August Historica, Coins, Banknotes & Antiquities. 2 day Auction. - Webcast Only. Collection By Appointment

Late Bronze Age Socketed Axe.  Circa, 1000 B.C. Copper-alloy, 99.56 mm. A square-mouthed socketed and looped axe with double banded collar. Ref: S...

Late Bronze Age Socketed Axe.  Circa, 1000 B.C. Copper-alloy, 99.89 mm. A square-mouthed socketed and looped axe with double banded collar. Ref: S...

Late Bronze Age Axe Head.  Circa, 1000-800 BC. Copper-alloy, 59mm x 37mm, 110.3g. A small cast bronze socketed axe head of the Stogursey type, Nee...

Bronze Age Axe.  Circa, 2000 BC. Copper-alloy, 68mm x 26mm x 9, 64.2g. A small cast bronze flat axe. Ref: S. Needham Chronology and Periodisation ...

Bronze Age Socketed Hammer. Circa, 1000-700 BC. Copper-alloy, 68mm x 23mm x 20mm, 104.1g. A scarce tool from the British Bronze Age with very few ...

Bronze Age Chisel  Circa, 2000 BC. Copper-alloy, 70mm x 11mm, 7.0g. A cast bronze tanged chisel with straight sides. The sides expand to form the ...

Late Bronze Age Piece Circa, 1000 - 100 BC. Copper-alloy, 29.16 g, 57.62 mm. An unusual piece dated by PAS, middle Bronze Age to Iron Age. As yet ...

Bronze Age Artefacts A selection of axe fragments and a socketed gauge.

Iron age spiral finger ring. 20mm diameter (18mm internal) x 7mm, 3.28g.

Iron Age Toggle.  Circa 1st century AD-1st century AD. Copper-alloy, 13.13 g, 37.14 mm. A Celtic circular headed toggle fastener with large triang...

Celtic Knife Handle. Bronze, 25.27 grams. 46.55 mm. A rare piece of Iron Age metalwork. The piece is curved on the outer edge and tapers to a poin...

 Iron age bronze anthropomorphic pendant in the form of a nude male figure wearing a collar or torc with a suspension loop on the back of the neck...

Ancient Artefacts A mixed group of pre roman pieces including, pins, an awl, bead, mount and a cosmetic grinder.

Celtic Strap Fitting Circa 1st century BC- 1st century AD. Copper-alloy, 11.63 g, 35.78 mm. An Iron Age bronze strap fitting decorated with panels...

Celtic Toggle Circa 1st century BC-1st century AD. Copper-alloy, 13.99 g, 25.35 mm. An Iron Age toggle in a near perfect state of preservation. Th...

Celtic Toggle  Circa, 1st century AD. Copper-alloy, 7.25 g, 25.21 mm. An undecorated boss headed type faster with a large triangular fixing loop. ...

Celtic Cosmetic Grinder Circa 1st century BC-1st century AD. Copper-alloy, 13.27 g, 71.11 mm. A leaf-shaped woad grinder with an integral suspensi...

Roman Gold Ring Circa 2nd century AD. Gold, 22.85 g, 29mm x 25mm; bezel 13mm x 11mm. An impressive keeled type ring with a raised oval bezel withi...

Roman horse plate brooch. Cf. Hattatt 1185 - 1186. 43mm x 28mm, 15.0g.  ...[more]

Roman Horse Strap Fitting.  Circa, 1st-3rd century AD. Copper-alloy, 70mm x 46mm x 34mm, 53.2g. An impressive military horse harness strap fitting...

Roman Langton Down type brooch, 1st century AD. Cf. Hattatt 769. 58mm x 25mm, 12.8g

Rare Roman plate brooch in the form of a jug. The jug has a piriform body with a single handle and flared mouth, the body ornamented with a single...

Collection of Roman brooches, mostly Polden Hill types, c. 1st century AD.

Ethnographic Pin.  Copper-alloy, 129mm x 9mm, 22.3g. An ancient square sectioned pin with a long tapering shaft. Pierced just below the finial wit...

Roman bronze phallic pendant. 1st - 4th century AD. A cast bronze pendant in the form of a three-dimensional phallus and testes. Above the phallus...

Roman Zoomorphic Brooch,  Circa, 2nd century AD. Copper-alloy, 38mm, 6.1g. A plate brooch in the form of a lion, posed as if leaping. Ref: Hattatt...

A Pair of Roman Dividers. Circa 1st-4th century AD. Copper-alloy, 142mm x 22mm x 12mm, 21.4g. A scarce item from Roman Britain. Recorded on the PA...

Roman Eagle brooch. A zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of an eagle looking backwards.2nd century AD. 30mm x 24mm, 4.4g

Roman Minerva Handle.  Circa, 2nd-4th century AD. Copper-alloy, 12.0 g, 37mm x 15mm. A bronze anthropomorphic scalpel handle, formed as the bust o...

