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LOT 1064
Large Roman Carnelian and Other Gemstone Collection
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1/4 - 1/2 in. (5.33 grams total, 7-13 mm).
Comprising eleven gemstones with various motifs, including: a cameo with a face, a profile bust wearing a filet, an insect with a stinger, a bust of Minerva, a lion on a baseline, a helmetted head of a warrior, a harvesting scene, two with a bird(?), an advancing nude female with an inscription before, and one inscribed 'ZEEL'. [11]
ProvenancePrivate collection, London.
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LOT 1064
Large Roman Carnelian and Other Gemstone Collection
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£750 (EUR 870; USD 1,013) +BP*
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Roman to Medieval Bronze Ring Group
Circa 1st-16th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Comprising three with D-section hoop, expanding shoulders and discoid bezel with incised geometric decoration; similar with rectangular bezel and hatched motif; one with D-section hoop and tear-shaped bezel; and other types. 54 grams total, 16-25 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman and Other Black Glass Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of oblate, annular, barrel-shaped, and other beads with a discoid pendant bead, restrung. 9.75 grams, 33 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Romano-British Bronze Human Figural Pendant
Circa 2nd century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With a conical body and oval head with low-relief nose and eyes, hair combed to the back forming an attachment loop; mounted on a custom-made stand. 57 grams total, 73 mm high including stand
Found at Reculver, Kent, UK, in 1957. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.26.
