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LOT 1700
Celtic Bronze Toggle Fastener
IRON AGE, 2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (11.5 grams, 26 mm).
With median loop and gusseted disc finials, baluster-shaped in profile. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector near Bottisham, East Cambridgeshire, UK, on Friday 13th December 2024.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SF-026B7D.
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Celtic Shale Bracelet Fragment
Iron Age, 4th-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Plano-convex in section and curved in profile with polished faces; old collector's label to inner face' Broch / Nordwall / Caithness'. 70 grams, 10.5 cm
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. -
Iron Age Bronze-Hilted Sword
8th-6th century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,600
A broad iron sword with tapering blade and rounded shoulders, bronze hilt with crescentic pommel and apotropaic eye motifs to both sides; accompanied by bronze scabbard or baldric elements including a pair of eyelets with suspension loops, four circular appliqués with conical tips and ropework borders, and a scabbard chape with two opposing ibexes; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 2.2 kg total, 78 cm including stand
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12914-245170.
The sword belongs to the Caucasian culture of the Colchis and represents a very rare typology. A similar blade was found together with early Scythian arrows during excavations at Karmir-Blur. A similar combination found at Kulanurkhva’s excavations suggests that the appearance of such blades in Abkhazia is linked to the Scythian campaigns in Near Eastern Asia. -
Celtic to Medieval Bronze Ring Group
1st century B.C.-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising: an openwork ring with spirals; three rings with decorated bezels; a ring with a round-section hoop and a lozenge-shaped bezel flanked by raised bosses; a ring with a notched hoop and a raised bezel. 25.04 grams total, 16-27mm
Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Similar rings with with loop and braided wire were found in the Necropolis of Banatsko Arandelovo, Vojvodina, and dated 10th-15th century A.D.
