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Click here to subscribeViking Bronze Strap End9th-11th century AD. A flat-section Baltic terminal tag with pelletted border, reserved scroll decoration, lobe finial and transverse collar at the broad end; remains of three attachment pins to the reverse. 9.44 grams, 44mm (1 3/4"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. [No Reserve]Fine condition.
Viking Bronze Linear-Decorated Ring9th-12th century AD. A flat-section hoop with tapering, scarf-jointed ends, large elliptical plaque with raised transverse bands and punched detailing; Baltic workmanship. 10 grams, 36mm overall, 19.52mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20) (1 1/2"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Very fine condition.
Viking Bronze Linear Decorated Ring9th-11th century AD. A D-section penannular expanding hoop with tapered ends scarf-jointed, transverse incised lines to the outer face. 4.53 grams, 21mm overall, 17.86mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.0, Japan 15) (3/4"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. [No Reserve]Extremely fine condition.
Viking Bronze Linear-Decorated Coiled Ring9th-12th century AD. A coiled D-section hoop with panels of transverse slashes to the outer face; Baltic workmanship. See Griciuviene, E. Žiemgaliai. The Semigalians, Vilnius, 2005, p.64. 7.18 grams, 23mm overall, 18.49mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17) (1"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. [No Reserve]Fine condition.
Viking Bronze Bear-Head Buckle Loop11th century AD. A cast D-shaped buckle loop with billetted band to the upper face, two bear-heads to the rear edge and a third at the apex. Cf. the animal-head buckles in Hammond, B. British Artefacts vol.3 - Late Saxon, Late Viking & Norman, Witham, 2013, items 1.2-d, 1.2-e. 15 grams, 41mm (1 1/2"). Found East Anglia, UK. Fine condition. Rare.
Viking Bronze Belt Buckle with Four Bear Heads10th-12th century AD. A cast buckle with broad loop and knop to the leading forward edge, two transverse bars to the rear, each with bear-head finials with offset orientation. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, table IC, item 31. 7.81 grams, 28mm (1"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. [No Reserve]Fine condition.
Scandinavian Vendel Pre-Viking Bronze FibulaLater 5th century AD. A cast `crab` (`proto-animal-head`) bow-brooch with deep bow and short footplate; the headplate formed as a transverse bar with imitation spring detail, domed ends and two curved lateral arms; the bow and arms with linear decoration; catchplate and ferrous accretion from the pin to the reverse. See Magnus, B. Brooches on the Move in Migration Period Europe in Fornvännen Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research, vol.99, 2004 and Hakenback, S. Roman or Barbarian? Shifting Identities in Early Medieval Cemeteries in Bavaria in Post-Classical Archaeologies, vol.1, 2011. 9.83 grams, 34mm (1 1/2"). Property of a gentleman, acquired in 1999 by descent; formerly in a 19th century collection. Very fine condition. Excessively rare.
Viking Bronze Omega Brooch12th century AD. A Mordvinian round-section penannular brooch with parallel plaque extensions, transverse lines at the upper edge; round-section pin coiled around the hoop. See Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, p.292. 10 grams, 58mm (2 1/4"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. [No Reserve]Very fine condition.
Viking Bronze Upsilon Cosmetic Hanger9th-10th century AD. A cast D-section bar with two recurved extensions; to the upper end a pierced plaque with ribbed detail, balustered shank, ribbed extensions with pierced beast-head finials. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate XXX, item 4. 8.55 grams, 43mm (1 3/4"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. [No Reserve]Fine condition.
Viking Bronze Pendant with Bird10th-11th century AD. A cast discoid pendant with integral loop, pelletted border enclosing a standing bird with frond. Cf. openwork example in Korshyn, V.E. Yazcheskye Priveski Drevnei Rysi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, item K.12.02. 4.41 grams, 25mm (1"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. Fine condition.
Viking Gilt-Bronze Borre Style Pendant10th century AD. A discoid plaque with central raised cruciform boss, field of dense Borre Style ornament within a billetted border; pierced twice for suspension. See Hammond, B. British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010. 5.95 grams, 28mm (1"). Found Winteringham, Humberside, UK. Fine condition.
