Copper-alloy, 6.79 grams, 24.62 mm. Circa 1st-3rd century AD. A copper-alloy disc mount with concentric rib detailing. The central motif is a cast profile head of Silenus, with balding head and long beard, attached to a rivet passing through the disc. Silenus was the companion deity to Dionysus, and was said to be able to foresee the future when drunk in the Dionysan rites. Reference: cf. deities' faces appearing on disc mounts (phalerae) in Appels, A. & Laycock, S. Roman Buckles and Military Fittings, Witham, 2007, p.83. Fine condition. Provenance: found Hampshire, UK.

Copper-alloy, tinned, 21.46 grams, 51.70 mm. 1st century AD. A large bow brooch comprising a single ribbed bow with lines of decorative punchmarks on the outer edges of the two main panels. A knob is placed at the bottom of the bow on either side. The pin-lug springs from the upper edge and hooks over the reverse of the brooch. The footplate is a single D-section bar with transverse ribbing decoration at the upper and lower ends. The catchplate is in place on the reverse. The brooch is of traditional Hod Hill form, a sturdy casting. The side knobs at the base of the bow are an unusual feature of which Hattatt notes only five known examples; he posits a Continental European origin but adduces no certain examples. Reference: Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, no. 848. Pin lost in antiquity, otherwise very fine condition. Provenance: found Brockdish, Norfolk, England.

Gold and carnelian, 24.59 grams, 42 cm [16.8 inches]. Circa 1st century BC - 1st century AD. A re-strung carnelian necklace, which has 80 spherical ancient carnelian beads, with four ornate gold beads [possibly later] and one pear drop-shaped 'amulet' bead made from carnelian. These spherical beads are of different shades of orange and red with different degrees of transparency. Some of the beads are drilled from both ends and they have conical opening, fitted with a modern clasp to allow it to be worn. Reference: Thames & Hudson, The History of Beads from 30,000 BC to the Present; Limper K. Uruk. Perlen. Ketten. Anhänger. Ph. Von Zabern, 1989. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection, found eastern Mediterranean.

Gold and glass,16.01 grams, 52 cm [20 inches]. Circa 1st - 3rd century AD. A re-strung necklace which has over 150 short convex bicone translucent blue glass beads, interspersed with 28 small gold beads with a large openwork ellipsoid gold bead [possibly later] in the centre, with two large collared elipsoid beads either side. Some of the beads are drilled from both ends and they have conical opening, fitted with a modern clasp to allow it to be worn. Reference: Thames & Hudson, The History of Beads from 30,000 BC to the Present; Limper K. Uruk. Perlen. Ketten. Anhänger. Ph. Von Zabern, 1989. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection, found eastern Mediterranean.

Copper-alloy, 18.03 grams, 35.37 mm. Circa 2nd-3rd century AD. A cast discoid mount of slightly convex profile with a raised rim and inner border. Attached centrally is a separately cast human mask with short, curly hair, a sharp, triangular nose, protrusive eyes and slit mouth. There are traces of attachment lugs on the rear. Phalerae were awarded for distinguished service to the Roman military; many are formed by repoussé but two-piece cast examples are also known. reference: Appels, A. & Laycock, S. Roman Buckles and Military Fittings, Witham, 2007 p.82. Very fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 10.37 grams, 26.88 mm. Circa 2nd-3rd century AD. A cast mount in the form of a beardless head modelled in the half-round, with large circular eyes, flat nose and small mouth. The hair is modelled as a triangular flange surrounding the face, with vertical stripe detailing. The piece is cast hollow, with a circular depression in the rear. The triangular shape of the hair recalls depictions of the god Mithras wearing a Phrygian cap. Reference: cf. Murawski, P. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003 item R09-0114. Good fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 44.16 grams, 46.60 mm. Finely cast mount in the form of a femal bust with draped shoulders and elaborate coiffure. The back hollowed and the top of the head pierced through. Provenance: from an old English collection. A superb piece with attractive patina.

Copper-alloy, 8.57 grams, 32.33 mm. Circa 4th century AD. A cast copper-alloy buckle loop of classic Late Roman type comprising a human mask gripped in the jaws of a pair of dolphins (one present) with segmented body and ring-and-dot eye. The dolphin's body curls to form the buckle's loop, with a pierced lug on the lower edge. The dolphin is of the crested type. The mask is very cleanly modelled and cast, and the dolphin has modelled teeth detailing. Reference: Appels, A. and Laycock, S. Roman Buckles and Military Fittings, Witham, 2007 page 168. Fine condition. Provenance: found Norfolk, England.

