Restrung using gently graduating beads, larger beads to the centre with a large barrel-shaped feature bead. 11.4 grams, 48 cm

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Modelled in the round as a female head with the hair braided around the brow. 15.7 grams, 34 mm

Previously in an old Yorkshire UK, collection.
Property of a private collector, West London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Composed mainly of oblate and annular beads, restrung to a Y-shape with irregular feature beads. 9.7 grams, 36 cm

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Aqua glass, with rounded shoulder, tubular neck tapering slightly and flaring towards the mouth; applied trail to the upper neck, pontil base; some fine encrustations, slightly iridescent; reassembled from fragments, with small lacuna. 170 grams, 21.7 cm

Prof. Skalweit, Bonn, acquired in the 1970s.
Two labels on the base: "92" and "09-22 DRR".

Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00097255.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 217, for type.

A pair of cuboid dice with ring-and-dot markings disposed 1:6, 2:5, 3:4. 4.18 grams total, 10-11 mm

Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Biconvex in profile with narrow base, stepped shoulder, pinched rim with pouring spout, strap handle; applied blue-grey pigment in bands. 108 grams, 93 mm

Believed to be from North Africa.
Acquired from Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, circa 2004.
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 bulbous body and broad shoulder, low neck, loop handle; domestic ware. 1.15 kg, 17.5 cm high

From a London, UK, gentleman's collection of ancient pottery and artefacts, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Ellipsoid in plan with chamfered rim to obverse with womb with key and roots; above womb the figures of Isis, Anubis, Chnoubis, and Nephthys (from left to right); reverse with facing Medusa mask with wings to the brow below a coiled snake, spiders and other items. 2.84 grams, 24 mm

From the collection of magical objects of the late Mr A. Cotton, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, UK.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12354-225280.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Cf. similar item in Gordon, R., 'Archaeologies of Magical Gems' in Entwistle, C., Adams, N., Gems of Heaven, recent research on engraved Gemstones in Late Antiquity, c. AD 200-600, London, 2011, pp.39-49, pl.5; see also BM inv.no.EA56076, for similar gemstone.

During the Graeco-Roman period, the traditional genres of Egyptian or Near Eastern temple magic gems, particularly protective magic against demons, snakes and scorpions, seemed largely to have disappeared, and new genres became dominant, for different types of divination (direct visions of god, bowl divination, dream sending, Homer oracles), malign magic, aggressive (mainly erotic) magic, magic for personal success and attractiveness. This type of amulet was intended to aid childbirth and avoid illness and dangers for its attendant.

Comprising a triangular gold bar frame and loop, enclosing an agate fusiform bead. 0.94 grams, 12 mm

Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

With flat bottom, rounded conical body, offset shoulder, and globular attachment with hole for string. 77.6 grams, 31 mm

with Hengst, Frankfurt A.M., circa 1920-1930.

Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00072883.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Fragment of plaster with inclusions, dressed face with red painted field and painted flower (perhaps a snowdrop Galanthus). 159 grams, 80 mm

Found Leicestershire, UK.
Acquired from a collector in 2012.
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 slender hoop, discoid bezel with incuse image of the she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus. 3.40 grams, 25.24 mm overall, 22.26 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X 1/2, USA 11 3/4, Europe 26.92, Japan 25)

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.

Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 233, for type.