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LOT 0776
Romano-Egyptian Silver Snake Bracelet
30 B.C.-323 A.D.
2 7/8 in. (25.4 grams, 74 mm).
Penannular type with serpent-head ends, scale detailing.
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 'Pompeii Red' Fresco Wallplaster
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Fragment of wall plaster with rendered surface painted red with yellow and white detailing to the edge; impression of timber laths to the reverse; old inked inscription: 'SIDI BOU ALI' to verso. 234 grams, 11.3 cm
Acquired early 1900s. Swiss family collection. Acquired at Birmingham Coin & Antiquities Fair, circa 2004. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
The ancient city of Sousse (today Sidi Bou Ali) was the Roman centre of Ulssipira, famous for its wonderful mosaics. However, as across Roman Tunisia, remains of frescoed houses have also been preserved. The ‘Pompeian red’ was used for walls as well as columns, such as those in the ‘house of the red columns’, Acholla, where the peristyle was formed by a narrow courtyard with stuccoed columns painted red. -
Roman Bronze Brooch Group
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising two aucissa type brooches, the pins absent; and a disc brooch with niello decoration, pin-lugs and remains of catch plate to the reverse. 17 grams total, 27-52 mm
Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman. -
Roman Inked Wooden Legal Document Signed by Felicianus in Actum
Late 4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
A reused tablet with a recessed panel on one side, the lower part absent, on the upper rim one of originally 3 holes necessary for binding together of the tablets of the document, 5 lines in Roman cursive on the recessed panel containing the end of a the record of a legal document in a formulaic legal language; part of a legal document which consisted of two (diptychon) or three tablets (triptychon), with the indication where it was done (actum in …) followed by the so-called chirographum (signature line) of a person called Felicianus, letter forms point to a date in the second half of the 4th century AD; with a recessed slot to verso. 12.4 grams, 14.7 cm
From an important London collection since 1975. Accompanied by a collection of six 1970s photographs of the the tablet.
The contract follows standard Roman legal formulae.
