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LOT 0766
Roman Bronze Trumpet Mouth Piece and Handle
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 - 3 3/4 in. (70 grams total, 92-94 mm).
Curved and tapering tube for a trumpet; bronze annular fitting with hooked iron shank. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Ancient & Oriental in the 1990s.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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David Dennis started collecting items when he was a 10 year old boy during the Blitz in London gathering parts of nose cones from shells and other pieces of shrapnel that had fallen from the skies. After the war he turned his attentions to cigarette cards, postage stamps, bank notes, coins and eventually ancient artefacts, predominately Roman jewellery. Now living in Cumbria with his daughter he decided it was time to part with his collections. -
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Romano-British Terracotta Figural Patera Handle of Dadophoros
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Columnar in form with anthropomorphic detailing modelled in the round; figure with a loose Persian-style hood over his thick hair, wearing a military cloak, left arm bent at his side. 97 grams, 97 mm
Found fieldwalking in North Norfolk, UK, circa 2008. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The dadophoroi were torch-bearers who accompanied Mithras in his ceremonial travels. They are named as 'Cautes' who holds a burning torch point-upwards, whereas 'Cautopates' holds one pointing down.
