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LOT 1014
Roman Bronze and Carnelian Bracelet Elements
4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 2 5/8 in. (7.89 grams total, 25-66 mm).
Including fusiform, tabular and other types. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureFor samples of similar Roman carnelian beads see Eger, C., Khalil, L., ‘Bead Jewellery of Late-Roman and Byzantine Time in the Province of Arabia The Beads and Pendants of Glass, Stone, and Organic Materials from the Rock Chamber Necropolis at Khirbat Yajuz, Jordan’ in Zeitschrift fur Orient-Archäologie,, 2013, Band 6, Berlin, 2013, pp.156-181, pl.1, nos.20-27.
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LOT 1014
Roman Bronze and Carnelian Bracelet Elements
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Medium Roman Bronze Wolf-Headed Bow Brooch
Circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a flat-section rectangular bow with incised geometric decoration, with knop finial at a flat-section catchplate forming a stylised zoomorphic head; hinged pin to the reverse. 25.4 grams, 78 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Brown Chalcedony Gemstone with Goat
1st century B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £135
Brown-yellow translucent intaglio with an engraved billy goat with long horns, goatee and shaggy fur ambling to left on a groundline. 0.42 grams, 13 mm
Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 252, 25-26 September 2007, no.1592. -
Roman Bronze Situla Mount with Gorgoneion
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a horizontal bar with a ledge to the reverse and base of loop above, segmented median panel, discoid panel beneath with facing male mask surrounded by radiating billets. 84.9 grams, 65 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The mask resembles the male gorgoneion in the temple of Sulis Minerva at Bath, Somerset. The design is inspired by pre-Roman mythic themes but executed according to Roman taste.
