Roman Enamelled Cruciform Brooch2nd century AD A cast bronze plate brooch in the form of a disc with with D-shaped satellites connected by short arms; the disc with central circular cell filled with red enamel; the satellites with similar central elements; to the reverse, the pin and catchplate in place; probably of native British manufacture; mounted on a custom-made display panel stand with Hattatt collection description and further information on a label to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, p.400, fig.245, no.734 (this brooch). 50 grams, 8.5 cm including stand. (3 1/4"). Ex Richard Hattatt collection,number 1734(this brooch); found Dorset, UK. Fine condition, loss of enamel to outer ring.Starting Price: £150
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Roman British Enamelled Disc Brooch2nd century AD A cast bronze plate brooch in the form of a disc with central circular cell surrounded by six roundels filled with red enamel; the surface with remains of tinning; to the reverse, the pin-lug and catchplate in place; probably of Romano-British manufacture; mounted on a custom-made display panel stand with Hattatt collection description and further information on a label to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, p.168, fig.55, no.1031 (this brooch); Hull`s Corpus, type 259. 62 grams, 85 mm including stand. (3 1/4"). Ex Richard Hattatt collection, number 1031 (this brooch), found Norfolk before 1987. Fine condition.Starting Price: £150
Roman Bronze Pannonian Knee Brooch75-130 AD A cast bow brooch of a transitional type between the `Knee` and the `Kraftige Profilierte` types, with pentagonal-section bow, small knop finial and transverse bar to the head; to the reverse, the pin and sturdy catchplate in place; probably of Pannonian manufacture; accession number to the reverse of the bow; mounted on a custom-made display panel stand with Hattatt collection description and further information on a label to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, p.270, fig.84, no.1239 (this brooch). 81 grams, 86 mm including stand. (3 1/4"). Ex Richard Hattatt collection,number 1239. Hattatt notes: The spiral slot in the catch is an uncommon safety device.[No Reserve]Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Roman and Celtic Silver and Bronze Brooch Group4th century BC-1st century AD A group of six Celtic and Roman brooches comprising: a Celtic La Tene bronze spiral fibula with looped catchplate; a Celtic silver openwork conjoined trumpet brooch, the pin and catchplate intact; a Romano-British trumpet brooch, the circular head with similar circular protrusion to lower part, applied silver wire decoration including two roundels either side of a central ridge, a protruding hook to the upper edge, plain footplate with small granulated ornament, the spring and catchplate intact; a large silver `crossbow` brooch, undecorated, the spring, pin and catchplate present, part of the spring separated; a small Central European silver trumpet brooch, the circular head with notch detailing to outer rim, the centre with raised horizontal ridges, the central wider, the narrow footplate with rounded knop, the spring, pin and catchplate intact; a silver bow brooch with unusual arched lozengiform body with central ridge, the tightly coiled spring formed from delicate silver wire, catchplate intact. 42 grams total, 26-91 mm. (1 - 3 1/2"). Ex David Winter collection, with old collection labels. [6, No Reserve]Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Roman Bronze and Gilt Brooch Group1st-3rd century AD A group of three Roman brooches, comprising: an undated gilded disc brooch with conical central boss with five radiating spokes, picked out in black, and a raised rim with incised sawtooth pattern, to the reverse, the pin and catchplate intact; a smaller disc brooch, 3rd century AD, similarly gilded, also with central conical boss and radiating spokes, similar pattern to rim, the pin not present, found Suffolk, UK; a Romano-British bronze rosette fibula, 1st-2nd century AD, the central bar with circular rosette motif with raised pellet decoration, the pin present, found Wiltshire, UK. 45 grams total, 21-40 mm. (3/4 - 1 1/4"). Ex David Winter collection, with old collector`s labels. [3, No Reserve]Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Romano-British Bronze Animal Brooch Group1st-3rd century AD A group of seven zoomorphic brooches comprising: a small plate brooch in the form of a fly, traces of blue enamel remaining; a small bow brooch in the form of a stylised frog, traces of green enamel remaining; a plate brooch in the form of a boar, traces of red enamel remaining; an unusual plate brooch depicting a dog attaching a hare; a plate brooch in the form of a horse, traces of blue enamel remaining to the body, the pin present; a plate brooch in the form of a rabbit, traces of red enamel remaining, the pin present; a plate brooch in the form of a duck, head and neck modelled in the round. 