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With pierced trefoil finial; motif with central tondo and frond motif, inner ring with Lombardic script legend '[..]etra' and outer ring with 'S' Augutus Lincolnie' (seal of Augustus of Lincoln'); supplied with an impression. 33.1 grams, 37.6 mm



Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.

'Augutus' is a copying error for 'Augustus'

Including discoid and vesica-shaped types; legends include: 'S'TOME[.]H[...]EHERST', ':s' TYE[..]MICHAEL', '+S'IOHISPWILLI[..]', 'S'ROGERIWILL', each with an impression. 63 grams total, 20-39 mm



Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Including heater-shield decoration, rosette and other types. 240 grams total, 47-57 mm



Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Elliptical round-section frame with attachment loops to the reverse, hinged bar to the top with cuboid mount, heater shield to each face one with pile motif and the other with chevron and pellets; frame repaired. 141 grams, 20 cm



Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Modelled in the round as a female face with almond-shaped eyes, wearing a barbette, remains of a double-braid hairstyle. 940 grams, 13.4 cm



Ex Altounian-Rousset.

Tongue-shaped with an engraved animal, possibly a squirrel. 14.3 grams, 38 mm



Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.

Scaphoid in plan with chamfered edges and raised fleur-de-lys motif; underside with central fleur-de-lys and border with legend '+ S' ALANI D'FERIBY' for 'seal of Alan of Ferriby'. 11 grams, 31 mm



Found Lincolnshire, UK. Acquired on the UK art market from the 1990s. From the private collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Comprising discoid and vesica-shaped examples; legends include '+SIGIL'NORM[A]NNIO[.]OR', 'S'THOMECOBEHERE', 'S'FILIPIROLL:XXX' and another with central crescent moon and star, enigmatic legend; each with an impression. 45 grams total, 28-32 mm



Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Chess piece type seal matrix with a pierced trefoil-shaped lug, circular die with a merchant's mark and inscription reading '+PIETER VAN DEN SANNE'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 12.5 grams, 29 mm



Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-566C60.

Heater-shaped with central heraldic shield showing two chevronels and a fess between, border with legend '+PARROR[..]RT[..]SITORIS', supplied with an impression. 146 grams, 53 mm



Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Arms with this general scheme (fess between chevronels) occur in several families including Trevanion, Seward, Seneschall, Hill, Lisle, Lyde, Davent, Grandin, Trewrek, Hopham, Walpole, Austen and several others, some with additional charges and/or variations of colour.

Comprising: pentagonal internal corner-section with horizontal ribbing; corner of a vessel with moulded rim. 3.69 kg total, 10-20.2 cm



Found Norfolk, UK.

A collection of metal buckles, dress and strap fittings, comprising single-loop and double-loop buckle frames, associated plates, mounts and fastening fragments, including a shaped buckle frame decorated with pronounced curling scrolls, probably intended for a shoe or knee fastening. 87 grams total, 23-41 mm



Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.

These illustrate the varied construction of fittings attached to leather straps or clothing, combining functional loops, bars and hooks with decorative profiles and surface ornament. The group principally represents medieval and early modern fastening types. The double-oval frames belong to a tradition particularly widespread during the later medieval period and the 16th–17th centuries, while the more elaborate scroll-decorated frame is consistent with late 17th- or early 18th-century dress accessories.