Shallow bowl with rounded rim, the outer face with dragged and marvered trails forming a rosette. 42.2 grams, 63 mm



S.S.H., South France, 1950s. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00133093. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Such decorated shallow bowls were mainly produced in the Eastern Provinces of the Roman Empire, and some scholars proposed Alexandria as the workshop. They were realised with mosaic glass technique, mould-pressed and tooled.

Miniature tool with axeblade and adze blade, central socket. 2.89 grams, 55 mm



Ex Herbert A. Cahn, Basel, 1990s. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00034847. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

With enamelled pellets to the body, ring-and-dot motifs to the neck; remains of pin-lugs and catchplate to the reverse. 4.36 grams, 29.5 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.

With oblong tesserae in matrix, mainly blue-grey in colour on the exposed faces but pale grey to the underside. 289 grams, 91 mm



Found Thuburbo Majus, Tunisia, North Africa. Imported to the UK before 1945. From a private old collection formed in the mid 20th century. 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.

Miniature axe with hammer-face to rear, mounting loop below. 2.8 grams, 19 mm



Found Essex, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Sheet-bronze plaque with raised border and four piercings, central repoussé frieze of a bearded figure with a staff advancing on a baseline before a second such figure holding the hand of a female with neck-ring, stripped to the waist. 14.3 grams, 10 cm



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.

Bronze fitting with repoussé rings and low-relief lines to rim, folded to fit onto a scabbard. 26.8 grams, 71 mm



Found by Ian Wilkinson, next to the Roman 'Fosse Way' road at Farnham, near Newark, Nottinghamshire, in 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.

Rectangular in plan with chamfered edges to reverse incuse profile bust of bearded Hercules. 0.62 grams, 12 mm



From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Discoid in plan, the obverse with a diademed profile bust of Constantine I, legend surrounding; the reverse with Jupiter holding Victory on globe and a sceptre on his other hand, eagle at his feet. 3.6 grams, 28 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.

Comprising a slender hoop, disc bezel, incuse figure of a sow around a central socket. 2.72 grams, 23.23 mm overall, 20.29 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)



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.

The upper part of an antefix, rounded in shape and decorated with a 16-armed shell shape; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 342 grams total, 13 cm wide including stand



Found Burgh Castle, Great Yarmouth, Suffolk, 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.

Antefix tiles in Britain are rare and typically comprise a decorated vertical panel of triangular or pentagonal shape, though some are known to have a rounded top, and they have a lug or a semi-circular flange on the reverse designed to fit into the open end of either the lowest course of embraces on a roof, or into the gable end of the ridge tiles. Antefix tiles have sanded decorated surfaces showing that they were made in sanded moulds rather than being stamped. The majority of antefix tiles in Britain are decorated with human masks, though several other designs are known: pentagonal panels, vine leaves with grapes, gorgon heads, a female head with a stylised headdress, a second design of female head and a man fishing.

Hollow-form with accurate anatomical detailing. 137 grams, 68 mm



From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.