Lot 1022
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
Early 2nd millennium B.C. Leaf-shaped blade with a raised midrib, rectangular-section tang bent to a right-angle with a knop to the end. Cf. Musca...
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Lot 1518
Luristan Bronze Spearhead Group
13th-11th century B.C. Comprising a tanged spearhead with heavily ridged and tapered blade, short collared shaft and square-section tapered tang b...
9th-11th century A.D. Bulbous in profile with domed mouth; radiating lines beneath the neck; intended to be filled with explosive liquid and wick,...
Lot 1450
Amlash Type Bronze Spear-Head
12th-11th century B.C. Leaf-shaped blade and rectangular-section shank developing from the raised midrib, flared below with a rectangular-section ...
1969-2000 A.D. Ivan Buck - Medieval English Groats - Witham, 2000, hardback, cloth covers, gold titling, 66 pp, colour, No. 13 in a limited editio...
Circa 2000-1600 B.C. Pillow-shaped with impressed cuneiform text to both broad faces. 20.9 grams, 35 mm (1 3/8 in.). [No Reserve] Specialised c...
Circa 2300-2000 B.C. Circular openwork seal with cross motif; accompanied by typed and signed note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriol...
Lot 2681
Thessaly, Larissa AR Drachm.
440-420 BC. Thessalos, petasus and cloak tied at neck, holding band across horns of bull to right / ΛΑ-ΡIΣ (ΡΙΣ retrograde), bridled horse gallopi...
Lot 2682
Thessaly, Pharsalos AR Drachm.
Signed by the engraver ΤΗΛΕΦΑΝΤΟΣ (Telephantos) and ΙΠ- (Ip-). Late 5th-mid 4th century BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ...
7th century A.D. Ellipsoid bezel with monogram formed from 'N,A,Ω' and other letters with cross pommee to the side. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings The A...
Circa 1200-1000 B.C. Cylinder with cord and bead handles; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late P...
Lot 1236
Anatolian Alabaster Eye Idol
4th-3rd millennium B.C. With a squat body and two looped eyes, slightly convex base. See parallel idols in the Louvre Museum, accession number SB ...
1994-2001 A.D. Jon Curson, David Quin and David Beadle - New World Warblers - London, 1994, hardback with dustwrapper, 252 pp, colour plates; Simo...
Lot 2606
Books on Birds of Africa - 6 Titles
1960-1990 A.D. C.J. Skead et al. - The Canaries, Seedeaters and Buntings of Southern Africa - Cape Town, 1960, hardback with dustwrapper, 152 pp, ...
Lot 1510
Luristan Bronze Dagger
13th-6th century B.C. Double-edged triangular blade, integral hilt with lateral flanges with remains of bone handle. Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and...
Lot 1485
Hellenistic Bronze Cuirass Section
3rd-1st century B.C. Possible flank right element of a composite cuirass for a kataphraktos (armoured horseman), part of the edge still preserved ...
Circa 2300-2200 B.C. Slightly waisted with bronze caps, accompanied by a handwritten scholarly note signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assy...
Lot 1010
Persian Painting of a Noble Lady
Early 20th century A.D. Standing before a blue-and-white jar and holding a matching small cup in her right hand whilst lifting the hem of her dres...
Lot 1023
Large Amlash Type Bronze Spearhead
1200-1100 B.C. Tapering leaf-shaped blade with raised midrib developing to a sturdy V-shaped shank, tapering rectangular-section tang. See Khorasa...
Lot 1652
Viking Age Gold Elfshot Pendant
9th-11th century A.D. or earlier Comprising a D-shaped gold cap with integral loop above, inset knapped flint blade. 3.41 grams, 27 mm (1 1/8 in....
9th-11th century A.D. Piriform in profile with narrow point and domed mouth; the body decorated with annulets and concentric circles; intended to ...
Lot 1430
Luristan Bronze Dagger Group
Early 1st millennium B.C. Comprising three dagger blades, one triangular with three fastening rivets on the ricasso, one with long tapered blade, ...
9th-11th century A.D. Piriform in profile with narrow point and domed mouth; a circumferential band of alternating leaf and zig-zag motifs to the ...
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P. Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. See Guide to the Elephants (R...
1st century A.D. Fragments of wall plaster with rendered surface painted with mainly cream and brown detailing; some with impression of timber lat...
Lot 1425
Viking Silver Inlaid Iron Weight
9th-11th century A.D. Polyhedral weight bearing Insular Style inlaid decoration in the form of serpentine creatures in tondos, on a silver inlaid ...
Cast at Bury St. Edmund's. St. Nicholas ('Boy Bishop') series. Time of Plantagenet to Tudor, circa 15th century AD. Illegible inscription, bishop'...
Lot 1498
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
13th-6th century B.C. A group of large tanged arrowheads mainly of triangular type. See Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Art...
