Mixed Ring Group

Rectangular in form with shallow circular dot numerals showing 4 and 5; blank reverse. 3 grams, 3 cm



Found near Custom House Quay on the Thames foreshore, London, UK.

Barrel-shaped with two impressed flat faces, one with a later engraving of a guilloche border and looped tendrils framing reserved initials 'PO P[R]' above and lower 'NU [.]M'; possibly a touchpiece or love token. 5.53 grams, 17 mm



Acquired since the 1970s. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of the article 'A Roman or Anglo-Saxon Fertility Amulet?' published in Treasure Hunting Magazine.

The design is reserved and very faint; the outer guilloche is quite convincing but the details of the design are hard to determine, and may always have been quite indistinct. The impression is of a 17th century love token with the initials of the couple. The finder's article implies an Anglo-Saxon date, probably on the strength of the guilloche which was often use on early Saxon metalwork - but it is a long-lived motif and not specific to that one period.

Matched pair of silver-coloured metal pendants on trichinopoly chains; the pendants each a spherical chamber with separate lid flanked by two square-section turrets with the chains attached. 196 grams total, 80 cm long each



Property of a South West London gentleman.