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LOT 1330
Late Roman and Byzantine Glass Bracelet Group
CIRCA 4TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 - 2 5/8 in. (15 grams total, 54 - 67 mm).
One D-shaped in section, slightly delaminated surface; the other with facetted plan. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the 1990s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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LOT 1330
Late Roman and Byzantine Glass Bracelet Group
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Roman Glass Cameo
Circa 2nd century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a carved female face in three-quarter view with luxuriant curls of hair, on a black glass field. 3.70 grams total, 21 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Roman Terracotta Coin Forger's Mould
Circa 3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid clay mould with an impressed design of a coin on each face. 4.9 grams, 27 mm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Large Cut and Polished Roman Imperial Purple Porphyry Fragmentary Slab
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Comprising an irregular piece, polished on two sides, probably material mined in ancient Roman times between the 1st and 5th centuries A.D. 8.3 kg, 54 cm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman.
Mons Porphyrites (today Jabal Abu Dukhkhan) is the mountainous site of a group of ancient quarries in the Red Sea Hills of the inhospitable eastern desert in Egypt, a five-day trip from the Nile during Roman times. They were discovered by Caius Cominus Leugas in 18 A.D., and during the Roman Empire, the mines officially belonged to the emperor and were the only known source of the Imperial Porphyry, Mons Porphyrites. This dark purple stone was associated with royalty and used for prestigious sculpture and architecture. The location of the mines was lost sometime in the 5th century and rediscovered in the early 19th century. Excavations in the area have revealed the well-preserved quarries and the dwelling places of the quarrymen, and also thousands of ostraca have been discovered containing messages that provide details of how the quarrying took place, and of how the highly skilled quarrymen ordered their food.