40 grams total, 19-37 mm. (3/4 - 1 1/2"). Ex David Winter collection, with old collection labels. [7, No Reserve]Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Roman Bronze Brooch Group1st-3rd century AD A group of twelve brooches comprising an openwork disc brooch with undulating edges and radiating central spokes, the pin and catchplate present, found Kent, UK; a similar openwork disc brooch with crenellated edges and radiating central spokes, the pin and catchplate present; a lozengiform plate brooch with blue-green enamel, the pin and catchplate present; a bronze openwork conjoined trumpet brooch, the pin not present; a plate brooch depicting a pair of dogs, each attaching a hare, the pin and catchplate present, found Thetford, UK, 1970; two bronze wheel brooches, each with a central roundel with four radiating spokes, both with pins present, one found Cambridgeshire, UK; a plate brooch in the form of two double-axeheads with single roundel decoration, arranged either side of a ridged central bar, the pin and catchplate present; a lozengiform plate brooch with recurved arcs to two points and rounded knops to the remaining two, a roundel to the centre, with traces of red enamel remaining, the pin and catchplate present; a plate brooch in the form of a stylised fish, to the centre, a concentric roundel design with pellets, the pin present; a cruciform plate brooch, the shorter arms each terminating in a loop, the longer each terminating in a triangular motif with a rounded knop to each point; a plate brooch with stylised scrolling `fleur-de-lis` design, the pin and catchplate remaining. 107 grams total, 35-37 mm. (1 1/4"). Ex David Winter collection. [12, No Reserve]Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Roman Bronze Animal Brooch Group1st-3rd century AD A group of seven Roman brooches, comprising one depicting a running dog with long tail and ears, the body with recess for enamelling, the pin present, found Wiltshire, UK; one, small, depicting a sitting rabbit, the body with recess for enamelling, the pin present; one fashioned as a gammadion with a dragon`s head terminal to each arm, the eyes and central roundel recessed for enamelling, the pin not present; one depicting a standing deer, the pin not present; one depicting a stylised lion with elongated body and short legs, the pin not present; one depicting a dog, bright blue and orange enamel remaining to the body and face, the pin remaining; the last depicting a stylised goat, the pin not present. 49 grams total, 23-40 mm. (1 - 1 1/2"). Ex David Winter collection. [7, No Reserve]Fine condition, some with pins.Starting Price: £5
Romano-British Bronze Enamelled Brooch Group2nd-3rd century AD A group of four Roman brooches comprising: a small disc brooch with central six-pointed star or stylised sun in yellow enamel, a symbol often associated with the god Mithras; a similarly sized disc brooch with traces of red enamel remaining to the centre, traces of yellow and green enamel radiating; a small radiate-headed bow brooch with white and blue enamel intact, the pin and catchplate present; a larger disc brooch with raised central knop and a design of concentric circles with traces of green, red and white enamel, the pin and catchplate present. 35 grams total, 21-37 mm. (3/4 - 1 1/2"). Ex David Winter collection. [4, No Reserve]Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Roman Large Bronze Crossbow Brooch3rd-4th century AD A large crossbow bow brooch, the footplate semicircular in section, with gilded decoration and radiating crescent details to the upper face; open along one side for closure with pin; the bow with a decoration of tiny punched dots along the central ridge; the crossbow with small openwork roundels, a rounded knop to each end, and a third at the junction with the bow, traces of gilding remaining; the pin intact. 66 grams, 77 mm. (3"). Ex David Winter collection; by repute found Eastern Germany, 1980`s; with collector`s label. [No Reserve]Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Roman Large Bronze Triple Phallic Pendant2nd century AD A large cast pendant with thick suspension ring, fist to the left, male genitals centrally and phallus to the right; three cast loops to the lower edge. 70 grams, 78 mm including stand. (2 3/4"). London collection; acquired in the 1950`s. Very fine condition.Starting Price: £450
Roman Bronze Stamp Seal1st-2nd century AD A cast stamp seal with rectangular plate and sturdy handle; the design comprising the text above `ANN` with lozenge mark and below `IAC` with stirrup-shaped mark. 83 grams, 52 mm. (2"). Ex Crompton collection; acquired before 1990. Fine condition, one edge missing.Starting Price: £300
