GREEK BROOCH, FIBULA, 2ND CENTURY BC

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The original garment pin was patented two millennia later as the " safety pin" . Bow fibula, bronze, over 1 3/4" length, of high ribbed arch form with nub finial. Surface lightly encrusted from burial. Probably for a man's garment.

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GREEK BROOCH, FIBULA, 2ND CENTURY BC

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CELTIC VOTIVE FIGURE, C.2ND-1ST CENTURY BC: Danubian Tribes, Bronze votive figure of a horseman, with well modeled head and face. Upper body and raised right arm scored to indicate a pelt or robe. The right arm raised and the left downturned.

CELTIC VOTIVE FIGURE, C.2ND-1ST CENTURY BC

CELTIC VOTIVE BELL, 7th-5th CENTURY BC: Silvered bronze, over 1/2" height plus the loop. Cast with intricate transverse and beaded bands decoration by the lost wax process. The plain form are generally acknowledged as exchange objects

CELTIC VOTIVE BELL, 7th-5th CENTURY BC

VIKING WARRIOR’S BRACELET PENDANT NECKLACE: 10th-11th century AD. Vikings were highly skilled metallurgists, and as a result, breaking metal had supernatural significance for them. Breaking ringjarn (iron rings) as shown on the Larbro Stone,

VIKING WARRIOR’S BRACELET PENDANT NECKLACE

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FINE VIKING LUNAR PENDANT NECKLACE, 10TH-11TH CENTURY AD

ROMAN RING C.4th-6th CENTURY AD, SIZE 2 ½: Size 4 1/4 for wear on the small finger between the first two joints as was the custom. Silvered bronze with 2.9mm ridged face band with the Roman nub at the bottom. Raised pointed oval bezel with

ROMAN RING C.4th-6th CENTURY AD, SIZE 2 ½

FINE EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING 9th-12th CENTURY, SIZE 9 1/4: During the Renaissance, the act of committing to marriage took place as a formal ceremony with vows, considered sacred and unbreakable, exchanged. A ring was given by the man to the woman to bind the

FINE EUROPEAN BETROTHAL RING 9th-12th CENTURY, SIZE 9 1/4

VIKING WOMAN'S WEDDING RING, SIZE 6 ¼: 10th-11th century AD. Gilt bronze Size 6 1/4, 3.5mm width, with near flat face. Surface textured from burial. Vikings exchanged rings on the pommel of the groom's sword. Professionally refurbished

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VIKING LUNAR PENDANT NECKLACE: 10th- 11th century. Just over 7/8" width of broad crescent form with punch edged field within raised punched borders. The tips with circles representing Sol the sun and Mani the moon. Reverse

VIKING LUNAR PENDANT NECKLACE

CRUSADER'S CROSS PENDANT NECKLACE, 11TH-13TH CENTURY: 1096-1291. An actual pendant was worn by a crusader nearly 1000 years ago! Circular, pierced with a cross potent, and “crutches” at the beam ends. That form is also known as the

CRUSADER'S CROSS PENDANT NECKLACE, 11TH-13TH CENTURY

MEDIEVAL MAN'S RING, 10TH CENTURY AD SIZE 8 3/4: Silvered bronze, size 8 3/4. 5.4mm low rounded section band. Large raised oval bezel with scalloped edge and flat face, probably intended for a signet. See Ancient Rings, Pollio, p.102.

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ANCIENT VIKING HEART PENDANT NECKLACE, C.850-1050 AD

EUROPEAN CHILD'S RING C1350-1450 SIZE 2 1/4: Gilt bronze, size 4 with well rounded face, 1.4mm width. Professionally refurbished with the 24karat gold surface restored. Probably for child of about 3-5 years old. Rings for children were a luxury

EUROPEAN CHILD'S RING C1350-1450 SIZE 2 1/4

FINE LARGE EASTERN EUROPEAN CROSS, 17TH CENTURY: Gilt bronze, just under 1 ¾” (1.72”) in height. Raised edge beams with double line inner cross to the front. The back with curvilinear panels. Large halo formed by semicircular

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MEDIEVAL TIBETAN SKULL PRAYER BEAD: This small bronze bead, hand crafted about 1400-1550 was part of a Buddhist prayer ritual. It was strung along with others, each showing differences from hand work, to aid the devotee by focusing

MEDIEVAL TIBETAN SKULL PRAYER BEAD

RARE VIKING WARRIOR’S BEARD RING, 9TH-11TH CENTURY: Round section and shape (bun form). 0.34” inside diameter, 0.52” out, just over 1/2”. The use of beard rings by Vikings is well documented though very few genuine examples survive.

RARE VIKING WARRIOR’S BEARD RING, 9TH-11TH CENTURY

VIKING WOMAN’S WEDDING RING, 850-1050 AD SIZE 4 1/2: Gilt bronze, size 4 ½ for wear on the small finger as was the custom. 3.0mm rounded face band. Crisp with slight surface texture from burial. Professionally refurbished with the 24karat gold

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ANGLO SAXON RING, 7TH-10TH CENTURY AD 10 ½: Iconic form as found in England in the pre-Viking and Early Viking period. Size 8 1/4 with 2.5mm rounded face band. Broad flat canted bezel with a cluster of concentric circles or " dot in circles"

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ANGLO SAXON RING, 7TH-10TH CENTURY AD, SIZE 6 ½: Iconic form as found in England in the pre-Viking and Early Viking period. Size 6 1/2 with 2.8mm rounded face band. Flat circular bezel with a cluster of concentric circles. See Ancient Rings,

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