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LOT 1081
Roman Bronze Ring with Portrait
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (8.06 grams, 22.86 mm overall, 17.92 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Integral ellipsoid plaque with incuse profile male bust with beard and wreath to the brow. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 262, for a more elaborate version of the type.
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LOT 1081
Roman Bronze Ring with Portrait
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £250
Tall, sloping walls and a dimpled base; probably cut down from a larger vessel. 171 grams, 15.6 cm wide
From an important London, UK, glass collection, formed 1990s onwards.
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Late Roman Redware Oil Lamp with Leaping Lion
Circa 6th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a piriform body and a lug handle to the rear, the discus with two filler holes and a raised rim extending to the nozzle, a leaping lion facing towards the handle at the centre, concentric rings at the base and a raised line flanked by dotted bands beneath the nozzle. 180 grams, 12.4 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Dark Green Gemstone with Asclepius
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ellipsoid in plan with intaglio Mercury in profile standing with marsupium in one hand, wearing a petasos; supplied with an impression. 0.30 grams, 11 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
