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LOT 0705
Roman Aqua-Coloured Blue Glass Bead Collection
LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/2 - 1 in. (90.2 grams total, 12-24 mm).
Comprising beads of mixed shapes and sizes, including tubular, oblate and urn-shaped; each pierced for stringing. [30]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Romano-British Bronze Mount of Dionysus
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Formed as a bust of within foliate crescent, wearing a floral diadem and pleated tunic; rectangular mounting lug to reverse. 42.8 grams, 45 mm high
Found near Colchester, Essex, 2005. -
Roman 'Thames' Bronze Brooch Collection with Pins
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Comprising an equal-arm and saw-fish derivative type; including one brooch with remains of enamelling and two retaining their pins. 17.5 grams total, 23-49 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK. -
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Demeter Holding Ear of Corn
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £278
Set in a silver mount with beaded edge; the intaglio depicting Demeter draped, advancing left and holding ear of corns in her right hand. 2.21 grams, 19 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection.
Demeter and Hecate were linked to the afterlife cult, so it is possible that the ring to which the bezel belonged was a funerary gift. Demeter (Ceres for the Romans) was the Greek goddess of the harvest, the cycle of life and death and sacred law.
