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LOT 0576
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Cockerel and Cornucopia
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/8 in. (0.40 grams, 11 mm).
Oval translucent intaglio with a standing cockerel before a cornucopia and an olive sprig on the left.
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
London collection, acquired on the UK art market.
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LOT 0576
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Cockerel and Cornucopia
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£75 (EUR 87; USD 101) +BP*
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Fragment of a Roman Bronze Military Diploma Granted by Emperor Septimius Severus
195 A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Bids: 5 | Current Bid: £25
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. -
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Roman Gold Ring with Jasper Gemstone with Dolphin
2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Facetted rectangular-section hoop with square bezel set with a tall oval intaglio engraved with a dolphin. 6.94 grams, 18.78 mm overall, 15.99 x 11.46 mm internal diameter (approximate size British E, USA 2 1/4, Europe 2.41, Japan 2)
UK private collection before 2000. London collection, acquired on the UK art market. -
Roman Bronze Bracelet with Animal Head Terminal
1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Lentoid in section with opposed beast-head finials, one absent. 39.2 grams, 67 mm
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
