Timeline Auction - Antiquities, Natural History and Coins

4th century AD.A gold bow brooch with large kidney-shaped bow with central rib engraved with S-pattern; the knops trimmed with beading; wide cross...

1st-2nd century AD. A carved marble statue fragment depicting the torso of an infantry soldier wearing a pleated tunic tied with a knotted belt; t...

1st-3rd century AD. A carved marble figurine of a gladiator in kilt with pteruges, scale manica to the left arm with strap to the chest, left hand...

2nd-3rd century AD. A tinned bronze plate brooch of a standing gladiator on a square base, Thraex type with curved peak to the helmet, rectangular...

2nd-3rd century AD. A bronze head of a gryphon with eagle's beak, horse's ears and mane, scooped crest to the rear of the neck; adornment for a mi...

1st-2nd century AD. A bronze knife pommel or mount of addorsed rams' heads with segmented horns, ring to the underside. 5.33 grams, 20mm (3/4"). ...

1st-3rd century AD. A columnar bronze handle formed as an arm with bands of leaves and pellets to the sleeve, hand finial with extended thumb; rem...

2nd-3rd century AD. A small iron knife with single-edged blade, octagonal-section handle with rows of punched annulets, five bands of inlaid silve...

1st-3rd century AD. A lead sling shot with applied inscription 'PIOR PRO COS'. 46 grams, 29mm (1 1/4"). Property of a Middlesex gentleman; acquir...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A sheet silver discoid plaque with beaded border and attachment holes; repoussé bust of Athena facing with plumed h...

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Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A very finely knapped bifacial knife with integral handle and hilt, the blade of tapered leaf form with tiny los...

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A large knapped and polished flint axehead with broad curved cutting edge and narrow butt. Cf. Evans, J. The Anc...

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A ground diorite(?) axehead with median swelling, round sand-drilled mounting hole, square-section butt. 1.2 kg...

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A bone or antler axehead with square butt and tapering blade, vertical socket. 118 grams, 74mm (3"). Property o...

Neolithic, 4th millennium BC. A flint core carefully knapped to form a typical prepared livre-de-beurre showing the scars where several large flak...

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC. A knapped bifacial sickle knife in a grey-brown translucent flint, showing some wear polish to the almost straig...

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BP. A leaf-shaped quartzite knife blade with square butt; marked 'Djebel Ben Arif'. 47 grams, 97mm (4"). Property o...

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A bifacially knapped sickle with curved back, squared butt and curved cutting edge; the edge serrated, showing w...

Neolithic, 4th millennium BC. A large roughly rectangular pink stone with flecks of mica to the surface, worn smooth on two sides; a round ball of...

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of stone implements comprising: a large and a smaller square-section axe-hammer; two tanged arrowh...

1st millennium BC. A substantial flat-axe with ovoid socket, flared blade with curved edge. 1.1 kg, 17cm (6 3/4"). From a German collection; acqu...

Early 3rd-late 2nd millennium BC. A bronze 'Migdale' type straight-sided flat axe with thin curved butt, facet to the blade with slightly convex c...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze figurine of a mounted warrior with legs thrust forwards, surmounted by a domed helmet. See Durham, E. Meta...

3rd-1st century BC. A bronze miniature hilt for a dagger with D-shaped lower guard, biconvex grip, D-shaped pommel; the lower guard with enamel pa...

2nd-1st century BC. An iron dagger with triangular blade, rounded shoulder, iron rivets to attach an organic hilt, in a sheet bronze scabbard with...

8th-9th century AD. A D-section silver penannular hoop with trapezoidal finials decorated as snake-heads with punched pellet eyes. 7.18 grams, 27...

6th-7th century AD. A set of silver items connected with two rings comprising of: cosmetic tweezers with one arm repaired, pendant of a hand and m...

6th century AD. A large bronze cruciform brooch of Little Wilbraham type, comprising a trapezoidal headplate with expanding lateral wings, integra...

Late 5th century AD. A bronze radiate-headed bow brooch comprising: a D-shaped headplate with segmented plaque, openwork bird-heads to the border;...

3rd-5th century AD. A round-section gold hoop with axehead pendant and ribbed loop. 4.19 grams, 33mm (1 1/4"). Property of a London businessman, ...