Copper alloy, 2.25/2.72 grams; 45.81/43.31 mm. Circa 10th-12th century AD. A matched pair of earrings with an interesting zig-zag design and large attachment hoops. A beautiful pair of earrings in good very fine condition.

Copper-alloy, 7.64 grams, 42.96 mm. 4th-9th century AD. A flat cruciform pendant in the form of a central lozenge with expanding lateral arms, with pyramidal arms above and below ending in round-section loops. The piece may have formed the centrepiece of a series of pendants. Reference: cf. pendant crosses in Platonov, M.S. Platar Katalog 2004, Kiev, 2004. One loop partly missing, otherwise complete and very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 11.43 grams, 36.92 mm. 4th-9th century AD. A hollow-cast cruciform mount with incised decoration depicting the crucified Christ with outstretched arms and elliptical head. The equal-armed casting is pierced in three places, to be used as an ornamental mount and as a pendant. Reference: cf. Platonov, M.S.Platar Katalog 2004, Kiev, 2004 p.224ff and Loverance, R. Byzantium, London, 2004 p.62. Good fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Ceramic, 55.19 grams, 87.06 mm. 2nd-3rd century AD. A large piece from a Samian ware bowl or pitcher with a band of moulded, raised decoration comprising annulets, loose scrolled vegetation and fibural motifs including a goose in flight and a gladiator with raised shield, wearing a hlmet and holding his short sword ready in his right hand. Samian ware was produced at a number of centres in Gaul and Germania, made in moulds and surface-treated to produce a rich red lustre. Reference: cf. decorative scheme in Johns, C. Arretine and Samian Pottery, London, 1971 pl.10b. Very fine condition. Provenance: found at Stamford Bridge, East Yorkshire, England.

Ceramic, 85 grams, 96.84 mm. 1st-2nd century AD. A large piece from a Samian ware bowl decorated with moulded egg-and-reel border above a series of panels comprising: a winged cupid between rosettes above a rope swag; a large fish facing left; a seated couple embracing; a torch in a triangular frame. Reference: Johns, C. Arretine and Samian Pottery, London, 1971. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Sanwick, North Hants, England.

Silver, 0.69 grams, 32.15 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A delicate miniature cast spoon with flat shaft and scooped lower end, used for cosmetic purposes, suspension loop worn away in antiquity. Reference: cf. items illustrated in Stewart, S. Cosmetics & Perfumes in the Roman World, Stroud, 2007. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 7.67 grams, 11.22 mm. Circa 1st-4th century AD. A cast cuboid block marked with punched roundels to display the numbers; the placement of the numbers is different from modern dice, being 6:5, 4:3, 2:1. Reference: Egan, G. Dice, Finds Research Group Datasheet 23. Very fine condition. Provenance: found near Wigan, Lancashire, England.

Copper-alloy, 8.77 grams, 31.06 mm. 2nd-4th century AD. A cast seal box of 'teardrop' profile with pierced reverse and enamelled ovoids on the lid with red and white inlay. Reference: Murawski, P. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003 item R16-0103. Fine condition. Provenance: found Epping, Essex, England.

Copper-alloy, 43.15 grams, 38.63 mm. 1st - 2nd century AD. A weighty cylindrical mouth piece from a musical instrument, probably a trumpet, cast with an expanding profile to a domed bulb finial with a dished underside. Two piercings are inserted through the cylinder to accept attachment rivets. Bilinear banding is placed at the top, at the junction of the cylinder and bulb and on the apex of the underside. Reference: cf. more elaborate openwork ecclesiastical mounts in Murawski, P. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003 item M09-0216, 0217. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Huddersfield, England.

Plaster, 320 grams, 125 x 80 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A well preserved thick coarse white wall plaster fragment, the remains of a polychrome fresco with a painted design decorated on the smooth finished surface. Reference: Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso. VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903. Very fine condition. Provenance: reputed to be from the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy. Acquired in the 19th century, ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.

