Comprising a hoop with raised bosses, a large rectangular bezel with an incuse bee motif. 9.81 grams, 30.08 mm overall, 18.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)



Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Polygonal hoops appear to be generally 4th-century in date. The shape of the ring clearly belongs to the Guiraud type 8 rings.

Including tapering dress pins, hair pins, lucet and other items. 43.9 grams total, 8.1-13.3 cm



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

Including spear-bearing warrior with swan, profile bust, Castor and Pollux, Juno enthroned, and other types; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 12.4 grams total, 11-22 mm



Private collection, England.

Formed as a gorgoneion mask gripped in the jaws of two opposed dolphins with s-curved bodies and terminating in vine leaves. 168 grams, 15.6 cm



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

With piriform lower body, extended cylindrical neck and rolled flange rim; fluting to the sidewall, iridescent surface; mounted on a custom-made stand. 21.16 grams, 13.2 cm



From a London, UK, collection of glass, 1970-2000s.

Finial from a handle formed as a bust of Minerva wearing a crested helmet and a palla with crossed straps; attachment tab below. 24.6 grams, 47 mm



Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Oxfordshire, UK. Private collection, Kent, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.OXON-E24016.

Carved in the round female torso with incised transverse lines at the hips and knees; domed breasts and incuse navel; slots and suspension hole at the shoulders to accept posable arms; usage wear. 14.7 grams, 68 mm



Private collection, 1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, acquired in 2000.

Bulbous body with long funicular neck and everted rim, applied strap handles to the top, applied spiral decoration to the body. 14.6 grams, 76 mm



Ex London gallery, UK, 1986. Ex private UK collection.

Small cosmetic flasks with tubular bodies, conical feet and trailed decoration were a common product of the Syro-Palestinian workshops in the Eastern Roman Empire, during the 4th-5th century A.D. Many such vessels had elaborate basket-handles, from which they could be suspended.

Comprising a wide hoop and an oval bezel with an incuse image of a horned quadruped facing back. 6.97 grams, 25.41 mm overall, 19.09 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)



Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Including ivy-lead and other types, one with attachment strap. 37 grams total, 41-65 mm



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

Composed of small oblate and other beads; restrung. 7.98 grams, 44 cm



From London, UK, gallery collection, 1990s.

Dense figural scene comprising: left, three seated figures in profile, each with spear or staff in one hand and a raised sword in the other; resting hound below the seats, scorpion above; baseline with two arrows in exergue; standing figure advancing, holding an axe above a smaller figure crouching in submission; quiver and bow to the right; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 6.65 grams, 29 mm



with Hotel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo, 2019. Private collection, England.

The presentation has many of the qualities of an initiation ritual with a group elders sitting in witness and an officiant testing the courage of the initiand.