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Lot No. 0884
4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
The upper face divided into decorative segments with punched ring-and-dot motifs divided by horizontal and vertical lines. 34.3 grams, 73 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. 0885
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Slender shank with tiered balusters to the upper end, canted disc eraser finial. 4.8 grams, 11.1 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.

Comprising a low discoid type with trapezoidal nozzle and radiating lines which appears to be from the Herodian period (50 B.C. to 70 A.D.); one with conical nozzle and radiating lines to the shoulder; and one with a long tapering nozzle, lateral spur handle and low-relief rosette to the discus. 150 grams total, 76-83 mm

From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Lot No. 0887
4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Toilet bottle with pinched base, flared neck and carination below the mouth, rounded rim. 28.7 grams, 82 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.

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 769, for type.

Lot No. 0888
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising a slender hoop and columnar bezel, intaglio image of a profile bust. 3.72 grams, 23.49 mm overall, 19.84 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)

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. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 447, for type.

Lot No. 0889
4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Modelled in the round as a facing female, semi-naturalistic facial detailing and dressed hair; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 31.4 grams total, 55 mm including stand

with Arte Classica, Lugano, prior 2000.

Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00043014.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Cf. Cool, H.E.M., 'Roman Metal Hair Pins from Southern Britain' in Archaeological Journal, 1990, pp.148-182, fig.10, nos.7, 11, for similar.

Some Roman metal hair pins had human figures as finials (Cool, sub-group A, p.168). Bone pin finials carved as female busts were relatively common in Britannia (see for example finds from Londinium or Rutupiae). Metal pins with human figures were rare, though where they occur they tended to be made in the late Roman period, such a similar example recovered in the Vermand area. The treatment of figures varied greatly, including 'Celtic' looking faces and 'Venus' types. This great diversity of treatment clearly suggests that these pins were the occasional products of a wide variety of workshops.
Lot No. 0890
4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Roughly cuboid in form with traces of impressed dot markings, surface accretion. 42 grams total, 10-13 mm

From the private collection of Colin Narbeth, UK, 1990s, with collection reference no.75?
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. 0891
7
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Piriform in profile with flared base and broad mouth, circumferential lines. 263 grams, 13 cm

Found Danube Delta, Balkans.
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.

Lot No. 0892
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With biconvex knop finial, five radiating creases to upper face. 5.43 grams, 11.2 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.

Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 285, for type.

Lot No. 0893
6
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With horse-head decoration to each arm, each head with punched ring-and-dot eye, and a similar motif to the centre; catchplate and hinged pin to verso. 14.9 grams, 41 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.

Cf. Petcu, R., ‘Swastika-shaped fibulae with horse-head decorations (Almgren 232) from the Roman period in Dobrudja (Moesia Inferior)’ in Studia Antiqua et Archaeologica, 25(1), pp.113-122, fig.4.

With tapering shank and bulb finial carved to represent a snake's head, 3.01 grams, 12.8 cm

Acquired 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.

Lot No. 0896
3
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Standing on a discoid base, wings folded to the flanks and head bent down. 15 grams, 43 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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