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LOT 0900
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Male Portrait
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/8 in. (0.45 grams, 10 mm).
Oval translucent intaglio with a profile of a young male wearing a cap. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection assembled 1970s-90s, and thence to the liquidated state of above.
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LOT 0900
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Male Portrait
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Horned Animal
2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Plano-convex in section and octagonal in plan with central intaglio leaping stag or goat and frond; supplied with an impression. 1.06 grams, 13 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Roman Terracotta Coin Forger's Mould
Circa 3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid clay mould with an impressed design of a coin on each face. 4.83 grams, 26 mm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Goddess Hecate
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Ellipsoid in plan with intaglio standing robed figure of Hecate, her heads facing left and right, with six arms; holding the leashes of two dogs standing to either side of her, with birds in the field; chipped; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.65 grams, 13 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
Hecate, the goddess of the Underworld, is often represented with 6 arms: the uppermost hands holding torches, the middle hands holding daggers, and the lowermost hands holding whips. Hecate was a chthonic (underworld) goddess. As the holder of the keys that can unlock the gates between realms, she could unlock the gates of death, as described in a 3rd-century B.C. poem by Theocritus. In the 1st century AD, Virgil described the entrance to hell as 'Hecate's Grove', though he says that Hecate is equally 'powerful in Heaven and Hell.'
