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LOT 2405
Egyptian, Roman, and Western Asiatic Reproduction Artefact Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
2 3/8 - 7 1/8 in. (870 grams total, 5.9-18.3 cm).
Comprising: bowl with bust of Serapis in high relief; tablet with Ugaritic script in a display box; carved head with conical cap; Bastet figurine with earrings. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
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LOT 2405
Egyptian, Roman, and Western Asiatic Reproduction Artefact Collection
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Tudor Period Gilt Bronze Merchant's Signet Ring
Circa 16th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With D-section shank, ribbed shoulders, raised square bezel with legend 'N · Π / A'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 4.86 grams, 23.50 mm overall, 19.96 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)
From an old English collection, Bournemouth, UK. Ex Parthenon Gallery, London, UK, 2001. Property of a North London, UK, private collector. -
'Thames' Post Medieval Copper Ring Group
Circa 16th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising round-section hoop with three coiled wires, twisted wires forming a ring; accompanied with a handwritten note reading '2 rings from Thames, larger 17th century, smaller 16th century'. 1.24 grams total, 20-28 mm
Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK. From the collection of a gentleman born in the late 19th century, formed 1940s-1970s. From an old Staffordshire family collection; thence by descent. Accompanied by an old identification ticket. -
Georgian Gilt Bronze Seal Matrix Bottom with Bust
18th-19th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Oval seal matrix with a domed casing with a small central flower surrounded by radiating lines, set with a milky glass intaglio depicting a Julio-Claudian figure, draped and facing left; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 4.89 grams, 21 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-371880.