Glass, 100 grams, 137mm. Circa 3rd century AD. A translucent pale-blue glass bottle with a long fluted neck ending in a flat rim; the neck is decorated with a trailed glass collar. The bulbous body has a shallow dimpled base and a series of eight pinched peaks above the belly. Unguentaria are small ceramic or glass bottles used as containers for oils and perfumed substances, as well as for storing and dispensing liquids and ointments. Reference: cf. Roman glassware from British finds in Allen, D.Roman Glass in Britain, Princes Risborough, 1998. Extremely fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 31.93 grams, 44.53 mm. Circa 1st - 3rd century AD. A heavy duty key from a tumbler lock, with a wide shank and suspension loop above. The crooked bit has teeth to fit the tumblers in the lock. Ref: Benet’s Artefacts, page 216, fig. R17-0205; Celtic and Roman Artefacts, page 80, fig. RB237. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 3.19 grams, 19.81 mm diameter. Circa 3rd century AD. A delicate finger ring comprising a plain, flat-section hoop and thickened bezel from which emerges the bit of a key formed as a square plate with scrolled edges and an impressed saltire motif; from the leading edge extends a T-shaped terminal. Reference: Read, B. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, Langport, 2001, items 518-20. Good fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 9.48 grams, 27.93 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A cast fitting in the form of an eagle's head in the round with deeply-modelled hooked beak, triangular eyes, square brow and feather detailing. The aquila was the totem of the Roman military, and formed part of the decoration of many items of military equipment. Reference: cf. eagle-head modelled in the round in Appels, A. and Laycock, S. Roman Buckles and Military Fittings, Witham, 2007 page 51. Very fine condition, complete. Provenance: found Hampshire, England.

Copper-alloy, 13.21 grams, 37.40 mm. Circa 2nd-4th century AD. A cast mount in the form of an eagle at rest, with its wings folded back along its body and its head tilted forwards. The bird's claws develop into a rectangular plate for attachment. The edges of the wings are notched in imitation of feathers. Mounts similar to this were used ornamentally on household items, as well as on military equipment. Reference: cf. Read, B. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, Langport, 2001, items 14,15. Good fine condition, complete. Provenance: found Bussage Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.

Copper-alloy, 10.88 grams, 24.02 mm. Circa 3rd-4th century AD. A cast mount showing a human face in the half-round, with the hair drawn up int a crest and rounded features. The unusual 'conical' shape of the head is reminiscent of Roman depictions of the Persian god, Mithras, in his distinctive pointed headgear, who was worshipped by units in the late Roman army. Reference: Murawski. P. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003 item R09-0114. Fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Bronze, 52.70 grams, 35.37 x 46.06 mm. A large casket leg in the shape of a panther's head with leg below, attachment fixing behind. An intriguing item from a rich Roman family's valuables box, much the same as today's jewellery boxes. Extremely Fine condition.

Lead, 65 grams, 66.95 mm. Circa 2nd-3rd century AD. A cast lead square plaque with its surface divided into two fields. In the upper field, within a billeted border, two figures are shown: on the left a bust with rays emerging from its head, on the right a bust within an arc of rays, with horns on the head. Between these, in a triangular panel with rays on the outline, a cock is shown with its head facing over its back. Below this field is the main scene, a pair of horsemen advancing towards each other, each with a raised standard of the draco or 'windsock' type. Beneath the horses' feet is a row of animal figures. The figures with rays surrounding their heads are probably to be associated with the dawn, and the crowing cock between them confirms this. The two horsemen are thus likely to be Castor and Pollux, the two youthful horsemen adopted from Greek myth where, as the Diskouroi or sons of the sky-god, they would appear unexpectedly to their worshippers to rescue them from harm. Reference: cf. the silver plaque bearing a figure of Cocidius from Bewcastle within a radiating frame in Green, M.J. The Gods of Roman Britain, Princes Risborough, 2003. Fine condition, some cracking. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 12.51 grams, 41.09 mm. 1st-2nd century AD. A cast figurine in the form of the Roman god Hercules, standing on an elliptical base with his left leg flexed, naked apart from the crested Corinthian helmet, his left arm resting on his club and in his right hand a lion's skin cape. The Roman god Hercules was an adaptation of the Etruscan cult of Hercle, itself derived from the Greek Herakles. Reference: for Roman cults in Britain, see Green, M.J. The Gods of Roman Britain, Princes Risborough, 2003. Fine condition. Provenance: found Lincolnshire in the 1930's.

