TimeLine Auctions 6 Day Antiquities and Coin Sale

14th century AD. An iron sword of Oakeshott Type XVIa with slender two-edged blade, lentoid-section lower third with a shallow fuller to the upper...

Early 15th century AD. An iron long sword of Oakeshott Type XIIa with double-edged blade, a damascened Passau wolf to one side of the fuller; cros...

16th-17th century AD. A rapier with a straight double-edged blade, ricasso and forte with a maker's mark of a stylised cross and rhomboid; the hal...

7th-10th century AD. A hand-forged single-edged iron sword with thickened straight back, angled flat-section tang, separate iron guard; a stud to ...

1480-1520 AD. A single-edged curved sword of Kriegsmesser type with medium curved blade, straight iron guard with ribbed arms attached to a ring t...

17th-18th century AD. A bell-shaped bronze helmet with adjustable nasal guard and two plume-holders, arabesque details expressed in concentric ban...

Early 1st millennium BC. A bronze sword comprising a leaf-shaped blade with narrow point and stepped midrib, flared shoulder, flanges to the later...

Early 1st millennium BC. A slender two-edged bronze sword with shallow scoops flanking the midrib, notched ricasso, flared shoulder and narrow gri...

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

Early 1st millennium BC. A group of three bronze neck-rings, each a hoop of three twisted rods with retaining clips, hook-and-eye finial. 270 gra...

3rd century BC-1st century AD. A bronze prick spur with C-shaped attachment panel formed as radiating leaves with attachment holes, barrel-shaped ...

1st-2nd century AD. A penannular gold neck-ring with body formed from twisted rods, loop finials. See Farley, J. and Hunter, F., Celts Art and Ide...

1st century BC. A gold penannular bracelet comprising two gold bars twisted about their own axis and twisted around each other into a penannular f...

2nd century BC-2nd century AD. A European round-section penannular gold bracelet with expanding clubbed ends. 37.52 grams, 62mm (2 1/2"). From the...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A penannular gold bracelet with tapering scrolled terminals and lightly twisted shank. 9.58 grams, 63mm (2 1/2"). ...

3rd century BC-1st century AD. A ceramic kalathos storage jar, drum-shaped with flared rim, two arched ledges handles with ropework detailing abov...

9th-12th century AD. A gold penannular bracelet with the shank formed from wire rods twisted about their own axis and forged into a coiled band wi...

10th-12th century AD. A matched pair of gold brooches, each a lozengiform plaque with applied granule cross and stamped detailing, integral coiled...

6th-7th century AD. A gold disc pendant with beaded border, applied beaded filigree hoops and granules, central cell with thin cut flat bed replic...

6th-8th century AD. A hollow gold pendant formed from two domed discs, applied granule leaf motifs below the ribbed loop. 3.87 grams, 24mm (1"). ...

6th century AD. A gold cross pendant with ornamented loop, central discoid cell with inset garnet cloison, four rectangular arms with inset garnet...

9th-12th century AD. A conical sheet gold pendant cell with suspension loop and filigree annulets, rolled rim, rock crystal insert. 2.51 grams, 1...

5th-7th century AD. A pendant comprising a gold lozengiform cell with beaded wire borders, ribbed loop, cell with inset garnet cloison. 3.15 gram...

9th-12th century AD. A matched pair of sheet gold pyramidal dangles. 1.31 grams total, 18-19mm (3/4"). Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman; pr...

6th century AD. A gold disc appliqué with lapis lazuli within the frame enclosing a hexafoil of cells with lozenges in the spandrels each filled w...

9th-10th century AD. A silver disc brooch comprising: basal disc with scooped rim, hatched field with reserved knotted serpent motifs, central bel...

6th century AD. A matched pair of sheet-silver bow brooches, each comprising a D-shaped headplate, narrow bow with beaded-wire collar to each end,...

9th-11th century AD. A silver penannular brooch with twisted shank, splayed dragon-head terminals with punched pellet eyes, pin with coiled finial...

9th-11th century AD. A silver pendant formed as a long-handled hammer with applied loop. 5.22 grams, 60mm (2 1/4"). From the family collection of...

9th-11th century AD. A flat-section silver cruciform pendant with rounded arms and integral loop, rows of punched chevrons and annulets to the out...

