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LOT 0924
Roman Glass Cameo
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (3.70 grams total, 21 mm).
Comprising: a carved female face in three-quarter view with luxuriant curls of hair, on a black glass field. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 0924
Roman Glass Cameo
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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'Caerleon' Roman Roof Tile Fragment with LEG II AVG Legionary Stamp
3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Thick section of a tile with stamped 'LEG II AVG' across the front, an inked collector's number 31.36.65 to one side and a taped label reading 'Caerleon Roman bathouse (sic)' on the reverse. 174 grams, 72 mm
Found at Caerleon Bathhouse, Newport, Wales, UK. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
The Caerleon Roman barracks served as a base for the Roman Second Augustan Legion and held upwards of 5000 soldiers. -
Roman Sandstone Altar for the God Serapis by Gaius Petronius Paetus
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Rectangular in profile with stepped base and capital; dished socket to the upper face; incised rectangular panel to obverse with six lines of inscription in sans-serif capitals: 'SERAPI DEO / MAGNO / SACRVM / C. PETRONVS / C. F. VEL / PAETUS' (Sacred to the great god Serapis, G(aius) Petronus Paetus, son of Gaius, (enrolled in the) tribus Velina); accompanied by collector's record card and printed copy of the Britania journal entry headed 'Alienum'. 9.1 kg, 26.5 cm
Acquired at auction in London, December 1993. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hampshire, UK; formed since the 1950s. Accompanied by copies of Roger Tomalin's article in Britannia, in which this altar is published. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton.
When the Britannia article was published in 2000, there was only one other dedication to the god Serapis known from Britain, found at York (p.448). Meanwhile, the Roman Inscriptions of Britain database records five entries. The altar was said to have been found in Yorkshire, although this is disputed. The dedicant possessed Roman citizenship, and he provides his name on this altar with all elements like praenomen, filiation, and tribus. This onomastic observation points to the end of the first century or the first half of the second century A.D. -
Roman Bronze Anchor Bow Brooch
Circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A bow brooch of the kräftig profilierte 'anchor' type, with a wide crescent-shaped head with extended arms, broad flat footplate with catch and pin to the reverse. 21.4 grams, 54 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