Viking Bronze Pendant with Odin Gripping Two Ravens10th-11th century AD. A cast discoid Scandinavian Viking pendant with integral loop, pelletted border enclosing a low-relief image of a male face between two birds, grasped by arms at the necks, small loop to the top. 2.67 grams, 21mm (3/4"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. [No Reserve]Fine condition.
Viking Bronze Pendant with Tree of Life9th-12th century AD. A cast discoid plaque with integral suspension loop, high-relief image of scrolled tendrils issuing from a central column, pellets above. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, table LX, item 41. 3.37 grams, 28mm (1"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. Fine condition.
Viking Bronze Pendant Pair9th-11th century AD. A group of two discoid pendants with integral suspension loops, each with an outer band of radiating volute scrolls and an inner group of three. 12 grams total, 30-31mm (1 1/4"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. [2, No Reserve]Fine condition.
Viking Bronze Interlaced Cross Pendant11th century AD. A cast openwork cruciform pendant formed as four loops with pellets between borders, integral loop; Baltic workmanship. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate 27. 2.94 grams, 37mm (1 1/2"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. [No Reserve]Fine condition.
Viking Bronze BIrds and Ropework Patrix Die10th-11th century AD. A slightly domed discoid patrix with beaded rim, guilloche band, frieze of four stylised birds with comma-shaped wings on a beaded background, beaded collar to the central roundel; scored to the reverse with omega and geometric merchant`s marks. 101 grams, 63mm (2 1/2"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. Extremely fine condition.
Viking Bronze Trade Ingot9th-11th century AD. A cast lentoid-section ingot with rounded ends. See ingots recovered from Viking period hoards discussed in Hammond, B. British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010. 25 grams, 54mm (2 1/4"). Found near Louth, Lincolnshire, UK. [No Reserve]Fine condition.
Viking Bronze Belt Mount Pair9th-12th century AD. A pair of tongue-shaped appliqués, each with running scrolled tendril within a pelletted border, scrolled finial forming a mask; one with knop finial, the other scrolled, four attachment pins to the reverse; Baltic workmanship. 10 grams total, 45-49mm (1 3/4 - 2"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. [2, No Reserve]Fine condition.
Viking Bronze Box and Boar Brooch Group8th century AD. A mixed group of brooches comprising: a discoid box brooch with five bosses to the upper face, four panels of knotwork in the quadrants, band of knotwork to the sidewall, catchplate to the underside; a triangular animal-head brooch with upstanding rounded ears, rows of punched dots to the surface; an animal-head brooch with rounded profile, upstanding ears and moulded panels to the sides and upper faces. Cf. MacGregor, A. et al. A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, items 1.11, 3.9, 3.25. 74 grams total, 41-46mm (1 1/2 - 1 3/4"). Property of a gentleman, acquired in 1999 by descent; formerly in a 19th century collection. Fair condition, edges abraded; bottom plates partly absent.
Viking Period Bronze Belt Mount Collection8th-10th century AD. A mixed group of heater-shaped cast belt mounts, possibly Avar or Khazar, with scroll detailing suggesting an animal-mask; fixing pins to the reverse. 34 grams total, 20-28mm (3/4 - 1"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. [4, No Reserve]Fine condition.
Viking Gilt-Bronze Belt Mount Group9th-12th century AD. A mixed group of mounts comprising: a rectangular plaque of annulets, two studs to the reverse; a domed discoid plaque with radiating volute scrolls, pierced lug to the reverse; a quatrefoil with beaded border; a pierced quatrefoil with beaded border, stud to the reverse. 15 grams total, 17-22mm (3/4 - 1"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. [4, No Reserve]Fine condition.
Viking Bronze Horse Harness Jingle Collection10th-14th century AD. A mixed group of bronze conical horse-harness bells comprising: three formed from bands of openwork rings; two cast with plain convergent sides; one similar with sawtooth rim, alternating plain and hatched panels; Baltic workmanship. 30 grams total, 24-40mm (1 - 1 1/2"). From a Cambridgeshire collection; acquired in the 1980s. [6]Very fine condition.
