Including Spartan Basalt, mined in Greece, cut and polished on one side; one marble fragment marked in pencil: 'VILLA / HADRIAN', another: 'OSTIA / ANTICA'; a large amphora handle; seven pottery fragments; a carved decorative edge stone; a marble core fragment; a later floor tile fragment; with an old handwritten slip with: 'VILLA HADRIAN, AUSTRIA ATICA, Nr. ROME, ITALY.' and on the inside: 'AUSTRIA ATICA / (/ VILLA HADRIAN / (outside Rome, in nowadays Tivoli)'. 1.57 kg total, 5-18.5 cm



Acquired on the UK market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Formed as a cylinder with horizontal ribbing to the outer face, socketted mouth, applied discoid bottom plate. 98 grams, 46 mm



Acquired from Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK, circa 2005. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

With base and part of the body of a Roman vessel, perhaps a transport amphora, with encrustation to surface. 112 grams, 75 mm



Private collection of an English gentleman, acquired between 1950-1975. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Hollow-formed left leg and foot from a statuette; possibly used as a votive for medical reasons. 3.17 grams, 51 mm



Acquired from Ancient & Oriental, in the 1990s. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

A large quantity of mixed beads in stone, glass, lapis lazuli, and ceramic, including a large barrel-shaped bead. 181 grams total, 3-27 mm



Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Mostly with tapering shank and knop finial; one a needle. 18 grams total, 7.8-12.3 cm



Acquired from various dealers, 1980s-2010. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. Accompanied by a typed and laminated identification card. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Appliqué with repoussé detailing, mask of Alexander the Great or Dionysus with diadem to his brow. 3.77 grams, 22 mm



Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Similar applications in bronze or silver (sometimes even in gold) decorated the triclinia of rich aristocrats, or the precious furnishings in fine wood of the furniture of the Villas.

A mixed group of two hundred and fifty single tesserae of various colours and sizes, mostly cuboid. 336 grams total, 9-12 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. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Roman mosaics were made from small cubes of natural stone and terracotta possibly cut from tile or brick. Each of these small cubes was called a tessera (several tesserae) from the Latin word for dice.

With dimpled base, squat globular body with shallow dimple above the base, broad neck with gusseted rim. 80 grams, 92 mm



Ex London art market 1990s. From a London, UK, collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

A mixed group of two hundred and fifty single tesserae of various colours and sizes, mostly cuboid. 346 grams total, 7-15 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. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

A designer necklace composed of graduated glass beads including green polyhedral and blue spherical; with modern clasp, restrung. 92 grams, 47 cm



Previously acquired in the 1980s. From a North West London, UK, collection. Property of a Californian, USA, collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Roughly cuboid in form with rounded edges and some mineral accretion; punched-point markings disposed 1:2, 3:4, 5:6; with dealer's tickets. 30.5 grams, 17 mm



Found Kidderminster, Worcestershire, UK, by Mrs Bate. From the private collection of Colin Narbeth, UK, 1990s, with collection reference no.62. Accompanied by a small typed identification card by Colin Narbeth. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.