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Comprising: swan-necked ligula with spike finial; ligula with V-section scaphoid bowl; probe with bulb finial and flat plate. 23.1 grams total, 12.5-14 cm



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

Composed of small tubular and annular beads interspersed with pear-shaped larger beads with larger beads as a central feature, restrung. 8.47 grams, 33 cm



Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Shallow bowl with flared sidewall and low foot; stamped to the centre 'T[...]I'; old collector's card: 'Samian ware Roman dish of Dragendoff 18/31 form i.e. a plate with a low [?] or less oblique and slightly rounded wall, and a semi-circular lip. Perfect save for a small fragment missing from just beneath the rim...Potters mark in centre I.A.....M possibly IANVA M i.e. IANVARIS of [?], period Domitian-Hadrian- St Christopher's Place, 20/5/59'. 375 grams, 17.5 cm wide



Found at St Alban's, Hertfordshire, UK, in the late 1950s. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten identification card written by Peter Clayton.

Composed mainly of oblate and barrel-shaped beads, restrung with an elasticated string. 4.04 grams, 17.2 cm



Ex Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s. Ex private collection.

Comprising two cuboid dice, each with ring-and-dot markings disposed 1:6, 2:5, 3:4. 6.23 grams total, 12 mm each



Ex Essex gentleman, previously in a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman's collection.

Piriform body with a long tubular neck and a flattened rim. 15.2 grams, 11.2 cm



From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Squat in profile with shallow bowl, broad curved rim with low-relief leaf motif; flared foot; marked to underside 'Found at Reculver, Kent, 1956'; in form a variant of Type Dragendorff 42. 390 grams, 18.6 cm wide



Found at Reculver, Kent, UK, in 1956. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Discoid type with intaglio kneeling youth on a baseline raising a floghera reed flute to his mouth; supplied with an impression. 0.32 grams, 9 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Discoid clay mould with an impressed design of a coin on each face. 4.55 grams, 28 mm



London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.

Wide bowl with rolled rim and an applied basal ring. 53 grams, 10.5 cm wide



Acquired in the 1990s from London dealerships and auction houses. From the Lonson collection.

A mixed group of ceramic bullae, tesserae or theatre tokens bearing low-relief motifs, mainly consisting of profile busts of deities. 32.6 grams total, 13-22 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

The term 'tessera' was used in Roman times to convey the Greek term σύμβολον (token). Small tiles are known as tokens, often shaped like coins, made of metal (copper, lead, iron), clay, bone, wood, or glass, stamped as well as engraved. The tokens, however, are not exclusively coin-shaped, as the Latin term 'tessera' suggests by etymologically referring to a square or at least a four-sided shape and confirmed in several cases by material remains of the past. Tokens and tesserae seem to have been used both in Athens and Rome for the distribution of goods. According to written sources, the term token is identified with credentials of the official authorities. They have also been interpreted as tokens of identity, as entrance tickets to theatre performances, tribunals or assemblies of citizens, archival material of seal engraving, as pawns in games, Charon’s obols and even as amulets.

Mixed group of artefacts, including three ring bezels, an intaglio, a lizard pendant, and others. 37 grams total, 11-55 mm



London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.