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LOT 1025
Roman Yellow Glass Bead Necklace String
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
15 in. (25.4 grams, 38 cm).
Restrung designer necklace string of spherical, oblate and other types. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, collection, 2000s.
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Roman Glass Vessel
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
With flattened discoid body and tall neck with flared mouth, applied rim. 20.5 grams, 10.6 cm
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Glass flasks, such as this example, were used as containers for ointments, powders, balms, and other expensive liquids such as perfumes. These flattened spherical vessels were often utilised by pilgrims to carry water on their travels. This particular form appears to be a predecessor to twin-handled pilgrim flasks, which became commonplace later in the 3rd and 4th centuries. -
Roman Roof Tile with Legion XIIIG Stamp
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Terracotta fragment with impressed stamp '[...] XIIIIG' for Legio XIV Gemina. 345 grams, 14 cm
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
Legio XIV Gemina ("The Twinned Fourteenth Legion") was raised by Julius Caesar in 57 BC; its cognomen Gemina (Twinned) was added when it was merged with another legion after the Battle of Actium. It took part in the defeat of Boudicca in AD 61. -
Late Roman Bronze Tweezers
4th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Formed as two narrow flat-section arms with impressed ring-and-dot ornament. 8.422 grams, 62 mm
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
