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LOT 0801
Roman Gemstone Collection
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 1/2 in. (3.89 grams total, 9-14 mm).
Including profile bust, standing figure and other types; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. [5]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 0801
Roman Gemstone Collection
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Roman Lead 'LEG X' Slingshot
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Lentoid in form with impressed legend 'LEGX' and casting seam. 29.4 grams, 30 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Deep Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £33
Restrung designer necklace string of biconvex, oblate and other types. 13.9 grams, 33.5 cm
London, UK, collection, 2000s. -
Roman Roof Tile with Legion XIIIG Stamp
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Terracotta fragment with impressed stamp '[...] XIIIIG' for Legio XIV Gemina. 345 grams, 14 cm
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
Legio XIV Gemina ("The Twinned Fourteenth Legion") was raised by Julius Caesar in 57 BC; its cognomen Gemina (Twinned) was added when it was merged with another legion after the Battle of Actium. It took part in the defeat of Boudicca in AD 61.
