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Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,850
Sold for (Inc. bp): £16,900
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,440
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,400
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,750
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700
Lot No. 0677
17
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Large-holed cylindrical and oblate glass, lapis lazuli, and a few barrel-shaped coral examples. 27.9 grams total, 5-12 mm

London private collection, 1979-1983.

Lot No. 0678
6
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Featuring a piriform lower body, extended cylindrical neck and flange rim; iridescent surfaces. 15.6 grams, 12 cm high

Acquired 1969-1999.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, thence by descent.

Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1901,0413.3009, for similar.

Lot No. 0679
9
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising mainly bronze finger rings and fragments, including one with a hatched field and reserved panel with central asterisk. 43.4 grams total, 18-25 mm

From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.

Lot No. 0681
10
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
With square-section crescent and ribbed suspension loop. 3.15 grams, 32 mm

From the collection of an EU gentleman formed in the 1990s.
Acquired on the UK art market.

Cf. similar pendant in the British Museum, London, under accession number 1986,0401.322.

Lot No. 0682
10
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
The hoop expanding to openwork double peltate shoulders, bezel set with intaglio gemstone portraying the goddess Fortuna. 10.92 grams, 26.70 mm overall, 21.03 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 206.

Lot No. 0683
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Each figure modelled separately in the round; the horse standing with one foreleg raised at a right angle, simple stylised head detailing; the rider modelled seated with one leg either side of the horse, one arm extended above the head, the other held forwards, stylised facial detailing. 35 grams total, 39-45 mm

Acquired on the EU art market around 2000.
From the collection of North American gentleman.

Lot No. 0684
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Trumpet bezel with frontal parts of a rampant lion, ribbed shoulders. 2.42 grams, 20.98 mm overall, 16.68 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)

Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.

Comprising polychrome glass and stone beads of various types. 146 grams total, 3-19 mmFine condition.

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

Of plano-convex form, depicting an ear of wheat, a fly, an elephant in profile, a mouse and a locust; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 1.68 grams, 17 mm

Ex property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent.

Lot No. 0689
16
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Modelled in the round with eye detailing and suspension loop pierced through dorsal fin. 26 grams, 55 mm

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Lot No. 0690
9
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Composed of a hexagonal drum-shaped body, each panel with numerals in recessed circular form: 1; 6; 2;4; 3;5; baluster-shaped grip to one face and a projecting knop to the other; the grip unscrews to reveal a hollow body. 13.4 grams, 36 mm

From the collection of an UK gentleman formed in the 1990s.
Acquired on the UK art market.

Mainly from rims and bodies of vessels; most displaying a design in relief, including architectural elements, scrolling foliage and a maker's stamp. 440 grams total, 3-10.5 cm

Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.

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