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LOT 0662
Roman Bronze Ring with Chi Rho
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.65 grams, 25.39 mm overall, 20.33 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).
Penannular hoop and disc bezel with ribbed shoulders, incised chi-rho Christogram. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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Large Romano-British 'Viroconium Cornoviorum' Funerary Urn
Lands of the Cornovii, 1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
With narrow base and shallow shoulder, everted rim to the broad mouth; with inked museum number 'E1029' and accession ticket 'Roman Cremation (inside jar) 1st Cent. A.D. Viroconium Cornoviorum (Wroxeter) Lands of the Cornovii'; professionally repaired. 4.45 kg, 35.5cm
Found Wroxeter (Viroconium Cornoviorum), UK, in 1921. From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. Accompanied by a handwritten identification card with '1921' to verso.
The Cornovii inhabited an area of the (modern) English West Midlands, from Staffordshire to Chester, centered on modern Wroxeter (Viroconium Cornoviorum). This was among the largest administrative centres in Roman Britain, and drew its wealth in part from salt production and the mining of lead, copper and silver. -
Roman Bronze Brooch Collection
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Eastern Roman Gold Earrings in the Shape of a Grape
3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
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