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  • Roman Black Glass Bead Necklace String
    Roman Black Glass Bead Necklace String
    1st-4th century A.D. and later

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

    Composed of oblate beads; restrung. 31.3 grams, 40 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.

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  • Roman Chalcedony Gemstone with Jupiter
    Roman Chalcedony Gemstone with Jupiter
    2nd-3rd century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

    An oval intaglio with convex faces, engraved with an image of standing god Jupiter holding a long spear, an eagle at his feet. 0.66 grams, 12 mm



    Ex Swiss collection formed in the 1980s onwards. 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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  • Roman Enamelled Bronze Strap Junction Boss
    Roman Enamelled Bronze Strap Junction Boss
    2nd century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

    Discoid in plan with four rectangular slots to the body, conical upper with knop finial, four enamelled lozenges to the dome. 34 grams, 33 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.

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  • Roman Silver SPES BONA Crossbow Brooch
    Roman Silver 'SPES BONA' Crossbow Brooch
    3rd-4th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

    Collared onion knop finials, deep keeled bow inscribed to the side 'SPES BONΛ' for good hope, the words separated with foliate scrolls, similar motifs to the other side, a band of linear decoration to the top of the bow; short foot with volute scrolls. 14.4 grams, 60.6 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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  • Large Roman Feathered Glass Bead
    Large Roman Feathered Glass Bead
    1st-3rd century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

    Tubular with tapering ends in black glass with applied white dragged and marvered trails. 20.8 grams, 74 mm



    UK private collection, acquired 1979-1983. 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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  • Roman Bronze Handle Fragment
    Roman Bronze Handle Fragment
    2nd-3rd century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

    With a gently curving openwork body, bearded male mask below, possibly depicting god Silvanus, wearing an elaborate headdress formed of leaves and intersecting branches. 45.6 grams, 88.5 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.

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  • Roman Glass Unguentarium
    Roman Glass Unguentarium
    2nd-4th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £143

    Piriform slightly squat body with dimple base, long tubular neck, funnel-shaped mouth with inward-folded rim; some iridescence. 50 grams, 19 cm



    Old collection label "1420". Ex Viviane Alioth. 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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  • Archaeologists Photograph Album
    Archaeologist's Photograph Album
    1920s A.D. and earlier

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £845

    Containing numerous original photographs of archaeological digs, found artefacts, etc, including digs at Roman sites such as Hadrian's Wall, Colchester, Templeborough, Silchester, Viroconium, Mancunium, Wilderspool and Holt and published images from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptek, Copenhagen; mostly with handwritten identification; with a photograph of the archaeologist T. May M.A. F.S.A. at Richborough and dated 1926 and Wilderspool - possibly the owner of the book; a rare archive of the 1920s British archaeology. 2.03 kg, 26.3 x 20.5 cm



    Acquired on the English art market circa 2017. 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.

    The Roman furnaces at Wilderspool were excavated in 1905; the photographs are consistent in their appearance with that date.

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  • Roman Glass Vessel
    Roman Glass Vessel
    1st-4th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

    With a bulbous body, broad flared neck, recess to base; extensive iridescence, repaired. 47 grams, 10 cm



    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.

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  • Roman Bronze Patera with Decorations
    Roman Bronze Patera with Decorations
    1st-3rd century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £78

    With raised lip to the egg-and-dart rim, band of radiating low-relief leaf ornament and silvered tondo. 242 grams, 11.5 cm



    with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. Private collection, London. 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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  • Roman Silver Animal-Headed Bracelet
    Roman Silver Animal-Headed Bracelet
    1st-4th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

    Of penannular form with decorative collar to the upper face, finials formed as stylised lion heads. 12.4 grams, 68 mm



    Ex East Sussex, UK, private collection, 1980s-1990s. 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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  • Roman Sheet Bronze Lidded Pyxis
    Roman Sheet Bronze Lidded Pyxis
    2nd-3rd century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

    Tubular in construction with concentric rings to base and in groups on the sidewall, lid with rings and central vent. 32 grams, 59 mm high



    Acquired from Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK, circa 2006. 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.

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