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Roman Gold Pendant with Cabochon Garnet
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Discoid pendant with cell, inset cabochon garnet, integral loop above. 0.16 grams, 8 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s. -
Romano-British 'Hattatt' Enamelled Bronze Plate Brooch
Circa 2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Piriform type with open roundel to centre, scalloped edge, traces of blue enamel to plaque; mounted on old Hattatt's collector's stand with typed details 'Roman Britain Piriform Plate Brooc[h] / (very rare shape) / c. 2nd cent. AD / Enamelled bronze / Hinged pin / Found Northumberland' and to reverse 'M.R. Hull's corpus records only one other (with part missing) pl.781, no.2173' and handwritten note below 'Published Hattatt 1985-No.592'. 50 grams total, 85 mm (Brooch: 35 mm)
Found Northumberland. Acquired from Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009, lot 296 (part). From a family collection of a North American gentleman living in the UK. -
Roman Marble Relief Fragment with Nude Male
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Showing a nude muscular male torso with drilled navel. 2.11 kg, 21 cm
Acquired in 2001. Private collection, Europe. -
Roman Silver Trajan Denarius Pendant
1st century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £65
Denarius with profile bust of Trajan to obverse, standing figure of Victory to reverse; clasp-mounted in a modern silver frame with ring and loop. 5.89 grams, 33 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Bronze Dove Finial
Circa 4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Modelled in the round perching with wings folded to the back; mounted on a custom-made stand. 28 grams total, 43 mm including stand
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. -
Roman Base-Silver Shoe Model
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Depicting a sole for a right-foot military caliga shoe with narrow toe and pyramidal hobnails to underside. 58 grams, 11.8 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1970-2020. -
Roman Bronze Pomegranate Chariot Rein Guide Pair
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Each comprising a square-section socle with stepped top and bottom, surmounted by a globular fruit, probably a pomegranate, with splayed leaves and short stalk; thick round-section handle to one side; incised zigzags to the upper and lower mouldings, body with incised garlands. 2.84 kg total, 10.5-11.1 cm
Acquired 1990-2000. From an old Suffolk, UK, collection. -
Roman Glass Vessel
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With piriform body and flat base, tall neck and everted rim. 48.5 grams, 11.6 cm
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Eastern Roman Core-Formed Glass Alabastron Fragment
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Modelled in blue and yellow glass with everted rim and loop handle to the shoulder; lower body and one handle absent. 20.29 grams, 64 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
East Roman Silver Votive Figurine Group
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising: figure wearing a floor-length stola, book under the left arm; bus with stub arms. 3.61 grams total, 17-25 mm
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Late Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp
Circa 4th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Plano-convex in profile, surface with shallow concentric lines, pointed nozzle; old collector's inked reference 'OL-4' to base. 203 grams, 10.8 cm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.OL4; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Roman Mosaic Stone Tesserae Group
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
A mixed group of two hundred and fifty single tesserae of various colours and sizes, mostly cuboid. 337 grams total, 6-12 mm
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.