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LOT 0633
Roman Bronze and Silver Artefact Collection
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 3 3/4 in. (102 grams total, 21-93 mm).
Including key shank, tweezers, headstud brooch, T-shaped brooch and other items. [13, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
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Roman Blue Glass Bead Group
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £390
Including oblate, polyhedral and other types. 52 grams total, 4-11 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Roman Bronze Head of Attis Mount
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Depicted with a clean shaven rounded face, short curls emerging from underneath the peaked cap; hollow to the reverse. 12.1 grams, 28 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Large Roman Bronze Statuette of Jupiter
Circa 3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Modelled in the half-round and hollow to the reverse, the god with knees flexed, one of his sandaled feet resting on a ram's head; left arm raised to hold a sceptre (absent) and right hand holding a thunderbolt; pierced at the midriff for attachment; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.1 kg, 21.5 cm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
The figurine of Jupiter seems to be a provincial work of Gallo-Roman origin. Contrary to the iconographic tradition of the king of the gods, he is usually depicted nude and with a cloak on his left arm, the statuette shows a Jupiter covered by a large cloak and vestis talaris, which also closely resembles the Gallo-Roman iconography of Jupiter-Sucellus.
