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LOT 0902
Roman Silver Key Ring with Fretwork Heart
1ST CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.11 grams, 18.62 mm overall, 16.39 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)).
The bezel formed with an openwork vine and leaf motif.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 231.
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LOT 0902
Roman Silver Key Ring with Fretwork Heart
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Romano-British Castor Ware and Other Sherd Group
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Mixed group of sherds, many with inked reference number, and collector's display cards including 'Sherd of calcite gritted bowl. Indented rim. Colchester kilns. 4th Cent.', 'NENE VALLEY / NVCIO', 'Col' for Colchester, 'CANVEY ISLAND / CC/6', 'MG/105 / CAMBRIDGE / P.', LONDON / CC/27', 'TINKERS LANE / ROCHFORD / CC/26'. 804 grams total, 2.5-10 cm
Found UK. From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s. Accompanied by handwritten information display cards. -
Romano-British 'Hampshire' Samian Ware Sherd Collection on Display Cards
Late 1st century B.C.-early 1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Mixed group of decorated Samian ware fragments mounted on card display boards, one with old typed label: 'COARSE BEAD RIM POTTERY SHERDS. / Found in Hampshire. / c. 25 B.C.-25A.D.'. 534 grams total, 25.5 x 20.5 cm each
Found Hampshire UK. From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s. -
Roman Bronze Snake-Headed Bracelet
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
With flared finials developing to serpents' heads with hatched detailing; repaired. 18.5 grams, 75 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.
