Timeline Auction - Antiquities, Natural History and Coins

1st century AD. A bronze vessel handle with arching body, to the top a semi-circular rim with incised ring-and-dot pattern and thumb guard to th...

1st-4th century AD. A large pewter platter with raised rim to the edge and to the centre. See The Ashmolean Museum for a similar pewter dish fro...

12th-14th century AD. An iron flail head or weight with flat-section panel and slot, biconical facetted bulb. 263 grams, 76mm (3"). Fine conditi...

10th-12th century AD.A hand-forged iron axehead with T-shaped blade and curved edge, scalloped profile to the shank, lateral flanges to the socket...

1st-2nd century AD.A bronze snaffle bit formed as two interlinked iron rings each with a shank, bronze bulb finial with bronze ring and two bronze...

4th-2nd century BC.A squat bronze cauldron with carinated profile, flat everted rim; two applied escutcheons to the shoulder, each triangular with...

8th-10th century AD.A bronze vessel and suspension chain comprising: a sheet bronze container or cauldron formed from three separate rivetted pane...

5th century AD. A horse-harness suite comprising: thirteen strap stiffeners, each a bronze plaque and backing, gold repoussé plate of three conj...

9th-10th century AD.A bronze elliptical tortoise brooch with shallow central dome and narrow flange border; to the dome, four panels of Jellinge S...

5th-6th century AD. A large gilt-bronze saucer brooch with chip-carved decoration on the gilded face, broad flared rim surrounding a flat centra...

8th century AD. A gilt copper-alloy triangular mount, slightly domed, with central disc and three radiating legs terminating in trefoil panels, ...

Late 7th-early 9th century AD. A gilt-bronze openwork bracket or fitting comprising: a D-shaped plaque with incised running zigzag to the upper ...

10th-12th century AD. A round gilt-bronze brooch with a motif of a bird (peacock?) holding a snake in its beak; iron pin to the reverse. 5.60 gr...

19th century AD.A silver poppy vessel with vertical bands of foliage ornament, radiating brass base, brass stem with spout and three openwork foli...

Warring States Period, 475-221 BC.A squat bronze ding vessel with three rounded legs, median ridge, two square loop handles, domed lid with three ...

14th-15th century AD.A gold figure of a male deity with wide, flat face with elongated eyes, scarification marks to the cheeks; hole to top of hea...

30 BC-323 AD. A rectangular flat-section lead-alloy pendant with loop and openwork border, central plaque with high-relief figures of Adam and E...

1st century BC-1st century AD.A bronze stamp with long handle, knopped top with suspension ring; flared base inscribed DIVI CAE .X. AUG. 47 grams,...

1st-3rd century AD.A mixed group of bronze artefacts comprising: a large key handle in the form of a resting lion, square-section rear with the en...

1st-3rd century AD. A mixed group comprising: an iron razor with scooped, single-edged blade, pierced tang and suspension ring; one similar with...

1st-2nd century AD. A knife with slender round-tipped single-edged blade, raised collar, openwork bronze handle with flat-section loop above. 23...

1st-2nd century AD. A bronze vessel handle in the form of a running dog, front legs stretched forward, suspension ring to the neck, lug to the b...

1st-3rd century AD.A bronze handle with iron razor/knife to one end and a bronze ear scoop to the other. 28 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). Fine condition.P...

3rd-4th century AD.A bronze key comprising of a square-section block with circular loop to the upper end, short shank with toothing to one edge. 4...

2nd-4th century AD.The end of a bronze handle formed as the foreparts of a reclining lion with detailed mane and an animal in its jaws; hollow to ...

1st century AD. A trapezoidal openwork bronze belt mount with loop below; the plaque with a hole to each corner, a delicate tracery of openwork ...

1st-3rd century AD. A lead figurine of a standing eagle with wings folded back against body. 8.61 grams, 24mm (1"). Fine condition.Property of a...

6th-8th century AD.A bronze incense burner in the form of a patera with wide rim and shallow dish, long tapering handle with suspension ring to th...

9th-11th century AD. A bronze firesteel in the form of a standing horse with plume to the head, spouted ewer to the back, iron strike to the bot...

7th-9th century AD. A group of seven bronze medical instruments consisting of: a spoon with long handle and round bowl; a spoon with long handle...

