Greek And Roman Art
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Lot # 1006
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BRONZE AGE SICKLE. European Bronze Age, c. 800-600 BC. Bronze sickle, formed as a curved casting with one flat face. Bent handle, perhaps intentionally, at a rather sharp angle, Length: 182 mm. Nice item, intact and complete.
Lot # 1005
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BRONZE AGE SICKLE. European Bronze Age, c. 800-600 BC. Bronze sickle, formed as a curved casting with one flat face. Bent handle, perhaps intentionally, at a rather sharp angle, Length: 155 mm. Nice item, intact and complete.
Lot # 1004
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BRONZE BULLAE NECKLACE Ancient World, c. 1st millennium BC. Necklace made of fifteen (15) bronze bullae of various dimensions. Dimensions: from 18.5 to 17.5 mm. Interesting item. Minor damages.
Lot # 1003
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SQUARED BRONZE SEAL Ancient Near East, c. 2nd Millennium BC. Bronze seal of quadrangular shape decorated with linear motifs. On the back are two suspension rings. Dimensions: 28 x 27 x 11 mm. Fascinating item, intact and complete.
Lot # 1002
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DACIAN SILVER FIBULA Eastern Europe, Dacian Culture, c. 1st century BC. Massive Dacian silver fibula, with three bigger and three smaller knobs on the arch. In addition, two silver fibula springs. Dimensions: 99 x 26.5 mm. Weight: 90 g. Rare and fascinating item. Missings. The two springs were probably part of another fibula.
Lot # 1001
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CELTIC SILVER TORQUES Eastern Europe, 1st millennium BC. Celtic torques, made from a single silver wire twisted around itself. Diameter: c. 135 mm. Rare and interesting item, complete but with breaks at the ends.
Lot # 1000
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PAIR OF BYZANTINE GOLD EARRINGS Byzantine period, c. 8th - 12th century AD. With delicate geometric patterns using granulation. Dimensions: length: 48 and 46 mm, total weight: 7.59 g. Rare and fascinating items.
Lot # 999
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GOLD FINGER RING Roman period, c. 1st - 4th century AD. (?) Gold ring with a peculiar shape due to the raised bezel, in which a hard green stone is set. Inner size: 14.5 mm. Weight: 2.53. Intact and complete. Minor damages.
Lot # 998
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ANCIENT EARRING Ancient World, c. 4th century BC - 3rd century AD. Gold earring with single band and with pendant consisting of quartz sphere. Weight: 1.09 g. Dimensions: 20 x 11 mm. Intact and complete.
Lot # 997
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ANCIENT GOLD EARRING Ancient world, c. 1st millennium BC. Earring composed of a gold band, wider at the base, on which are wound two gold wires and a three-row spherical decoration. Dimensions: 14 x 13 mm. Weight: 0.81 g.
Lot # 996
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POTTERY FRAGMENT WITH BOAR Roman period, North Africa, c. 4th - 6th century AD. Pottery fragment, part of a plate, depicting a boar. Dimensions: from 87 to 62 mm.
Lot # 995
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LOT OF ROMAN POTTERY Roman period, North Africa, c. 4th - 6th century AD. Lot of three (3) decorated pottery fragments, depicting animals. Height: from 64 to 35 mm.
Lot # 994
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LOT OF ROMAN POTTERY Roman period, North Africa, c. 4th - 6th century AD. Lot of seven (7) decorated pottery fragments. Various representations. Height: from 95 to 46 mm.
Lot # 993
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HELLENISTIC OIL LAMP Greek World, c. 3rd century BC. Pottery oil lamp with lenticular-shaped body, tall flat spout and small hole for filling. With brown paint. Dimensions: 111 x 85 x 41.5 mm. Missing handle and damages.
Lot # 992
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SIGNED OIL LAMP Roman period, c. 3rd century AD. Roman terracotta oil lamp featuring a discus decorated with a leopard, floral motifs on the sides and heart-shaped nozzle. On the foot is impressed the seal of the potter 'SABBA / TIVS'. Dimensions: 104 x 75 mm. Very interesting item. Intact and complete.
Lot # 991
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ROMAN OIL LAMP Roman period, c. 1st - 2nd century AD. Roman oil lamp with running boar bitten by dog on the central basin. Flat foot. Length: 93 mm. Slightly restored.
Lot # 990
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PART OF A POTTERY GROUP Roman period, c. 1st - 3rd century AD. Left part of a ceramic group, representing Herakles naked except for traces of the lion's skin around the neck, with the club raised, in the act of striking an enemy. Traces of painting. Dimensions: 162 x 89 mm. Interesting and important item. Intact.
