Timeline Auction - Antiquities, Natural History and Coins

Late Period, 664-332 BC. A gold semi-circular plaque with repoussé image of the goddess Isis kneeling, wearing a tripartite wig with throne-shaped...

1st century AD. A substantial gold ring with the hoop in the form of two dolphins, the mouths supporting the cup-shaped bezel set with a banded ...

2nd-3rd century AD. A gold mount or belt stiffener comprising a D-section tapering bar with ribbed finials, two lateral D-shaped flanges each wi...

1st century AD. A bronze figure of a Samnite gladiator wearing a peaked helmet with two crests running down the top, light armour and a rectangu...

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;...

4th-3rd century BC.An iron dagger and associated scabbard; the dagger with carp's tongue blade, flared lower guard, rounded grip, hollow T-shaped ...

Early 1st millennium BC.An iron dagger with bronze fittings in a bronze scabbard; the dagger with slightly waisted flat-section blade and median m...

1132-1127 BC. A bronze short sword with lentoid-section triangular blade, rectangular guard and hilt socketted to each face to accept an organic...

11th century AD.  A four plate iron helmet, constructed of triangular sections, skillfully made to accommodate the curvature of the human head an...

19th century AD. A domed iron kolahkhud helmet with etched decoration; fine mail aventail (7mm rings) suspended from rings set through the rim, ...

16th century AD.An iron helmet with keeled bowl, flared brim with points fore and aft, rolled rim; row of rivets to the lower edge of the bowl for...

4th-1st century BC.A cheek guard from a Montefortino type helmet with three attachment holes to the top, four to the side and two to the base with...

2nd millennium BC.A bronze sword with short triangular blade, thick midrib, rectangular guard, short grip with median gussetted collar and incised...

14th-12th century BC.A sword comprising: a long narrow parallel-sided iron blade, lentoid in section with shallow point; cast bronze hilt with U-s...

10th century AD. A sword comprising a forge-welded slightly tapering iron blade with rounded tip, integral flat-section tapering tang; lower gua...

5th century BC.A matched set of bronze fittings for a parallel-sided cavalry sword scabbard comprising: four sleeves, each with reinforced mouths,...

2nd millennium BC.A Bronze Age dagger with leaf-shaped blade, median vertical lines or blood letting ridges, separately convex guard and bulbous g...

2nd millennium BC. A slender bronze dagger or dirk with triangular blade and raised median panel, rectangular lower guard and integral waisted g...

2nd millennium BC.A large bronze dagger or dirk with triangular blade, raised median panel, waisted grip with flanges to the edges, D-shaped pomme...

8th century BC. A 'Cimmerian' iron dagger with short leaf-shaped blade and median rib, flared crossguard, flat-section grip with flange to the u...

2nd-1st century BC.A hand-forged iron dagger with leaf-shaped blade and three pronounced midribs, rounded shoulder, stepped lower guard square-sec...

1st-2nd century AD.An iron pugio dagger with waisted leaf-shaped blade and integral midrib, rectangular crossguard, lentoid-section shank with med...

1st-2nd century AD. A small dagger with leaf-shaped flat iron blade, bronze guard, hilt formed as Hercules's club. 67 grams, 15.5cm (6"). Fine c...

10th-11th century AD. A hand-forged parallel-sided sword blade for a seax with broad tip, tongue-shaped tang with rivet to secure the grip scales;...

17th-19th century AD. A carved jade dagger hilt comprising incised scrolls to the lower guard and pommel, clouds and foliage to the grip. 209 gr...

13th-6th century BC. A large bronze spearhead with lozenge-section leaf-shaped blade, square-section shoulder and tang. 508 grams, 42cm (16 1/2"...

2nd-3rd century AD.A large iron spearhead with broad lentoid-section heater-shaped blade, substantial neck, flared socket with holes to accept att...

Neolithic, 2nd millennium BC.A bifacial knapped dagger of thin section with lanceolate-blade and short hilt, the edges very finely retouched; in a...

10th century AD.A gilt-bronze bow brooch with hollow conical bow to the centre and symmetrical arms; the bow with central stud and geometric patte...

5th-6th century AD. A right-angled mount decorated on the outer face with triangular gold cells and cloison garnets; two rivets to the end for a...

