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LOT 0696
Roman Glass Cosmetic Bottle
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (34 grams, 10.1 cm).
The slender tubular neck rising from a globular body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Coincraft, London WC1.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
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Roman Samian Ware Decorated Bowl Fragments
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Each fragment decorated with foliate motifs in raised relief to the external sidewall. 195 grams total, 6.7-11.8 cm
Found Bedfordhire, 1980s. Property of a Kempston, UK gentleman. -
Romano-British Colchester-Derivative Bow Brooch
Circa 1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
With hinge at the cross-bar and pin beneath, deep bow with vertical channel; notched detailing. 12.9 grams, 47 mm
Found East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, UK. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme report no.SWOR-A26E93. -
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Fortuna
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £389
The oval intaglio depicting the goddess standing, facing right, dressed in peplos, holding a steering-oar and cornucopia. 1.33 grams, 16 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection.
Fortuna was the Roman equivalent of the Greek Tyche, and was the goddess of fate, chance and luck. The cornucopia symbolises the abundance of good luck that people hoped for in worshipping her and the rudder symbolises her steering the destiny of people. In the city of Rome, she had a temple in the Forum Boarium. The goddess had many aspects such as Fortuna Augusta, the luck of the emperor and the Imperial family, Fortuna Publica, the luck of the people, and Fortuna Obsequens, indulgent fortune, amongst many others.
