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LOT 0633
Roman 'Thames' Bronze Phallic Seal Box and Pendant Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 15/8 in. (10.6 grams total, 29-41 mm).
The seal box with remains of articulate hinge, raised phallus to top face with red enamelled detail; exaggerated stylised penis pendant with fragment of suspension loop remaining. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
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LOT 0633
Roman 'Thames' Bronze Phallic Seal Box and Pendant Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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Roman Bronze Ring
1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With carinated hoop, elliptical bezel. 3.62 grams, 20.42 mm overall, 15.13 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H 1/2, USA 4, Europe 6.81, Japan 6)
Acquired from Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection. -
Roman Marble Eagle Head
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Carved facing left, with deep-set hooded eyes and a hooked beak, stylised feather detailing to the head; mounted on a custom-made display base. 1.88 kg total, 23 cm high including stand
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK. Ex London collection, 1980s-1990s.
In the Greco-Roman world, the eagle was the symbol of Zeus. It is most probable that this eagle flanked a statue of the god. A story is bruited abroad to the effect that Zeus, wanting to determine the centre of the world, let eagles fly of equal speed from west and east. The birds, flying in opposite directions, met at Pytho and that marked the central point of the whole world. -
Gold Earrings with Beads
Roman, 1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £585
Each composed of a slender round-section hoop tapering towards the closure, free-running dangle featuring an emerald green glass bead between gold annular beads. 4.41 grams total, 35-37 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