9th-11th century AD. A group of four bronze bells consisting of a dome shape with engraved horizontal lines to the body, suspension ring to the ...

9th-11th century AD.A group of five bronze bells consisting of elongated domed body, suspension ring to the top, four with clapper, one with iron ...

9th-11th century AD. A large bronze cauldron with riveted suspension loops to the rim with arched handle terminating in lobed bosses, body of ve...

14th-15th century AD. A substantial bronze padlock with square-section bow; the barrel-type key with left-handed screw thread, working mechanism...

2nd century BC-1st century AD.A very large hand-forged iron axehead with convex edge, with large rectangular socket. 1.03 kg, 13.4cm (5 1/4"). Fin...

1st century BC-1st century AD.A scaphoid lead slingshot with raised thunderbolt across two faces. 64 grams, 49mm (2"). Fine condition.Property of ...

12th-15th century AD.A mixed group of tanged iron spearheads, three leaf-shaped and two with a square shoulder. 271 grams total, 18-21.5cm (7 - 8 ...

10th-12th century AD.An iron axehead with broad curved flat edge and pierced central hole, extension to rear of the socket. 336 grams, 13.5cm (5 1...

14th century AD.A bronze mount of the foreparts of a winged lion with mouth open to reveal the teeth, lappet extending from the brow towards the b...

13th-15th century AD. A lead ampulla in the form of an amphora, piriform with two loop handles to the neck. 24 grams, 48mm (2").  Fine condition...

2nd millennium BC. A group of three bronze torc bracelets hammered to the sides to form a square section body. 188 grams total, 90mm (3 1/2"). F...

4th-3rd century BC. An unusual bronze fibula of La Tène, Type I, with deep D-section bow and returned foot with bell-shaped finial and knop with...

3rd-1st century BC. A mixed bronze group comprising: a domed discoid boss with iron attachment and radiating voids; a slender chape with openwor...

9th-10th century AD. A bronze key with flat-section annular bow, balustered junction with the hollow shank, openwork bit with cranked post, two ...

6th century AD. A bronze brooch of classic cruciform type with trapezoidal headplate and lateral plates, half-round top-knobs, carinated bow, ho...

9th-11th century AD. A bronze handle with two finger-loops formed as beast-heads with curved necks, median panel with loop, ring-and-dot detaili...

10th century AD.A Scandinavian bronze openwork plaque with iron strip insert to the lower edge; the plaque tongue-shaped with central bifurcated s...

9th-11th century AD. A sturdy iron casket key comprising an annular bow and bulbous, round-section shaft, openwork plate with two T-shaped exten...

9th-11th century AD. A matched pair of bronze pendants, each an omega-shaped yoke with scrolled finials, wire loop to each bow with two trapezoi...

10th-12th century AD. A group of five belt mounts comprising of: one heart-shaped bronze with scroll decoration and four silver with black niell...

9th-12th century AD.A group of five iron fire steels, three with omega-shaped bodies, ends curved round; two crozier-shaped with arching bodies fo...

10th century AD. An iron key with decorated bronze handle, showing fine Borre-style interlaced design. Cf. Hilderbrand, H. The Industrial Arts o...

9th-11th century AD. An iron firesteel with bronze handle formed as two stylised dragon heads joined in the centre to form a lozenge. Cf. Arbman...

12th-16th century AD. A mixed bronze group comprising: a scabbard chape with vertical slots and roundels, lobe to the upper edge; a chape with l...

13th-15th century AD.A mixed gilt-bronze group comprising: a discoid stud with reserved interlaced Star of David motif, central star; a ring fragm...

13th-15th century AD. A mixed group comprising: a miniature lead ampulla with lateral loops; a discoid gaming counter with incised coss to one f...

14th-18th century AD.A group of mixed iron, bronze and lead items including: a sickle, chisels, knife blade, large chain with hook, buckle, strap ...

12th-13th century AD. A bronze key with tubular shank with balustered upper end, openwork discoid bow with pierced lozenge to the centre, pierce...

15th-16th century AD. A key with openwork discoid handle with monogram motif, round suspension loop all with copper inlay; the shank tubular wit...

12th-14th century AD.A mixed group of nine artefacts comprising of: a large iron circle with applied scroll inlay to obverse; two rectangular moun...