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Early 14th century AD. A Western Middle Age iron half and hand sword from Germany, of Oakeshott's Type XIIIA, cross style 1 (in early form, spike-...

Early-late mid 14th century AD. A Western Middle Age iron longsword from Italy, of Oakeshott's Type XV.A, cross style 8, pommel style J (recessed)...

13th century AD. A double-edged iron sword of Oakeshott's Type XII, with broad, flat, evenly tapering blade, unfortunately broken at three-quarter...

Mid 11th-mid 12th century AD. A Western Middle Age double-edged iron sword, from Central Europe, of Petersen type X-Oakeshott type Xa, with tapere...

Early 14th century AD. A Western Middle Age iron longsword, possibly from Italy, of Oakeshott's Type XVI.2, cross style 2, pommel style K, showing...

Mid 11th-mid 13th century AD. A Western Middle Age iron sword of Oakeshott type XI or XII, with two-edged blade, gently tapering profile with roun...

Early 14th century AD. An English or German iron longsword of Oakeshott's Type XIIIA, a Bastard sword (sword that can be used also with two hands)...

Later 13th century AD. A double-edged iron longsword of Oakeshott's Type XII (Oakeshott, 1991, p.105), the broad, flat, evenly tapering blade is t...

Early 16th century AD. A Western European rapier of possible Italian manufacture, with 16th-century open basket-hilt sword, still fitted with the ...

Mid 16th century AD. A German Renaissance 'hand-and-a-half' or 'Bastard' sword, with double ring guard, double edged broad blade; this gradually t...

Mid 16th century AD. A German Renaissance 'hand and a half' or 'Bastard' sword, with ring guard, double-edged broad blade, lenticular in section, ...

Mid 16th-early 17th century AD. A rapier of possible Spanish or Italian manufacture; the open basket-hilt sword, fitted with the blade, has straig...

15th century AD. An iron war hammer with square-section haft, head with flanged striking face, spike to the rear, haft with collar and hole for st...

16th-17th century AD. A war hammer or Nazdiak of Polish origin, the head composed of two pieces; the twisted shaft made of solid iron, and the hea...

Late 16th century AD. A Western European war hammer (reiterhammer) made of two pieces, the iron shaft and the head; the head made as a single soli...

14th-15th century AD. A single-edged dagger with slender piled-iron blade and integral tang, ellipsoid baluster, disc pommel. 174 grams, 42cm (16...

15th-16th century AD. An iron axehead with broad blade, narrow neck and flattened D-section socket, stamped maker's mark to one cheek of reserved ...

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

8th-7th century BC. A long sword with double-edged iron lentoid-section blade, bronze hilt with scooped lower guard, three beaded collars, crescen...

13th-6th century BC. A narrow triangular blade with shallow midrib, crescentic guard, square-section grip and double conical pommel. 602 grams, 4...

13th-6th century BC. A bronze short sword with leaf-shaped two-edged blade, crescent guard, columnar grip with later moulded pommel. 623 grams, 5...

13th-6th century BC. A bronze short sword with leaf-shaped two-edged blade, crescent guard, columnar grip with later moulded pommel. 510 grams, 5...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze dagger with lentoid-section leaf-shaped blade, double-waisted grip with transverse ribbed collars, the pommel formed a...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze dagger or short sword with narrow triangular blade, raised midrib and crescentic guard to each face, round grip with r...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze dagger with lentoid-section leaf-shaped blade, double-waisted grip with transverse ribbed collars, the pommel formed a...

Mid 1st millennium BC. A bronze javelin-head comprising a round socket with bands of ribbing and bosses, flared mouth, square-section shank, round...

2nd millennium BC. A large bronze axehead with flared adze to one side and similar axe blade to the other, long tubular socket with circumferentia...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze ceremonial axehead with swept blade, scrolled crest and mouth forming the socket; mounted on a custom-made stand. 366...

13th-6th century BC. A tubular bronze cudgel with raised ribs, two rectangular panels of braid detailing and two flanking couchant lions with head...

13th-6th century BC. A substantial bronze cudgel with balustered finial, raised ropework bands to the cells each with a profile leaping lion. See ...

13th-6th century BC. A tubular bronze macehead with gusseted collar to the lower end, ropework bands with geometric infill below a frieze of profi...

