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LOT 0900
Roman Bronze Toilet Implement Group
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 - 3 5/8 in. (14.6 grams total, 40-93 mm).
Comprising: applicator with head finial; tag with nail cleaner; hair pin with balustered shank; cosmetic spoon. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound City of London, UK.
Acquired from mudlark Steve Brooker in the early 2000s.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
See Allason-Jones, L. & Miket, R., The Catalogue of Small Finds from South Shields Roman Fort, Newcastle, 1984, for discussion.
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Roman Bone Medical Implement Group
Circa 1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Including a dress pin and two probes, one with a pierced end for suspension. 10.2 grams total, 9.6-15.5 cm
Found City of London, UK. Acquired from mudlark Steve Brooker in the early 2000s. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Roman Terracotta Bowl Fragment with Boar
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Substantial ceramic fragment with high-relief image of a boar running amid foliage; symbol of Legio X Fretensis. 125 grams, 10.1 cm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Bronze Epigraphic Codex Ansatus Model
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Rectangular with two supporting bars to the underside, extended loop above; enigmatic (Greek) letters to all faces. 63.7 grams, 33 mm
with Hotel des Ventes, Drouot, Paris, France. From the collection of Mr H. Naudy, Paris, France. Acquired at between 2004-2010. Property of a French collector.
This small counter-weight bears letters indicating numbers: on one of the short sides Α (1), Δ (4), Χ (600); on the other short side they worn and difficult to read; and on one of the longer sides Υ (400), φ (500). The other letters are challenging to read, but the object would have been used as unit of measure. Another possibility is that it belonged to a statuette of a man holding a codex ansatus (box with a handle for carrying writing tablets).
