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LOT 1038
'London' Roman Pottery Fragment Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 - 4 3/4 in. (6.15 grams total, 3.9-12.2 cm).
Mixed group of vessel fragments, mainly from the rim, most with an inked collection note. [13, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound at Thames Foreshore, Southwark, London, UK, and elsewhere in the late 1950s.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
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LOT 1038
'London' Roman Pottery Fragment Group
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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'The Cataractonium' Roman Samian Ware Cup
Gaul, early 2nd century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £25
Conical in profile with crinated rim, flared foot, incised ring to outer face; old collector's ticket stating 'Deep Samian Ware cup with horizontal groove decoration on exterior. Slight firing crack on interior. Substantial piece of potting. Central Gaul early 2nd cent. AD Found Catterick, Yorks. (Cataractonium)'. 309 grams, 14.5 cm wide
Found at Catterick, York, Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
Roman Bronze Bracelet with Beast Head Terminals
Circa 4th-5th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Penannular, round-section bronze bracelet featuring dragon head terminals with punched dot decoration. 23.6 grams, 61 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Sandstone Altar for the God Serapis by Gaius Petronius Paetus
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 6 | Current Bid: £190
Rectangular in profile with stepped base and capital; dished socket to the upper face; incised rectangular panel to obverse with six lines of inscription in sans-serif capitals: 'SERAPI DEO / MAGNO / SACRVM / C. PETRONVS / C. F. VEL / PAETUS' (Sacred to the great god Serapis, G(aius) Petron(i)us Paetus, son of Gaius, (enrolled in the) tribus Velina). 9.1 kg, 26.5 cm
Acquired at auction in London, December 1993. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hampshire, UK; formed since the 1950s. Accompanied by copies of Roger Tomalin's article in Britannia, in which this altar is published. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton.
When the Britannia article was published in 2000, there was only one other dedication to the god Serapis known from Britain, found at York (p.448). Meanwhile, the Roman Inscriptions of Britain database records five entries. The altar was said to have been found in Yorkshire, although this is disputed. The dedicant possessed Roman citizenship, and he provides his name on this altar with all elements like praenomen, filiation, and tribus. This onomastic observation points to the end of the first century or the first half of the second century A.D.