Roman Bronze Miniature Steelyard2nd-3rd century AD A cast bronze steelyard with knop terminals and graduated scales to three of its four faces; at the upper end, three large hooks attached by rings; a separate suspension ring with rewound wire joint and pierced knop handle. 58 grams, 13.5 cm. (5 1/4"). Ex Buckinghamshire collection; acquired in the 1980`s. [No Reserve]Extremely fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Romano-British Bronze-Handled Iron Key1st-2nd century AD A substantial key formed with bronze handle and iron shaft; the bow formed as a double scroll above; the rectangular-section block with moulded plinth; the shaft circular with rectangular bit, with toothing to three edges. 95 grams, 92 mm. (3 1/2"). Tucker collection, Buckinghamshire, UK; formed in the 1980`s. [No Reserve]Very fine condition, the iron conserved.Starting Price: £5
Bronze Age English Socketted SpearheadLate Bronze Age, 1,200-900 BC A cast bronze spearhead with long tapering socket and shouldered blade; the socket pierced for a transverse attachment rivet, tapering to form the midrib; the blade formed along the midrib with flared section below, tapering to the point; a raised panel to each side of the midrib following the outline of the blade. 158 grams, 20 cm. (8"). From an old private collection, found in the 1990`s. Fine condition.Starting Price: £300
Bronze Age English Socketted Arrow or Javelin PointLate Bronze Age, 1,200-900 BC A cast bronze socketted projectile point with symmetrical tapering convex cutting edges and a neatly formed securing rivet hole to each side of the socket. See Evans, Sir J.The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, 1881, p.326 for a similar item of looped and socketted form. 18 grams, 49 mm. (2"). Found by Ian Price in the side of a river bank, to the south of Eye, Suffolk, just off the road to Occold, 7th July 2012. This is a most unusual item, apparently without direct parallel. It is obviously too small to be considered a spearhead and the internal diameter of the socket suggests a shaft diamater of some 13 mm, which seems large for an arrow shaft. It is possible that it is the point for a javelin or light throwing spear, possibly with feathered flights and perhaps thrown with the aid of an atlatl or similar. A looped and socketted example from Ireland, with a more defined blade, is known. Although a complete item in its own right, it is perhaps possible that this item has been contemporaneously formed for the purpose by adapting a small spearhead tip.Extremely fine condition. Excessively rare, possibly unique.Starting Price: £5
Bronze Age Trefoil RazorLate Bronze Age, 1,200-900 BC A cast bronze razor with broad peltoid blade, narrow neck and looped trefoil head. 15 grams, 90 mm. (3 1/2"). Property of a Hampshire Gentleman; acquired before 1990; believed found Great Massingham, Norfolk. Fine condition, loops open.Starting Price: £200
Iron Age Bronze Enamelled Bridle Mount1st century BC-1st century AD A cast quatrefoil bridle mount with champ leve fields of red enamel; the symmetrical design comprising a central panel with parallel sides and rounded ends, flanked by D-shaped panels with central annulet reserved against the enamel field; within the central panel a reversed s-scroll, each arm terminating in a transverse s-scrolled block with reserved pellet; the curved lines with graceful swellings in the La Tene style; two integral attachment sliders to the reverse. Cf. the openwork bronze bridle mount plaques with La Tene decoration from Iron Age Champagne, France, published in Stead, I.M. & Rigby, V. The Morel Collection. Iron Age Antiquities from Champagne in the British Museum, figs.185-8; red enamel bronze enamel plaques in Smith, R.A. British Museum Guide to Early Iron Age Antiquities, plate VIII. 89 grams, 67 mm. (2 1/2"). Found East Anglia, UK. Extremely fine condition.Starting Price: £4500
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Dragonesque Brooch1st century BC A cast dragonesque brooch with La Tene style scrolls and bosses to the body and finials, pin lost in antiquity. 16 grams, 52 mm. (2"). Ex Glover collection; found Cambridgeshire, UK. Fine condition, with traces of enamel.Starting Price: £500
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Dragonesque Brooch1st century BC-1st century AD A cast dragonesque brooch with serpentine-shaped body and comma-shaped head and tail elements; the trunk with enamelled ring-and-dot motif, and two similar at the ends. 9.90 grams, 53 mm. (2"). Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK; acquired late 1980`s-early 1990`s. Fine condition.Starting Price: £400
Iron Age Ex Hattatt Collection Brooch Group1st century BC-1st century AD A group of two Iron Age brooches from the Hattatt collection comprising: an iron Alesia-type brooch with deep tapering bow, long foot with recurved integral knop, curled hinge; the type of Gaulish origin; mounted on a custom-made display panel stand with Hattatt collection description and further information on a label to the reverse; inked collection number to the reverse of the bow; the other a bronze trumpet brooch with moulded arc decorations on the head, sprung pin moving freely, tapering body with acanthus motif; horizontal ribbing and zigzag motifs, plain underfoot; retaining swivel chain loop with traces of red enamel; collection number to the reverse of the bow. Published in Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts item 1489 and Iron Age and Roman Brooches, pp. 106 & 109. 84 grams total, 64-84 mm including stand. (2 1/2 - 3 1/4"). Alesia type found near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK; trumpet type found in Northamptonshire, UK. Hattatt remarks of the Alesia brooch: In remarkably fine condition for iron, this could well have been worn by one of the Roman invaders.[2]Fine condition.Starting Price: £150
