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  • Greek Macedonia - Alexander III - Zeus Tetradrachm
    Greek Macedonia - Alexander III - Zeus Tetradrachm

    Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)

    317-311 BC, Babylon mint. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. Rev: ALEXANDROY legend to right, BASILEWS below, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. H in left field, MHP monogram in wreath under throne.





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  • Roman Carausius - Virtus Radiate Lion Denarius
    Roman Carausius - Virtus Radiate Lion Denarius

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £12,705

    286-287 AD, London mint. Obv: IMP CARAVSIVS P F AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VIR-TVS SAE-C, radiate lion walking left, holding thunderbolt in its jaws. Mintmark RSR in exergue.





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  • Saxon Cuthred - Canterbury / Eaba - Portrait Penny
    Saxon Cuthred - Canterbury / Eaba - Portrait Penny

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,267

    798-807 AD, BMC type 4-10, Canterbury mint. Obv: profile bust with +CVDRED REX CANT legend. Rev: cross pommee and wedges with +EABA MONETA legend for the moneyer Eaba.





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  • World Ireland - Hiberno Norse - Helmetted Facing Bust Penny
    World Ireland - Hiberno Norse - Helmetted Facing Bust Penny

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,694

    1060-1065 AD, 'scratched die' coins. Obv: helmetted and moustached facing bust with +N[ ]NDIONNDINLF legend with some letters ligated. Rev: long voided cross with symbol, double pellet, cross and cross-of-pellets in quarters with ONA / ND[ ] / XNN / ANN[ ] legend with some letters ligated.





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  • Egyptian Silver Family Gods Plaque Group
    Egyptian Silver 'Family Gods' Plaque Group

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,936

    A mixed group of flat-section silver plaques with incised detail comprising: one ibis-headed Thoth; one falcon-headed Horus; one Isis with sun-disc and horns; supplied in a custom-made case.





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  • Roman Bronze Military Purse
    Roman Bronze Military Purse

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,420

    A bronze coin-holder or purse for attachment to a belt, comprising a hollow-cast bronze scaphoid mount with ribbed outer surface, punched-point detailing and median row of annulets; to each end a knop with round hole to accept the iron securing pin with curved finial; the rear of the purse a bronze sheet with flanged edges to secure.





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  • Saxon Gold Coin Pendant
    Saxon Gold Coin Pendant

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,904

    A pendant made by attaching a ribbed loop to a coin with on one face legend '+HEVDELENVS M[..]E' (for 'moneta') with S transposed, around a ropework band; to the rear a stylised bust with legend 'METTI[...]IVETATI' for 'mettis civitatis', the city of Metz.





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  • Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Mount with Garnets
    Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Mount with Garnets

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,573

    A cast rectangular mount with four attachment studs to the reverse; the upper face with gilt panel of four Style I zoomorphs arranged symmetrically around a central cell divided to hold two cloison garnets.





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  • Greek Bronze Illyrian Helmet
    Greek Bronze Illyrian Helmet

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,730

    A sheet-bronze Illyrian-style helmet with two parallel ribs to the bowl, rectangular facial aperture, narrow flange to the rear; a series of punched annulets to the border of the aperture and cheek-plates; small hole to the brow.





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  • Celtiberian Gold Torc with Spatulate Finials
    Celtiberian Gold Torc with Spatulate Finials

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,075

    A large heavy gold penannular neck-ring formed from a square-section bar with flanges to the outer angles, twisted about its own axis; the faces of each flange with punched angled strokes and a band of smaller strokes at the inner edge; the direction of twist reversed about 13 cm from the right finial (as mounted); the finials spatulate, each with three incised tongue-shaped panels; mounted on a display board.





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  • Medieval Norman Gold Epigraphic Robert Dux Finger Ring
    Medieval Norman Gold Epigraphic 'Robert Dux' Finger Ring

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £14,520

    A substantial, finely made finger ring with square-section D-shaped hoop, inturned shoulders and openwork bezel formed as a cross moline; to the underside of the hoop the text 'ROBERT' in capitals and along one face the text 'DVX'; attributed to Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, son of William I (the Conqueror) and brother of William II (Rufus); offered with fragments of a Henry II 'Tealby' penny (broken) issued at the Canterbury mint, found with the ring at the time of its discovery. The cross moline appears as a charge and emblem in medieval heraldry and also appears as the reverse central design on the early pennies of Stephen; the lettering forms, of Roman capitals with serifs is typical of the those seen on English coinage of Henry I and later.





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  • Medieval Gold Ring with Sapphire and Emeralds
    Medieval Gold Ring with Sapphire and Emeralds

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,260

    A flat-section hoop with hatched bands to the shoulders, discoid bezel with chamfered sides, large cabochon sapphire to the centre and four satellite emeralds in cloisons surrounding.





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  • Medieval Gilt Bronze Enamelled John LEstrange Heraldic Banneret
    Medieval Gilt Bronze Enamelled 'John L'Estrange' Heraldic Banneret

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,815

    A lozengiform bronze banneret with loop to one angle, the field in red enamel with two lions passant gardant in silver to each face; the arms blazoned 'gules two lions passant gardant argent' are associated with 'John L'Estrange'.





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  • Medieval Gold and Emerald Ring with Decorated Shoulders
    Medieval Gold and Emerald Ring with Decorated Shoulders

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,146

    A flat-section hoop with raised decorative panels to the shoulders formed as tendrils with textured triangular panels, small green glass or emerald cabochon to the bezel; accompanied by a copy of a letter from the British Museum and a printout of the Portable Antiquities Scheme museum report.





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  • Medieval Gold Bishops Ring with Amethyst Cabochon
    Medieval Gold Bishop's Ring with Amethyst Cabochon

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,840

    A large flat-section hoop with ribbed exterior supporting a pyramidal bezel with incised geometric motifs, inset cabochon amethyst to the centre.





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  • Medieval Painted Fresco Panel
    Medieval Painted Fresco Panel

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,890

    An Italian painted fresco fragment, transposed to a textile support, the subject of the design being the death of St. Francis; the scene composed with four standing figures in discussion surrounding the holy man whose expression is peaceful and serene.





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  • Post Medieval Bronze Striding Bull Figurine
    Post Medieval Bronze Striding Bull Figurine

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,025

    A cast advancing bull with head tilted and tail lifted, one foreleg raised, after a work by Giambologna; mounted on a socle display base.





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  • Post Medieval Gold As god decreed so we agreed Posy Ring
    Post Medieval Gold 'As god decreed so we agreed' Posy Ring

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,452

    A gold finger ring with flat-section hoop, chamfered to the inner edges; to the inner face the text in a seriffed italic hand 'As god decreed so we agreed' followed by a crow's foot mark, with long 's'; the ring in high quality gold and carefully manufactured.





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  • Post Medieval Gold Decorated Faythefulnes I Do Profes Posy Ring
    Post Medieval Gold Decorated 'Faythefulnes I Do Profes' Posy Ring

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,694

    A gold barrel-shaped hoop with incised ropework borders and panels to the median band; to the inner face the text in seriffed capitals '+FAYTHEFVLNES. I DO.PROFES' with 'HE' ligature.





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  • Post Medieval Silver William Wollascott Hawking Vervel
    Post Medieval Silver 'William Wollascott' Hawking Vervel

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,936

    A small hunting vervel, annular with a slot to the inner edge, inscribed to one face in a dense italic hand 'Willia[m] +Wollascott* of Shinfelde' and to the other '*near Readinge +in barcke'.





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