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LOT 0725
Roman Lead and Bronze Trade Weight Collection
CIRCA 2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 7/8 in. (72 grams total, 14-22 mm).
Comprising: three rectangular weights, one barrel-shaped with two symbols on one end, and a tabular bifacial plaque with four standing figures on one side and the other with three figures. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 0725
Roman Lead and Bronze Trade Weight Collection
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Roman Gold Child's Ring with Garnet Pitcher Gemstone
1st century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Solid ring inset with an intaglio of a guttus (pitcher) with socle foot and handle; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.87 grams, 9.77 mm overall, 7.20 mm internal diameter
Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Private collection, UK. -
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Goddesses
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Tabular type with incuse design of Fortuna standing with a cornucopia and rudder, goddess Victory before her holding tainia, the tips of her wings visible; edge chipped; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.02 grams, 17 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
A group of carnelian intaglios found in the Snettisham Hoard, Norfolk, comprised subjects like Fortuna, Diana, Spes, a modius with corn, a bird and a dolphin, from the mid-2nd century A.D. -
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Gryllus in Gold Ring
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,100
Translucent oval intaglio featuring a standing gryllus wearing a gryphon-headed helmet, flanked by the inscription 'KAΛHI' meaning 'to the beautiful one'; set in a later gold ring with a D-section hoop; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 9.29 grams, 23.83 mm overall, 20.32 x 17.88 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)
Acquired on the European art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13322-257896.
Fanciful combinations of various human and animal heads, sometimes with the addition of other elements, are generally called grylloi. These fantastic devices were more than mere artists' fancies and were worn by the ancient Romans and others for their supposed efficacy in averting the evil eye.