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Chariot Terret1st century BC A large, solid-cast chariot terret, its main bow round in cross-section, the basal skirt of foliate form with a knop to each lower point and an integral lower loop. 60 grams, 59 mm. (2 1/4"). Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK; acquired late 1980`s-early 1990`s. [No Reserve]Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Iron Age Bronze Belt Fittings with Gold Detailing6th-5th century BC A South Arabian fabricated two-piece belt closure comprising: a rectangular plate with transverse D-section bars, hooked at the forward edge and bifurcated to form flat extended ribs; the plate and bars decorated with gilt domed studs on the inner and outer faces in a geometric layout; a corresponding rectangular plate with three transverse folded bars, pierced in three places and decorated on the outer face only with gilt domed studs. 71 grams total, ribbed plate 91 mm. (3 1/2"). Silk collection, London, UK; formed in the 1950`s. [2, No Reserve]Fair condition, some loss.Starting Price: £5
Iron Age Celtic Iron Looped and Socketted Axe700-600 BC A rare English found transitional type of socketted and looped axe, following the traditional late Bronze Age forms having an oval socket mouth with thickened rim, the wedge-shaped blade with slightly convex cutting edge, a single side-loop to secure to an L-shaped wooden haft. See Smith, R.A. British Museum Guide to Early Iron Age Antiquities 1925, fig. 82; for similar examples; recorded with Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference FAKL-38D115. 377 grams, 11 cm. (4 1/4"). Found Middleham, North Yorkshire, UK, in 2010. The PAS entry includes the following text: This object is one of a small number of socketed axes made from wrought iron. While the form is relatively easy to cast in a two-part mould and a clay/sand core to form its hollow socket it would be very difficult to produce as a forging. Iron socketed axes were rapidly replaced by axes in which the haft passes through an eye, the type that remains in use today. This axe must, therefore, represent the transition from bronze to iron. Parallels exist for iron socketed axes with examples from Walthamstow, Essex (Smith 1925, Fig. 82) and Cold Kitchen Hill, Wilts (Cunliffe 1975, p 268, Fig. 14:2 5) neither of which is quite like this find although the latter appears to share the curved loop side and straight back seen on the Middleham axe. A better parallel was found during excavations at Fiskerton, Lincolnshire. This is a find of note and has been designated as of national importance.Fine conditon, treated and stable. Excessively rare.Starting Price: £200
Saxon Gilt-Bronze Saucer Brooch Pair6th century AD A matched pair of saucer brooches each with central boss and four recurved legs within a raised rim; outside, a band of zigzags and raised chamfered rim; the rim broad and everted; to the reverse, catchplate and ferrous lump from the pin. Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals) items 2.36, 2.37, 2.38. 31 grams, 33-34 mm. (1 1/4"). From an old Canadian collection. Saucer brooches are a Saxon dress accessory, normally worn by females in pairs at the shoulders to fasten a peplos-style dress. The present design with central running-legs motif is found on several examples from Oxfordshire (Cassington, Abingdon, Brighthampton) in the Asmolean Museum.[2]Very fine condition. Very rare as a matched pair.Starting Price: £2000
Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Cruciform Brooch6th century AD A cast cruciform brooch with rectangular headplate, shallow bow and extended footplate; the top and side elements of the headplate formed as addorsed bird-heads attached to a billetted bar; the headplate with central Style I Tiermensch element; the bow with central square Style I panel; the footplate with square Tiermensch panel flanked by rectangular lappets; the finial a male mask with the beard extending to addorsed bird-heads below; to the reverse, the pin-lug and catchplate are in place; heavy gilding to the surface. Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), item 12.33. 97 grams, 16.5 cm. (6 1/2"). Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK; acquired late 1980`s-early 1990`s; found Saxthorpe, Norfolk, UK. Fine condition; pin, one lappet and one headplate knop missing.Starting Price: £2000
Visigothic Gilt-Bronze Bow Brooches5th-7th century AD A pair of radiate-headed bow brooches, each comprising a D-shaped headplate with five radiating knops, decorated with gilded arch patterning; ribbed bow; lozengiform footplate, containing gilded scrolling motifs, gilded roundels to the outer points; each with intact sprung pin and catchplate to reverse. 60 grams, 10.5 cm. (4"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1985. [2]Very fine condition.Starting Price: £800
