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LOT 0999
Roman Bronze Ring with Scorpion and EI
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.23 grams, 19.41 mm overall, 16.06 x 13.49 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H, USA 3 3/4, Europe 6.18, Japan 6)).
Featuring a flat-section hoop and a bezel with a scorpion with a raised tail and the letters 'EI'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
FootnotesIt is possible that the ring was carried by a Pretorian guardsman, as the scorpion was one of their emblems.
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LOT 0999
Roman Bronze Ring with Scorpion and EI
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Roman Gold Cell with Jasper Cabochon
1st-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
Ellipsoid in plan cell with flange rim and a pair of loops at each end for connection to a chain; inset jasper cloison. 9.63 grams, 34 mm
Acquired by a Swiss family in the mid-1980-1990, thence by descent. Private collection, since 1993.
The specimen has a good parallel with an element of a gold-chain necklace from the treasure of Nikolaevo. The use of stone to decorate Roman jewellery was very popular after the end of the 2nd century A.D., as is visible in the medallions of the Castellani and Frank Bequest collections in the British Museum. -
Fragment of a Roman Bronze Military Diploma Granted by Emperor Septimius Severus
195 A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Bids: 6 | Current Bid: £35
Issued for a member of the equites singulares Augusti, the emperor’s horse guards; granted by Septimius Severus in the summer of AD 195, during his Parthian expedition; obverse with seven lines of text with well engraved letters: (1) [… IMP] • VI • C[OS …] / (2) [EQVITIBVS Q]VI•INTER•S[INGVLAR MILITAVERVNT CASTRIS] / (3) [NOVIS QVIB]VS PRAEEST [. . .] / (4) [TRIBVNVS QVI]NIS ET VICEN[IS PLVRIBVSVE STIPENDIS] / (5) [EMERI]TIS DIMISSIS H[ONESTA MISSIONE QVORVM] / (6) [NOMINA SVB]SCRIPTA SVNT [CIVITATEM ROMANAM] / (7) . . . + ++ . . . . On the inner face traces of 7 lines of text: (1) [- - -]MAX·TR[IB / (2) [- - -]+ COS [- - -] / (3)[EQVITIBVS QVI I]NTER·SINCV[LAR MILITAVER CASTRIS] / (4) [NOVIS QVIBVS] PRAEEST + [- - -] /(5) TRIBVNVS] QVINIS ET VI[CENIS PLVRIBVSVE STIPENDIS] / (6) [EMERITIS] DIM[ISSIS HONESTA MISSIONE QVORVM] / (7) +++. 27.13 grams, 50 mm
Property of a European gentleman, acquired on the London art market. -
Roman Enamelled Bronze Seal Box Collection
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Including drum-shaped, lozengiform and other types. 37.4 grams total, 22-33 mm
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
