Circa 600-550 B.C. With piriform body, narrow neck and broad rim to the mouth, broad strap handle; painted with radiating strokes to the mouth and...

Roman, 3rd century A.D. or later. Possibly depicting Laetitia, the goddess of joy, standing in a contrapposto pose with left arm resting on an anc...

5th-7th century A.D.. Mixed group of trade weights including cuboid, polyhedral and other types; one cuboid resembling a die with four faces beari...

3000-2000 B.C. Rectangular slab with reserved symbols in three columns to one face, reverse plain. Cf. similar item in the British Museum, London,...

4th millennium B.C. Of lentoid cross-section with impressed grid and characters or ideograms, an economic text relating to farm produce written ov...

2000-1700 B.C. Pillow-shaped clay tablet with cuneiform text to both broad faces and one edge from Garšana (iv/Šu-Sîn 8?), a receipt for various c...

Circa 20th-18th century B.C. Pillow-shaped clay tablet with cuneiform text to both broad faces and one edge; chipped. Cf. MacGregor, N., A History...

Circa 2000 B.C. Plano-convex in section with broad face, incuse profile image of a lamassu (winged bull with a human head) with pellets and object...

1st millennium B.C. With thick hoop and opposed animal-heads to the reverse, large ellipsoid bezel with incuse winged bull motif. Cf. Muscarella, ...

Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-150,000 B.P.. A serious collector's piece from the site of the oldest known stone tools in the UK and Nor...

1st century A.D.. Possibly the end-panel of a wooden casket, with champ levé enamel scrolls flanking a central palmette within a rectilinear borde...

Circa 900-700 B.C. With detailed carapace and mouth parts, underside with intaglio winged sphinx sitting on a baseline with pellets beneath; suppl...

Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Ellipsoid scaraboid bead with base inscribed with a central hes-vase flanked by two uraei. 1.16 grams, 14 mm (1/2 in.)....

Circa 2nd-1st century B.C. Group of discoid clay moulds for casting contemporary counterfeit coins. 43 grams total, 25-32 mm (1 - 1 1/4 in.). Pri...

6th-5th century B.C. With applied handle and integral foot, medial frieze of running animals and horizontal lines; band of pellets to the mouth. C...

5th-4th century B.C. Shallow-bodied with broad foot; incised fluting around the exterior body and rim. 216 grams, 12 cm wide (4 3/4 in.). Acquire...

Circa 323-31 B.C. Hammered from a thin gold leaf, a repoussé border of small pellets to the outer edge; mounted in custom-made perspex case with f...

5th-4th century B.C. Shallow-bodied with broad foot; incised fluting around the exterior body and rim. 192 grams, 12.7 cm wide (5 in.). Acquired ...

Circa 4th-3rd century B.C. Modelled in the round with a broad diadem and thick hair and beard, deep-set eyes; mounted on a custom-made stand. 79 ...

5th-4th century B.C. With tall tubular neck and flared rim, broad shoulder, conical body, narrow columnar foot; traces of pigment to shoulder. 32...

3rd-1st century B.C. Piriform carnelian centre with gold fittings, filigree loop handles. Cf. Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, E...

Circa 4th-3rd century B.C. Ellipsoid bezel with incuse gammadion motif. 1.77 grams, 21 mm (3/4 in.). Acquired 1980-2015.Ex Abelita family collect...

2nd century B.C.- 2nd century A.D.. Domed roundel with high-relief design of combat between a bearded hero and a monster, wreath and rosettes to t...

4th-5th century A.D.. Burnished surface, broad discus with wreath to the shoulders, stub nozzle, low-relief image of Cupid between the vents. Cf. ...

2nd-3rd century A.D.. With deep bowl, integral square-section handle and loop finial. Cf. Tassinari, S., La Vaisselle de Bronze, Romaine et Provin...

Circa 4th century A.D.. Group of Roman bronze coins fused in place; mounted on a custom-made stand. 90 grams total, 60 mm high including stand (2...

1st-4th century A.D.. Square in plan, some with incised markings, one with impressed hole. 95 grams total, 8-25 mm (3/8 - 1 in.). Ex Simmons gall...

Circa 1st-5th century A.D.. A trio of artefacts comprising: a Roman copper-alloy coin, likely a sestertius, with worn designs to obverse and rever...

1st-4th century A.D.. Discoid bifacial weight with reserved menorah to obverse, legend '[..]DOM' to reverse. 4.99 grams, 17 mm (5/8 in.). Acquire...

1st-3rd century A.D.. With pecked fur texture to the neck, cheeks and dewlap; slightly indented reverse. Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haut...

