Iron Age Celtic Brooch Group

3rd-1st century BC. A group of three iron spearheads, each slender, leaf-shaped with faint midrib and long tapering socket. 385 grams total, 24.5-27.5cm (9 1/2-10 3/4"). From a private collection; pre

1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze dragonesque brooch with S-curved body, upstanding ear to each end, high-relief patterns to the body, large round eye, one with enamel fill, pin loop attached. C

1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze dragonesque brooch with chin attached to the chest, central lentoid panel with roundel. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, it

1st-3th century AD. A group of bronze items comprising of a flat openwork dragonesque plaque with irregular S-curved body, a plain plaque with dour holes for attachment, a flat leaf-shaped arrowhead.

1st century AD. A pair of bronze figurines comprising: one slender with pellet eyes, ribbed helmet or hair, raised right arm, three pellets to the chest and abdomen, flared hips indicating saddle; one

1st century BC-1st century AD. A mixed group of bronze cosmetic grinder beds comprising: one small with collared knop finial; one similar, larger with loop and spur to the underside; one scaphoid with

2nd century BC-1st century AD. A mixed group of three sheet-silver pendants with suspension loops, comprising a discoid example with ribbed loop; a piriform pendant; a larger sub-rectangular pendant.

2nd-1st century BC. A bronze fibula with transverse spring and integral pin, deep bow with returned foot forming the catch. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 227. 4.37 gr

2nd-1st century BC. A bronze bow brooch of La T?ne II type with flat-section bow, coiled spring, catchplate returned to the rear of the foot and extended as a serpentine fillet along the bow, coiled a

3rd-1st century BC. A bronze 'proto-money' or harness ring group of round- and D-section rings. 35 grams total, 17-23mm (3/4 - 1"). Property of a European gentleman living in South Africa; acquired si

3rd century AD. A pair of silver crossbow brooches each with three onion-shaped knops, deep bow, chamfered footplate; one with gold(?) filigree trim to the bow, pins absent. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age a

3rd-1st century BC. A mixed group comprising: a tongue-shaped plaque with central boss and four leaves; two discoid domed bosses with boss and four-pointed star; one similar with quatrefoil. 56 grams

1st century BC-1st century AD. A group of three bronze artefacts comprising: a belt-slide with double-eye plaque, traces of enamel to the recessed area; a hammerhead type toggle fastener, part of the

2nd century BC-1st century AD. A bronze 'ridged arch' terret of the Corieltauvi, Spratling's Group V, with gussetted ribs to the outer face, domed finials. Cf. Hammond, B. Benet's Artefacts of England

1st century B.C. Group comprising: mixed types and tribes. 43 grams total. From an old English collection formed before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. [11, No Reserve]

80-70 BC. Obv: head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy. Rev: garbled legend, Herakles, naked, standing left, holding club and lionskin, delta in left field. Type DLT 9667; Prokopov Group 2; Cf. Kost

100 BC-25 AD. Group comprising: Iceni silver unit (ANTED or ECEN type); a Cunobelin bronze (portrait/warrior horseman right) and a Cantiaci cast potin (class II type). 3.76 grams total. S. 436 or 441

1st-2nd century AD. A mixed group of bronze bow brooches including Langton Down, Aucissa, Alesia and other types. See Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987 and Iron Age and Roman Brooches, O

Published 1975-2019 A.D. Group comprising: Sharkey, John, Celtic Mysteries, 2 copies, BCA, 1975 and Thames & Hudson, 1977 reprint; James and Rigby, Britain and the Celtic Iron Age, BM, 1997; Renfrew,

Published 1973-2013 A.D. Group comprising: Jackson, Sidney, Celtic and Other Stone Heads, privately published, 1973; Spence, Lewis, The History and Origins of Druidism, Newcastle, 1995 reprint; Ritchi

1st-2nd century AD. A mixed group of bronze bow brooches including Aucissa, Nauheim, Colchester and other types. See Hattatt, R. Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982 and Iron Age and R

Ca. 300 BC. A pair of La Tène I type bow brooches, each with a deep bow, sprung head, and a pin to reverse. The La Tène culture is a predominantly Celtic culture belonging to the Iron Age, also

Central / Southern Europe, Italic Bronze Age/early Iron Age, ca. 11th to 8th century BCE. A group of ten components of cast bronze fibulae (brooches), some quite large and fabulous. There are four exa

1st century B.C.-early 1st century A.D. A British Iron Age vessel mount in the form of a hollow Celtic male head with large, elongated eyes having pierced pupils, possibly once with inlays, a triangul