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LOT 1177
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Youth Playing a Flute
1ST CENTURY B.C.
3/8 in. (0.32 grams, 9 mm).
Discoid type with intaglio kneeling youth on a baseline raising a floghera reed flute to his mouth; supplied with an impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. for a similar example, Spier, J., Ancient gems and finger rings, Catalogue of the Collections. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1992, p.134, no.365.
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LOT 1177
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Youth Playing a Flute
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Roman Stone Intaglio with Scorpion
2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Plano-convex type with incuse scorpion; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.53 grams, 16 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Roman Sandstone Altar for the God Serapis by Gaius Petronius Paetus
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 6 | Current Bid: £190
Rectangular in profile with stepped base and capital; dished socket to the upper face; incised rectangular panel to obverse with six lines of inscription in sans-serif capitals: 'SERAPI DEO / MAGNO / SACRVM / C. PETRONVS / C. F. VEL / PAETUS' (Sacred to the great god Serapis, G(aius) Petron(i)us Paetus, son of Gaius, (enrolled in the) tribus Velina). 9.1 kg, 26.5 cm
Acquired at auction in London, December 1993. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hampshire, UK; formed since the 1950s. Accompanied by copies of Roger Tomalin's article in Britannia, in which this altar is published. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton.
When the Britannia article was published in 2000, there was only one other dedication to the god Serapis known from Britain, found at York (p.448). Meanwhile, the Roman Inscriptions of Britain database records five entries. The altar was said to have been found in Yorkshire, although this is disputed. The dedicant possessed Roman citizenship, and he provides his name on this altar with all elements like praenomen, filiation, and tribus. This onomastic observation points to the end of the first century or the first half of the second century A.D. -
Roman Iridescent Glass Vessel
Circa 1st-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Bell-shaped, squat body and concave base, a long tubular neck and a rolled rim. 39 grams, 12.6 cm
Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s.