1st century B.C. and later. The Roman Republican silver denarius mounted on 22 carat gold foil, framed with an art print signed by the artist Davi...

2nd century A.D.. Penannular form with one end wound about the shank, centrepiece a denarius coin with portrait bust. 22 grams, 68 mm (2 5/8 in.)...

1st-4th century A.D.. A phallic amulet with loop to the rear. 6.53 grams, 25 mm (1 in.). Found near Bainton, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK.Accompa...

Circa 8th-12th century A.D.. Including mainly barrel-shaped types. 225 grams total, 11-26 mm (3/8 - 1 in.). Ex Simmons gallery, London, UK.Ex Nor...

6th-7th century A.D.. With pierced polyhedral upper and knop above, body formed as two intersecting fusiform bars with recess. Cf. Wamser, L., Die...

5th-7th century A.D.. Discoid with integral loop, incuse image of Moses striking a desert rock in order to make water flow. 1.82 grams, 22 mm (7/...

Circa 8th-12th century A.D.. Including discoid, tabular, cuboid and other types. 125 grams total, 11-25 mm (3/8 - 1 in.). Ex Simmons gallery, Lon...

5th-7th century A.D.. With gussetted rim, reverse with central roundel, obverse with cross above gamma and alpha with pointillé detailing. Cf. Web...

Circa 7th century A.D.. Discoid with suspension hole near rim, obverse with low-relief nimbate figures and legend to the rim, reverse with Maltese...

6th-7th century A.D.. With flared shoulders and octagonal plaque, incuse bird with wings spread in a naive linear style. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings....

Circa 6th-8th century A.D.. Central incuse image of a nibate figure with cloak and staff, text to the border '[.]VA[..]???OP[...]. 1.23 grams, 13...

3rd-2nd millennium B.C. Plano-convex in profile, oval in plan with facial detailing to the knop finial, underside with incuse tree motifs. 3.81 g...

Circa 6th-4th century B.C. Broad shallow bowl with flat underside; small crack. 185 grams, 18 cm (7 1/8 in.). Acquired 1980-2015.Ex Abelita famil...

Early 2nd millennium B.C. Tabular in form with short cuneiform text to one face. 57 grams, 54 mm (2 1/8 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform...

19th-20th century A.D.. Tapering, hexagonal in plan with incuse calligraphic inscription; pierced at the narrow end. 21.1 grams, 35 mm (1 3/8 in....

11th-12th century A.D.. Crescent-shaped with balustered finials; openwork reverse with intricate knot and foliate design, six loops on the lower e...

Circa 8th-12th century A.D.. Including polyhedral, barrel-shaped, tabular and other types, most with impressed markings. 216 grams total, 9-24 mm...

5th-4th century B.C. With broad flange rim, carinated profile and broad dished base. 225 grams, 15.3 cm (6 in.). Private collection of Mr S.A., S...

1st millennium B.C. Oblate in profile with recess to the upper face. 156 grams, 49 mm (2 in.). Ex Simmons gallery, London, UK.From a North London...

Circa 2nd millennium B.C. or later. Carved alabaster with Y-shaped groove to the obverse, collector's label to the underside. 148 grams, 58 mm (2...

Circa 8th-12th century A.D.. Including barrel-shaped, discoid, octagonal and other types, some with stamped markings. 127 grams total, 10-24 mm (...

Early 1st millennium B.C. Broad hemispherical body with rounded underise, thickened rim with single incised line. 256 grams, 20 cm diameter (7 7/...

Circa 13th-15th century A.D.. With broad bowl, carination and flange rim with dentilled edge, flared base; cracked. 846 grams, 27 cm diameter (10...

1st millennium B.C. Carved from a veined stone with a shallow bowl and broad rim. 167 grams, 96 mm wide (3 3/4 in.). Acquired in Europe before 19...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. Each composed of a biconical body featuring openwork geometric motifs and pellets. 68 grams total, 38-63 mm (1 1/2 - 2 1/...

Circa 8th-12th century A.D.. Including barrel-shaped, cuboid, biconvex, tabular and other types, some with punched markings. 135 grams total, 11-...

Circa 6th-4th century B.C. Broad tinned bowl with flat underside. 131 grams, 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). Acquired 1980-2015.Ex Abelita family collection...

16th century A.D.. Octagonal in section with one tapering end and one flat, circular end; square punch marks to one face in a pattern: '10B'. 2.8...

Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.. Lentoid in section with dressed lateral edges, broad cutting edge; old inked inscription 'i...

Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.. Narrow triangular-section pointed handaxe with broad butt. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiqui...