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LOT 0528
Greek Silver Istrus Drachm Pendant
2ND CENTURY B.C. AND LATER
1 1/2 in. (8.08 grams, 39 mm).
Drachm with two male heads to obverse, the left inverted, eagle and dolphin to reverse; clasp-mounted in a modern silver frame with ring and loop.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Opening Bid: £1,000
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Italic Bronze Fibula and Proto Ring Money Assemblage
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Bow brooch with integral coiled spring and pin, carinated bow, ellipsoid footplate with two offset lugs forming the catch; with two bronze rings loped over the spring, one a round-section ring and the other an openwork disc. 66 grams, 86 mm
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Hellenistic Terracotta Oil Lamp with Cornucopiae
2nd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
With circular body and raised rim, round central filling-hole flanked by cornucopiae; long broad nozzle with rounded spout-like termination; handle with three ribs. 62 grams, 10.5 cm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
The principal parts of a Graeco-Roman lamp were: a) the body or reservoir which contained the oil (infundibulum); the flat circular top (discus) on which the design was placed, sometimes with an ornamental rim; the edge (margo); the nozzle (rostrum, nasus, myxus) with a hole for the insertion of the wick (ellychnium); and the handle (ansa, manubrium,).
