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LOT 0896
Roman Silver Ring with Insignia
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.56 grams, 20.13 mm overall, 16.26 x 18.07 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Comprising a narrow D-section hoop and a large circular bezel with insignia.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Roman Bronze Plate Brooch
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Comprising a discoid plaque and hinged S-curved pin to the reverse, the obverse with a millefiori glass insert. 5.61 grams, 24 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection since the late 1990s. -
Romano-British 'Colchester' Mortarium Sherd Group
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Including mainly rim fragments, one with the pouring lip; on marked 'Colchester / CM/23', another with 'Col / CM/19'. 1.64 kg total. 11-29.5 cm
Found Colchester, 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. -
Antiquarian Research and Photograph Albums of Various Roman Sites in Britain
1960s-1980s A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Comprising six albums: a photo album with pictures from Calleva Atrebatum, Roman Silchester in Hampshire, England, showing categorised images of artefacts and displays from Reading museum with handwritten information labels, including mosaics, jewellery, beads, pottery, tiles and other artefacts; a photo album with images from Tullie House Museum showing pictures of oil lamps, oil lamps, pottery, some with handwritten information labels, also containing images from Colchester Castle Museum comprising images of pottery, Samian ware moulds, and other artefacts, and images from Wroxeter Roman city, pictures of six stones from the Roman camp at Old Penrith, pictures from Newcastle Museum, and from Great Witcombe villa in Gloucestershire; an album with postcards and printed information cards from Vindolanda, a Roman auxiliary fort south of Hadrian's Wall showing life and costumes during Roman occupation; another album with photographs from Corbridge, a Roman town south of Hadrian's Wall, pictures taken at Aldborough Roman town, and pictures from Yorkshire Museum in York; an album containing black-and-white images of mainly Roman and Byzantine coins; a scrap book with labelled pictures and postcards from Chedworth Roman Villa, Chesters Roman Fort in Northumberland, Housesteads Roman Fort, antiquities in Chesters Museum, Hadrian's Wall area, Aesica (Great Chesters), Vindolanda, and miscellaneous pictures of historic places and artefacts. 12.9 kg total, 26.5 x 28.5 - 33.5 x 29 cm
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.
