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LOT 0904
Roman Square Trade Weight Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 1 in. (183 grams total, 10-27 mm).
Rectangular and square in plan, some with punchmarks. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Simmons gallery, 1990s.
From a North London, UK, collection.
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Roman Gemstone with Bull Trampling a Dog
2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Plano-convex in profile with chamfered rim, intaglio scene of a horned bull one baseline with a hound attacking it from below; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.90 grams, 13 mm
From a Swiss collection, 1980s onwards. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Romano-British 'Colchester' Samian Ware Sherd Group with Makers' Stamps
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Including sherds of rim and base with inked accession numbers; some with impressed stamps; inked collector's notes including 'Base Sherd / Potter's Stamp: Patrici.M. / (Patricius of Lezoux) / Provenance: Colchester'; with three display cards. 540 grams total, 6.5-16 cm
Found Colchester, Essex, UK, and Gaul. 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 two old handwritten collection display cards noting the provenance as from 'South Gaul' and two original typed slips noting the provenance as 'Colchester'. -
Gallo-Roman Bronze Statuette of a Rider God
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Modelled in the round as a nude horseman with legs spread, musculature suggested to the chest and abdomen, shoulder-length hair with wavy locks, almond-shaped eyes and snub nose; right hand extended palm-upwards; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 154 grams total, 11 cm including stand
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.
The type has similarities with representations of Mercury on horseback, who is shown in an identical position. Images of Romano-Celtic rider-gods, possibly associated with the Roman god of war Mars, used similar iconography. There are a number of such rider statuettes from Roman Britain and Gaul, potentially votive offerings to a deity.
