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LOT 0218
Roman Bronze Weight with Three Goddesses
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (78.7 grams, 38 mm).
Square panel with three figures modelled in the half-round - Isis Fortuna with a rudder, Minerva with a spear, Nona with a drop-spindle; to the reverse, lozenge within a ring with enigmatic 'VIKΠΔ' legend (bungled, for 'LIBRA'?).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
LiteratureSee Gale Brown, H., A study of lead ingot cargoes from ancient Mediterranean Shipwrecks, Vermont, 2011.
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LOT 0218
Roman Bronze Weight with Three Goddesses
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
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Roman Glass-Paste Cameo
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Ellipsoid in plan with low-relief profile bust of Athena wearing a characteristic crested helmet. 5.75 grams, 26 mm
Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995. with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003. Property of a London based academic, 2003-present. -
Roman Bronze Statuette of Mercury
3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Modelled nude, standing on an ellipsoid base with mantle to the left shoulder and caduceus supported by the left arm, item (perhaps a marsupium) in the right hand, winged petasos to the head with bird perched above the left ear; mounted on a custom-made stand. 38.5 grams total, 82 mm including base
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
The statuette belongs to Gallo-Roman glyptic tradition, whose geometric treatment of the drapery recalls that of a statuette in the Avignon museum and the statue of the seated god of Sommerécourt (Haute-Marne) of Celtic tradition. The winged petasos, as in many other statuettes, seems to be made of tortoise shell. -
Roman Rectangular AE Weight of Solidus
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Eagle standing to right with closed wings, head to left, holding snake in beak; cross engraved to the reverse. 4.05 grams, 14mm
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