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Bird Brooch8th-9th century AD A cast brooch in the form of a bird modelled in low relief with folded wing and short comb, the foot extending beneath; to the reverse, the pin-lug and catchplate in place; the body and wing with three-strand detailing. 6.12 grams, 26 mm. (1"). Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK; acquired late 1980`s-early 1990`s. Fine condition, pin missing.Starting Price: £400
Viking Bronze Penannular Brooch with Serpent Head Terminals10th-13th century AD A cast penannular brooch with thick hoop and recurved ends in the form of dragon-heads; the body with helically-bound twisted wire detail; the pin a round-section bar with flat, expanded top wound around the hoop. An identical brooch is illustrated in Sekov, B.B. (1987) Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhy Srednevekoviya, Moscow, p. 453, fig. 19. 77 grams, 73 mm. (3"). Property of a London Gentleman; acquired before 1990. Fine condition.Starting Price: £250
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Brooch with Iron Pin5th century AD An unusual early brooch, styled after a late Roman plate brooch, the plate roughly triangular in shape; the lower third with scalloped edges and five punched roundels; above, five radiating points, the central point larger, with pronounced central ridge; to the reverse, the iron spring and pin present. 12 grams, 37 mm. (1 1/2"). Ex David Winter collection; with a museum report copy. [No Reserve]Fine condition, the pin present but corroded. Very rare.Starting Price: £5
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Decorated Strap End5th-6th century AD A cast strap end with lozengiform body and terminal lobe; split at the upper end to accomodate two fastening rivets; the body decorated with concentric lines of punched decoration: pellet, triangle, ring-and-dot and a central guilloche. Cf. West, S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, item 55.7 from Icklingham; Hawkes & Dunning Soldiers and Settlers in Britain, Fourth to Fifth Century 11 grams, 57 mm. (2 1/4"). Found Yorkshire, UK 1998. Strap ends of a similar type are associated with the early Anglian settlement, derived from Late Roman amphora-type belt-fittings.[No Reserve]Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Applique with Beast-Head Finials5th-6th century AD A cast mount formed as two opposed beasts issuing from a central panel; each head formed with a large elliptical eye, scrolled decoration to the neck and scrolled surround to the central perforation. Cf. decoration of an equal-arm brooch from Haslingfield, Cambridge in Campbell, J. The Anglo-Saxons, item 24. 7.21 grams, 49 mm. (2"). From an important Mayfair, London, UK collection, acquired 1991; inventory no.420.51 / cat.91. Fine condition, complete.Starting Price: £150
Avar Migration Period Bronze Belt Fitting Group6th-8th century AD A mixed group of openwork belt fittings comprising: a dished buckle loop and plate; five D-shaped studs with ascroll decoration; one openwork subtriangular stud; four small subtriangular openwork pendants; one tongue-shaped openwork pendant; two D-shaped pendants with scroll decoration; two long openwork strap ends with scroll decoration; one shorter strap end with lip to the edges; one similar long openwork strap end with scroll decoration. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, items II.4.2.1-7. 105 grams, 12-95 mm. (1/2 - 3 3/4"). From an important Mayfair, London, UK collection, acquired from a London gallery, 1991; inventory no.91.420, cat.2063; ex-Sotheby`s, December 1988, lot 43. [18]Fine condition, tongue missing from buckle.Starting Price: £300
Avar Bronze Prick Spur6th-8th century AD A cast D-section spur of c-chaped profile with pierced disc terminals; the integral pricket extending from a plaque of radiating ribs with small hook above. Cf. 5th century type in Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, item III.4.2.1. 16 grams, 66 mm. (2 1/2"). Property of a Hampshire Gentleman; acquired before 1990; believed found in East Anglia, UK. Fine condition.Starting Price: £150
Medieval Bronze Pope Urban V Papal Office Seal Matrix Attributable to Cardinal Adam Easton1362-1370 AD An important vesica seal matrix with complex design comprising a central agnus dei (Lamb of God) and Holy Grail within a circular border; male heads above and below, the upper tonsured and probably a portrait of Urban; the lower of a bearded saint, likely to be St Peter and with foliage within the spandrels; the circular panel with Gothic legend `agnus:dei:qvitollis peccati mundi` (Lamb of God who takest away the sins of the world) and inside `urbanis:quintus` (Urban the Fifth) and to the outer band `sancta:aualtane:martris. [foliage] et: cap:ila:beate:marie:de:scala:celi:` (Holy Mary, blessed, hallowed in heaven with the martyrs); the reverse with solder showing that a long rib and suspension was originally fitted. 31 grams, 65 mm. (2 1/2"). Ex Winterton collection, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, UK; recorded by Doncaster Museum and the British Museum (reference number P&E /65/03/JPR, 9th January 2004) and seen by the British Library; found near Gainsborough, Nottinghamshire, UK, 2003. Cardinal Adam Easton (born uncertain, died Rome, 1397/8, of `old age`) was almost certainly of peasant birth from Easton, Norfolk and was taken in and educated by the church; his potential was recognised and he later joined the Benedictine monastery attached to Norwich Cathedral. He rose in the church becoming the Benedictine proctor at Avignon, taking the position of his friend Thomas Brynton and to become a cardinal and the most important cleric in the church, second only to Pope Urban V (himself a former Benedictine). He is recorded as having travelled between the papal palace at Avignon and England, delivering a letter from Urban to Edward III telling the English King to restrain the activities of his men at arms in Italy and it is likely that he would have been involved in Urban`s quarrel with Edward III of England over the payment of the annual tribute (dating back to King John) which occasioned the antipapal polemics of John Wyclif. He is also known to have travelled in England with his association with Simon Langham. His tomb, which once bore the inscription Skilled in all things, renowned father Adam. The great theologian, who was cardinal of England, which was his fatherland, the title of St Cecilia was given to him. He died and ascended to heaven in the year 1397, in the month of September can still be found in the Church of St Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome. Pope Urban V (born 1310, died 19 December 1370), born William de Grimoard, reigned as Pope from 1362 to 1370. In September 1362, Abbot William arrived in Avignon, returning from Naples, where he had been sent by Pope Innocent IV as papal legate, only to learn that the pope had died. At that time, a conclave was already being held to elect a successor to the recently-deceased pope. In a surprise move, on the 28th of that month he himself was elected Pope. He then took the name of Urban, the fifth pope with that name to rule the Church. He was not even a bishop at the time of his election, and had to be consecrated as one before his coronation. This was done on 6th November by Cardinal Andouin Aubert, the nephew of his predecessor. He served as the sixth pope in the Avignon Papacy. Urban boarded a ship at Corneto heading for France on 5th September 1370, Avignon on the 24th of the same month. A few days later he fell severely ill. Feeling his death approaching, he asked that he might be moved from the Papal Palace to the nearby residence of his brother, Angel, whom he had made a cardinal, that he might be close to those he loved. He died there on 19 December 1370. The seal matrix can be firmly dated to the papacy of Urban V (1362-1370 AD) as it bears his name. It is the seal of a papal office holder; a man of high position close to the Pope. It is likely to be the seal used by Cardinal Adam Easton, lost in England during his travels between Avignon and the English court and church; most probably as a result of the reverse rib, which would have provided a suspension loop by which it could be worn or secured, becoming accidentally detached.Extremely fine condition, professionally cleaned. Excessively rare and important.Starting Price: £1500
Medieval Bronze St. Victor of Marseilles Inscriptional Priory Seal13th-14th century AD A vesica-shaped ecclesiastical seal matrix with raised loop to reverse, depicting the matyred Saint Victor of Marseilles, holding a palm branch, flanked by foliate motifs; inscribed `PRIORIE ET CONVENTVS MONASTERII SCE VICTORIE` (`The Priory and Convent of St. Victor`), legend. Possibly associated with the Abbey of St. Victor in Paris, founded in 1113 by William of Champeaux, archdeacon of Notre-Dame de Paris. 35 grams, 52 mm. (2"). From an important Mayfair, London, UK collection, acquired in the 1990`s; inventory no.560. Extremely fine condition. Rare.Starting Price: £1800
Medieval Bronze Inscribed Purse Frame15th-16th century AD A purse frame, loop and bar with inscriptions; the bar with central D-shaped block pierced vertically by a stud surmounted by the suspension loop, with four pierced flanges to the underside; the frame in two sections, the larger a U-shaped rod with pivot for the bar, the smaller pivoting within the inner face, both pierced on the inner face; the block inscribed to one face with capital S and to the other with intersecting Vs; the bar inscribed to one face in capitals A DOMINI TECVM and to the other in coarsely incised capitals AVEMARIA GRAIAPLE; the smaller rod inscribed in capitals CREATOREN CELI ET TERRE ET INFERVN; the larger inscribed with a band of scrolled decoration and the text in Lombardic capitals SOLI DEO HONOR ET GLORIA. Accompanied by a manuscript letter of September 17th 1847 from Mr. Histon Longstaffe discussing the text, with later amendments date 1854. 