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LOT 0850
Eastern Roman Garnet Gemstone with Stag
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 in. (0.38 grams, 8.27 mm).
With intaglio stag resting with the legs folded beneath the body; supplied with a museum-quality impression; Eastern Roman or Sasanian. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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Roman Bronze Military Diploma Fragments for a Soldier of the Cohors I Ulpia Dacorum
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Two adjacent fragments of bronze sheet with incised script to both faces; the larger with two straight edges; obverse with incised lateral margin and text in rustic capitals: 'SFR · POSTI[.] ISQ EO / NUBIVM.CV VXORI / CVM· EST.CIV [.]TAS · ISD / SENT · CVM · ILS QVAS / TAXAT · SINGVLI · SINE / P I V V ENTI OCEL / COH I VLP [.] ACOR'; reverse with looser, wider-spaced capitals written perpendicular to the obverse: '..THICIF ·OI / IANVSANI / COS / ..IFP CP / ...ASCRI .. / ETI NIP [.] / ...N...' 16.1 grams total, 40-42 mm
Ex German art market, 1990s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
