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Learn MoreIron age zoomorphic spout in the form of a boars head. The head is well moulded with prominent lenticular eyes and small pricked ears. Large tusks are evident either side of the mouth, which has a circular opening within a short tubular projection. Found near Corby, Northamptonshire. 32mm x 18mm x 18mm, 22.35g
about Lot 11
Henry IV penny, light coinage. Silver, 18mm, 1.05g. Obv: crowned facing bust, annulet and pellet by crown, trefoil on breast, +HENRIC REX ANGL. Rev: long cross fourchee with pellets in angles, slipped trefoil before LON, +CIVI TAS LON DON. London mint. Ref: S, 1732.
about Lot 254
Eadbald of Kent Gold Shilling (‘thrymsa’). Early England AD 616-640. Gold, 1.29g. [NV]? AL[D /REG], around a diademed bust, right. R. +DORO[VERNI]S, around a cross pattee on a globe, beaded inner-circle. Canterbury mint. Ref: Article by T. Abramson. https://britnumsoc.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/351-a-second-canterbury-gold-shilling-of-eadbald.pdf
about Lot 251
Iron Age Zoomorphic Bronze Cosmetic Mortar. Circa, 50 BC-50 AD. Copper-alloy, 81.37 mm. An exceptional quality Late Iron Age centre-looped cosmetic mortar. Formed of a crescent-shaped bow decorated on each side with two punched dot triangular panels. The terminals are in the form of devolved, zoomorphic heads with upturned beaks and large round eyes, Very much like a Duck. Each terminal is joined to the centre loop by an openwork strut. REF: Jackson, R, 2010, p. 79, no. 36 & p. 123. From a private Norfolk collection.
about Lot 4
Gold Inscribed Mourning Ring, Circa 18th century. Gold, 2.88 grams. 16.95 mm. UK ring size, H. US size, 4. A D-sectioned band engraved on the outside with a skull between two cross-hatched panels. The inner band is inscribed, M. Read ob 12 jan 1713 at 93. Makers mark DW. From a private UK collection.
about Lot 126
17th Century Gold Finger Ring. Circa, 1650 AD. Gold, 2.08 grams. 21.61 mm. UK ring size, L. US size, 5 3/4. A D-shaped band with decorated shoulders that separate in to two outward scrolled arms. The two arms on each side of the band grasp a heart-shaped frame that encloses a raised square bezel set with a large rock crystal stone. Ref: Scarisbrick & Henig, Finger Rings. p.61. fig.1. From an old UK collection, purchased sometime before 1987.
about Lot 118
David I Scottish Penny. 1124-1153 AD. Crowned bust right with sceptre, + DAVIT REX. R. Cross fleury, single pellet in angles. Moneyer, Hugo at Roxburgh?. Silver, 1.33g. 22mm. Ref: S.5007.
about Lot 178
Rare: Stephen Lozenge Sceptre Type Penny. York, ornamental type. A unique variant with the left facing bust. Crowned bust left holding sceptre surmounted by lozenge with pellet, +STIEN (retrograde) with ornaments. R. Saltire fleury over cross pattee, ornaments in place of legend. 1.02g. 20mm. Recorded with the Early Medieval Coin Corpus as, EMC: 2024.0082. Ref: N.920 variant.
about Lot 221
Medieval Silver Seal Matrix. Circa, 12th-14th century AD. 5.53 g, 29.6mm. An exceptional seal matrix set with a Roman intaglio of red stone (possibly jasper or carnelian) with an engraving of a young satyr running to the left with another, smaller satyr with a tail and horns kneeling on his shoulders. The oval intaglio is set in the centre of the matrix within a grooved oval border which also frames the base of the surrounding inscription which reads: + CREDE . SOLVM. ET . EST. SATIS. ‘Believe only and it is enough/sufficient’. The phrase is part of the Mass for the Annunciation, from a chant known as the 'Missus Gabriel de Celis'. PAS recorded: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1092517
about Lot 53
Rare Medieval Limoges Folding Candlestick. Circa 12th century AD. A composite traveling pricket type candlestick with folding legs. Each of the three legs have an animal head terminal, the face of each leg is detailed with foliate scrolls, originally filled with champlevé enamel: but only traces survive. The shaft is divided in two by a bulbus knop, this is decorated with six segments, each having an interlace motif. The splayed collar at the base of the spike is a replacement. Recorded on the PAS database as: KENT-609662. 190mm x 125mm.
about Lot 39