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LOT 0666
Roman Gold Ring with Moon and Star Gemstone
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.91 grams, 24.55 mm overall, 18.38 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
Slender round-section hoop, and applied round bezel with granulated edge, set with a carnelian intaglio engraved with a moon crescent and star.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Tetragonal piece with impressed annular markings on the longer faces disposed 1:3, 2:4. 6.25 grams, 23 mm
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Roman Lead Curse Tablet Targeting a Legionary Commander and His Military Unit
Late 1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
The names of high-ranking officers of a Roman legion engraved in two columns in retrograde script, inter alia the Senatorial Commander of a Roman Legion (legatus legionis), two Tribunes and several Centurions being cursed; with holes to fix it to an object with nails, both being magical practices of antiquity aiming for the malediction of enemies; a unique and important document; it has been proposed to identify the legate with Q. Pomponius Rufus, consul in the year A.D. 95. 151 grams total, 87 mm each
Private collection of the gentleman, J.L. Fernández, Switzerland, before 2000. From the private academic collection of Professor P.M.A.R. Accompanied by a copy of the academic paper Rothenhoefer, P., Römische Offiziere auf einer tabella defixionum. Ein außergewöhnliches Dokument magischen Schadenzaubers gegen eine Legionskommandeur und weitere Mitglieder des Offizierskorps, Epigraphica 78, 2016, pp.235-251, where this unique curse tablet is published. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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Roman Gold Ring with Eros Gemstone
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Hollow-formed shank, integral plaque with inset glass disc, low-relief Eros face in three-quarter view. 2.35 grams, 21.19 mm overall, 15.00 mm internal diameter (approximate size British D 1/2, USA 2, Europe 1.78, Japan 1)
Acquired in 1992. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
