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LOT 0845
Roman Lead Weight Collection
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 1/8 in. (181 grams total,13-29 mm).
Mostly tabular in form, displaying varying numbers of dimples to one or multiple faces. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
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Roman Bronze Eagle Finial
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Modelled in the round with naturalistic detailing, wings closed. 8.9 grams, 30 mm
‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection. -
Roman Bronze ROMA Brooch
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With openwork monogram in Latin letters, ('R'+'M'+'A', with the 'O' represented by the circular plan of the brooch itself), a palindrome 'AMOR'; complete with pin. 13.86 grams, 35 mm
Acquired on the German art market around 2000s. From the collection of an EU gentleman living in the UK.
The brooch is composed of the stylised letters ‘RMA’. When viewed from the obverse RMA + the circle of the brooch form a monogram for ‘Roma’. Roma refers to both the city and its divine personification, the Dea Roma. But if RMA is read from right to left (or the brooch is viewed from the opposite side), the letters display a monogram for ‘AMOR’, the Latin name for Cupid, the god of love. The phrase pertains to Roma-Amor, a widely recognised palindrome espousing Roman wordplay in the ancient times. -
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Owl Between Cornucopiae
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
The oval intaglio engraved with the bird facing, flanked by two opposing cornucopiae. 0.65 grams, 13 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection.
According to Greek mythology, the cornucopia was the horn lost by the Achelous river in the fight with Hercules for Deianeira and filled by the Naiads with flowers and fruit as a symbol of abundance, thus alluding to the fertility of the valley where the Achelous flowed. The owl, symbol of Athena, flanked by cornucopiae, evoked the abundance asked from the goddess by the wearer of the gemstone.
