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LOT 1270
Roman and Other Dark Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
12 3/4 in. (14.8 grams, 32.2 cm).
Composed of alternating larger and smaller beads, the central feature comprising a large rectangular-section bead, restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 1270
Roman and Other Dark Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Roman Bronze Military Diploma Fragment
Circa 129 A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Irregular fragment of a thin tablet engraved with portions of several horizontal lines of Latin capitals, identified as part of the exterior witness list of the second tablet, or tabella II, of a Roman military diploma; the surviving letter groups may be restored as: '[C.] IV[LI …] [L.] PV[LLI …] [P.] AT[TI …]?'. 3.57 grams, 24 mm
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.
This sequence closely parallels the witness list on a diploma fragment in the Museo de Huelva, inventory 10.619, published as a copy of Hadrian’s constitution for auxiliary troops serving in Syria, issued on 22 March AD 129. Published restorations of the witnesses include Gaius Iulius Eutychius, Lucius Pullius Anthus or Daphnus, and Publius Attius Severus. González Fernández and Bermejo Meléndez, Diplomata Militaria del Museo de Huelva. Military diplomas were certified bronze copies of imperial grants recording citizenship, marriage rights and related privileges. -
Eastern Roman Bronze Artefact Collection
1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including a tubular bead with median collars, stamp seal and other types. 36.4 grams total, 20-66 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Scorpion
3rd century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Plano-convex type with intaglio scorpion motif, the symbol of the Praetorian Guard; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.23 grams, 8 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
