Collectables

1st-4th century A.D. Of domed profile with central vent; old handwritten label to reverse 'Lid from an urn from Columbarium at Ostia. [...] 1867' ...

Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Carved haematite representation of a carpenter's or stonemason's set-square. Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, ...

Circa 13th-14th century A.D. Formed as a cross-crosslet, the symbol of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, with punched-point border. Cf. Mitchiner...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. Shaped as a two-edged bronze blade, leaf-shape with short rectangular tang with fastening hole, corrugated midrib extendin...

Pliocene Period, circa 5.2-2.5 million years B.P. Of exceptional quality, showing some serrations to the edges. 274 grams, 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.). ...

Circa 6th-2nd century B.C. Left hand modelled in the round with a ring to the third finger formed with a broad discoid bezel, the palm supporting ...

Lower Palaeolithic Period, 600,000-450,000 years B.P. A thick, hard hammer struck primary flake, the dorsal face steeply retouched on one side to ...

301-306 A.D. Lyons mint. Obv: IMP C MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right, holding spear pointing forwards in right hand and shield on le...

1st century A.D. Large fragment with portion of base and low-relief laurel wreath, stags, tree and other ornament; inked inscription 'Colchester 1...

George Hart - Egyptian Myths - London, 1990, card covers, 80pp; W. Max Müller - Egyptian Mythology - London, 1923, cloth bound, 447 pp, extensive ...

Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P. Triangular burin; with an old inked inscription: '2.PB.1282.C / Twydall'. The Twydall finds are disc...

1988-207 A.D. Janine Bourriau - Pharaohs and Mortals: Egyptian Art in the Middle Kingdom - Cambridge, 1988, card covers, 167 pp; Nicholas Reeves -...

1971-1979 A.D. Edward Gibbon - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - London, 1979, hardback with dustwrapper, 256 pp; Peter Quennell - The Coloss...

Circa 13th-6th century B.C. With leaf-shaped blade and rounded tip, pronounced medial rib and shoulder flanges, short flat-section tang. See Negah...

Pliocene Period, circa 5.2-2.5 million years B.P. A Carcharocles megalodon tooth displaying good polished enamel. 123 grams, 97 mm (3 3/4 in.). ...

1st-4th century A.D. Including rim- and base-fragments with moulded or applied decorative detailing, some with inked inscriptions including: 'Col'...

1928-1982 A.D. C. Robichon & A. Varille - Description Sommair du Temple Primitif de Médamoud - Cairo, 1940, card covers, 26 pp, fold-out map; W.B....

3rd-7th century A.D. Composed of a small plano-convex body engraved with a ritualistic figure or symbol to the base; drilled for suspension. For s...

8th-9th century A.D. Formed using an Abbasid Caliphate dinar coin with ridged suspension loop attached. Cf. Williams, G., Pentz, P., Wenmhoff, M.,...

2003 A.D. Comprising seven signed and numbered animal prints: Always Alert; A Tender Moment; Big & Bold; Water Baby; Back Off!; Africa's Rare Chil...

Late 2nd century A.D. Modelled in the round in kneeling pose with weight thrust forward, arms at the sides, bare-chested and wearing a short kilt ...

1175-1400 A.D. Comprising: ampulla with scallop detailing to the bulb, two lateral loop handles, upper portion of obverse removed; ampulla with ha...

Late 3rd millennium B.C. Haematite with a bearded male figure wearing a kilt and cap, in front a bearded male deity wearing a kilt and horned cap,...

Neolithic Period, 4000-3000 B.C. Rectangular with broad butt and rounded edge, old handwritten collector's label. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiqui...

Circa 15th-16th century A.D. or earlier. Rectangular block with high-relief carving to the upper face, comprising two fishes placed side-by-side, ...

14th-10th century B.C. Of triangular shape with projecting midribs with vertical grooves alongside, long folded socketted shaft with eighteen hori...

7th century B.C. Hollow-formed in the shape of a hare at rest with long ears parallel to the spine, vent to the chest; with spot markings to the f...

9th-11th century A.D. or earlier. Gold cup with hoop and suspension loop, with carnelian insert. 0.78 grams, 16 mm (5/8 in.). Ex property of a ...

14th century A.D. Piriform body with vertical ribs, tiered collar, domed filler-hole, intended to be filled with explosive liquid and wick, used a...

20th century A/D. Vesica-shaped with openwork centre formed as a chi-rho Christogram; border with legend to obverse 'Archisodalitas Sancti Stephan...

