Auction Highlights
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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
'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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Hadrian AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Dated RY 15 (AD 130/1). AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Emperor standing facing, head to left, holding patera over altar and sceptre; L I-E (date) across fields. RPC III 5784; Dattari (Savio) 7523; Emmett 1082. 11.29gr, 29mm, 11h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman; From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included. -
Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Dated RY 30 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 189/90). M A KOM ANTധ CЄB ЄYCЄB, laureate head to right / Eagle with spread wings standing to right on thunderbolt; L Λ (date) in right field. RPC IV.4 Online 14223 (temporary); Dattari (Savio) 3905; Emmett 2523. 10.78gr, 23mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman; From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included. -
Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Uncertain RY 24, 27 or 29 (AD 183-189). M A KOM ANTധ [CЄB ЄV CЄB], laureate head to right / Laureate head of Zeus to right, with traces of drapery; L K[?] (date) across fields. Emmett 2563; cf. Dattari (Savio) 3892. 12.71gr, 24mm, 11h
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman; From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included. -
Severus Alexander Potin Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Dated RY 4 (AD 224-225). Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / L Δ (date), Dikaiosyne standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RPC VI, 10270 (temporary); Dattari (Savio) 4292. 14.12gr, 23mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman; From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included. -
Maximinus I Potin Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 235-238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Dated RY 1 (AD 234/5). ΑΥΤΟ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ ϹΕΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / L Α (date), Serapis standing facing, head to right, resting on sceptre. RPC VI, 10664 (temporary); Dattari (Savio) 4594. 13.36gr, 25mm, 11h
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman; From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included. -
Divus Carus Potin Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Died AD 283.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck under Carinus, circa AD 283-285. ΘЄധ ΚΑΡധ CЄΒ, laureate head to right / AΦIЄP-ധCIC, lit altar decorated with garland. Köln 3167-68; Dattari (Savio) 5570-71; K&G 113.5; Emmett 3995. 7.67gr, 20mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Justin II AV Semissis. AD 565-578.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Constantinople mint. D N IVSTINVS P P AVI, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVCCC, Victory seated to right, inscribing shield; star to left, inverted staurogram to right; CONOB in exergue. MIBE 10; DOC 12; SB 352. 2.18gr, 17mm, 6h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Maurice Tiberius AV Tremissis. AD 582-602.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £377
Constantinople mint. O N TIЬЄ-RI P P AVI, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORI MAVRI AVϚ, cross potent; CONOB below. MIBE 20; DOC 14; SB 488. 1.38gr, 16mm, 7h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Justinian I AE Follis. AD 527-565.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Constantinople mint; dated RY 18 = AD 544/5. 2nd officina. D N IVSTNI-ANVS(sic) P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif with left, cross to right / Large M, ANNO X-Ч-III (date) across field, cross above, B below, CON in exergue. Cf. DOC 43 (obverse legend variety not recorded); SB 163. 18.02gr, 33mm, 6h
Good Very Fine. Nice dark brown patina. Very rare engraver's error.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s; Property of a London, antiquarian. -
Heraclius AE Follis. AD 610-641.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Nicomedia mint; dated RY 2 (AD 611/2). 1st officina. ∂ N hRACLI PЄR [...], helmeted, draped, and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger / Large M, ANNO II (date) across field, cross above, A below, NIKO in exergue. DOC 154a; SB 833. 10.81gr, 29mm, 7h
Good Very Fine.
From a 1980s UK collection; Property of a London antiquarian. -
Constans II, with Constantine IV, Heraclius, and Tiberius AE Follis. AD 641-668.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Constantinople mint; uncertain RY date. Uncertain officina. Constans standing facing, wearing plumed helmet and military attire, holding long cross and resting hand on hip; date to left, cross and large M to right / Crowned facing figures of Constantine, Heraclius, and Tiberius, each wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger. SB 1011. 3.68gr, 25mm, 12h
Good Very Fine. Glossy black patina; overstuck.
From a 1980s UK collection; Property of a London antiquarian. -
Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 (AD 685-705).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Halab mint. Struck AH 74-80 (AD 693/4-699/700). Caliph standing facing, wearing long robes, holding pommel of sword; girdle band hanging from elbow; illegible legend around / Transformed cross standing on three steps; in left field, 'in Halab' in Kufic; in right field, 'full weight' in Kufic; around, part of the first Kalima. DOCAB -; Goodwin, Type IV; cf. SICA I, 619. 2.86gr, 20mm, 11h
Near Very Fine.
Acquired at an UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.