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Anglo-Saxon bronze strap endA tongue-shaped strap-end of Thomas Class E, Type 3 dating to the late Anglo-Saxon period (10th-11th century AD). The attachment end is split to accommodate the strap, and has a central copper-alloy rivet to secure it. The front of the strap-end has a voided median rib, on either side of which it is decorated with a line of four ring-and-dot motifs. The rib extends from the rivet at the attachment end to the tip of the terminal. The back of the strap-end is plain.mauseus

Anglo-Saxon bronze wrist claspmauseus

Anglo-Saxon gilt cruciform brooch fragmentmauseus

Anglo-Saxon/Viking hack silverTwo pieces of hack silver, top piece 1.01 grammes, bottom piece 1.62 grammes. Ainsbrook/"Arsny" recorded finds.mauseus

Anglo-Saxon/Viking strap endMythical creature zoomorphic strap end. Yorkshire detector find1 commentsmauseus

Anglo-Saxon/Viking strap endZoomorphic strap end, Ainsbrook/"Arsny" recorded find1 commentsmauseus

ApuliaLeft
Messapian ware
Tazza or stemmed patera
Central “sun” motif within triple concentric bands on tondo, four bands on outer lip
c.4th Cent. BC

Right
Daunian ware
Shallow cup or kiathos
Single handle, double bands on tondo and single on rim
c.5th-4th Cent. BC
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ApulianGreek Daunian/Messapian culture jug or oinochoe, 5th century BCmauseus

Apulian kylixApulian (Greek colonies in Southern Italy) kylix or shallow drinking vessel with palm frond tondo, c 325 BC.5 commentsmauseus

Becker Marius AureusWhite metal strike from Becker's dies for an aureus of Marius, cf RIC 1. Not an antiquity but antique.mauseus

Becker Tetricus I AureusWhite metal strike from Becker's dies for an aureus of Tetricus I, cf RIC 19. Not an antiquity but antique.mauseus

Byzantine coin weightA bronze Byzantine coin weight for 3 solidi from the 7th century AD. N Gamma below a cross all enclosed within wreath. N = Nomisma (ie solidus), gamma = 3.mauseus

Byzantine coin weightA bronze Byzantine coin weight for 3 solidi from the 7th century AD. N Gamma below a pellet cross. N = Nomisma (ie solidus), gamma = 3.mauseus

Byzantine commercial weightA bronze Byzantine commercial weight for 1 ounce from the 7th century AD. Γ A below cross. This could serve as a weight for six solidi.mauseus

Byzantine weightByzantine weight, 2 ounce (12 solidi), partially inlaid designmauseus

Byzantine weightByzantine coin weight for one solidusmauseus

Byzantine weightByzantine weight for one ounce (six solidi)mauseus

Byzantine weightByzantine coin weight for three solidimauseus

Campanian tazzaSmall Campanian black glazed tazza or stemmed bowl, c. early 3rd century BC.mauseus

Cypriot lekythosCypriot lekythos, c. 3rd century BC1 commentsmauseus

Cypriot onion shaped flaskCypriot early Bronze Age onion shaped flask, c.2700-1900 BC. Karpasian red and black polished ware from the north eastern peninsular of Cyprus.mauseus

Egyptian late dynastic faience amuletEgyptian late dynastic faience amulet of Thoth in the form of a seated baboon.

Thoth's roles in Egyptian mythology were many. He served as a mediating power, especially between good and evil, making sure neither had a decisive victory over the other. He also served as scribe of the gods, credited with the invention of writing and alphabets (i.e. hieroglyphs) themselves. In the underworld, Duat, he appeared as an ape, A'an, the god of equilibrium, who reported when the scales weighing the deceased's heart against the feather, representing the principle of Ma'at, was exactly even.

The ancient Egyptians regarded Thoth as One, self-begotten, and self-produced. He was the master of both physical and moral (i.e. Divine) law, making proper use of Ma'at. He is credited with making the calculations for the establishment of the heavens, stars, Earth, and everything in them. Compare this to how his feminine counterpart, Ma'at was the force which maintained the Universe. He is said to direct the motions of the heavenly bodies. Without his words, the Egyptians believed, the gods would not exist. His power was unlimited in the Underworld and rivaled that of Ra and Osiris.

The Egyptians credited him as the author of all works of science, religion, philosophy, and magic. The Greeks further declared him the inventor of astronomy, astrology, the science of numbers, mathematics, geometry, land surveying, medicine, botany, theology, civilized government, the alphabet, reading, writing, and oratory. They further claimed he was the true author of every work of every branch of knowledge, human and divine.