183 grams, 20.5 cm. (8"). The 1847 letter describes the findspot asfound at Kirkleavington near Yarm in the sill of a brook in the North Riding of Yorkshire; an accompanying label describes it as found in constructing the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, near Kirkleavington, Co. York. Communicated by John Bourne, Esq. Engineer to the Company, Leeds. The accompanying letter discusses the texts (1) Ave Maria G[r]acia ple[n]a Dominus Tecum Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord [is] with thee; (2) Soli Deo Honor et Gloria Honour and glory to God alone; (3) Creatorem celi et terrae et inferum creator of heaven and earth and the lower [place]. The intersecting Vs may form a monogram for A[ve] M[aria].Very fine condition. Very rare.Starting Price: £1800
Medieval Gilt-Bronze Human-Headed Beast Mount11th-12th century AD A cast mount depicting an advancing bird with human face on a recurved neck supporting a frieze of tufted feathers; the wing cross-hatched and neck textured with punched point; the feet webbed; the frieze pierced for attachment pins. 8.75 grams, 38 mm. (1 1/2"). Ex Winterton collection. Fine condition, much of the original gilding remaining. Rare.Starting Price: £150
Medieval Gilt-Bronze Book Mount14th-15th century AD A D-shaped book mount with reserved zoomorphic design depicting an advancing beast with extended tongue, hatched detailing to the neck, body and legs. 1.40 grams, 18 mm. (3/4"). Found Fakenham, Norfolk, UK 1973. [No Reserve]Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Medieval Bronze Epigraphic Magic Ring14th-15th century AD A cast finger ring with flat-section hoop, flat shoulders and bezel, octagonal in profile; beginning on one shoulder and extending across the bezel and onto the other shoulder, a series of incised sigils said to give the wearer magical powers. 3.46 grams, 21 mm overall (approximate size British Q, USA 8 1/4, Europe 17.77, Japan 17). (3/4"). From an important Mayfair, London, UK collection, acquired 1990`s; inventory number 1770. [No Reserve]Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Medieval Bronze Stamp Seal Matrix13th-14th century AD A cast stamp seal matrix with discoid base, hexagonal-section trunk and pierced disc above; the design a hare riding a hound and blowing a hunting horn surrounded by text in Lombardic capitals, reading `ALONE I RIDE A REVERE`. 8.18 grams, 20 mm. (3/4"). Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK; acquired late 1980`s-early 1990`s. The Middle English word `revere` can be translated as `robber`, `plunderer` or `destroyer`. A near-identical seal is held in the collections of Durham Cathedral, catalogue no. 1121, listed as the personal seal of William Greystock, rector of the church of the Blessed Mary, North Bailey, Durham, dated 1312-1317.Very fine condition.Starting Price: £120
Medieval Bronze Vesica Seal Matrix13th-15th century AD A cast vesica seal matrix with bar to the reverse; the central design a plant with recurved leaves; to the border the text in Lombardic capitals `*SIGIL[..]ETSECRETICAPETULI`. 5.01 grams, 30 mm. (1 1/4"). Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK; acquired late 1980`s-early 1990`s; found near Norwich, Norfolk, UK, 1979. Fine condition, loop lost in antiquity.Starting Price: £80
Medieval Bronze Vesica Seal Matrix14th century AD A cast vesica seal matrix with attachment loop to the reverse; the design a bird of prey within the legend in Lombardic capitals `*FRANCEVEGETEGE`. 3.85 grams, 28 mm. (1"). Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK; acquired late 1980`s-early 1990`s. Very fine condition, complete.Starting Price: £5
Medieval Bronze Dagger Pommels Group13th-14th century AD A group of three cast dagger pommels comprising: one of quatrefoil shape with round central incision for the tang; one a ribbed discoid shape with square central incision; the last plano-convex with radial ribbing. 145 grams total, 29-36 mm. (1 1/4-1 1/2"). Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK; acquired late 1980`s-early 1990`s. [3, No Reserve]Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Medieval Bronze Mount Group12th-15th century AD A mixed group of mounts comprising: a triangular plaque with two piercings, radiating strokes beneath, a doe`s head modelled in the round above, the neck pierced transversely; a rectangular square-section block with median piercing, on three faces a saltire reserved against a field of red enamel. 26 grams, 18-32 mm. (3/4-1 1/4"). Tucker collection, Buckinghamshire, UK; formed in the 1980`s. [2, No Reserve]Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Greek Bronze-Hilted Xiphos Short Sword7th-5th century BC A xiphos short sword, the iron blade leaf-shaped with two median ribs; the grip of rectangular section with ribbed collar, the lower guard of lentoid section with triangular extensions to each edge; the pommel a thick iron block. 430 grams, 41 cm. (16"). Property of a Hampshire Gentleman; acquired before 1990. The sword is believed to be of the shorter Spartan design with a blade of around 30 cm, distinct from the more usual 50-60 cm blades used by other Greek armies. The surviving blade of the present piece is 27 cm.Bronze hilt complete, iron pommel and blade degraded.Starting Price: £300
