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LOT 0907
Roman Redware Oil Lamp with Caestarius
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (136 grams, 11.3 cm).
With deep hollow-formed body, lug handle and short nozzle, wreath to the shoulder and low-relief image of a boxer(?) on one leg. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx J.R. collection, Netherlands, since before 2000.
Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above.
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LOT 0907
Roman Redware Oil Lamp with Caestarius
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Terracotta Coin Forger's Mould
Circa 3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid clay mould with an impressed design of a coin on each face. 3.63 grams, 27 mm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Roman Bronze Tree-Support with Lion Skin
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £45
Modelled in the round as a lion-skin draped over a tree trunk with the head resting on the opposite side and flanked by the front paws, a teardrop-shaped plaque above. 19.87 grams, 29 mm
with H.A.C. AG, Basel, until 1999.
