RETURN TO COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS
  • Buckle shaped as an eagle, Ostrogothic, 6th century
    Buckle shaped as an eagle, Ostrogothic, 6th century
    Bronze, gold, garnet
  • Glass drinking horn, Late Roman Empire (Cologne), 4th century
    Glass drinking horn, Late Roman Empire (Cologne), 4th century
    Glass
  • Four fibulae showing eagles and dragon heads, Thuringian, 5th century
    Four fibulae showing eagles and dragon heads, Thuringian, 5th century
    Gold, inlaid with garnets
  • Scabbard chape, mouthpiece and sword bead, Eastern Europe, second half of 5th century
    Scabbard chape, mouthpiece and sword bead, Eastern Europe, second half of 5th century
    Gold, copper alloy, garnets, malachite, amber

  • Royal gold collar and beads, Hunnic Empire, 5th century
    Royal gold collar and beads, Hunnic Empire, 5th century
    Gold, garnets and glass
  • Diadem and three disc mounts, Hunnic Empire, first half of the 5th century
    Diadem and three disc mounts, Hunnic Empire, first half of the 5th century
    Gold, copper alloy, garnets
  • Belt Buckle, Byzantine Empire, second half of 5th century
    Belt Buckle, Byzantine Empire, second half of 5th century
    Copper alloy, cement, garnets, coloured glasses, shell, gilding
  • Bow fibula, Merovingian (Frankish), Late 5th - early 6th century
    Bow fibula, Merovingian (Frankish), Late 5th - early 6th century
    Silver-gilt, inlaid with garnets
  • Lamp in the shape of a 'barbarian' soldier, early Byzantine Empire (possibly Constantinople), late 5th - early 6th century
    Lamp in the shape of a 'barbarian' soldier, early Byzantine Empire (possibly Constantinople), late 5th - early 6th century
    Copper alloy
  • Spherical amulet, Merovingian, 5th-6th century
    Spherical amulet, Merovingian, 5th-6th century
    rock crystal, gold
  • Eagle fibula, Visigoth, 6th - 7th century
    Eagle fibula, Visigoth, 6th - 7th century
    Bronze set with garnets, aragonite (shells), lapis, glass and horn
  • Parade sword with eagle head sword guard, Migration period, Eastern Europe and the Black Sea,, second half of 5th – early 6th century
    Parade sword with eagle head sword guard, Migration period, Eastern Europe and the Black Sea,, second half of 5th – early 6th century
    Iron, gold, copper alloy, garnets, shell, cement
  • Jug, Hunnic with inscription in Sogdian alphabet, 6th - 8th century
    Jug, Hunnic with inscription in Sogdian alphabet, 6th - 8th century
    Gold with inlaid semi precious stones
  • Ring with birds and animals, Anglo-Saxon or Carolingian, late 8th-9th century
    Ring with birds and animals, Anglo-Saxon or Carolingian, late 8th-9th century
    Gold
  • Bracteate pendant, Viking, 8th-10th century
    Bracteate pendant, Viking, 8th-10th century
    Gold