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Lot No. 0715
28
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Each cuboid with ring-and-dot markings disposed 1:6, 2:4, 3:5. 1.92 grams total, 8 mm each

From an English collection formed before 2000.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 724, for type.

Lot No. 0716
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
Depicting tragic mask with pierced eyes and open mouth, furrowed brow and neatly dressed hair; hollow reverse. 84.5 grams, 83 mm

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Lot No. 0717
10
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Formed as stylised male genitalia with emphasised testes, substantial suspension loop above. 18.1 grams, 37.4 mm

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Lot No. 0718
7
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Modelled in the round in advancing pose with head lowered and mouth open, low-relief collar to the neck; mounted on a custom-made stand. 80 grams total, 52 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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Cf. Durham, E., Metal Figurines in Roman Britain, vol. 2, Reading, 2010, pl.275, for type.

Lot No. 0719
6
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising a large quantity of mainly stone, glass and ceramic beads in various shapes, including some amuletic beads. 164 grams total, 1-22 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.

Lot No. 0720
8
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising an ovoid body with flat base, broad neck and wide mouth with carinated rolled rim; single strap handle; horizontal bilinear detail above shoulder. 920 grams, 21.3 cm

Acquired on the UK art market in the early 2000s.
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.

Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 291, for similar in bronze.

Lot No. 0721
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With a squat bulbous body and flat base, everted rim and strap handle to the rear. 226 grams, 11.7 cm

Ex collection of a late London collector, 1989 onwards.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

An openwork bar displaying the Latin word 'VIVA'; section of frame before the first 'V' and the 'A' now separate. 0.53 grams total, 6-12 mm

Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Possibly forming part of the phrase VIVAT '[may he/she ] live'.
Lot No. 0723
16
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Matrix of opus caementicium with embedded rows of cuboid tesserae forming a pavement surface. 623 grams, 11.5 cm

Found Colchester, Essex, UK.
From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK.
He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Lot No. 0724
6
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Slipper-shaped with scooped nozzle, loop handle and thumb-pad; lateral vent to nozzle. 102 grams, 10 cm

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Lot No. 0725
10
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Both sides with a diademed profile bust of Constantine I with legend surrounding. 4.29 grams, 27 mm

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

Lot No. 0727
3
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
With a D-section segmented body with ring-and-dot motifs, stylised horse-head finials. 18.2 grams, 62 mm

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

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