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LOT 1022
Roman Glass Ampulla with Blue Iridescence
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (16.7 grams, 81 mm).
Bulbous body with a flattened base, and a tubular neck expanding slightly towards the rim.
ProvenanceRoman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s.
LiteratureCf. Filarska, B., Szkla Starozytne (Ancient Glass), vol.II, Warszawa, 1972, II, cat.86, pl.XVIII,2.
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LOT 1022
Roman Glass Ampulla with Blue Iridescence
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Fragment of a Roman Bronze Military Diploma Granted by Emperor Domitian
95-96 A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
A rectangular plaque with three holes, one original one and two from later reuse; obverse with five lines of text with well engraved letters: (1) [IMP(erator) CAESAR DIVI] VESPASIANI [F(ilius) DOMITIANVS] / (2) [AVGVSTVS GERMANI]CVS PONTIFEX M[AXIMVS TRIB(unicia) / (3) [POTESTAT(e) XV I]MP(erator) XXII CO(n)S(ul) XVII [CENSOR PERPETVVS P(ater) P(atriae)] / (4) [EQVITIBVS ET PED]ITIBVS QVO MIL[ITANT IN ---] / (5) [--- ET C]OHORTIBVS DE[CEM ---]. 17 grams, 48 mm
From the collection of a European gentleman, formed since the 1990s, acquired on the German art market.
Issued for a member of a cohors, an auxiliary unit probably from the province of Moesia superior; granted by Domitian between 1 January AD 95 and his death at 18 September 96. -
Small Roman Buffware Cosmetic Pot
Circa 1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Biconical in profile with flared rim to the mouth, incised groove to the equator. 50 grams, 61 mm wide
Ex old English collection. From the estate of a late Bristol, South West England, collector. -
Roman Brown Chalcedony Gemstone with Goat
1st century B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £135
Brown-yellow translucent intaglio with an engraved billy goat with long horns, goatee and shaggy fur ambling to left on a groundline. 0.42 grams, 13 mm
Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 252, 25-26 September 2007, no.1592.
