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

Penannular type with overlapped ends; incised border with fringe detailing, three punched hubs each surrounded by a ring of pellets. 5.75 grams, 22.82 mm overall, 19.53 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

With central motif of a lion courant, border with legend '* S' VVILL[...]VS[.]ACI'; supplied with an impression. 7.28 grams, 29 mm



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

With central facing figure on a hatched field, legend to border ' +SCE MARGARETA' (St. Margaret). 11.3 grams, 24.9 mm



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

Low-relief image on a plaque with a small ellipsoid base; Mary with head inclined wearing a headrail, shift and overtunic with decorated collar, holding a facing infant Jesus; infant's legs and Mary's cuff forming attachment to base; plain reverse. 62.1 grams, 78 mm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the similar example on display in the Museum of London.

Rectangular in plan with impressed low-relief facing skull and crossed longbones. 3.27 kg, 29.5 cm



Acquired from Palau Antiguitats, Barcelona, 2 January 2025.

Lentoid-section hoop with hatched panels to the shoulders, rectangular bezel with two incised nimbate facing busts repaired. 5.12 grams, 22.65 mm overall, 19.17 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)



Acquired in the 1970s-1980s. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Wide hoop with expanding shoulders and flat discoid bezel, incised pentagram and star motif. 5.56 grams, 23.23 mm overall, 20.66 x 19.37 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2 , USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)



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

D-section hoop expanding at the shoulders, discoid bezel with a rosette formed of ring-and-dot motifs. 6.11 grams, 24.54 mm overall, 20.08 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)



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

Narrow single-edged blade with curved back and integral bolster; flared scale-tang hilt with integral finial and hatched detailing to upper and lower faces; finial with facing nimbate figure on a hatched field to both faces. 18.57 grams, 16.4 cm



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

Including D-shaped, twin-loop, square and other types. 688 grams total, 17-84 mm



Found Suffolk, UK. (UK buyers only, not for export)

Circular seal matrix with remains of a suspension lug on the reverse, the obverse with a six-pointed star or flower at the centre, surrounded by a retrograde legend starting at twelve o'clock and reading '.S'RVB'TI FI'S (I/T)VRIS' for 'seal of Robert/Rupert son of [?]'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 8.61 grams, 25 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-FB0903.

The patronymic on this seal is uncertain; if the first letter is I, then it may be Jarvis/Jervis.

Comprising flat-section hoop with oval bezel depicting a stylised quadruple animal in profile; flat-section hoop expanding to oval bezel with incised lines; rectangular-section hoop with stepped bezel engraved with star motif. 8.84 grams total, 20-25 mm



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