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The David Livingstone Collection

Collection Information

This collection was sold on 18 June 2019.

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Lot 257, 18 Jun 19

A Bronze Age flat axe, circa 1800-1600 BC, with a splayed cutting face with a bevelled edge, with sides forming flanges and a shortened butt, with an uneven end, length 80mm. £75-£80

Lot 257, 18 Jun 19

Sold for £150

Lot 258, 18 Jun 19

A Bronze Age flat axe, circa 1600-1500 BC, with an expanded curved cutting face with a bevelled edge, vertical decorative rib in the centre, with the axe sides forming high flanges with a stop ridge in the centre, length 162mm. £120-£140

Lot 258, 18 Jun 19

Sold for £220

Lot 259, 18 Jun 19

A Bronze Age palstave axe, circa 1300 BC, with a curved cutting edge and a single loop on its side, the butt end has a deep stop ridge and sloping side ridges, length 140mm. £100-£120

Lot 259, 18 Jun 19

Sold for £220

Lot 260, 18 Jun 19

A Bronze Age socketed axe, circa 1000 BC, with a curved expanded cutting edge and a side loop situated just below, with bi-conical moulded mouth, length 60mm. £75-£85

Lot 260, 18 Jun 19

Sold for £140

Lot 263, 18 Jun 19

A late Roman bronze nail cleaner, with simple punched crescent decoration at the sides and interlocking crescent punch in the centre, and forked tip for cleaning, the suspension loop at the top attached to a circular link, which in turn is attached to a rivetted strap tag, length 115mm. £75-£85

Lot 263, 18 Jun 19

Sold for £70

Lot 264, 18 Jun 19

An Iron Age bronze brooch, circa 3rd century BC, La Tene class I Wessex type, the one piece construction with a large sprung coil, the bow decorated with incised lines enclosing oblique dashes, the foot return is decorated with two recessed bosses and is parallel to the catch plate and just touches the bow, length 63mm. £200-£220

Lot 264, 18 Jun 19

Unsold

Lot 265, 18 Jun 19

An Anglo Saxon silver gilt and niello pin head, late 6th century, decorated in animal style II, with opposing birds, repeated on each face; the heads have curved beaks with extended wings; in the centre on both sides is an inset circular garnet. £200-£300

Lot 265, 18 Jun 19

Sold for £160

Lot 266, 18 Jun 19

A collection of Celtic Roman and Saxon bronze artefacts, including a Roman bird brooch, 3rd century AD (similar to Hattatt 1156); a late Saxon knife pommel, Winchester style; a Celtic mount decorated with trumpet motifs and eagle head terminal, with blue glass inset eyes; a Saxon mount in the form of a dragon, iron rivets behind; a 10th century strap junction, of openwork form, decorated with two beasts, and a Roman disc brooch, pin intact. (6)...

Lot 266, 18 Jun 19

Sold for £140

Lot 267, 18 Jun 19

An Anglo Saxon silver gilt mount of rectangular form, 7th century, decorated with a triple stranded interlaced ribbon snake-like body, two rivets behind for attachment, length 25mm, width 12mm. £200-£220

Lot 267, 18 Jun 19

Sold for £170

Lot 268, 18 Jun 19

An Anglo Saxon coin brooch of Edward the Confessor, 1042-1066, pointed helmet type, Obv. bearded bust holding a sceptre, rev. voided short cross terminating in three crescents, ULFCITEL ON EOFR (York) S 1179, pierced four times to attach the hinge (intact) and catch plate (missing) to the obverse. £150-£180

Lot 268, 18 Jun 19

Sold for £140

Lot 271, 18 Jun 19

A collection of Medieval bronze seal matrices, 14th century, all circular chess piece style with central loop behind, the first reads ‘PRIVE SU’ (I am private) with a chicken walking in the centre; the second reads ‘I CRAKE NOTIS’ (I crack nuts) with a squirrel; the third reads ‘SUM LEO FORTIS’ (I am a strong lion), with a lion rampant. (3) £150-£180

Lot 271, 18 Jun 19

Sold for £220

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