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LOT 0680
Roman and Other Artefact Group
1ST-20TH CENTURY A.D.
1/8 - 5 7/8 in. (544 grams total, 0.3-15 cm).
Comprising a variety of artefacts including: gilt fittings; coiled stone snake; figural pin finial; token; beads; seals and other miscellaneous items. [57, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Roman Glass Candlestick Unguentarium
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
A tall pale green iridescent bottle with bulbous flat bottomed base, tall neck and rolled everted rim. 23 grams, 16.5 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Roman Bronze Bearded Philosopher Mount
Circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Displaying the bald pate and bearded face of a Roman intellectual in profile right. 3.33 grams, 25 mm
Found Essex, UK, before 2010. -
Roman Bronze Bracelet Group
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising five with round-section bodies and squared terminals; the surface decorated with engraved lines and dots. 72 grams total, 63-75 mm
From the family collection of a Surrey gentleman since before 1960.
Bracelets were worn in Rome by ladies of rank, but it was considered a mark of effeminacy for civilian men to use such female ornaments (Suetonius, Caligula, 52; Nero, 30). The armillae (or psellia in Greek) were rings and bracelets worn by women in the Graeco-Roman world on both legs and arms. Homer mentions them (elikas) as being part of the hairstyle of the divine Aphrodite, thus giving an almost sacred character to these objects. There were different types, the most common consisting of a more or less thick metal wire, or a flat or cylindrical circle, like our examples.
