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LOT 0721
Roman Limestone Gaming Counter Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 3/4 in. (36 grams total, 13-19 mm).
Twenty discoid limestone counters each with an incuse cinquefoil to both faces. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in the 1990s.
Acquired from a central London gallery.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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Roman and Later Bracelet Collection
4th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Including a D-section hoop with ropework detailing, flat-section band with median gusset, penannular hoop and other types. 44 grams total, 46-72 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968. -
Roman Bronze Bearded Grotesque Statuette
Circa 3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Modelled standing nude with left hand covering the mouth and right hand on the buttocks. 8.72 grams, 27 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Roman Bronze Statue of Mars Gradivus
2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,940
Modelled in the round as a young beardless warrior hero with muscular body and rounded shoulders; wearing a high-crested pseudo-Attic helmet with a diadem; the hair arranged in orderly locks over his brow; the bent left hand would originally have held a shield and the extended right hand a spear. 278 grams, 13.5 cm high
Ex collection of Dr Djafari (1900-1981), Kaiserslautern, Germany. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11812-206498.
This statue of Mars Gradivus, the marching god of war, was probably a cult offering. The statuette still presents an archaic Etruscan hairstyle, being part of the Italic statuettes of the god produced as votive offering to the temples or for private lararia. A Gallo-Roman period temple dedicated to the cult of Mars with a similar statuette has recently been found in Brittany.
