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LOT 0882
Roman Banded Gemstone with Bearded Portrait
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (0.47 grams, 12 mm).
Ellipsoid type with incuse bearded portrait bust; chipped; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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Roman Wooden Wax Tablet Fragment Written in Greek
Circa 3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Part of a wax tablet with two holes in the frame for fastening, Greek writing. 45.45 grams, 18.6 x 7.2 cm
Property of a North London gentleman; previously in the Dean family collection since 1975.
Wax tablets written in Greek or Latin, were used by Romans as account registers (codices accepti et expensi); for transactions (for example, the tablets of the banker Lucius Caecilius Iucundus found in Pompeii); for lists of goods, inventories, and notes to be kept and archived; for Roman magistrates to annotate the salient events of their bureaucratic activities; for writing letters; for drawing up legal texts of various kinds: legacies, declarations of births and citizenship, reports of trials and diplomata militaria.