Roman Artefacts Circa, 2nd-3rd century AD. Brooches, 39 mm & 34 mm. A group consisting of a glass centre-boss brooch, disc brooch and bronze brace...

Roman Disc Brooch.  Circa, 2nd century AD. Copper-alloy, 44mm, 14.0g. An open-work brooch decorated with cells of blue enamel, complete with pin. ...

Roman silvered plate brooch. A large, early plate brooch silvered on the front face with a circular recess at the centre, surrounded by six furthe...

Votive Axe.  Circa, 1st century BC. Copper-alloy, 28mm x 21mm, 20.6g. An Iron Age miniature socketed axe. These small pieces were made to be used ...

Roman Gold Jewellery Element. Circa, 2nd-4th century AD. Gold, 18mm x 9mm, 0.6g. An impressive piece of Roman gold open-work, the design consistin...

Roman trumpet style plate brooch, tinned on the front face. 40mm x 28mm, 14.4g.

Roman Brooch Circa, 1st century AD. Copper-alloy, 9.5 g, 58 mm x 25 mm. A Hod Hill type brooch. Ref: Hattatt. p.322-323.

Roman Lion Bow Brooch  Circa, 1st century AD. Copper-alloy, 18.80 g, 30 mm x 29 mm. A well preserved example with well modelled lion, missing the ...

Roman chicken brooch. A three-dimensional zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a chicken, the wings decorated with panels of red and yellow cham...

Roman Cosmetic Implements.  Circa, 1st-2nd century AD. Copper-alloy, 108mm & 118mm. A pair of implements comprising, a long pin with a flat circul...

Roman Disc Brooch Circa, 2nd century AD. Copper-alloy, 40mm, 11.4g. Circular brooch with a raised central finial and eight radiating lugs. Traces ...

Roman enamelled bronze patera handle. Circa 1st-2nd century AD. Copper-alloy, 105mm x 68mm, 63.2g. Beautifully decorated with cells of enamel form...

Roman composite plate brooch with a lozenge-shaped body, zoomorphic head and fantail foot decorated with three ring-and-dot motifs. The body has a...

Roman Horse Brooch Circa, 2nd century AD. Copper-alloy, 28mm x 22mm, 4.2g. A zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a horse, decorated along the b...

Roman Composite Brooch.  Circa, 2nd century AD. Copper-alloy, 45mm x 19mm, 8.1g. A scarce type formed of a circular centre panel with double cresc...

Roman Zoomorphic Brooch Crica, 2nd century AD. Copper-alloy, 30mm x 28mm, 9.9g. A plate brooch in the form of a stylised bird decorated with chase...

Roman 'Trumpet style' openwork plate brooch with tinned surfaces. Circa 2nd century AD. 33mm x 25mm, 11.4g. CF Hattatt 1621.

Roma Military Anthropomorphic Mount Circa, 3rd - 4th century AD. Copper-alloy, 42mm x 20mm, 12.8g. An impressive and unusual propeller type belt t...

Roman Anthropomorphic Mount.  Circa, 2nd-4th century AD. Copper-alloy, 38mm x 28mm, 21.3g. A vessel mount in the form of a draped male bust with a...

Romano-British Fastener.  Circa, 1st century AD. Copper-alloy, 39mm x 20mm, 16.4g. A toggle formed of a square headed button and triangular loop. ...

Roman Finger Ring.  Circa, 2nd century AD. Copper-alloy, 24mm diameter (19mm internal) x 13mm, 6.28g. A keeled type ring with a plain circular bez...

Roman Strap-End Circa, 4th century AD. Copper-alloy, 70 mm x 17 mm. 10.6 g. A cast bronze strap end of the 'narrow amphora' type. For similar, see...

Roman Tweezers.  Circa, 2nd-4th century AD. Copper-alloy, 56mm x 9mm, 5.7g. A pair of cosmetic tweezers of simple form, decorated with a series of...

Roman Bronze Animal Limb Circa 4th century AD. Copper-alloy, 75mm x 19mm, 60.2g. Possibly a votive piece and likely to have belonged to a statuett...

Roman silver head. A flat-backed three-dimensional mount in the form of a female face. 1st - 4th century AD. 21mm, 10.8g.

Roman Votive Axehead. Circa 1st-4th century AD. Copper-alloy, 30mm x 28mm, 20.0g. Recorded on the PAS database as SUSS-9DD02B https://finds.org.uk...

Roman bust of a wrestler steelyard weight. A cast lead-alloy steelyard weight in the form of a muscled male bust. The head is bald and topped with...

Roman circular bronze seal box containing a small silver penannular ring. The seal box is circular with a hinged lid that is decorated with moulde...

Roman trefoil bronze key handle. A large cast bronze trifoliate key handle. The base has a socket where an iron key shank would have been fixed. 6...

Roman Group An accumulation of bronze artefacts including, brooches, jewellery fragments and various other items.

Roman Brooch GroupA selection of brooches of various styles