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LOT 0920
Eastern Roman Terracotta Tesserae and Tablet Collection
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 in. (8.23 grams total, 14-27 mm).
Including rectangular, discoid, lentoid and other types each with moulded design, including rosette, seated figure, Tree of Life and other motifs. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Rostovtzeff, M., ‘The Caravan-Gods of Palmyra’ in The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 22, Part 1: Papers Dedicated to Sir George Macdonald K.C.B., 1932, pp.107-116, Pls. XXVI-XXVIII, for similar tesserae.
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LOT 0920
Eastern Roman Terracotta Tesserae and Tablet Collection
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Roman Sandstone Altar for the God Serapis by Gaius Petronius Paetus
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Rectangular in profile with stepped base and capital; dished socket to the upper face; incised rectangular panel to obverse with six lines of inscription in sans-serif capitals: 'SERAPI DEO / MAGNO / SACRVM / C. PETRONVS / C. F. VEL / PAETUS' (Sacred to the great god Serapis, G(aius) Petronus Paetus, son of Gaius, (enrolled in the) tribus Velina); accompanied by collector's record card and printed copy of the Britania journal entry headed 'Alienum'. 9.1 kg, 26.5 cm
Acquired at auction in London, December 1993. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hampshire, UK; formed since the 1950s. Accompanied by copies of Roger Tomalin's article in Britannia, in which this altar is published. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton.
When the Britannia article was published in 2000, there was only one other dedication to the god Serapis known from Britain, found at York (p.448). Meanwhile, the Roman Inscriptions of Britain database records five entries. The altar was said to have been found in Yorkshire, although this is disputed. The dedicant possessed Roman citizenship, and he provides his name on this altar with all elements like praenomen, filiation, and tribus. This onomastic observation points to the end of the first century or the first half of the second century A.D. -
Roman Bronze Articulated Spoon with Folding Lion Handle
Circa 1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Comprising a shallow piriform bowl, raised neck with movable pinned hinge attached to a handle formed as a lying lion, crescent-shaped finial; in working order. 20.6 grams, 10.4 cm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
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Large Roman Buffware Wine Flagon
Circa 1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ovate in profile with narrow flat base, tubular neck, flared mouth and single loop handle. 1.09 kg, 26.5 cm
Ex old English collection. From the estate of a late Bristol, South West England, collector.
