A D-section silver hoop with flared shoulders, flat scaphoid plaque with openwork scrolls to the edges, scroll detailing to the plaque, inset glass bezel with intaglio image of Mercury in petasos standing with caduceus and marsupium(?) in his right hand. 20.69 grams, 33.42 mm overall, 21.22 x 15.43 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)



Ex property of a London gentleman; acquired in the 1980s.

Restrung designer necklace string of oblate and other types with teardrop pendant centrepiece. 5.65 grams, 46 cm



London, UK, collection, 2000s.

Discoid with a thirteen-pointed red star with thirteen pellets within, blue enamelled background; pin-lugs and catchplate on the reverse. 3.68 grams, 23 mm



Found Norfolk, UK. From a Kent collection formed in the 1990s.

Comprising: a slipper-shaped lamp with low-relief linear decoration; a rounded lamp with large nozzle, a band of omega motifs around the central filler hole; a drum-shaped lamp with low discus with raised double border, short nozzle with ring-and-dot motifs. 159 grams total, 88-94 mm



with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.

Flat-section penannular body, angled bezel with a low-relief beetle motif. 0.43 grams, 20.35 mm overall, 15.99 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)



From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Round-section tapering stem and ovoid bowl. 15.56 grams, 16.6 cm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Each an aqua glass disc with shallow depression, integral tapering shank. 68 grams total, 32.5-39 mm



with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016.

Mould-made, the round handle absent, deep body, broad outward-sloping shoulder with grapes and vine decorations, separated from concave discus by two thin circular ridges with a groove between, central filling-hole, short round-tipped nozzle with two volutes on flat space between the discus edge and wick-hole, base marked by three circular grooves. 58 grams, 94 mm



From the collection of Mr W.A. Stewart, Director of School of Arts and Crafts, Cairo, 1919-1929. Acquired Christie's, London, Antiquities, Works of Art and Important Renaissance Bronzes, Plaquettes and Limoges Enamels, 8 July 1981, no.126 (part). From a private Wiltshire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Christie's catalogue page.

The lamp belongs to the Loeschke type VIII, eastern variants. These lamps appeared in the second half of the 1st century but were long-lived, for a number have been found in a 3rd century A.D. context in the necropolis of Beth Shearim. Whether this decor of typical double volutes was devised by lamp makers in Asia Minor or Attica, and who influenced whom, is not yet possible to determine. But it is worth signalling the use of this decor as anchored in the eastern part of the Mediterranean.

With rolled rim and large applied loop handle above. 58 grams, 14.6 cm



Acquired Christie's, London, 6 May, 1982, no.14 (part). From a private Wiltshire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Sotheby's catalogue pages.

Including polyhedral, oblate, biconvex, melon and other types. 109 grams total, 3-18 mm



From an old deceased estate. Property of an East London lady collector, acquired at auction before 1995.

Formed as two narrow flat-section arms with impressed ring-and-dot ornament. 8.422 grams, 62 mm



From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.

Formed as an axe with slender handle, curved spur to rear; hinged pin and catch to the reverse. 4.58 grams, 29 mm



Ex DRG Coins and Antiquities, Bishops Stortford, Essex, UK. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s. Accompanied by a handwritten dealer's ticket.