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LOT 0667
Roman Samian Ware Dish Fragments one with Ancient Repairs
2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 - 5 in. (128 grams total, 8-12.7 cm).
One base and side wall, one base, each with sections of the foot; exhibiting examples of lead repairs. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Bedfordhire, 1980s.
Property of a Kempston, UK gentleman.
Accompanied by a copy of a letter from Peter Spencer dated 9 December 1980.
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LOT 0667
Roman Samian Ware Dish Fragments one with Ancient Repairs
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Roman to Medieval Iron Artefact Group
Circa 1st-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: a bell; fire steel; fish arrow point; tanged 'fork'; ram's head mount; together with other miscellaneous items. 368 grams total, 4.3-12.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance. -
Roman Gold Earring Pairs
2nd-3rd century A.D. or earlierEstimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Two pairs of earrings with decoratively twisted hoops, domed plaques and pyramid bulbs embellished with granule clusters; one pair with gold wire spirals to the plaques. 16.97 grams total, 42-50 mm
Acquired between 1950-1970s. Ex Swiss private collection. -
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Serapis and Isis
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
The oval intaglio showing Serapis holding a sceptre and wearing a modius upon his head; Isis, wearing a feather(?) headdress and holding a sistrum. 2.51 grams, 18 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection.
Serapis was known to the Greek and Roman world already in the 3rd century B.C. in Alexandria, where Ptolemy I built a serapeum in honour of the god. The name of the god is considered to be composed from the names Osiris and Apis bull and means 'Osiris the bull' since after his death he became the ruler of the outer world, while it was also believed that Osiris lived in the world through Apis. Isis, his spouse, was worshipped in the Roman Empire as a powerful divinity, mother of the gods.
