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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'.

Comprising: an oval buckle with tongue, and another similar without tongue; three bow brooches, one with a pin. 16.9 grams total, 18-39 mm



From a European collection, 1990s.

Hanger with addorsed horse-heads each on a curved neck, transverse bar below with six loops to the underside, median loop above; each lower loop with attached length of chai supporting a rumbler bell or jingle. 120 grams, 17.5 cm



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

Rectangular in plan with incurved edges; the border a series of graduated lobes, the larger ones each with a cell to accept a gemstone, with some still present; central panel with a D-shaped cell to each inner edge to accept enamel; lugs and catch to reverse. 21 grams, 38.8 mm



Found Norfolk, UK.

With eight spokes each set with a garnet cloison, radiating from a central roundel formed as an inset cell set with a garnet; catchplate and pin-lug on the reverse. 7.94 grams, 32 mm



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

The 'spokes' and outer ring are formed in such a way as to suggest an array of birds' heads and beaks in a connected line, the cells with inset stones representing the eyes.