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Gothic Bronze Radiate-Headed Brooch
Late 5th-early 6th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
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. -
Merovingian Bronze Ring with Antelope Facing Right
4th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. -
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Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant with Dark Age Inscription to Reverse
Circa 8th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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'. -
Dark Age Silver Brooch and Buckle Group
Northern Europe, 6th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. -
Merovingian Bronze Ring with Stylised Eagle
4th-5th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a D-section hoop and a rectangular bezel with a standing eagle facing left before a branch. 2.73 grams, 23.32 mm overall, 19.76 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Dark Age Bronze Cross Plate Brooch
7th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. -
Migration Period Horn Comb
Circa 6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
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. -
Migration Period Ring with Animal
6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Substantial ring with keeled hoop, pointille decoration on the shoulders, hexagonal bezel with stylised animal with elongated neck and long tail. 6.76 grams, 25.06 mm overall, 21.66 x 19.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.77, Japan 22)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Migration Period Bronze Ring with Figures
Circa 6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising a flat-section hoop widening at the shoulders, a rectangular bezel with two standing figures, one with his arm raised. 4.25 grams, 22.51 mm overall, 17.37 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
