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LOT 0758
Roman and Later Mixed Artefact Group
MAINLY 2ND-18TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 4 3/8 in. (1.35 kg total, 1.1-11.1 cm).
Including a bronze coin, buckle loops, glass marbles, lead tokens, thimbles, furniture fittings, and other items. [73, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Roman Bronze Mount with Helmetted Bust
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Discoid tag with pierced clip to the reverse; concentric beaded rings framing a profile bust with helmet. 4.07 grams, 32 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Large Romano-British 'Viroconium Cornoviorum' Funerary Urn
Lands of the Cornovii, 1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
With narrow base and shallow shoulder, everted rim to the broad mouth; with inked museum number 'E1029' and accession ticket 'Roman Cremation (inside jar) 1st Cent. A.D. Viroconium Cornoviorum (Wroxeter) Lands of the Cornovii'; professionally repaired. 4.45 kg, 35.5cm
Found Wroxeter (Viroconium Cornoviorum), UK, in 1921. From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. Accompanied by a handwritten identification card with '1921' to verso.
The Cornovii inhabited an area of the (modern) English West Midlands, from Staffordshire to Chester, centered on modern Wroxeter (Viroconium Cornoviorum). This was among the largest administrative centres in Roman Britain, and drew its wealth in part from salt production and the mining of lead, copper and silver. -
Roman Amber Glass Date Flask
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £390
With trumpet-shaped mouth and wrinkled effect to the body. 35.6 grams, 89 mm
London art market, 1980s.
