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LOT 1345
Roman Gilt Bronze Brooch with Conical Gem
CIRCA 2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (7.04 grams, 23.1 mm).
An oval brooch with raised rim and bezel with inserted conical black stone, pin and catchplate to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 1345
Roman Gilt Bronze Brooch with Conical Gem
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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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.' -
Roman Dark Green Gemstone with Asclepius
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
Ellipsoid in plan with intaglio Mercury in profile standing with marsupium in one hand, wearing a petasos; supplied with an impression. 0.30 grams, 11 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Roman Bronze Herm with Bust of Dionysus from a Lockplate
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With a tapering rectangular shaft with applied low-relief male genitalia and incised wine leaves, a finial formed as a crowned youthful male head with an attachment loop to the top; the lower end with an H-shaped ward. 56.7 grams, 10.9 cm
Property of a European gentleman, acquired from the estate of a London collector (formed before 2000).
