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  • Egyptian Granite Head of a Dignitary
    Egyptian Granite Head of a Dignitary

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £28,600

    Carved with soft facial features and carefully executed cosmetic lines around the eye, earring, and carefully detailed duplex wig with gently wavy curls; likely from the Ramesside Period; mounted on a custom-made stand.





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  • Etruscan Bronze Statuette of Herakles
    Etruscan Bronze Statuette of Herakles

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £18,200

    Modelled in the round with a muscular nude body, his club resting on his shoulder and the hair dressed in rows of tight, close-set curls underneath the Nemean lionskin hood with cloak billowing over his left arm, the paws tied across his chest; mounted on a custom-made display stand.





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  • Roman Marble Portrait of a Boy as Worshipper of Isis
    Roman Marble Portrait of a Boy as Worshipper of Isis

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £17,550

    Carved head of a prepubescent worshipper of Isis, with soft facial features, long nose, small downturned mouth, heavy-lidded eyes, the whole giving the face a sombre or mournful appearance; the hair textured to indicate a short cut and combed forward across the scalp, sidelock above the right ear; mounted on a 16th century carved breccia upper body with leather cuirass and pteruges to right shoulder, cloak draped across the shoulders and fastened at the clavicle on the right side with a disc-brooch; socle base; some restoration.





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  • Larger Than Life-Size Roman Bronze Sandaled Foot
    Larger Than Life-Size Roman Bronze Sandaled Foot

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £39,000

    Modelled in the round and originally part of a monumental statue, the naturalistic right foot encased in a trochades leather sandal with median reversed tongue secured with side straps and thick looped laces; the thick platform sole slightly curved, toes and nails well defined; mounted on a substantial custom-made display stand.





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  • Life-Size Roman Marble Sleeping Girl from a Sarcophagus Lid
    Life-Size Roman Marble Sleeping Girl from a Sarcophagus Lid

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800

    Modelled in the half-round, nude with eyelids half-closed in sleep; a drapery partly covering the head and wrapping around the lower body under the hips; the hairstyle similar to those of the Antonine Dynasty, the peaceful face supported by the hands and the ear pierced to accept an earring; iron reinforcing rod to the feet and the right arm's armilla a later replacement; upper head restored in Parian marble.





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  • Byzantine Porphyry Relief with Cross Surrounded by Two Birds
    Byzantine Porphyry Relief with Cross Surrounded by Two Birds

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £28,600

    An imposing panel divided to four sections by a central cross on a stepped pedestal, the lower and upper arm with branch-like extensions; the upper quadrants with a circlet surrounding a palm tree-shaped motif; each lower quadrant with a bird in profile facing back; mounted on a custom-made display stand.





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  • Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull
    Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £16,900

    Carved skull on a short neck with musculature and blood vessels; mandible in place with some teeth in sockets, wisps of hair adhering to the dome of the skull; one zygomatic bone partly absent; square-section socle base.





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  • The Kelton Gandharan Head of a Bodhisattva
    'The Kelton' Gandharan Head of a Bodhisattva

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £24,700

    Carved in the half-round head of a Bodhisattva (probably Maitreya) with fine detailing to the arched brow, aquiline nose, neat moustache and full lips; the eyes heavily lidded, urna to the forehead, long open lobes to the ears; the hair in multi-stranded curling locks gathered into an ushnisha with brow-band below; heavily cleaned, conserved, and mounted on a custom-made stand; supplied with original old wooden base with collector's label: 'Head of Bodhisattva / Fine grain schist / Gandhara, Northwest Pakistan / 4th century'.





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  • Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius.
    Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 293-296.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

    London mint. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, galley to left, with five rowers, waves below; QL below. RIC V.2 55; Burnett, Coinage 111. 2.62gr, 19mm, 7h

    Good Very Fine.

    Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.

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  • Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius.
    Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 293-296.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £21

    'C' mint; struck AD 295-296. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, galley to left, with five rowers, mast and cabin, no waves below; QC below. RIC V 128; Rogiet 1041; Burnett, Coinage 215. 3.01gr, 19mm, 6h

    Very Fine.

    Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

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  • Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius.
    Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 293-296.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

    'C' mint; struck AD 295-296. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, galley to left, with five rowers, mast and cabin, no waves below; QC below. RIC V 128; Rogiet 1041; Burnett, Coinage 215. 1.71gr, 20mm, 7h

    Near Very Fine.

    Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.

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  • Allectus, Romano-British Emperor AE Quinarius.
    Allectus, Romano-British Emperor AE Quinarius. AD 293-296.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £20

    ‘C’ mint. 4th officina. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, galley with oarsmen, mainmast and sails to left; Q C in exergue. RIC V 128. 2.20gr, 20mm, 8h

    Near Very Fine.

    Found on various UK sites since 1974; Property of an Essex collector.

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  • Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus.
    Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 293-300.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

    Lugdunum mint; struck AD 300-302. 1st officina. CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI, Genius standing facing, head to left, wearing modius, holding patera with right hand over lit altar and cornucopia with left; A in right field, PLG in exergue. RIC VI 129a; Bastien 241. 10.91gr, 29mm, 12h

    Extremely Fine. Near full silvering.

    From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.

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  • Constantius I, as Caesar BI Antoninianus.
    Exceedingly Rare
    Constantius I, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 293-305.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £104

    Lugdunum mint; struck AD 294. 2nd officina. FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA AVGG, two Concordiae clasping hands, each holding cornucopia with left hand; II in exergue. RIC V.2 628; Cohen 15. 3.31gr, 24mm, 7h

    Near Extremely Fine. Much silvering remaining. Exceedingly Rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.

    From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.

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  • Divus Constantius I BI Nummus.
    Divus Constantius I BI Nummus. Died AD 306.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

    London mint; struck under Constantine I AD 307-310. 1st officina. DIVO CONSTANTIO PIO, laureate, veiled and cuirassed bust to right / MEMORIA FELIX, altar with eagle on either side; PLN in exergue. RIC VI 110; C&T 5.04.010; RML 225. 4.38gr, 26mm, 6h

    Very Fine.

    Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.

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  • Theodora (wife of Constantius I) AE Follis.
    Theodora (wife of Constantius I) AE Follis. Died before AD 337.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £20

    Treveri mint. Struck circa AD 337-340. [FL MAX THEO]-DORAE AVG, mantled bust to right / PIETAS ROMANA, Pietas standing facing, head to right, carrying infant to suckle; TRS(palm) in exergue. RIC VIII 91. 1.31gr, 14mm, 6h

    Fine - Very Fine.

    Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector; Collector's ticket included.

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  • Galerius, as Caesar BI Antoninianus.
    Only One Other Example on CoinArchives
    Galerius, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 293-305.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

    Lugdunum mint; struck AD 294. 2nd officina. MAXIMIANVS NOB C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LAETITIA AVGG, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath with her right hand and anchor with left; B below. RIC VI -; Bastien 635; Cohen 130. 3.62gr, 22mm, 12h

    Extremely Fine. Traces of silvering on both sides and overstruck(?) on reverse. Extremely Rare Variant; only one other example on CoinArchives (cgb.fr, Mail Bid Sale 41, 1125).

    From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.

    A well struck example of an extremely rare variant.

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  • Galerius, as Caesar BI Nummus.
    Galerius, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 293-305.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

    Treveri mint; struck AD 302-303. 1st officina. MAXIMIANVS NOBIL CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, wearing modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; S F across fields, ITR in exergue. RIC VI 508b. 9.03gr, 28mm, 6h

    Good Very Fine.

    From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.

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  • Maxentius BI Nummus.
    Very Rare
    Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 307-312.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

    Aquileia mint; struck AD 307-310. 3rd officina. IMP MAXENTIVS P F AVG CONS II, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe and sceptre, with shield by left side, in hexastyle temple; AQΓ in exergue. RIC VI 125; Cohen 32. 5.32gr, 24mm, 5h

    Good Very Fine. Very rare.

    Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 89, 12 May 2024, lot 716 (since professionally cleaned); From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.

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  • Constantine I BI Nummus.
    Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

    Lugdunum mint; struck AD 314-315. IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding globe(?) with left; F-T across fields, PLG in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 15. 2.88gr, 22mm, 12h

    Good Very Fine.

    Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.

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