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LOT 0181
Roman Imperial Military Iron Ring with Burnt Agate Gemstone with a Helmetted Warrior
1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.30 grams, 25.14 mm overall, 19.63 x 16.97 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Comprising a slender D-section hoop expanding at the shoulders, oval bezel set with an intaglio of a young soldier wearing a crested helmet, either Minerva or Roma.
ProvenanceUK private collection, acquired on the English market in the 2000s.
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LOT 0181
Roman Imperial Military Iron Ring with Burnt Agate Gemstone with a Helmetted Warrior
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£250 (EUR 290; USD 338) +BP*
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3rd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A mixed group of ceramic bullae, tesserae or theatre tokens bearing low-relief motifs, mainly consisting of profile busts of deities. 34.8 grams total, 15-24 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
The term 'tessera' was used in Roman times to convey the Greek term σύμβολον (token). Small tiles are known as tokens, often shaped like coins, made of metal (copper, lead, iron), clay, bone, wood, or glass, stamped as well as engraved. The tokens, however, are not exclusively coin-shaped, as the Latin term 'tessera' refers to a four-sided shape. Tokens and tesserae seem to have been used both in Athens and Rome for the distribution of goods. According to written sources, the term ‘token’ is identified with credentials of the official authorities. They have also been interpreted as tokens of identity, as entrance tickets to theatre performances, tribunals or assemblies of citizens, archival material of seal engraving, as pawns in games, Charon’s obols and even as amulets. -
Roman Gemstone Group
2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £16
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From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Romano-British Lead Gaming Die
England, 1st-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Cuboid type with lightly-impressed pellet markings. 6.42 grams, 9 mm
Found UK. From the collection of a Bedfordshire, UK, lady.
