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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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Roman to Post Medieval Artefact Group
1st-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Including a military cap badge, lead weight, buckle and belt fittings, milled coins and other items. 955 grams total, 9-74 mm
Found Suffolk, UK. -
Roman Bronze Vessel with Galleys
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Squat jar with concentric rings to the base, flared rim to the mouth three high-relief galley images to the shoulder. 166 grams, 43 mm high
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
The vase evokes a scene of maritime or river trade, usually linked to navigation on the Rhine or on the great rivers of Roman Gaul. In particular, the shape of the ship and the three people only half visible on its deck closely resemble the famous relief of the wine merchants of Neumagen-Dhron. The small jar was probably for domestic toilette use. -
Romano-British 'Moorgate' Samian Ware Sherd Group
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Two fragments of burnished ceramic bowl, the larger with label reading 'Roman Samian / Moorgate Court / London / March 1928'; the smaller ''Roman Samian / from Moorgate St. London / Jan. 1930'. 115 grams total, 4.9-10 cm
Found Moorgate, London, UK, 1928-1930. 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.
