and hounds as supporters, with the legend '*S' ISABELLE : DE : MEAVLINGES' within beaded borders (for 'Seal of Isabelle of Malling'), the design of this seal recalls the seals which show the crucified Christ between the antlers of a deer usually associated with St Hubert and St Eustace..





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  • Greek Chalcidian Helmet
    Greek Chalcidian Helmet

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,780

    A bronze helmet of Chalcidian type with narrow skull and carinated lower edge above the borow, short neck-guard with flared outer edge, deep lateral sockets for the ears, integral D-shaped lateral extensions to the temples pierced at the lower edge, short nasal extending from a reinforced brow ridge.





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  • Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Carausius - Virtus Radiate Lion Denarius
    Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Carausius - Virtus Radiate Lion Denarius

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £17,360

    London mint. Obv: IMP CARAVSIVS PF AVG legend with laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev: VIRTVS SAEC C legend with radiate lion walking left, holding thunderbolt in its jaws; mintmark RSR in exergue.





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