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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 Glass Flask
3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £110
Of fusiform type with a rolled lip and thick rounded bottom. 30 grams, 26.5 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Roman Redware Sherd with Venator Gladiator
4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
The fighting venator dressed in a long sleeved tunic embroidered with orbiculi and pectorarin, segmenta on the sleeves, brandishing a javelin of venabulum type; suspension loop to the reverse. 18 grams, 70 mm
Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
The combat scene is likely a reference to the gladiatorial fights between men and animals; such games in the arena were a principal form of entertainment through the Roman Republic and Roman Empire. Both men and women would partake in such fights. The venatores (hunters) were the most specialised in this field, fighting with a spear with winged blades and long knives (culter venatorius). -
Roman Terracotta Fragment Group
1st century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mainly from vessels and tiles, including base, rim and body fragments, together with decorated oil lamp fragments. 927 grams total, 1.1-16 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