Near Eastern Luristan Bronze Short SwordBronze Age, 1250-650 BC A cast short sword comprising a triangular blade with lentoid-section midrib and raised penannular block to the upper end; the grip flat with flanges to the edges to accept organic inserts expanding to a peltoid terminal. 328 grams, 45 cm. (17 3/4"). Ex Gibbons collection by inheritance; acquired before 1990. [No Reserve]Fine condition, some notching to edges.Starting Price: £5
Chinese Bronze SwordHan Dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD A cast short sword with slightly tapered blade, integral guard and hilt; the blade lozenge-section with median rib; rectangular guard with cast scrolling pattern; the grip columnar with two raised ribs; the pommel discoid with concave upper face. 920 grams, 62 cm. (24 1/2"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1985. Fine condition, significant patination.Starting Price: £500
Chinese Bronze Sword with Inscribed BladeHan Dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD A cast sword with tapering blade, slightly waisted; the hilt columnar with two flanges to the grip and larger concave flange pommel above; the guard lentoid in section with stepped median section; the blade with central carination to each face, eight incuse characters to either side of the rib close to the guard. 675 grams, 55 cm. (22"). Ex McQuinley Collection; acquired on the London art market before 2000. Fine condition, complete.Starting Price: £150
Chinese Bronze Short SwordHan Dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD A cast tin-rich sword with gently tapering blade, slightly waisted; the hilt columnar with two flanges to the grip and larger concave flange pommel above; the guard lentoid in section with stepped median section; the blade lozenge-section with central carination to each face. 915 grams, 52 cm. (20 1/2"). Ex McQuinley collection; acquired on the London market before 2000. Fine condition, some patination.Starting Price: £150
Islamic Inscriptional Curved Sword with Leather ScabbardLate 19th century AD An Islamic type sword; the curved blade with Arabic calligraphic script to both faces; the wooden scabbard leather-covered with brass-inlaid bronze chape; the suspension hook attached to an elliptical band with running scroll decoration to one face, quatrefoil to the other. 575 grams, 72 cm. (28 1/4"). London private collection, acquired 1950`s-1970`s. Fair condition.Starting Price: £150
Near Eastern Luristan Bronze Dagger GroupBronze Age, 1250-650 BC A group of two daggers comprising: one with flat-section leaf-shaped blade, the grip with flanges to the edges securing bone hilt inserts; one with lentoid-section triangular blade, waisted guard and round-section grip with two peltoid finials. 302 grams, 19-19.5 cm. (7 1/2"). Ex Gibbons collection by inheritance; acquired before 1990. [2, No Reserve]Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Medieval Gilt-Bronze Saint John Figure14th century AD A cast figure of St. John modelled in the round with inclined head, loose robe and mantle, standing on an inverted pyramidal base; the right hand raised in benediction, the left clutching a book; the hair and facial features realistically modelled; the base tapering to a rectangular-section block; the surface gilded. See Portable Antiquities Scheme reference ESS-5CD8FO (from Rainham) for a very similar example. 109 grams, 84 mm. (3 1/4"). Found Runhall, Suffolk, 2011; with museum report. Fine condition, significant gilding remaining.Starting Price: £600
Medieval Gilt-Bronze St John the Evangelist Book Mount12th-13th century AD An openwork rectangular plaque depicting a nimbate bearded figure standing clutching a book to his chest amid vegetation; the border with running lozenge pattern; pierced at each corner and centrally for attachment. 7.39 grams, 62 mm. (2 1/4"). Ex Burfield collection. [No Reserve]Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Post Medieval Tudor `Double Rose` Leather Punch16th century AD A cast bronze leatherworking die formed as a discoid head and attachment spike; the design a cinquefoil Tudor rose within a border. 9.22 grams, 23 mm. (1"). Property of a Hampshire Gentleman; acquired before 1990. [No Reserve]Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Post Medieval Victorian Bronze `Douglas Family` Heraldic Wall PlaqueCirca 1890 AD A cast heraldic wall plaque with a shield supported by two winged griffins and surmounted by a faux-ducal coronet; comprising a fess chequy and three mullets above, the arms of the Douglas family. 2 kg, 26 cm. (10 1/4"). Ex Douglas Rose collection. Fine condition. Rare.Starting Price: £160
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