10th century AD. A silver-gilt pendant showing a male figure (Odin?), with hands around the necks of two large birds; ribbed suspension loop. 3.1...

9th-12th century AD. A large silver discoid pendant with integral loop, granulated border, filigree cross flory motif with central lozenge, large ...

10th-11th century AD. A bronze lozengiform plate brooch with four round voids, Borre Style detailing, bear-head finials; pin-lug and catchplate to...

9th century AD. A bronze mount depicting a scene of a male figure with almond-shaped eye, pointed curved chin, small nose, long hair with a curl a...

7th-8th century AD. A gilt-bronze openwork plaque with central hub and teeth, panel of dense interlaced serpents or tendrils, outer rim with denti...

10th-12th century AD. A rectangular patrix die, slightly widened to one side, with raised image of the bearded, one-eyed face of Odin surrounded b...

10th century AD. A substantial silver sword pommel of Petersen's Type R with hollow underside, five graduated lobes. Cf. Peirce, I. Swords of the ...

9th-11th century AD. A large flat-section bronze openwork mount of a horse and rider with saddle and bridle. 8.18 grams, 45mm (1 3/4"). Property ...

9th-12th century AD. A bronze mount of a horseman modelled in the half-round with bow and drawn arrow. 4.72 grams, 33mm (1 1/4"). Property of a L...

9th-12th century AD. A flat-section bronze mount of a horseman with spear in both hands. 4.76 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Property of a London business...

9th-12th century AD. A bronze mount of a horseman modelled in the half-round with axe in one hand the other on the reins. 6.67 grams, 35mm (1 1/2...

9th-11th century AD. A group of two convex bronze mounts comprising: a heater-shaped panel with stylised hall(?), pierced to accept a suspension l...

9th-12th century AD. A mixed group of bronze belt mounts comprising: a lozengiform plaque with central slot; two beast-head plaques; a facing male...

9th-11th century AD. A bronze patrix die for manufacturing shield-shaped pendants, with central swirl motif and billeted border. Cf. Arbman, H. Bi...

9th-10th century AD. An iron stirrup comprising a foot-rest, curved and lozengiform in plan, D-section shoulders with polyhedral bulbs and inlaid ...

10th-12th century AD. A hand-forged iron firesteel with rectangular-section shank returned at one end and looped; above the shank a panel of meand...

9th-11th century AD. An iron firesteel formed as a square-section bar with curved and recurved ends forming opposed dragon heads. 68 grams, 78mm ...

9th-11th century AD. An iron firesteel with rectangular-section shank returned at one end and looped with attached S-link chain; above the shank a...

9th-11th century AD. An iron lock and key set comprising: a padlock with ribbed tubular case and staple, frontal slot; a latch-lifter key with voi...

11th-12th century AD. A group of iron objects comprising two knives with flat tops, a buckle loop and a barrel padlock. 129 grams total, 9-15.5cm...

10th-12th century AD. A large iron axehead with triangular-section blade widening to a bevelled edge with square chin, rounded socket to the rear....

10th-12th century AD. An iron axehead with narrow blade, curved edge, lozenge wings to the socket. 896 grams, 21cm (8 1/4"). Property of a London...

9th-11th century AD. A small hand-forged iron axehead with hooked blade, slightly curved edge, socket with lateral flanges and rectangular hammer ...

9th-11th century AD. An iron axehead with long triangular-section narrow blade extending to a narrow curved edge. 452 grams, 17.5cm (7"). Propert...

10th-12th century AD. An iron axehead with narrow hooked blade, curved edge, lozenge wings to the socket, hammer-head to the rear. 571 grams, 17c...

9th-11th century AD. An iron axehead with triangular-section blade widening to a broad bevelled edge with square chin, socket with lateral flanges...

10th-12th century AD. An iron axehead with narrow T-shaped blade, curved edge, lozenge wings to the socket, hammer-head to the rear. 642 grams, 1...

9th-11th century AD. An iron axehead with triangular-section narrow blade widening to a broad bevelled edge with square chin, socket with lateral ...

9th-11th century AD. An iron axehead with triangular-section blade widening to a bevelled edge with square chin and spur to the underside, socket ...