Lot # 989
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ROMAN POTTERY GROUP Roman period, c. 1st - 3rd century AD. Ceramic group composed of a gladiator with spear, fighting against a lion that is attacking him. Traces of painting. Dimensions: 124 x 76 and 121 x 158 mm. Extremely rare and fascinating item. Missing parts.
Lot # 988
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TERRA SIGILLATA PLATE Roman period, 1st century AD. Italic terra sigillata plate, with vertical lip with recessed profile, flat bowl, and tall ring foot. Decoration consisting of two relief stamps, of unclear identification, on the outside of the lip. In the center of the bowl, framed by two pairs of concentric lines, stamp in planta pedis with the potter's name. Width: 182 mm. Height: 35 mm. Minor damages.
Lot # 987
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TERRACOTTA HEAD Greek World, c. 4th - 3rd century BC. Head in terracotta, probably representing Apollo or a female deity. Height: 28 mm. 8.55 g. 28 mm.
Lot # 986
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DAUNIAN KOTYLE Daunian culture, c. 6th - 5th century BC. Light clay with dark brown linear decoration. Single-handled cup with an oblique everted rim, wide globular body, and low foot. Overlapping stick handle. Width: 110 mm. Height: 85 mm. Intact and complete. SHIPPING ONLY WITHIN THE EU.
Lot # 985
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MARBLE FRAGMENT Roman period, c. 2nd - 3rd century AD. Marble fragment, probably pertaining to a funerary stele. The deceased, wrapped in a toga that leaves his chest exposed, is depicted lying on his left side and resting on his left elbow. In his left hand he holds a container, from which liquid is leaking. On his right is represented what appears to be a crouching dog. Dimensions: 260 x 180 x 155 mm. Beautiful item. Missing parts.
Lot # 984
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ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUM Roman period, 1st - 2nd century AD. Pale green glass unguentarium with a flat lip, a long cylindrical neck with a slight constriction at the base, pyriform body, flat bottom. Height: 116 mm. Intact and complete, minor deposits.
Lot # 983
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ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUM Roman period, 1st - 2nd century AD. Unguentarium with a cut flat lip, a long cylindrical neck, globular body, flat bottom. Height: 112.5 mm. Intact and complete. Lovely iridescence, minor deposits.
Lot # 982
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ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUM Roman period, 1st - 2nd century AD. Elongated unguentarium with a cut everted lip, a long cylindrical neck with a slight constriction at the base, pyriform body, flat bottom. Height: 116 mm.
Lot # 981
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CARNELIAN INTAGLIO Modern times. Carnelian gem, engraved with an helmeted and cuirassed bust right. Dimensions: 19.5 x 14.5 mm.
Lot # 980
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RENAISSANCE TASTE GEM Modern times (?) Glass paste gem of Renaissance taste, depicting the bust of a young man facing left with long hair. Dimensions: 21.5 x 17.5 mm. Chipped edge.
Lot # 979
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ROMAN ORANGE GEM Roman period, c. 1st - 3rd century AD. Gem with the engraved representation of an animal (lion?) leaping left. Dimensions: 11 x 9 mm. Intact and complete.
Lot # 978
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ROMAN GEM Roman period, c. 1st - 3rd century AD. Gem with the engraved representation of a winged Victory standing right on altar, holding wreath with both hands, in front of Roma or Minerva seated left on shield, leaning on spear. Dimensions: 12.5 x 11 mm. Fascinating scene. Chipped.
Lot # 977
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ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO Roman period, c. 1st - 3rd century AD. Carnelian intaglio with the engraved representation of a bird standing left, with branch before. Length: 10.5 mm. 0.36 g. 10.5 mm. Minor damages on edge.
Lot # 407
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Roman silver ring featuring a woman and a crescent (?). Circa 2nd century BC. (inner diam. 1.8 cm). Deformed and crystallized rod, with a surface crack on one side extending toward the bezel.
Lot # 406
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Roman silver ring in the shape of a coiled snake. Circa 3rd - 2nd centuries BC. (inner diam. 2.0 cm). Crystallized object, snake's head twisted and fragile.
Lot # 405
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Roman handle of a lead lamp holder, inscribed with the producer's name: L VALERIVS APO(...). Circa 1st - 2nd centuries AD. Cf. G. Baratta, "Porta-lucerne in piombo: considerazioni sulla classe di materiale alla luce degli esemplari iscritti", in G. Baratta (ed.), Instrumenta inscripta VIII. Plumbum litteratum. Studia epigraphica Giovanni Mennella oblata (Armariolum 3), Rome 2021, pp. 261-276. (7.0 x 1.7 cm). Originally ring-shaped, later unfolded, resulting in the break of the central section.
