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LOT 0175
Roman Gold Pendant with Skeleton Gemstone
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1 in. (2.7 grams, 26 mm).
Ellipsoid onyx gemstone with an incuse skeleton motif, set in a gold-sheet cell with granule cluster below and ribbed loop above, reverse with border of pellets enclosing three rosettes.
ProvenanceFrom a North American gentleman's collection, 1990s.
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LOT 0175
Roman Gold Pendant with Skeleton Gemstone
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£750 (EUR 870; USD 1,013) +BP*
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Roman Marbled Blue Glass Toilet Bottle
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £30
An iridescent unguentarium with piriform body, tubular neck with everted rolled rim. 19.7 grams, 83 mm
Acquired on the European art market in 2001.
This typology was produced mainly in Egypt (Karanis class XIII.B). They were characteristic of the Eastern Mediterranean as well, and characterised by the irregular curved depression on the underside of the base and by the narrow cylindrical neck with slight constriction at the bottom. -
Roman Bronze Crossbow Brooch
4th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With three onion-shaped knops to the crossbar, deep bow, trapezoidal foot with notched edges and longitudinal line; integral catch; hinged pin to reverse. 39 grams, 69 mm
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Romano-Celtic Bronze Statuette of God Sucellos
2nd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Modelled in the round with luxuriant hair and beard, bare-chested with a short kilt and belt; left arm extended straight and right arm bent upwards. 36.7 grams, 69 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
Sucellos was the Gaulish strong-man deity, usually shown with a hammer in his raised hand and a pot in the other.