10th-11th century AD. A silver pendant with Borre-style beast with three-line sinuous body, gripping hands to the body and circular border, facing...

9th-11th century AD. A discoid silver pendant with ribbed suspension loop, raised central boss with equal-arm cross, three concentric bands of sta...

9th-11th century AD. A silver repoussé pendant with applied suspension loop, punched decoration depicting a regardant beast within a border. See T...

9th century AD. A silver sub-triangular hooked tag with attachment loop to each lower corner, niello field with reserved Trewhiddle Style beast en...

9th century AD. A silver tongue-shaped strap end with two mounting rivets and a hole for the third, niello face with reserved Trewhiddle style bir...

6th-7th century AD. A silver-gilt finial comprising a stylised bird-head with pellet eyes and coiled beak, tapering neck with collar to the rim, t...

10th-11th century AD. A silver-gilt pendant with Borre-style beast and integral suspension loop with linear detailing; the openwork plaque with pe...

Later 5th-6th century AD. A silver-gilt radiate-headed bow brooch comprising a D-shaped headplate with S-scroll ornament, five radiating arms with...

7th-10th century AD. A restrung necklace string composed of oblate blue and amber glass beads, interspersed with collared silver biconical beads; ...

6th century AD. A gilt-bronze great square-headed brooch comprising a rectangular headplate with two panels of chip-carved Style I ornament flanki...

6th century AD. A bronze mount fragment bearing dense and enigmatic imagery recalling half-remembered legends which were already ancient when it w...

10th-12th century AD. A gilt-bronze piriform appliqué with facing bearded mask among scrolls and tendrils; five attachment pins. 20.5 grams, 46mm...

9th-10th century AD. A discoid gilt bronze pendant with integral loop, pelletted border enclosing a low-relief image of a stylised facing male mas...

8th-9th century AD. A gilt-bronze disc mount with cloisonné enamel facing nimbate figure between disc with saltires, reserved zigzag border. 21.7...

Mid-late 6th century AD. A crisply cast bronze radiate-headed brooch from Melton Mowbray, far from the area normally associated with this class of...

6th century AD. A substantial matched pair of silvered bronze bow brooches, each comprising a D-shaped headplate, deep bow with corrugated crescen...

9th century AD. A bronze equal-arm brooch with central dome featuring two pairs of 'framed eyes' surrounding a central spike, each arm trilobate w...

10th-12th century AD. A bronze annular brooch formed as a serpent with ribbed body curled into a ring and the tail looped behind the head with len...

10th century AD. A bronze Byzantine inspired reliquary pendant, possibly Rus or Varangian Guard, with polyhedral loop, hinged discoid body with lo...

11th-12th century AD. A bronze openwork disc mount with advancing beast within a segmented frame, the tail meandering and jaws gaping; pierced lug...

10th-12th century AD. A bronze pendant of a human face with ridged brow, rectangular eyes, trapezoidal nose, thin moustache extending across the f...

10th-11th century AD. A substantial bronze necklace set comprising: a U-shaped collar with a central band of punched ring-and-dot decoration, the ...

9th-11th century AD. A substantial bronze necklace set comprising: a chain of doubled links, pendant formed as a double-sided comb with attachment...

9th-12th century AD. A firesteel comprising a rectangular iron block with striking face mounted in a bifacial openwork bronze handle formed as two...

9th-12th century AD. A firesteel comprising a rectangular iron block with striking face mounted in a bifacial openwork bronze handle formed as two...

9th-11th century AD. A bronze firesteel with openwork handle depicting addorsed horsemen riding on stylised horses with curved necks; iron blade. ...

Italy, circa 1500 AD. A gilt bronze processional cross with quatrefoil lobe to the end of each arm and foliage in the spandrels, each quatrefoil w...

13th-14th century AD. A chased silver chalice comprising a bowl with six D-shaped panels decorated with foliate motifs, framed by raised swags and...

12th century AD. A silver girdle or chain-belt comprising nine domes and six dome clusters; the domes mostly hollow with an open reverse, twisted ...

12th-13th century AD. A silver roundel with repoussé decoration of a human-headed lion facing forward; scrolling plant motifs to the background. ...