Monaco, 2008, hardback, 431 pp, colour images. 2.6 kg, 23.5 x 30.5 cm



Property of a North West London gentleman.

Leena Pietila-Castren et al - Helsinki, 2003, hardback, 143 pp, 90 plates; new. 1.26 kg, 31.5 x 24 cm



Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Mainz am Rhein, 2006, hardback with dustwrapper, 278 pp, colour images. 1.5 kg, 22 x 29.5 cm



Property of a North West London gentleman.

Gorny & Mosch Auction 132 (Kunst der Antike) 4-5 July 2025, card covers. 252 pp, colour; TimeLine Auctions 5th September 2023, card covers, 168 pp, colour; Christies London 4th December 2019, card covers, 82 pp, colour; Christies New York 13th December 2013, card covers, 142 pp, colour; Christies Geneva 5th May 1979, card covers, 116 pp, monochrome; Sotheby's New York 9th June 2004, card covers, 108 pp, colour; Sotheby's London 21st May 1992, card covers, 72 pp, monochrome; Dept of Culture Media & Sport - The Treasure Act 1996 (England and Wales) - card covers, 160 pp. 3.9 kg total, 21 x 15 - 29.7 x 21 cm



Property of a UK gallery.

D. Norton-Taylor - The Celts - Amsterdam, 1974, hardback, 160 pp, colour; P. Mac Cana - Celtic Mythology - London, 1996, hardback with dustwrapper, 143 pp, colour. 1.52 kg total, 26 x 23.5 - 28.5 x 21.1 cm



Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.

Kallos Gallery, catalogue 6, Tefaf Maastricht 2020; Kallos Gallery, catalogue 12, Tefaf Maastricht June 2022; Kallos Gallery, catalogue 2, David Aaron IV, London, 2020; David Aaron VIII, London, 2024. 3.92 kg total, 29.7 x 21 - 30.7 x 24.7 cm



Private collection, London.

Susan H. Auth - Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum - Newark, 1976, card covers, 235 pp,colour and monochrome; Musée de Mariemont - Verres Antiques - Gembloux, 1954, card covers, 55 pp, 25 monochrome plates; Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum - Brilliant Vessels of Ancient Near east - Glass Metal and Lustre Pottery - n.d., card covers, 36 pp, colour; Alain Pasquier - Les Verres Antiques I - Catalogue - Paris, 2000, card covers, 239 pp, monochrome, line drawings; Donald Harden - Glass of the Caesars, - New York, 1987, card covers, 313 pp, colour, line drawings; Iwao Matsushima (ed) - Ancient Glass: Habara Collection - n.d., card covers with dustwrapper - 255 pp, colour. 3.8 kg total, 10.8 x 14.8 - 23 x 26 cm



Property of a North West London gentleman.

A piriform missile with domed and segmented filler-hole; intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick, and used as a hand grenade. 792 grams, 15 cm



From an important specialist collection, London, UK, 1990s onwards. Accompanied by an academic paper by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato, dated 15 July 2019 and titled 'Eastern Roman Empire - Greek Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade (μεσαίον kακάβιον) 9th-11th century AD'.

Apart from the use of siphons or manual flame-throwers called cheirosiphona, special corps of Roman soldiers employed terracotta grenades, in the form of small jars, abundantly evidenced in archaeological excavations. They were called μεσαία kακαβιά or κυτροκακάβια where the former had a bulbous shape and the latter a more cylindrical form.

Enkolpion with hinged and ribbed loop; low-relief nimbate figure to obverse with 'ICXC NHKA' legend beneath the arms; robed figure in orans pose to reverse with 'MPΦV' legend above. 61.8 grams, 98 mm



Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridge, UK. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s. Accompanied by a typed dealer's ticket.

Piriform in profile with domed mouth, impressed line and dot decoration on the upper body, raised bosses and impressed lattice to the body; intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick, and used as a hand grenade. 567 grams, 14 cm



From an important specialist collection, London, UK, 1990s onwards. Accompanied by an academic paper by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato, dated 15 July 2019 and titled 'Eastern Roman Empire - Greek Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade (μεσαίον kακάβιον) 9th-11th century AD'.

Apart from the use of siphons or manual flame-throwers called cheirosiphona, special corps of Roman soldiers employed terracotta grenades, in the form of small jars, abundantly evidenced in archaeological excavations. They were called μεσαία kακαβιά or κυτροκακάβια where the former had a bulbous shape and the latter a more cylindrical form.

Expanding arm cross with traces of niello scroll decoration on the obverse. 5.3 grams, 36 mm



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

Slender hoop expanding to a heart-shaped bezel with a stylised dove facing right. 2.36 grams, 21.91 mm overall, 19.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)



Ex P Chapman collection, 1980s-1990s.