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LOT 0760
Roman and Anglo-Saxon Artefact Group
2ND-6TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 2 1/4 in. (540 grams total, 20-58 mm).
Including trumpet brooches, small-long bow brooch, votive axe, lead weights and other items. [17, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Hertfordshire, UK.
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Judaean Lead Weight
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
Discoid bifacial weight with reserved menorah to obverse, legend '[..]DOM' to reverse. 4.99 grams, 17 mm
Acquired in 1996. European private collection. -
Roman Bronze Baubo Statuette
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Standing with hands at her sides, wearing a conical cap, raising her dress to her mouth to reveal her genitals; palmette to the reverse. 26 grams, 48 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Roman Marble Epigraphic Eagle Statue
Circa 2nd-3rd century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Standing on a rectangular plinth with folded wings, gripping claws and feather detail to the chest and wings; on the front face of the plinth carved inscription in seriffed capitals 'M TITIO / MAXIM[.] / [.]TER[..]'. 2.75 kg total, 17 cm (24 cm high including stand)
Acquired in the 1990s. Private collection, Suffolk, UK. Property of a European gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of a French cultural passport no.140839.
