Timeline Auction - Antiquities, Natural History and Coins

8th-5th century BC. A silver knife handle with low relief ship and fish decoration on both faces. 41 grams, 10cm (3 3/4"). Property of a North Lo...

Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BC. A silver model the snake deity Agathadaimon with coiled body, raised head with punched eye and beard beneath jaw, loo...

3rd century BC-3rd century AD. A silver model putto with small wings to the shoulders, oversized head; the feet still attached to the moulding spr...

3rd century BC-3rd century AD. A silver bowl with gilded border to the rim with repeating dart motif; body of the bowl with chased hexagonal panel...

2nd century BC-1st century AD. A penannular torc with shank tapering to both ends, twisted around its own axis. See Hoddinott, R.F. The Thracians,...

1st century BC. A silver circular intaglio engraved to the surface with the bust of a bearded male with short hair and wearing a robe, inscription...

6th-4th century BC. A bronze hand mirror, oval in shape with tapering handle with hole to base for hanging; tinned reflective surface to one side,...

2nd-3rd century AD. A silver statuette of a standing nude Cupid (Eros) on a semi-circular base, right hand raised holding a torch, left hand loose...

1st-2nd century AD. A D-section silver ring with insert red stone intaglio, engraved standing figure holding a bag to the front, to the back two h...

1st-2nd century AD. A silver military belt set comprising: a hinged buckle with scrolled loop, narrow tongue, tapering plate with guilloche and ro...

1st-2nd century AD. A silver ligula with shallow ovoid bowl, scroll to the neck, twisted shank with crowned knop finial, highly decorative shaft a...

1st-2nd century AD. A silver dress pin with tapering shank, spiral band to the upper section with 'X' and 'O' motifs; the finial a youthful female...

4th-5th century AD. A silver medical instrument(?) formed from a round-section rod with twisted shank and openwork curved tear-shaped point, a fla...

3rd-4th century AD. A set of silver belt fittings in the form of letters spelling V(T)ERE FELIX, 'use with good luck', engraved along the edge and...

12th-14th century AD. A silver candelabrum comprising: a dished base with three feet each formed as a leopard's heads with leaf-shaped body, stamp...

7th-10th century AD. A group of silver buckles and fittings plates consisting of: a buckle with pelta-shaped plate with engraved decoration, D-sha...

7th-10th century AD. A group of silver items comprising of: a fine belt buckle with D-section plate and kidney-shaped loop with pin; a flat penann...

6th-9th century AD. A broad dish with chamfered rim, punched-point motif to the inner face of a bird with collar and triangular tag within an octa...

11th-12th century AD. A gold baptismal spoon with slender round-section shank, piriform bowl with beaded rim, coiled filigree band above the junct...

9th-11th century AD. A silver-gilt ring formed from a rectangular-section hoop and domed hollow bezel with raised central boss. 7.80 grams, 22.98...

8th-10th century AD. A silver flat rectangular-section hoop enclosing a discoid bezel with raised rim and engraved saint. 7.86 grams, 23.16mm ove...

8th-10th century AD. A silver lid to a pyxis or reliquary in the shape of a pitched roof with ridged top and gable ends; equal-armed cross to the ...

7th-9th century AD. A silver-gilt reliquary cross in two parts, secured together by hinge and suspension loop; to each face the image of Christ cr...

18th-19th century AD. A silver square icon with raised border with engraved scallop edge, two holes to the top for suspension; to the centre the i...

18th-19th century AD. A flat circular pendant with ribbed border and raised centre, inset bone plaque with engraved Jesus; attachment loop to the ...

Warring States Period, 475-221 BC. A substantial gilt and silvered bronze openwork belt hook in the form of a winged lion attacking a bird, possib...

Warring States Period, 475-221 BC. A bronze belt hook with arched and tapering body decorated with inlaid silver pattern of lozenge-shaped panels ...

Warring States Period, 475-221 BC. A bronze belt hook with tapering body inlaid with gold and silver swirling pattern; hook end in the form of a s...

6th-2nd century BC. A pair of bronze openwork matched buckle plates decorated with a male figure with elaborate bun to the back of the head and we...

6th-2nd century BC. A bronze openwork buckle plate depicting a pair of bears attacking a horse or deer with elongated body; scrolling pattern to b...

