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LOT 0179
Late Roman or Merovingian Gold Ring with Rosette and Green Cabochon
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (5.14 grams, 22.93 mm overall, 17.05 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)).
Comprising a round-section hoop with granule pyramids to the shoulder, decorative wire wrapped around the hoop on one side; rosette-shaped applied bezel with filigree decoration, raised setting with dark green glass cabochon; possibly a marriage. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection USA.
From the Alexander Gallery, New York, USA, in the early 2000s.
Cf. Hadjadj, R., Bagues Merovingiennes - Gaul du Nord, Paris, 2007, item 273, for similar.
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LOT 0179
Late Roman or Merovingian Gold Ring with Rosette and Green Cabochon
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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Roman Bronze Bow Brooch
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Of kräftig profilierte 'anchor' type, with a broad plaque in front of the spring and pin, trumpet-type bow; broad footplate with catch to the rear. 23 grams, 45 mm
Property of a gentleman from Vienna; from his private collection formed since 1970. -
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Roman Artefact Group
Circa 1st-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A trio of artefacts comprising: a Roman copper-alloy coin, likely a sestertius, with worn designs to obverse and reverse, the reverse likely portraying the goddess Minerva leaning on a shield and wearing a helmet; a stone loom weight of conoid form, dated c.100 A.D. and discovered in Egypt; a Roman ceramic oil lamp dated c.500 A.D., piriform in plan with raised borders to the central opening and nozzle, decorative ribbing to the shoulder, conical handle and basal ring. 150 grams total, 33-92 mm
From an old UK collection. From the private collection of Alf Baxendale (1941-2016) part 2, keen Egyptologist, member of the Egyptology Society, trustee of the Amarna Trust; thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of his obituary published in Horizon, The Amarna Project and Amarna Trust newsletter, Issue 18, 2017, p.21, by Barry John Kemp, CBE, FBA, Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge and directing excavations at Amarna in Egypt. -
Roman Silver Bracelet Pair
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Group of two penannular bracelets, each with a round-section shank, cross-hatched finials. 27.6 grams total, 60-62 mm
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
