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LOT 0711
Roman Bronze Lunar Mount
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (15.8 grams, 46 mm).
Crescentic mount with keeled body, underside with two pierced lugs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Late Roman Bronze Bracelet Pair
4th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Each flat-section penannular bracelets with one terminal absent and punched decoration on the upper face. 32.04 grams total, 48-57 mm
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Roman Silver Military Belt Plaque
Circa 4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Square plaque from a baldric or military belt, with an engraved circle in the centre depicting a shepherd resting under a tree with two crossed branches, leaning on his staff with a greyhound beside him. 48.7 grams, 66 mm
From a UK collection since before 1990.
The plaque is related to a series of late Antique bronze plates destined to decorate the military baldrics or belts. Some of them were found in a late Roman tomb in Totanés (Toledo), ornamented with busts, and a plaque from Merida (Badajoz) was decorated with the personification of Rome. The plaque is related to similar ones from Italian and Syrian-Palestinian workshops, whose ornamentation seems sometimes to be connected to imperial authority. Parallels are linked to similar pieces of different iconographic types, but which were equally popular in the late Roman Empire, such as hunting or bucolic motifs.