Reputedly ex Florence Rossetti collection (c.1948-50)
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Fossil trilobiteDicalymene
450 mybp
Length 52mmmauseus

Fossil trilobiteReedops
450 mybp
Length 16mm (not taking into account the rolled body)mauseus

Fossil trilobiteAgnostus
500 mybp
Length (specimens left to right) 5mm, 6mm, 2mm (fragmentary)

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Fossil trilobiteElrathia
500 mybp
Length 16mm1 commentsmauseus

Greek amphora handleGreek amphora handle with moulded stamp inscribed ΔIΦIΛOV in two lines and with image of a bunch of grapesmauseus

Greek black figure potteryGreek black figure pottery fragment depicting a bird. This may be from a scene depicting Herakles and the Stymphalian birds. They were a flock of man eating birds able to shoot their feathers like arrows and infested a lake near Stymphalos. Herakles was, as one of his labours, sent to drive them out.mauseus

Greek black figure potteryGreek black figure pottery depicting a footmauseus

Greek black figure potteryGreek black figure pottery depicting a torsomauseus

Greek black figure potteryGreek black figure pottery depicting a swan-like bird with wings outstretched. This may be from a scene depicting Herakles and the Stymphalian birds. They were a flock of man eating birds able to shoot their feathers like arrows and infested a lake near Stymphalos. Herakles was, as one of his labours, sent to drive them out.mauseus

Greek black figure potteryGreek black figure pottery fragment, the handle top from a column krater c.560 BC, depicting the torso of a bird, left, in polychrome.mauseus

Greek cup or kothos bodyFragmentary body of a Greek kothos or cup, black glazed ribbed body, 4th century BC.

The ribbed cup is of Spartan origin and, according to Critias of Athens, is an appropriate cup to carry on military service. It is compact and easily transported in a kit bag, the black colour means that unclean water encountered cannot be easily seen, and, finally, the cup's ribbed body form retains impurities. Despite the written benefits of the kothon for drinking less than clean waters it retained notoriety as being the form of vessel for drinking deep and over indulging in wine promoting drunkenness. mauseus

Greek graffitoGraffito in greek, ΠPHZ....., on a Greek black handlemauseus

Greek kylixA repaired Greek "geometric" kylix c. 7th cent BCmauseus

Greek lampDark terracotta mould made oil lamp with black high sloping shoulders, long nozzle, wide bowl mouth, wing style handle. 2nd-1st century BC.mauseus

Greek lampGreek oil lamp, c.6th-5th cent BC.
cf BMC I Q639-645mauseus

Greek small dishSmall Greek black glazed dish or bowl, often referred to as a "salt"mauseus

Greek statuetteGreek statuette
Hollow moulded crude Tangara,
c. 3rd-4th cent BCmauseus

Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age BritainLarge barbed and tanged flint arrow head, 46mm length. Old collection label attached "Found Bromhills July 8th 1886"mauseus

Neolithic BritainA collection of Neolithic flint scrapers, blades and awls from northern England. Average size 5 cm in length, dating to post 4,000 BC.1 commentsmauseus

Neolithic BritainNeolithic tapering chert axe, found in Lincolnshire, 107mm in length1 commentsmauseus

Neolithic toolsA group of stone axe fragments from the Balkans, c.4,500 to 6,500 BCmauseus

Roman amphora lidsTerracotta lids from Roman amphorae.
cf Olga Karagiorgou: “LR2: a Container for the Military annona on the Danubian Border” figure 7.1, no.3, for three similar lids from Balkan LR2 amphoraemauseus

Roman arretine ware cupRoman arretine ware cup or bowl, c. 1st-2nd century AD. Makers stamp LVCILLI on inner base.2 commentsmauseus

Roman bone dieSmall Roman bone die, 9mm x 8mm x 8mm. Opposites: 1-6, 2-4, 3-51 commentsmauseus

Roman bronze dumb bell togglemauseus

Roman bronze footRoman bronze foot in the shape of a paw from a lion or griffin. Presumably one of three or four from a vessel, small box or casket.mauseus

Roman bronze mountRoman bronze mount in the form of a male bust, height 6cm.1 commentsmauseus

Roman broochA bronze Roman disc, or rather the disc from a keyhole type, brooch with red enamel centre. c. 1st century AD.

cf Hattatt 286mauseus

Roman broochRoman brooch, with pin, in the shape of a horse, c.3/4th cent AD. mauseus

