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LOT 0162
Roman Gold Earring Pair with Pearls
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (6.06 grams total, 62-64 mm).
Matched pair, each comprising a tubular shank with hook-and-eye closure, free-running dangle with pearl bead and granule cluster below. [2]
Provenancewith Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 14 December 2010, no.158.
Private collection, Europe.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Gorny & Mosch catalogue pages.
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Opening Bid: £75
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Roman Wooden Tablet with a Sales Contract Made on the Goretiano Estate in the Province of Byzacena
4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,240
Well preserved rectangular tablet made of cedar wood with a recessed panel to the inner face, the outer face flat and not inscribed; the second and last tablet of a Roman sales contract; the inner face inscribed in Roman cursive script using ink and calamus, fourteen lines of Roman cursive script written within the recess; two small holes both near the upper and lower rim (for binding the tablets of this document together); the text consists of dispositions regarding the sale of a special category of land (gemiones) and ends with the obligatory stipulatio formula: 'stipulata est Macrinia B., spopondidit Iulius L. – Macrinia B. stipulated, Iulius L. (as the vendor) gave the counter promise'. 44.3 grams, 15.6 x 14.1 cm
Acquired by Albert Sfez in the early 1950s. Formerly the property of Monsieur Alain Sfez, a Belgian collector; acquired by gift from his father, Albert Sfez, in 1965. Acquired by a London dealer in 1973. From an important London collection since 1975; thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of an illustrated academic report by Professor Dr phil. Peter Rothenhöfer.
