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LOT 2510
Large Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut & Polished Green Porphyry Sheet
8 1/4 in. (224 grams, 20.9 cm).
A large cut and polished section, mined in Greece, cut and polished on one side, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Greece.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus.
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LOT 2510
Large Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut & Polished Green Porphyry Sheet
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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Polished Mixed Jasper Mineral Specimen Group [51]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A mixed group of red and leopard's skin jasper pebbles. 457 grams total, 19-42 mm
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Amethyst Bead Necklace Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising three necklaces, each composed of facetted tubular amethyst beads and ellipsoid tabular centerpiece, with floral gold-coloured spacers; restrung. 211 grams total, 52-72 cm
Ex property of a West London, UK, gentleman; his collection formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Property of a Californian, USA, collector. -
Fossil Bos Species Fossil Horn Core
Pleistocene Period, 40,000-20,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising the curved tip of a horn, possibly from aurochs, an extinct species of bovine. 550 grams, 16.5 cm
From Worcester Terrace Gravels, Eckington, Worcestershire, UK. Acquired from Milton Keynes Geological Society in 1999. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VM91; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
