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LOT 1917
Saxon Glass Bead Collection
CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 1/2 in. (8.92 grams total, 10-13 mm).
Mainly black glass barrel-shaped beads with white marvered trails. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired at the Midland Coin Fair, NEC, circa 2009.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Anglo-Saxon Human Cranium and Fragments
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Fragments of the vault of a human skull, repaired and partly restored. 284 grams total, 10-15.2 cm
Found in a Peterborough clay pit, Cambridgeshire, UK. From an old English collection. Acquired from Stone Treasures, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, UK, circa 2013. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
NB: This lot is strictly for collection only. -
Anglo-Saxon and Later Bronze Artefact Group
8th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: a Saxon strap end with rounded point and ring-and-dot decoration; a post medieval rowel spur with D-section body and figure-of-eight terminals. 74.6 grams total, 5.2-12 cm
Found Yorkshire/County Durham, UK. Each item accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Bow Brooch
6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With square headplate and three pelta-shaped radiating plaques with incised linear detailing, deep bow with chamfered ends, footplate with transverse ribbed collars, trapezoidal finial, pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse. 34 grams, 89 mm
Found Lincolnshire, UK, prior to a Time Team dig on an important Iron Age and Roman site. Ex Kelway collection; formed between 1975 and 2015. Property of a Californian, USA, collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
