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LOT 0201
Roman Gold Ring with Sardonyx Gemstone
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (5.65 grams, 19.11 mm overall, 13.53 mm internal diameter).
With D-section shank and steep facetted shoulders, inset sardonyx gemstone.
ProvenancePrivate European collection, acquired 2000.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 304, for type.
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LOT 0201
Roman Gold Ring with Sardonyx Gemstone
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Roman Early Christian Globus Cruciger Carnelian Gemstone
Circa 4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
With a saint and globus cruciger; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.60 grams, 12 mm
From the collection of a Swiss gentleman formed in Europe from 1970-1980s; thence by descent from the family in London. -
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Late Roman Redware Oil Lamp With Daniel Standing
North African, 5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
With a lug handle and oval elongated body, two central filling-holes flanking the image of prophet Daniel enclosed within a decorative shallow border; two thin concentric circles on the base, possibly a blurred potter’s mark to the middle. 196 grams, 14.5 cm
From the collection of the French archaeologist Suzanne Gozlan, 1921-2022.
The lamp belongs to the type Atlante X or Hayes II A. The so-called Christian lamps in Terra Sigillata Africana have been classified by Hayes into two major types, I and II. He has distinguished two classes in his type II, according to geographic place of manufacture or origin. Subtype II A group lamps from central Tunisia are characterised by a fine clay, glossy light orange slip, and carefully executed decoration using a great number of neatly drawn shoulder motives. -
Roman Fitting in the Form of a Female Bust
Coptic, 4th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Carved bone with concave reverse; profile female bust with neatly dressed hair, himation at the shoulder; old collector's label '10' to the reverse. 17.81 grams, 49 mm
European collection formed in the early 1980s. with Bonhams London, 27 April 2006, lot 356. Accompanied by a copy of an IADAA Interpol search certificate. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Bonham's catalogue pages.