Late 10th-early 11th century AD. A bronze pommel formed with three bulbous lobes and two flared finials, of Petersen's Type S; hollow with apert...

14th-15th century AD. A massive D-section silver hoop with D-shaped shoulders and pavise-shaped bezel; the shoulders with niello-inlaid scrolled...

14th-16th century AD. A silver-gilt Westminster Abbey brooch of a capital 'E' for St. Edward the Confessor, with fleur-de-lys tracery ornamentat...

1350-1375 AD.  A gilt-bronze enamelled quatrefoil harness mount with central heater shield and fronds to the lobes; the arms gules a fess between...

Early 17th century AD. A substantial heraldic gold ring with D-section hoop widening at the shoulders; oval bezel engraved with an armorial coat...

17th-18th century AD. A large sapphire carved in North India, in the form of a lion's head, possibly the pommel from a dagger, with open mouth, ...

March 69 AD. Lugdunum mint. Obv: clasped hands with FIDES above and EXERCITVVM below. Rev: clasped hands with FIDES above and PRAETORIANORVM below...

100-126 AD. Obv: king standing holding staff sacrificing at altar before with FAONANAOFAO KA-NHFKI KOFANO legend. Rev: radiate deity standing hold...

5th-1st century BC.A collection of mainly iron objects forming part of a grave assemblage, comprising: a throwing spear with barbed head and spike...

2nd century AD.A bronze discoid mount with attachment ring to the reverse, openwork triskele with scrolled pelta-shaped inserts. Cf. James, S. Exc...

1st-3rd century AD. A large ballista made from limestone with roughly pecked surface, suitable for use with a catapult type siege weapon. 1.48 k...

2nd century AD.A ceramic oil lamp with multiple ring shoulder decorated to the outer edge with victory palm fronds and roundels; to the inside of ...

1st century BC-2nd century AD. A bronze female figurine in loose-fitting robe with tiered flounces, scale armour aegis to the shoulders and chest ...

1st-2nd century AD. A large tinned bronze harness fitting with tinned surface, crescentic plaque with openwork scrolled ends, lateral lugs and s...

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 ...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze votive pugio dagger with rounded pommel and gussetted guard; two attachment holes to the blade. 7.37 gra...

1st-2nd century AD.A bronze dagger guard with round socket with vertical lines; to either side an arching rod, one ending in a phallus, the other ...

5th-3rd century BC.A group of sixty three trilobed and leaf-shaped arrowheads with sockets for attachment. 105 grams, 15-33mm (3/4 - 1 1/2").  Fin...

9th-11th century AD.A hollow ceramic vessel with domed top and conical base intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick, and used as a ...

9th-11th century AD. A hollow ceramic vessel with domed top and conical base intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick, and used as...

1st century BC-2nd century AD. A sheet bronze shield boss with circular flange, low sidewall and conical centre; pierced in three places for att...

6th century AD.A group of iron weapons comprising: a sword with parallel-sided blade, shallow shoulders, tapering tang, remains of the wooden scab...

18th century AD.An iron axehead with facetted socket. rear spike, crescentic blade with lateral spurs, low-relief scene to each face of a hound at...

2nd century BC-1st century AD.A hand-forged iron axehead with convex edge, socket formed by folding in the sides of the blade. 182 grams, 84mm (3 ...

2nd century BC-1st century AD.A large hand-forged iron axehead with convex edge, socket formed by folding in the sides of the blade. 256 grams, 12...

2nd century BC-1st century AD.A bronze pommel formed as a tapering D-shaped block with square-section spike to the underside. See Stead, I. Britis...

1st-2nd century AD.An iron spearhead with heart-shaped blade, short neck, tapering tubular socket. Cf. Allason-Jones, L. & Miket, R. The Catalogue...

3rd century BC-1st century AD.An iron spearhead with broad leaf-shaped blade, square-section midrib, tapering round-section closed socket; two sma...

5th-3rd century BC. A bronze arrowhead comprising a triangular barbed point with midrib, flared socket with transverse hole and two lateral spur...

9th-11th century AD.An iron axehead with T-shaped blade, curved edge, lateral wings to the socket, hammer face to the rear. Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I...