Bronze Age Gold Banded Ring2nd millennium BC. A flat-section hoop of a tightly wound spiral with tapered ends. 3.63 grams, 22mm overall, 19.54mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20) (3/4"). Property of a Suffolk lady; formerly in the Deago collection, by descent from the vendor`s mother. Fine condition.
Bronze Age Bronze Arm-Ring Pair2nd millennium BC. A pair of round-section penannular arm-rings, each with pointed finials. Cf. English examples in Piggott, S. et al. A Guide Catalogue of the Neolithic and Bronze Age Collections in Devizes Museum, Devizes, 1964, items 621-625. 77 grams total, 86-94mm (3 1/2"). From an old German collection; acquired in Munich in the 1970s. [2]Fine condition.
Bronze Age Bronze Arm-Ring Pair2nd millennium BC. A pair of rhomboid-section penannular arm-rings, one with pointed finials and the other with rounded finials. Cf. English examples in Piggott, S. et al. A Guide Catalogue of the Neolithic and Bronze Age Collections in Devizes Museum, Devizes, 1964, items 621-625. 81 grams total, 81-83mm (3 1/4"). From an old German collection; acquired in Munich in the 1970s. [2]Fine condition.
Bronze Age Bronze Arm-Ring Pair2nd millennium BC. A pair of round-section penannular arm-rings, each with rounded finials. Cf. English examples in Piggott, S. et al. A Guide Catalogue of the Neolithic and Bronze Age Collections in Devizes Museum, Devizes, 1964, items 621-625. 74 grams total, 85-104mm (3 1/4 - 4"). From an old German collection; acquired in Munich in the 1970s. [2]Fine condition.
Bronze Age Bronze Decorated Armring2nd millennium BC. A substantial cast coiled ring with overlapped pointed ends, bands of incised geometrical hatched decoration to the shank. Cf. Sieveking, G. (ed.) Prehistoric and Roman Studies, London, 1971, p.191, item 6. 148 grams, 89mm (3 1/2"). From an old German collection; acquired in Munich in the 1970s. [No Reserve]Fine condition.
Bronze Age Bronze Decorated Bracelet2nd millennium BC. A substantial Western European D-section bronze bangle with transverse rib, incised transverse lines, chevrons and punched-point swags and lozenges. 204 grams, 77mm (3"). Ex Lewis collection; acquired in the late 1990s. Extremely fine condition.
Bronze Age Bronze Coiled Bracelet Pair2nd millennium BC. A matched pair of coiled bracelets, each formed as four round-section rings with pointed ends. See similar bracelets in the Dieskau, Germany hoard in Cunliffe, B. (ed.), Prehistoric Europe,Oxford, 1998, p.257. 135 grams total, 67-68mm (2 3/4"). From an old German collection; acquired in Munich in the 1970s. [2]Fine condition.
Bronze Age Bronze Coiled Bracelet1200-800 BC. A coiled tapering round-section bar with sprue to one end looped over the shank. See similar bracelets in the Dieskau, Germany hoard in Cunliffe, B. (ed.), Prehistoric Europe, Oxford, 1998, p.257. 62 grams, 77mm (3"). From an old German collection; acquired in Munich in the 1970s. [No Reserve]Fine condition.
Bronze Age Bronze Axe Head1200-800 BC. A cast palstave axe head with flared vertical blade, short horizontal blade and central socket. Cf. Evans, J. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, fig.85. 160 grams, 95mm (3 3/4"). From an important London collection, acquired in the 1970s. Very fine condition.
Bronze Age British Palstave Axe Head2nd millennium BC. A broad flared blade with chamfered edge, thick shank with deep recess and raised median rib to each face. Cf. Evans, J. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, item 64. 469 grams, 16.5cm (6 1/2"). From an old Hampshire collection. [No Reserve]Very fine condition.
Bronze Age Socketted Axe Head1000-500 BC. A cast looped and socketted axe head with flared cutting edge, collar to mouth and raised circumferential rib. Cf. Evans, J. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, figs.116, 120. 191 grams, 91mm (3 1/2"). Found near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK, 2014. [No Reserve]Fine condition.