20th century A.D. Hollow-formed in the shape of a mythological figure, possibly Bixi, depicted crouching with its head turned backwards; the creat...

Late 3rd millennium B.C. Featuring a tripartite weapon with short, narrow leafy blade, elongated stem decorated by embossed geometric lines and fo...

Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P. Knapped burin with cortex to rounded butt; with an old inked inscription: '8.HC.1021.A /Twydall'. Th...

268 A.D. Struck by Aureolus in the name of Postumus at Mediolanum mint. Obv: IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Postumus rig...

4th millennium B.C. Formed with a rounded butt and slightly flared cutting edge; flat in cross-section. Cf. Çetin, A., Bilgi, Ö., Weapons of the P...

1694-1702 A.D. Group of three love tokens, each a sixpence coin bent into a double-curved profile; one pierced and with initials to each face. 7....

Circa 5th century B.C. With incuse Zeus seated on a stool, holding the shaft of a sceptre topped by an eagle, legend to the side 'XA?O?'; supplied...

A mixed group comprising: fossil shells on a matrix from England; a partial fish vertebra from England; a large carnelian specimen from Brazil; a ...

1st-2nd century A.D. Composed of a discoid body with sunken discus bearing a scene of two gladiators in combat in relief, tabula ansata below, rin...

Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C. Modelled in the round, with humped shoulder and downturned horns. 60 grams, 83 mm (3 1/4 in.). Private colle...

2300-2200 B.C. Limestone with lions and quadrupeds; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assy...

1961-2007 A.D. William H. Peck - Drawings from Ancient Egypt - London, 1978, hardback with dustwrapper, 208 pp; Mark Millimore - Imagining Egypt -...

20th century A.D. C.H.V. Sutherland - English Coinage 600 to 1900 AD - London, 1982 reprint, hardback with dustwrapper, 232 pp; Seaby & Rayner - E...

2nd millennium B.C. Pillow-shaped clay tablet with cuneiform text to both broad faces and one edge; chipped, repaired. Cf. MacGregor, N., A Histor...

Dated 1654 A.D. Relating to an agreement concerning a messuage, a cottage and other appurtenances. Cf. some examples of similar documents in BL, A...

3rd-2nd millennium B.C. In a single register, the scene comprising a seated female figure, possibly a deity, accompanied by an animal at her feet ...

Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P. Irregular crescent-shaped scraper with some cortex; with an old inked inscription: '4.SM.1113.C / Tw...

Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Plano-convex ceramic mould with an incuse image of Hapi standing before a libating vessel and sacred knot. 22 grams, 50...

1962-1993 A.D. René Huyghe (ed.) - Larousse Encyclopedia of Prehistoric and Ancient Art - London, 1957, hardback with dustwrapper, 414 pp; John Bo...

Discovered in 2010 A.D. Meteorite classified as a stony-iron pallasite, in collector's lidded box with documentation. 10.4 grams, 23 mm (1 in.). ...

Circa 16th century A.D. Comprising D-section hoop with mane-in-fede motif to underside, incised segments and cross to each shoulder, rectangular b...

Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P. Triangular-section blade; with an old inked inscription: '2.SS.1252.A / Twydall'. The Twydall finds ...

82 B.C. Rome mint. Obv: L·CENSORIN, diademed, draped, and veiled bust of Venus to right, wearing earring and pearl necklace. Rev: Venus driving bi...

.1966-1999 A.D. Anne Kapel & Glenn Markoe (eds) - Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven - Cincinnati, 1997, hardback with dustwrapper, 235 pp;...

Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P. Showing wear in life to biting surfaces, from Mammuthus primigenius. See Lister & Bahn, Mammoths...

1906-1957 A.D. Patrick Boylan - Thoth: The Hermes of Egypt - London, 1922, hardback, 215 pp; Terence Gray - And in the Tomb Were Found -- Plays an...

1961-1992 A.D. Erik Hornung - Idea into Image: Essays on Ancient Egyptian Thought - New York, 1992, hardback with dustwrapper, 209pp; Rosalind M. ...

Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P. Rounded scraper with cortex to the reverse; with an old inked inscription: '2.SS.1230.C / Twydall'. ...

1972-2015 A.D. Miroslav Verner - Abusir: Realm of Osiris - New York, 2002, hardback with dustwrapper, 248 pp; Piotr Bienkowski & Angela Tooley - G...

Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P. Triangular-section scraper with some cortex remaining; with an old inked inscription: '4.SS.1112.C /...