19th century AD. A group of Bidriware bronze vessels with silver inlay consisting of: a hookah base with flared rim inlaid with petal pattern and ...

19th century AD. A substantial hardwood stick with silver top formed as tiger's head with polychrome enamel detailing, piriform emeralds to the fl...

9th-10th century AD. A hexagonal dark brown glass bottle with ribbed neck, each face of the body decorated with a feather pattern. 58 grams, 76mm...

10th-11th century AD. A lustre ware vessel with handle and lip missing in green and white with hares around the belly and floral motifs. 967 gram...

Old Babylonian, 19th-16th century BC. A rock crystal cylinder seal engraved with a male worshipper in long robes, hand raised offering a small bot...

Akkadian, early 2nd millennium BC. A haematite cylinder seal engraved with a naked goddess with streams of water coming from her shoulders; in fro...

6th-4th century BC. A pale blue chalcedony octagonal stamp seal, slightly domed underside with engraved quadrupled animal attacked by a pair of bi...

Ur III, dated to 2036 BC.  A baked clay pillow-shaped tablet from an important palace archive of the Sumerian city Iri-Saĝrig, dated to 2036 BC, w...

7th-6th century BC. A silver spherical body with flared rim, applied decoration to the outer face comprising of flower discs, columns and palmette...

7th-6th century BC. A silver phiale mesomphalos with intersecting bulbous gadroons to the base, flaring rim and central boss decorated with rosett...

1st millennium BC. A globular sheet silver cup with carination to the neck, trumpet-shaped mouth with everted rim. 83 grams, 87mm (3 1/2"). Prope...

1st millennium BC. A sheet silver beaten lotus bowl with central rosette bearing a band of radiating leaves, gilt flower with curled petals. [A vi...

4th-6th century AD. A hemispherical silver bowl with chamfered rim, engraved bird to the centre, shallow fluting to the inner face; broad flared b...

6th-4th century BC. A deep silver bowl with rounded underside, carinated profile and flared rim. 200 grams, 14cm (5 1/2"). Property of a North Lo...

6th-4th century BC. A silver statuette of crouching stag with prominent antlers, long neck and large ears. 41 grams total, 48mm (1 3/4"). Propert...

Early 1st millennium BC. A silver repoussé plaque in the form of a striding lion, head turned to face the front, detail of fur to the mane. 8 gra...

1st millennium BC. A silver fork consisting of a long handle ending in a gilded horse head; round base with punched hole and leaf motif, two long ...

2nd millennium BC. A chert weight in a form of a bird with head turned backwards resting on its back. 42 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). Property of a Lond...

2nd millennium BC. A group of duck weights consisting of: a banded agate weight pierced to the side and with head looking back along body; a carne...

8th-7th century BC. A bronze spearhead formed from a slender leaf-shaped blade with central raised midrib; hollow openwork tubular socket decorate...

1381-1405 AD. A broad silver bowl (coupe or hanap) with convex central dome, bearing an incised outline Lombardic letter 'M' near to the centre of...

15th century AD. A silver-gilt cusped hoop with bezel formed as two clasped hands, two lines of Lombardic text to the underside 'AC* NO [?]RA' and...

13th-16th century AD. A mixed group of bronze heraldic mounts comprising: a quatrefoil pendant with red and blue enamel, red heater shield with li...

18th-19th century AD. A parcel-gilt silver rectangular pendant with raised borders, reserved icon of nimbate Mary Theotokos and Infant Jesus, 'MP'...

17th century AD. A silver-gilt fitting in the form of a fluted vase with scrolling pattern to the bottom, sides and top; two attachment pins to th...

4th-3rd millennium BC. A serpentine bowl with small drilled opening to the centre, wide gently sloping rim with rounded shoulder; body sloping sha...

5th-3rd century BC. A silver neck torc with rod body flattening to the ends and engraved with panels of X and ring-and-dot decoration; looped ends...

11th-12th century AD. A silver scabbard with bifacial low-relief decoration and fleur-de-lys motif to the top and sides, a pair of human-headed bi...

9th-11th century AD. A silver-gilt discoid pendant with applied interlaced pelleted ropes, central raised boss; attachment loops to the reverse. ...

9th-12th century AD. A silver neck-ring comprising two crescentic facetted rods bound together by crimped wire in two places, with hook-and-eye cl...