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LOT 0987
Roman Chalcedony Gemstone Collection
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (2.11 grams total, 14-15 mm).
Comprising an ellipsoid with a standing goddess Minerva (Athena) wearing a helmet and a long robe, holding a shield and a spear; one plano-convex in profile with a standing figure of Helios holding a sceptre, wearing an aureole crown, supplied with an impression. [2]
ProvenanceEx H.A.C. AG, Basel, between 1988-1999, (Label 'HAC N-2825' / 'HAC Schmuck und Gemmen 44').
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LOT 0987
Roman Chalcedony Gemstone Collection
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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Roman Bronze Military Diploma Fragment
Circa 129 A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Irregular fragment of a thin tablet engraved with portions of several horizontal lines of Latin capitals, identified as part of the exterior witness list of the second tablet, or tabella II, of a Roman military diploma; the surviving letter groups may be restored as: '[C.] IV[LI …] [L.] PV[LLI …] [P.] AT[TI …]?'. 3.57 grams, 24 mm
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.
This sequence closely parallels the witness list on a diploma fragment in the Museo de Huelva, inventory 10.619, published as a copy of Hadrian’s constitution for auxiliary troops serving in Syria, issued on 22 March AD 129. Published restorations of the witnesses include Gaius Iulius Eutychius, Lucius Pullius Anthus or Daphnus, and Publius Attius Severus. González Fernández and Bermejo Meléndez, Diplomata Militaria del Museo de Huelva. Military diplomas were certified bronze copies of imperial grants recording citizenship, marriage rights and related privileges. -
Roman Ceramic Miniature Oil Lamp Pendant
1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed as a small oil lamp with a loop handle to the rear. 3.85 grams, 25 mm
Ex the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970s-1990s. -
Roman Terracotta Double-Spouted Oil Lamp with the Gods Serapis and Cybele
Circa 1st century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With broad discus, triangular reflector and two stub nozzles; the discus with image of Cybele riding a lion, the reflector with facing bust of Serapis with modius above the head. 131 grams, 12.7 cm
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