Lot 2716
Caria, Iasos AR Hemidrachm.
404-390 BC. Laureate head of Apollo to right / IAΣE, lyre within incuse square. HN Online 613; SNG Copenhagen 408. 1.74gr, 12mm, 9h. (For this s...
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P. Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. See Guide to the Elephants (R...
Lot 3110
Trajan AE Dupondius.
Rome mint; struck AD 116-117. AD 98-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M THICO P M TR P COS VI P P (sic), radiate and draped bust to r...
Lot 873
Roman Bronze Crossbow Brooch
4th century A.D. With onion knop finials, deep bow, stepped junction with foot, trapezoidal foot with ring-and-dot motifs and integral catch; hing...
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C. Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface triangular barded and tanged flint and chert arrowheads; probably...
Eocene Period, circa 58-36 million years B.P. A rounded matrix with multiple Knightia alta specimens. 135 grams, 12.2 cm (4 3/4 in.). [No Reserve...
1st millennium B.C. A roughly rectangular plaque showing the upper body of a man holding a three-pronged object in his left hand, fronted by a str...
Lot 2628
Books on Birds - 8 Titles
1925-1980 A.D. F.K. Truslow - The Nesting Season - London, 1979, hardback with dustwrapper, 136 pp, colour and monochrome plates; C.S.Bayne - Gett...
9th-11th century A.D. Bulbous in profile with domed mouth; circumferential band of concentric circles to the shoulder, annulets and regularly arra...
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region...
9th-11th century A.D. Piriform in profile with domed mouth; the lower body with three standing birds, concentric circles to the upper body; intend...
Lot 2635
Books on African Birds - 5 Titles
1963-1990 A.D. P.A.D. Hollom et al. - Birds of the Middle East and North Africa - Calton, 1988, hardback, 280 pp, colour; Philip Clancey - The Bir...
45 B.C. A biconical facetted lentoid-section lead sling shot (glans), inscription monogram a combination of letters 'C', 'A' and 'E', for 'C A E S...
8th century B.C. Matched pair of bovine-head mounts, each formed as a pair of D-shaped wings and a tail with low-relief feather detailing and hole...
Lot 770
Roman Bronze Crossbow Brooch
3rd-4th century A.D. With deep slender bow and domed knop to each end of the crossbar, D-shaped plate with spike to accept a third knop (absent), ...
20th century A.D. Comprising: a beluga whale in dark jadeite, old collection label to base and accompanied a certificate; a polar bear in black st...
Circa 43-410 A.D. Modelled in the round as a standing eagle with its wings spread, the overlapping wingtips covering the short tail; incised feath...
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C. Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface barbed and taged flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sa...
Lot 1881
Cased Collection of Civil War and Other Artefacts from Excavations at Newark and Leicester Siege Sit
Circa 1645-1646 A.D. Comprising: clay pipe stems; clay pipe bowls; pistol and musket balls; lead whorls and other items; thimbles, and domestic it...
9th-11th century A.D. Bulbous in profile with domed mouth; deeply incised X-motifs to the body and a band of radiating strokes around the neck; in...
9th-11th century A.D. Piriform in profile with narrow point and domed mouth, a band of impressed ring-in-circle motifs to the body; intended to be...
Circa 2300-2200 B.C. Accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University o...
Lot 739
Roman Red Glass Bead Group
1st-4th century A.D. or later Comprising mainly opaque annular and oblate beads with flange to each end. The mass production of glass in Ancient R...
Circa 1900-1700 B.C. Cylinder with cord and bead handles; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late P...
18th-7th century B.C. Including triangular, leaf-shaped, barbed, paddle-shaped with a flat, comparatively wide mid-rib, and others. Cf. for simila...
Struck AD 10-14. 27 BC-AD 14. Head of Agrippa to left, wearing rostral crown combined with laureate crown, back to back with laureate head of Augu...
3rd century B.C. Lentoid-section and depicting a bee to one side and inscription 'ΚΑΛΑ' on the other. Cf. Manov, M., Torbov.N., 'Inscribed Lead Sl...
Circa 2200-2000 B.C. Cylinder with cord and bead handles; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late P...
8th-10th century A.D. With scooped forward edge, straight single edge and arched triangular back; transverse mounting tang. Cf. The British Museum...
8th-10th century A.D. Comprising: a large octofoil harness frontal plate with beaded rim and granulation; studs with quatrefoil plates; bell-shape...
Early 1st millennium B.C. With tapering triangular blade, having straight shoulders, flat midrib and tapering square-sectioned tang ending with a ...
Rome mint; struck 42 BC. Vibius Varus, moneyer. 44-30 BC. Bare head of Mark Antony to right, wearing short beard / C • VIBIVS VARVS, Fortuna stand...
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