Bronze Age British Looped & Socketted Spearhead1200-600 BC. A finely made cast spearhead with diamond-section midrib extending to lozengiform lateral blades; midrib developing to the hollow socket; integrally cast very fine lateral loops. Cf. Moore, C.N. and Rowlands, M. Bronze Age Metalwork in Salisbury Museum, Salisbury, 1972, items 55, 56 (Greenwell and Brewis Class IV). 30 grams, 101cm (4"). Found Sailsbury, Wiltshire, UK. Very fine condition, chip to rim.
Bronze Age Punch and Ferrule Group2nd millennium BC. A group of bronze items comprising: a tapering rectangular-section chisel with lateral wings, the shank foreshortened; a hollow-cast ferrule with flared biconical lower end, pelletted bands to the equator and mouth. Cf. Evans, J. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881 items 196, 425. 124 grams total, 65-74mm (2 1/2 - 3"). Ex Northern English collection; found Cumberland, UK, 1990s [2, No Reserve]Fine condition.
Bronze Age Sceptre Finial Group2000-500 BC. A mixed group of finials cast in high-tin bronze comprising: one trumpet-shaped with flared rim, incised circumferential rings; two conical with four openwork panels, addorsed lateral bird-heads to the narrow end. 30 grams total, 40-52mm (1 1/2 - 2"). From an old German collection; acquired in Munich in the 1970s. [2]Fine condition.
Bronze Age Bronze Artefact Group2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of cast items comprising: a pendant cage with knop detailing; a strap linkage with round-section bars and three transverse slots, disc terminals; a mount with lateral disc and transverse slot. 204 grams total, 37-116mm (1 1/2 - 4 1/2"). Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. [3, No Reserve]Fine condition.
Bronze Age Cypriot Ceramic Jug with Handle900-700 BC. A buffware bulbous jug with waisted neck and chamfered rim, strap handle to the rear; painted concentric red bands to the shoulder and rim. 140 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). Property of a West London gentleman; acquired between 1980-2010. [No Reserve]Fine condition.
Iron Age Celtic Iceni Horse Harness Pendant3rd century BC-1st century AD. A bronze D-section pendant comprising a pierced lug, spindle with three hatched ribs, cruciform finial with large mushroom stud to the upper face. 21 grams, 56mm (2 1/4"). Found near Norwich, Norfolk, UK. Very fine condition.
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Bridle Cheekpiece1st century BC-1st century AD. A round-section bar formed as two piriform bulbs connected by a balustered hub, D-shaped ring to each end. 32 grams, 74mm (3"). From an old Hampshire collection; found near Ripon, Yorkshire, UK, 2013. [No Reserve]Fine condition.
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Toggle Group1st century BC-1st century AD. A mixed group of toggle fasteners comprising: one with slotted rectangular plaque, shank and ring; one with expanding shank, triangular slot, heart-shaped ring; one similar with three shallow cups; one with slotted rectangular plaque, shank with raised leaf motif, domed boss. Cf. MacGregor, M. Early Celtic Art in North Britain, vol.2, Leicester, 1976, item 41. 71 grams total, 46-50mm (1 3/4 - 2"). Ex Northern English collection; found Cumbria, UK, 1990s. [4, No Reserve]Fine condition, minor wear.
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Belt Slide and Mount Group2nd century BC-1st century AD. A mixed group comprising: a human-head mount with neatly parted hair, hollow to the reverse; a cruciform slider with bar to the reverse; a slider formed as two ovoid plaques, each with a domed boss, bar to the reverse; an openwork La Tène style mount with opposed volute scrolls, attachment studs to the reverse. 44 grams total, 22-38mm (1 - 1 1/2"). Ex North English collection; found Cumbria, UK, 1990s. [4, No Reserve]Fine condition.
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Terret Chariot Fitting Collection1st century BC-1st century AD. A group of four terrets or annular guides for the reins of a horse, each formed as a ring with a rectangular loop below. 155 grams total, 31-57mm (1 1/4 - 2 1/4"). Found East Anglia, UK, before 1990. [4, No Reserve]Fine condition.
