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LOT 0100
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Goddesses
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (1.02 grams, 17 mm).
Tabular type with incuse design of Fortuna standing with a cornucopia and rudder, goddess Victory before her holding tainia, the tips of her wings visible; edge chipped; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. similar gemstone in Laing, J., Art and society in Roman Britain, Stroud, 2000, colour pl.6.
FootnotesA group of carnelian intaglios found in the Snettisham Hoard, Norfolk, comprised subjects like Fortuna, Diana, Spes, a modius with corn, a bird and a dolphin, from the mid-2nd century A.D.
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Roman Carnelian Intaglio with Head of Bacchante
Late 1st century B.C.-early 1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Translucent oval intaglio with a profile bust wearing an ivy-leaf wreath. 0.91 grams, 15 mm
Ex private French collection of Mr M., 1980s. UK private collection, acquired in London art market in the 2000s. -
Roman Bronze Ring with Bust
4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
The hoop with a raised boss at the base, an oval bezel with a profile male bust wearing a diadem. 5.08 grams, 25.08 mm overall, 19.60 x 20.52 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Fragment of a Roman Bronze Military Diploma Granted by Emperor Septimius Severus
195 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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.
