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LOT 0307
Bronze Age Heavy Gold Spiral Hair Ring
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (7.45 grams, 15 mm).
A round-section rod coiled and partly flattened to form a hair ornament.
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
LiteratureSee Taylor, J.T., Bronze Age Goldwork of the British Isles, Cambridge, 1980, for discussion.
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Bronze Age to Post Medieval PAS Recorded Artefact Group
1st millennium B.C.-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising: Edward I silver penny (Sf-35D7CA); cut-quarter hammered silver coin (SF-36EB61); bronze pinhead (SF-35BF4B); bronze terret (SF-378E89); Polden Hill-type bow brooch (SF-3655EB); Harlow-type bow brooch (SF-C5C6BC); Colchester-type bow brooch (SF-C69B01); harness pendants (SF-3738FB, SF-C5F10D); disc brooch (SF-63B4EB); lead spindle whorls (SF-353DA0, SF-3501D6, SF-351B10); belt mounts (SF-35816E, SF-1989D4); bronze bracelet (SF-382C8A); bronze buckles (SF-34D969, SF-34B882); bronze spearhead (SF-C6436A). 303 grams total including documents
Found Suffolk, UK. Accompanied by copies of many of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) reports, nos. as listed. -
Late Bronze Age Hooked Sickle Blade
8th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A scarce type III sickle with recurved finial and a curved single-edged blade with thickened upper rim. 34.8 grams, 97 mm
Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman -
Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
1100-750 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Leaf-shaped with prominent lozengiform midrib. 19.6 grams, 52 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in North Yorkshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) drawings and report slip no.YORYM-E01827.