Byzantine Bronze Epigraphic Pectoral Cross Pendant10th-12th century AD. A cast cross pendant with slightly flared arms, hinged suspension ring above; to one face, silver-inlaid text `CTAYP??????` and `?????????`; to the reverse `???????????` and `Y???`; Balkans workmanship. 43 grams, 89mm (3 1/2"). From the collection of a medical professional; acquired 1970s. Fine condition.
Byzantine Enamelled Bronze Pectoral Cross Pendant6th-10th century AD. A cast cruciform pendant with expanding arms, pierced lug above; central annular cell and triangle to each arm filled with red enamel, fields with yellow enamel and blue glass inserts. 27 grams, 59mm (2 1/4"). From the collection of a medical professional; acquired 1970s. Fine condition, minor loss to enamel.
Byzantine Bronze Trinity Buckle7th century AD. A cast display buckle with chamfered loop, curved tongue with square block to the rear, flat-section plate with two pierced lugs to the reverse, formed as three discoid panels joined by ropework bands surrounding facing busts. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item I.19.7 for a similar display buckle. 35 grams, 68mm (2 3/4"). From the collection of a medical professional; acquired 1970s. [No Reserve]Fine condition.
Byzantine Bronze Bird Brooch5th-6th century AD. A flat-section plate brooch in the form of a bird with discoid body, hatched rump, splayed tail, head modelled in the round, catchplate and pin-lug to the underside. 7.33 grams, 43mm (1 3/4"). Property of a Middlesex gentleman; acquired in the 1980s. [No Reserve]Fine condition.
Byzantine Bronze and Stone Trade Weight Group6th-10th century AD. A mixed group of weights comprising: one bronze barrel-shaped with suspension loop; one bronze discoid; one bronze, square in plan with chamfered edges; one bronze biconical; four bronze barrel-shaped; nine bronze barrel-shaped with facets; two bronze globular with external bands; two stone conical. 686 grams total, 15-35mm (1/2 - 1 1/2"). Property of a West London gentleman; acquired between 1980-2010. [21, No Reserve]Fine condition.
Byzantine Bronze and Lead Apothecary Weight Group6th-10th century AD. A mixed group of small bronze and lead weights comprising: two discoid; three square with two ring-and-dot motifs; six rectangular with one ring-and-dot motif; four square without marking; seven barrel-shaped. 129 grams total, 9-12mm (1/4 - 1/2"). Property of a West London gentleman; acquired between 1980-2010. [22, No Reserve]Fine condition.
Byzantine Bronze Ring and Other Items Group6th-12th century AD. A mixed group of items comprising: a steatite (?) pipe bowl; a red hardstone spindle whorl; a bronze mandorla pendant with bunch-of-grapes motif to each face; three bronze finger rings. 75 grams total, 23-62mm (1 - 2 1/2"). Property of a North London gentleman. [6, No Reserve]Fine condition, pipe bowl chipped.
Byzantine Gold Reliquary Pendant12th-14th century AD. A D-shaped plaque with gilt-bronze frame and gold border and suspension loop, radiating enamelled cells within the frame and central panel with superimposed cross; two chains below supporting a gold frame with bronze insert, cross pommee to the obverse. 12 grams, 58mm (2 1/4"). Property of a retired sculptor; from a collection formed in the 1980s. Fine condition.
Byzantine Bronze Pendant with Warrior Saint10th-12th century AD. A cast flat-section discoid pendant with pelleted border and facing warrior with spear and shield, probably St. Demetrios; integral loop. See Korshyn, V.E. Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rysi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013. 3.54 grams, 27mm (1"). Ex Hiller collection; by descent 1976. Fine condition. Extremely rare.
Byzantine Bronze Pendant with Christ Pantokrator6th-10th century AD. A flat-section discoid plaque with integral pierced lug, low-relief bust of Christ with nimbus of radiating lines. 3.08 grams, 24mm (1"). Property of a lady by descent; acquired by the vendor`s father in the 1960s. Fine condition.
Byzantine Bronze Pendant with St. Michael on Horseback6th-10th century AD. A flat-section discoid pendant with integral pierced lug, raised pelletted border, image of St. Michael with drawn sword, winged, on horseback. 2.16 grams, 25mm (1"). Property of a lady by descent; acquired by the vendor`s father in the 1960s. Very fine condition.
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