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LOT 0588
Roman Artefact Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/4 - 2 1/8 in. (547 grams total, 7-53 mm).
Including lead weights, acorn finial, Colchester-type bow brooch and other items. [71, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Cambridgeshire, UK.
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Roman Bronze Square Bell
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With integral loop and four spurs to the lower edge; remains of ferrous clapper in situ. 43.1 grams, 42 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Bronze Statuette of a Germanic Captive
Late 2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Modelled with arms held behind the back, legs astride and left knee bent, head angled upwards over the right shoulder; the trousers and sleeves with incised crosshatched pattern, plain shoes; the hair drawn up in the 'Swabian knot' style above the right ear; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 93 grams total, 62 mm including stand
From 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.
Statuettes of foreign ‘barbarian’ prisoners of this type have been found along the Danube. Their spread coincides with the Marcomannic wars of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. The Swabian knot in this warrior’s hair has parallels with the warrior depicted on the contemporary Sarcophagus of Portonaccio, which represents a battle between Romans and Germanic Gauls. -
Romano-British 'Waldingham' Floor Tile
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Square terracotta tegula with accretion to underside, old collector's label 'Roman Floor Tile (with original cement) from the Bathhouse / Woldingham, Surrey'. 17.5 kg, 28 x 29 cm
Found Woldingham, Surrey, UK. From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