Lot # 404
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Roman Military Bronze Button with the Portraits of Mark Antony and Octavia. Circa 40 BC. (21.23 mm, 2.36 g). River patina with deposits. Very Rare.
Lot # 403
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Roman Theater Admission Token. Circa 1st - 3rd centuries AD (Bone, 30.34 mm, 4.45 g). Tragic mask facing left. Rev. Blank, with graffiti: XIII above and IΓ below - likely indicating row and seat number. Nicely patinated. Fascinating piece. Very Rare.
Lot # 402
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Roman tag marked "S P Q R". Circa 1st - 3rd centuries AD (Bone, 57.96 x 16.51 mm). Two small nail holes at sides indicate it was meant to be affixed. Fractured and repaired.
Lot # 401
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Magna Graecia applique element with a facing lion mask. Circa 4th-3rd centuries BC (Bronze, 35.14 x 44.97 mm, 43.98 g). Professionally restored—with some minor tooling—on the obverse, while the reverse retains its original patina with deposits. It features the same iconography as the coinage of Rhegion.
Lot # 980
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FOUR LEAD ITEMS Greek and Roman world, c. 3rd century BC-4th century AD. Lot of three (3) ancient lead items; a bar, a round plaque, a scallop-shell and a conical weight. Dimensions: from 28 to 88 mm.
Lot # 979
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'GROMA' AMPHORA WEIGHT Roman period, 1st-3rd century AD. Weight in the shape of amphora with suspension loop. Dimensions: 46 x 19 mm. Weight: 42.21 g. In the building of a Castra, after having flattened the ground and before starting the ditch and wall construction, an agrimensor (land surveyor) drew the locations of the streets and of the wall, beginning from the center of the field, using the groma. It follows the description of this topographical tool and its use. (https://legioneromana.altervista.org/content/how-use-roman-groma?language=en).
Lot # 978
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VOTIVE LEAD PLATE Probably Roman republican period, c. 3rd-1st century BC. Lead plaque depicting a bearded figure in a long robe, probably leaning on a stick. Dimensions: 59x32 mm. Fascinating item. Damages and missings. The function of this plaque is unclear; it was probably a votive offering or part of the decoration of a larger object.
Lot # 977
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SIX ANCIENT ITEMS Ancient World and Modern times. Lot of six (6) items; two bronze thimbles, a lead weight in the shape of a janiform head, a bronze key, a medical spoon. Dimensions: 122 to 12 mm.
Lot # 976
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NINE ANCIENT ITEMS Ancient World, c. 6th century BC - 7th century AD. Lot of nine (9) ancient items, of various materials. Dimensions: from 36 to 20 mm. Interesting study lot. Damages.
Lot # 975
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SEVEN BRONZE BUCKLES Byzantine to Medieval period, c. 6th - 14th century AD. Lot of seven (7) bronze buckles, of various shapes and with various decorations. Dimensions: 31 to 44 mm. Missings.
Lot # 974
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THREE BYZANTINE CROSSES Byzantine period, c. 6th - 12th century AD. Lot of three (3) byzantine crosses, of various shapes. Dimensions: from 31 to 36 mm. One missing loop, otherwise intact and complete.
Lot # 973
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TWO BRONZE BELLS Roman period and Medieval to Renaissance, c. 1st - 4th and 11th - 17th century AD. Lot of two (2) bronze bells; one (the smallest) from the Roman period and the other from a later period. Heights: 50 and 75 mm. Weights: 27.53 and 164.11 g. Missing clappers.
Lot # 972
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ANCIENT ARROWHEADS Miscellanea. Lot of twelve (12) ancient bronze arrowheads. Various shapes.
Lot # 970
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THREE ANCIENT RINGS From Greek Hellenistic to the Roman period, c. 4th century BC to 4th century AD. Lot of three (3) ancient rings, comprising: a bronze ring with large oval bezel engraved with the portrait of a facing figure; a bronze ring with the bezel decorated with engraved hare; an engraved silver bezel, depicting a lion right with forepart raised. Missing parts, only the one with the hare is complete.
Lot # 967
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THREE FISHING HOOKS Ancient world. c. 1st century - 15th century AD. Lot of three bronze fishing hooks. Dimensions: from 15 to 12 mm. Minor missings.
Lot # 966
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GILDED BRONZE RING Early Middle Age, c. 5th - 10th century AD. Gilded bronze ring with blue glass paste bezel. Size: 16.5 mm.
Lot # 965
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INSCRIBED FRAGMENT Ancient world, c. 3rd century BC - 10th century AD. Fragment of a bronze document bearing an inscription engraved in two lines on one side, while the other is flat. VI (?) VA Dimensions: 35 x 30.5 mm. Interesting study item.
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