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LOT 0640
Roman Silver Knee Brooch
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.67 grams, 26 mm).
With transverse bar, D-shaped headplate, D-section body, sleeve finial, extended catch and hinge to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a continental European collection.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Mackreth, D.F., Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011, item 7513.
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LOT 0640
Roman Silver Knee Brooch
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Roman Enamelled Bronze Dolphin Brooch
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Roman and Later Bronze Ring Group
Circa 1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a slender ring with a rectangular tiered bezel; a ring with a large bezel with blue glass intaglio with a silver flower; a ring with oval bezel with linear motifs; a ring with a keeled hoop and lentoid bezel; a glass ring with three raised bosses; a small interphalangial ring; a ring with a raised disc on the bezel. 25.4 grams total, 13-29 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Roman Green Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of graduating mixed beads, the central feature with an oval tabular bead and a large annular bead, restrung. 11.4 grams, 37.2 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection.
