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LOT 0130
Roman Blue Glass Flask with Trail
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (8 grams, 62 mm).
Piriform in profile with slight dimple to base, squat body, tubular neck with flared and rolled mouth; fine applied spiral trail from shoulder to base.
ProvenanceFrom an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 621, for type.
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Roman Two-Handled Glass Flask
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Roman Silver Armilla Bracelet Pair
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Round-section penannular bracelet pair each with snake-head finials, hatching and other ornament. 16.5 grams total, 55-56 mm
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare(?) Lead Weight of 1/2 Mna or Hemimnaion
150-149 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ (Apollonios), agoranomos, dated Seleucid Era 163 (150/149 BC), ΑΠΟΛΛധΝΙΟΥ Τ Ο Υ TA[...]OY [...] ꞀΞΡ (date) in five lines, two crossed cornucopiae below, monogram(?) to left; the reverse blank. 362 grams, 93 x 70mm.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
