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LOT 0180
Roman Bronze Tintinnabulum Duck Pendant
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (53.7 grams, 48 mm).
A duck or other water bird with suspension loop to back for suspension from a tintinnabulum.
Provenance‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
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Roman and Later Bronze Ring Collection
1st-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising examples with: enamelled bezels; seal bezels; an archer's thumb ring; bezel set with a 'jewel'; hoops with inscriptions around the exterior; hoops with geometric schemes around the exterior; plain examples. 42 grams total, 17-27 mm
Found Berkshire, UK. -
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Heavy Roman Silvered Bronze Bowl
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
With wide flat bottom decorated inside with incised concentric circles, the internal concave surface retaining some of the silver coating; the central umbilicus still visible. 860 grams, 22.8 cm wide
From the family collection of a Surrey gentleman since before 1960.
This vessel (lanx) was part of Roman and provincial bronze instrumentum domesticum, i.e. culinary or domestic utility ware. Such cooking vessels are rare in such condition: some are found in central and northern Gaul, Italy, in Pannonia, Germany and in Britain. Specimens of precious metal, richly decorated and chiselled, sometimes adorned with reliefs, are mentioned by ancient authors such as Cicero (Ad Att., VI,1,13) and Ovid (Pont.III,5,20). -
Roman Legionary Fortress Nails
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £663
Five variously sized iron nails with tapering square-section spikes and discoid heads; displayed in an old miniature wooden collector's display 'case' with sliding lid and identification label. 622 grams, 35.5 x 15 cm
From the Roman legionary fortress Inchtuthil, Perthshire, AD 83-87. From a mid 20th century collection based on the display case.
