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LOT 0641
Roman Bronze and Other Artefact Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 2 3/4 in. (155 grams total, 14-70 mm).
Including Hod Hill brooch, military belt fittings, enamelled stud and other items. [39, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound various sites in Essex, UK.
Property of an Essex collector.
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Roman and Other Glass Bead Necklace
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £156
Restrung designer group of graduated seed beads, oblate, biconvex and other types, the centrepiece a polyhedral bead. 15.7 grams, 41 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery. -
Roman Inked Wooden Legal Document Signed by Felicianus in Actum
Late 4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
A reused tablet with a recessed panel on one side, the lower part absent, on the upper rim one of originally 3 holes necessary for binding together of the tablets of the document, 5 lines in Roman cursive on the recessed panel containing the end of a the record of a legal document in a formulaic legal language; part of a legal document which consisted of two (diptychon) or three tablets (triptychon), with the indication where it was done (actum in …) followed by the so-called chirographum (signature line) of a person called Felicianus, letter forms point to a date in the second half of the 4th century AD; with a recessed slot to verso. 12.4 grams, 14.7 cm
From an important London collection since 1975. Accompanied by a collection of six 1970s photographs of the the tablet.
The contract follows standard Roman legal formulae. -
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Roman Bronze Triple Phallic Pendant
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Amuletic fascinum formed as a crescent with phallus to the right, hand in the fica gesture to the left and male genitals below; loop above for attachment. 27.5 grams, 60 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
