NEOLITHIC PERIOD AND LATER
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A COLLECTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL ITEMS
NEOLITHIC PERIOD AND LATER
Including a Western Neolithic polished stone axe-head, tapered towards butt with curved cutting edge; another smaller with pointed butt, circa 3rd millennium B.C., 5½ in. (14 cm.) and 4 in. (10 cm.) long respectively; a reconstructed axe with similar polished stone axe-head; two disc-shaped stone weights with central perforation, 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) diam.; two bronze palstaves, early 1st millennium B.C., 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) long max.; a group of Roman and Anglo-Saxon bronze fibulae, including a Colchester type fibula, mid-1st Century A.D., a lozenge-shaped plate fibula with remains of enamel inlay, circa 2nd Century A.D., a trumpet fibula, early 2nd Century A.D., two crossbow fibulae, 4th Century A.D., and two cruciform fibulae, late 5th-6th Century A.D., 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) long max.; a Romano-Celtic silver hairpin terminal in the form of a male head, and another of tinned bronze with terminal in the form of a hand holding a fruit, both 1st-2nd Century A.D., 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) long max.; an amber bead necklace; a group of rings including a Roman silver ring with a phallus decorating the bezel; a Roman silver ring of keeled form with traces of inscription on the bezel; and a single Roman gold and garnet earring, all 1st-4th Century A.D.; a Roman jasper intaglio with a satyr holding a lagobolon, in modern gold ring setting; a gold disc pendant with a punched and chased central rosette, 1 in. (2.5 cm.) diam.; and a Roman glass unguentarium, 1st-2nd Century A.D., 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high(a lot)
NEOLITHIC PERIOD AND LATER
Including a Western Neolithic polished stone axe-head, tapered towards butt with curved cutting edge; another smaller with pointed butt, circa 3rd millennium B.C., 5½ in. (14 cm.) and 4 in. (10 cm.) long respectively; a reconstructed axe with similar polished stone axe-head; two disc-shaped stone weights with central perforation, 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) diam.; two bronze palstaves, early 1st millennium B.C., 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) long max.; a group of Roman and Anglo-Saxon bronze fibulae, including a Colchester type fibula, mid-1st Century A.D., a lozenge-shaped plate fibula with remains of enamel inlay, circa 2nd Century A.D., a trumpet fibula, early 2nd Century A.D., two crossbow fibulae, 4th Century A.D., and two cruciform fibulae, late 5th-6th Century A.D., 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) long max.; a Romano-Celtic silver hairpin terminal in the form of a male head, and another of tinned bronze with terminal in the form of a hand holding a fruit, both 1st-2nd Century A.D., 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) long max.; an amber bead necklace; a group of rings including a Roman silver ring with a phallus decorating the bezel; a Roman silver ring of keeled form with traces of inscription on the bezel; and a single Roman gold and garnet earring, all 1st-4th Century A.D.; a Roman jasper intaglio with a satyr holding a lagobolon, in modern gold ring setting; a gold disc pendant with a punched and chased central rosette, 1 in. (2.5 cm.) diam.; and a Roman glass unguentarium, 1st-2nd Century A.D., 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high(a lot)
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