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LOT 0854
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Goatherd and Goat
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (1.4 grams, 16 mm).
Plano-convex with intaglio goatherd kneeling beside a goat on a baseline; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.
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Roman Translucent Glass Bowl
3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Translucent aqua glass with moulded texture to the outer face. 209 grams, 16 cm wide
From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s. -
Roman 'Essex' Bronze Votive Axehead Amulet
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising a round-section shaft with ribbed handle detailing, loop finial, head with trapezoidal blade. 2.16 grams, 50 mm
Found Essex, UK. Property of an Essex collector. -
Roman Emerald Gemstone with Portrait of Young Nero
51-55 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500
Depicting Nero as a young boy, either as crown prince or within the first year of his reign in his first known portrait type, unequivocal with his long hair fringe. 2.17 grams, 17 mm
Ex Paul Munro Walker collection, Bournemouth, UK, 1970s. Private collection of Alexander Cotton, Hampshire, UK, sold October 1986. From a London gentleman's, UK, collection, in the 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12104-216215.
Dr Ittai Gradel writes: 'Date is AD 51-55. On most glyptic portraits from shortly after he became emperor, so 54-55, he is shown laurelled ... However, on the coins he is shown also bare-headed even as emperor in 54-55 (second coin, denarius). Again, on coins his bust is shown draped only before he became emperor in 54 (first coin, aureus), but cameos show him draped also as emperor (as e. g. the Marlborough one: but there are several known). It is therefore not possible to say if the emerald shows him as crown prince or as emperor, and I cannot date it more precisely than 51-55.'
