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LOT 1058
Roman Banded Glass Pyxis
1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (87 grams, 60 mm).
Drum-shaped in profile with stepped rim; repaired.
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1980s.
Private collection, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 1058
Roman Banded Glass Pyxis
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£167 (EUR 193; USD 225) ‡+BP*
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Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Figure with Bushel Maker's Mark
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Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Squat in profile with small handle and D-shaped nozzle (broken), shoulder with radiating egg motifs, discus with low-relief facing togate figure on a throne; impressed bushel motif to underside. 64.8 grams, 92 mm
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Roman Redware Footed Bowl
3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid in plan with low sidewall and flared foot; old collector's ticket: 'Small Roman bowl in coarse ware, imitation of Drag. 38 i.e. hemispherical bowl with high rim and curved overhanging flange. Found in Hertfordshire, (Welwyn?) c. 1956.' 120 grams, 83 mm wide
Found in Hertfordshire, circa 1956. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten identification card written by Peter Clayton. -
Roman Terracotta Bullae, Tesserae or Token Group
1st century B.C.-3rd 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. 31.1 grams total, 12-21 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.
