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LOT 0838
Roman Bronze Artefact Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 3 5/8 in. (264 grams total including reports, 16-93 mm).
Comprising: a T-shaped headstud variant brooch, 100-200 A.D.; headstud brooch, circa 75-175 A.D.; oval terret ring, circa 1st-3rd century A.D.; plate brooch with pellet decoration, 100-200 A.D.; Hod Hill type brooch, circa 43-70 A.D.; a headstud brooch body, circa 75-175 A.D.; incomplete dividers with decorated arms, 43-410 A.D.; an incomplete knife handle with enamelled decoration, 43-250A.D.; an incomplete trumpet brooch, 43-150 A.D.; and a trumpet brooch lacking pin, circa 75-175 A.D. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire/County Durham, UK.
Each item accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Large Roman Green Glass Square Bottle Top
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Fragment of a shoulder with short neck and broad mouth with rolled rim; right-angled strap handle with applied trails. 328 grams, 16.3 cm
From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This item is part of a common type of storage and packing bottles used in the early Imperial centuries. The heavy glass wall provided durability, and the square shape of such bottles made it easy to ship. Use of such bottles for packaging has been confirmed by finds from Herculaneum. -
Roman Bronze Plate Brooch
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising a ribbed vertical shank and ribbed crossbar with thick loop extending from each end in an arc to meet a rectangular block with punched-pellet ornament; below, a heater-shaped panel with larger and smaller punched pellets, hinged pin to reverse, open bolt catch. 9.27 grams, 57 mm
Ex important German collection, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Roman Naked Bronze Statuette
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Male figure standing nude with arms raised, holding a patera to his mouth. 15.4 grams, 44 mm
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