16th-17th century AD. A set of horse tack comprising: saddle with wooden saddle-tree, leather-covered with decorative openwork metal fittings; lea...

19th century AD. A substantial bronze Zhou style helmet from a statue(?) domed with raised panels to the brim and vertical crest, hollow-formed sp...

17th century AD. A thigh-length mailcoat of iron rings (mainly 10-12mm wide) of alternating rivetted and butted construction; full-length sleeves ...

18th-19th century AD. A carved jade grip from a kard dagger with tiger-head(?) finial, pricked ears and slightly open mouth exposing openwork fang...

2nd century BC-2nd century AD. An iconic Pagan sculpture securely dated to the Irish Celtic Period of 200 BC-200 AD, this large and imposing carve...

3rd millennium BC. A carved marble figurine, lentoid in section with columnar neck and incised detailing. 227 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). On the Lond...

Mid 3rd millennium BC. A carved marble stylised sub-conical head with step to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. 300 grams total, 14cm ...

8th-4th century BC. A bronze lance head with hollow midrib and lanceolate blade; believed to be one of the largest British examples of the late Br...

2nd millennium BC. A leaf-shaped bronze spearhead with tubular socket extending to the tip of the blade, the blade with bevelled edges and two cre...

2nd-1st millennium BC. A bronze spearhead with leaf-shaped blade, raised keeled midrib extending to a short flared socket pierced for attachment. ...

1st millennium BC. A bronze spearhead with leaf-shaped blade and raised midrib extending to a tapering socket. 197 grams, 20.5cm (8"). Private co...

1st millennium BC. A bronze spearhead with leaf-shaped blade and raised midrib extending a tapering, facetted socket, pierced transversely for att...

1st millennium BC. A bronze leaf-shaped spearhead with raised midrib extending to a tapering socket, pierced transversely for attachment. 80 gram...

2nd millennium BC. A substantial bronze flat axe of rectangular form with chamfered edge. 466 grams, 12.6cm (5"). Ex North London gentleman; form...

8th-6th century BC. A bronze looped and socketted axehead with convex edge and lateral spurs, bulbous collar to mouth, raised D-shaped wing to eac...

Middle Bronze Age, 1400-1150 BC. A complete palstave axehead from the Manston hoard pit deposit being one of the best examples in the hoard; trian...

Middle Bronze Age, 1400-1150 BC. A complete palstave axehead from the Manston hoard pit deposit being one of the best examples in the hoard; trian...

13th-9th century BC. A bronze pick comprising a central tube with bulbs and flanged ends, two angled lateral spikes with lugs beneath and two more...

2nd millennium BC. A substantial bronze annular votive object with tapering profile. 571 grams, 13cm (5"). Property of a Dutch gentleman; formerl...

2nd-1st century BC. A small bracelet formed as a sheet-gold sleeve over a hollow base-metal or bronze core, crescent-shaped with twisted filigree ...

2nd millennium BC. A gold finger ring formed as a coil of parallel wires with loop finials, beaded detailing. 4.11 grams, 22.95mm overall, 20.01m...

Mid 12th-8th century BC. A British triple-banded gold 'ring money' from the late Bronze Age, a composite Collar-Type ring comprising three conjoin...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A gold clad penannular hair-ring with square-cut ends; possibly used as a form of transportable wealth ('ring money'"). 3....

Later 1st millennium BC. A matched pair of hollow-formed silver bracelets, each with four coiled plaques flanking the hinged closure with cotter-p...

2nd millennium BC. A matched pair of silver pendants, each formed as two coiled ends of a rod with heart-shaped loop between forming a volute scro...

2nd millennium BC. A set of two bronze pendants each a pair of wire coils with U-shaped bridge between. 34.2 grams total, 73-91mm (3 - 3 1/2"). F...

8th-5th century BC. A very large bronze brooch comprising a square-section bow with two coils attached to a round-section arm with spiral ribbing ...

1st millennium BC. A substantial bronze hair pin with disc-shaped head, three ribs and lozenge-shaped bulb below, square section shaft with five r...

1st century AD. A bronze handle formed as a broad loop with D-shaped flanged below, two smaller loops with ribs between, volute scroll attachment ...