Roman broochRoman umbonate brooch with significant traces of enamel remaining, c 2nd cent AD Found near Doncaster, South Yorkshire. mauseus

Roman broochRoman P shaped brooch; 2nd-3rd cent AD, 65mm long. Hattat p.366mauseus

Roman broochRoman P shaped brooch; 2nd-3rd cent AD, 75mm long. Hattat p.366mauseus

Roman broochRoman brooch, Hod Hill type, c.1st cent. ADmauseus

Roman broochRoman brooch, Hod Hill type, c. 1st cent. AD mauseus

Roman broochRoman brooch, Kraeftig Profilierte type, c. 1st cent. ADmauseus

Roman broochRoman brooch, disc type, c. 2nd cent. AD. Traces of blue and red enamel design.mauseus

Roman broochRoman brooch, hinge headed type, c.1st-2nd cent. AD. Red enamel remains.mauseus

Roman broochRoman brooch, crossbow type, c. 3rd-4th cent. ADmauseus

Roman broochRoman brooch, unclassified bow type, c. 1st cent ADmauseus

Roman broochesSmall seection of mainly Roman brooches (with an Anglo Saxon one bottom right)3 commentsmauseus

Roman button and loop fastenermauseus

Roman cosmetic spoonmauseus

Roman Egypt teracotta headsTwo moulded teracotta heads, male on the left & female on the right, from Roman Egypt, c. C1st-3rd AD.

Ex FORVM, Malloy collectionmauseus

Roman forger's mouldA double sided early fourth century clay forger's mould for a follis3 commentsmauseus

Roman forger's mouldA single sided early fourth century clay forger's mould for a follis2 commentsmauseus

Roman glassRoman wide necked glass flask, some irridescencemauseus

Roman glassBulbous Roman glass flask with some irridescencemauseus

Roman glass gaming countersFive Roman glass gaming counters in blue and white glass. 11mm diameter to 22mm diameter.mauseus

Roman horse pendantA Roman bronze teardrop horse pendant from a military harness. Length 60 mmmauseus

Roman intaglioA Roman carnelian intaglio of a goat right, head turned left, below a tree to the left. Width 8 mm, height 6 mm3 commentsmauseus

Roman intaglioA Roman carnelian intaglio of clasped hands holding either corn ears or poppy heads. The dextra juncta; a symbol of concordia and fecundity. Width 6.5 mm, height 5 mmmauseus

Roman intaglioA Roman carnelian intaglio of a Aesculapius standing right with a serpent climbing up his staff. Width 8 mm, height 9 mmmauseus

Roman intaglioA Roman citrine intaglio of Diana/Artemis standing left holding bow and withdrawing arrow from quiver.1 commentsmauseus

Roman lamp tondoA Roman lamp tondo depicting Victory in a galloping quadriga to the left.mauseus

Roman lamp tondoA Roman lamp tondo depicting a draped male figure (c.4th Century AD?) to the right.mauseus

Roman lamp tondoA Roman lamp tondo depicting a lion running left (c.4th-5th Century AD).mauseus

Roman lead sealRoman lead seal, 19mm x 15mm depicting four figures, one of which is Roma seated rightmauseus

Roman lead sealRoman lead seal, 22mm x 20mm depcting a male and femal bust face to face in the style of the late 3rd/early 4th century AD; Carinus and Magnia Urbica or Diocletian and Prisca?mauseus

Roman lead sealRoman lead seal, 17mm x 13mm depicting a tetrarchic (?) bust right with the legend......IANO (Maximiano?)mauseus

Roman lead sealRoman lead seal, CMY//PNA in two lines, Goat(?) laying down right, head turned back below. Seal with the civic ethnic for Smyrna in the Balkans. For a similar seal (ethnic but no goat below) see RIB 2411.411 commentsmauseus

Roman lead sealRoman lead seal with bearded bust rightmauseus

Roman lead sealRoman lead seal with bearded, draped bust rightmauseus

Roman lead sealRoman lead seal with bearded, draped bust right with traces of legend behind headmauseus

Roman lead sealRoman lead seal with erotic scenemauseus

Roman lead sealRoman lead seal with bearded bust right mauseus

Roman lead sealRoman lead seal with laureate head left above dolphin, both between two confronted laureate heads; below, an additional laureate head facing right and a second dolphin.mauseus

Roman leather studEnamelled Roman leather stud, 19mm diameter.mauseus

Roman lock mechanismmauseus

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