Composed of mainly oblate beads and restrung to a Y-shape, the central feature composed of a biconical and melon bead. 16.2 grams, 47 cm



Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.

In the form of a cube engraved on three sides in Paleo-Hebrew or Phoenician: ʾP and LZ(?) and ʾ. 4.4 grams, 11 mm



From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

A round intaglio with a standing eagle on a baseline with its wings spread and head turned left. 4.17 grams, 20 mm



Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

Comprising a narrow hoop, short shank, lateral lobe cut with teeth. 14.7 grams, 36 mm



From the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s.

Round-section bangle with iridescent surface. 7.34 grams, 53 mm



Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

Composed of graduated green beads in various shapes, restrung to a Y-shape. 9.52 grams, 37 cm



Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.

Group of discoid inlay plaques or gaming counters, crinoids with cinquefoil motif. 74 grams total, 8-19 mm



From a central London ADA dealership, 1980-1990.

Flowers were symbolic of rebirth due to the daily reopening of their petals after nightfall. As a result, they were widely used in domestic settings, religious and funerary contexts, and as adornments. Similar rosette discs, like those recovered from the Ramesside Period palace at Qantir, were used as decorative elements in royal palaces.

An irregular panel of floor with opus caementicium substrate and white stone tesserae embedded in horizontal rows in the upper layer. 2.2 kg, 20.5 cm



From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.

Crescentic pendant with phallic terminals, male genitals to the centre, hatched decoration to the body. 3.35 grams, 36 mm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Discoid appliqué with beaded rim and a repoussé imperial bust to the centre, the bearded male looking right and wearing a laurel wreath and a military cloak. 3.46 grams, 64 mm



Acquired in the early 1990s. From the collection of a London antiquarian. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

The subject is represented as an imperator or field general, recalling the image of a victorious emperor, iconography widely in use in the late Roman Empire.

With trumpet-shaped mouth and wrinkled effect to the body. 35.6 grams, 89 mm



London art market, 1980s.

Aqua glass with broad piriform body, dimpled base, tapering tubular neck with everted rolled rim; chipped. 37.1 grams, 10.2 cm



From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.