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LOT 1053
Roman and Other Mixed Stone and Glass Necklace Bead Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
1/8 - 3/4 in. (43 grams total, 1-20 mm).
Mixed group of beads, including a green glass teardrop-shaped pendant bead, a large brown discoid glass bead, and others. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 1053
Roman and Other Mixed Stone and Glass Necklace Bead Group
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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Eastern Roman Terracotta Bulla with Venus
Circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Irregular disc with impression to the upper face, Venus advancing nude beside an altar. 6.03 grams, 25 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Late Roman Military Belt Buckle Plate
4th-5th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Buckle counter-plate decorated in late Roman military style with central panel of scrolls with guilloche bands and billeting, triangular extension to rear edge with triskele within a guilloche border and hare-and-hounds motif to the edge; rolled rim to the forward edge and three piercings, one with rivet in situ. 47 grams, 73 mm
Acquired in the 1980s. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Roman Terracotta Bullae, Tesserae or Token Group
3rd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A mixed group of ceramic bullae, tesserae or theatre tokens bearing low-relief motifs, mainly consisting of profile busts of deities. 34.1 grams total, 14-21 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
The term 'tessera' was used in Roman times to convey the Greek term σύμβολον (token). Small tiles are known as tokens, often shaped like coins, made of metal (copper, lead, iron), clay, bone, wood, or glass, stamped as well as engraved. The tokens, however, are not exclusively coin-shaped, as the Latin term 'tessera' suggests by etymologically referring to a square or at least a four-sided shape and confirmed in several cases by material remains of the past. Tokens and tesserae seem to have been used both in Athens and Rome for the distribution of goods. According to written sources, the term token is identified with credentials of the official authorities. They have also been interpreted as tokens of identity, as entrance tickets to theatre performances, tribunals or assemblies of citizens, archival material of seal engraving, as pawns in games, Charon’s obols and even as amulets.
