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LOT 0800
Roman Floor Mosaic Sections
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 - 2 in. (31 grams total, 39-49 mm).
Two small fragments of cement floor with cuboid tesserae embedded. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Roman Bifacial Terracotta Forger's Coin Mould
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Discoid in plan, both sides with a laureate bust of an emperor, legend surrounding. 3.98 grams, 26 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Glass Jar with Trail
3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £190
With bulbous body, flared rim and applied zigzag trail to neck, dimple base. 70 grams, 69 mm
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Late Roman Redware Lamp Face with Military Officer
Late 5th-early 6th century A.DSold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising the upper part of an oil lamp with part of the handle in situ; band of concentric circles and floral motifs to the shoulder; discus with low-relief figure seated with flexed knees, wearing a thigh-length tunic and cingulum military belt over bracae, and a short sagum clasped at the right shoulder; with short hair and beard; right arm folded across the body holding the hem of the sagum; modern suspension ring to reverse. 101 grams, 11.4 cm
Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
The lamp belongs to the type Atlante X or Hayes II A. The so-called Christian lamps in Terra Sigillata Africana have been classified by Hayes into two major types, I and II. He has distinguished two classes in his type II, according to geographic place of manufacture or origin. Subtype II A group lamps from central Tunisia are characterised by the use of fine clay, glossy light orange slip, and carefully executed decoration using a great number of neatly drawn shoulder motifs. The image of this military officer is unusual, and it can represent an imperial primikerios of the African army after the reconquest of Belisarius in 533 A.D.
