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LOT 1361
Roman Bronze Ring with Eagle
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.38 grams, 20.81 mm overall, 17.10 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J 1/2, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9)).
Plaque with incuse eagle perching with head turned to the rear. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 248.
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LOT 1361
Roman Bronze Ring with Eagle
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Roman Pale Green Glass Jug with Trail
Circa 4th-5th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £550
With a rounded body and a cylindrical neck with a funnel-shaped mouth, a small uneven foot and a blue-trailed handle; the body decorated with vertical concave indents and trails of glass applied at the base of the neck and around the mouth. 53 grams, 10.5 cm
From a London collection, acquired in the 1970s. Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s. Accompanied by a typed previous catalogue information page with provenance.
This jug has many common features with the distinctive group of Syro-Palestinian glasses, free- and mould-blown ones dated to the 4th-5th centuries A.D. Common features, beginning with the characteristic colour and quality of both green and turquoise glass, are the shape of the base and the handle, the indentations along the body, and the decorative coloured coil on the neck and under the rim. -
Roman and Other Mixed Glass Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of graduated oblate, annular, and other beads, including a small biconical pendant, and a large polygonal bead as the central feature, restrung. 23.7 grams, 36 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Roman Bronze Artefact Group
Circa 1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a key with a looped handle and a lozenge-section carrying handle with curved terminals. 52.44 grams total, 12-72 mm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
