Copper-alloy, 4.94 grams, 41.57 mm. Circa 4th-2nd century BC. A copper-alloy fibula of the 'Wessex' type with thickened round-section bow and integral spring. The catchplate is integral, placed to the side of the s-curved finial with thickened terminal. The spring is formed as single, tight loop whereas as this type of fibula normally has four loose loops. Reference: Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987 item 724. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 5.78 grams, 49.44 mm. Circa 4th-2nd century BC. A copper-alloy fibula of the 'Wessex' type with thickened round-section bow and integral spring. The catchplate is integral, placed to the side of the recurved finial with thickened terminal. The spring is formed as single, tight loop whereas as this type of fibula normally has four loose loops. Reference: Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987 item 724. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 4.45 grams, 31.16 mm. Circa 4th-2nd century BC. A copper-alloy fibula of the 'Wessex' type with thickened facetted bow and integral spring. The catchplate is integral, placed to the side of the recurved finial with conical knop. The spring is formed as single, tight loop whereas as this type of fibula normally has four loose loops. Reference: Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987 item 724. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 6.69 grams, 50.79 mm. Circa 4th-2nd century BC. A copper-alloy fibula of the 'Wessex' type with thickened facetted bow and integral spring. The catchplate is integral, placed to the side of the recurved finial with conical knop. The spring is formed as single, tight loop whereas as this type of fibula normally has four loose loops. Reference: Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987 item 724. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy and enamel, 26.57 grams, 41.12 mm. 2nd century AD. A Romano-British high-status brooch type, with pierced lugs at both sides on the lower edge, through which passed a rod to which small toilet articles were attached. The present example has a D-sjaped headplate with symmetrically placed reserved La Tène trumpet motifs against a dark blue enamel field. At the top of the brooch is a pierced lug for attachment to a securing pin, whereas the majority of examples have pin-lugs and catchplat cast on the reverse, and a decorated disc surmounting the headplate. Reference: cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987 items 1081-3 with geometric, Roman-derived decoration. Fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 14.28 grams, 62.34 mm. Mid 1st century AD. A rare example of an unusually large and wide bodied Romano-British Dragonesque brooch. The body is decorated with three red stone or coral beads held in place by a thin metal border, some of which is still intact. The neck is long and round in section with a large flat head terminal detailed with a stone or coral bead held in by a large rivet. Ref: for type only see Ancient and Romano-British Brooches by Richard Hattatt, page 157. A rare piece, one head lost in antiquity otherwise in very fine condition. Found Gisburn, Lancashire 2003.

Copper-alloy, 5.26 grams, 38.01 mm. 1st-2nd century AD. A cast dragonesque plate brooch of West Brigantian type with the chin connected to the chest. The tail and head feature raised elliptical bosses. The loop of the pin is still attached round the neck, and most of the slander shaft survives. Reference: Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987 item 1025. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Yorkshire, England.