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

Including mainly heart-shaped plates with roves to the reverse. 133 grams total, 22-30 mm



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

Formed as a miniature axehead with a broad blade, with a coiled suspension ring. 1.05 grams, 36 mm



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

Discoid with inward-facing Borre-style animal heads arranged in three sections, pelleted decoration to the border and central trefoil; catchplate to the reverse. 9.85 grams, 26.7 mm



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

Flat-section cruciform plaque with ring-and-dot detailing to obverse, barrel-shaped Byzantine-style suspension loop. 27.2 grams, 73 mm



Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Substantial and slightly curved mount with apex loop partly absent; low-relief mask formed with lentoid eyes and broad moustache, narrow chin; ledge to rear pierced to accept rivets still in situ; Williams's Class A Type 9. 16.3 grams, 31 mm



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