Copper-alloy, 14.69 grams, 21.72 mm. Circa 2nd-3rd century AD. A cast mount in the form of a female head modelled in the half-round, with careful sculpted hair, large elliptical eyes, aquiline nose and full mouth. On the reverse, a rectangular-section iron spike has been hammered over at right angles. The face is probably intended to represent Venus, goddess of erotic love. Reference: Read, B. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, Langport, 2001, items 13, 21. Good fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 7.82 grams, 106.31 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A Roman ligula comprising a long round-section shaft and a shallow, hemispherical bowl. The shaft bears incised encircling lines to define segments. The purpose of the ligula was for eating delicacies in small quantities. Reference: Read, B. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, Langport, 2001, p.95 item 708. Good fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Silver, 2.14 grams; 17.78 mm. 4th/5th Century A.D. In the form of two opposing dolphins with stamped dot bodies and ring and dot eyes. Similar examples in Roman Buckles and Military Fittings by Andrew Appels and Stuart Laycock, pages 184 - 187, No examples in silver. Very Fine condition.

Copper-alloy, 130 grams, 88.18 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A cast female figurine in the form of a lady with curled coiffure and elegantly folded dress, her right arm extended by her side, her left holding a curved object - probably a cornucopia - in the crook of her arm. Reference: cf. Roman bronzes in Murawski, P. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003, p.164. Fine condition, some loss to the rear of the dress. Provenance: found Cambridgeshire, England 2010.

Copper alloy, 6.27 grams; 37.02 mm. Circa 2nd Century A.D. Rare British brooch depicting a well detailed crouching boar facing right as if getting ready to attack, decorated with round enamel cells of white and green, curly tail and full mane swept back. Ref: Benets Artefacts of England & the United Kingdom, R07-0541; page 140. This type of brooch without a pin was booking from £400 in 2003 as stated in Benets. Extremely Fine condition with pin. Found Thetford, Norfolk.

Marble, 190 grams, 108.34 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A fragment from a Roman marble vessel, from its curvature probably a large bowl. The lateral lug contains a deep circular depression into which a metal fitting could be inserted. The lug is in the form of a pair of humans standing one behind the other; the figure in front has rounded features and a sharp nose, the one behind sports a full head of hair and a beard. The folded cloak of the rear figure falls below his shoulders to become the striped decorative body of the lug. A slight waisting below the lug is the only other detectable decoration. Reference: cf. for Roman marble Onians, J. Classical Art and the Cultures of Greece and Rome, Yale, 1999. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Silver, 12.34 grams, 155 mm. 2nd-3rd century AD. A precise, round-tipped surgical tool comprising a sturdy shaft of square section, twisted along its lower length to assist with gripping. From this develops a broad, thin blade with a rounded profile and one straight section giving a 'D' profile. The cutting edges have been ground and sharpened. The tool appears to be adapted for procedures such as venesection. Reference: cf. instruments illustrated in Milne, J.S. Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times, Oxford, 1907. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy and tinning, 18.64 grams, 156 mm. 2nd-3rd century AD. A cast ligula, used for eating delicacies as well as for cosmetic purposes. The shaft tapers to each end from a barrelled central segment. At one end is a small cup and at the other an open spoon. There are vestiges of tinning on the shaft. Reference: Read, B. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, Langport, 2001, p.95 item 708. Good fine condition. Provenance: found Nottinghamshire, England.

Plaster, 395 grams, 164 x 110 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A well preserved thick coarse white wall plaster fragment, the remains of a polychrome fresco with a painted design decorated on the smooth finished surface. Reference: Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso. VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903. Very fine condition. Provenance: reputed to be from the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy. Acquired in the 19th century, ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.

Plaster, 440 grams, 120 x 112 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A well preserved thick coarse white wall plaster fragment, the remains of a polychrome fresco with a painted design decorated on the smooth finished surface. Reference: Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso. VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903. Very fine condition. Provenance: reputed to be from the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy. Acquired in the 19th century, ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.

Glass, 16.25 grams, 48.88 mm. Circa 2nd-3rd century AD. A translucent pale green-blue glass bottle with a wide tubular neck and a flared rim; the neck emerges from the conical body which has a deep,dimpled base. The glass is thick and substantial. Reference: cf. Roman glassware from British finds in Allen, D. Roman Glass in Britain, Princes Risborough, 1998. Extremely fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 23.70 grams, 51.60 mm. Circa 2nd-3rd century AD. A transparent pale-blue glass bottle with a wide tubular neck and a flared rim; the neck emerges from the conical body which has a deep, dimpled base. The glass is thick and substantial. Reference: cf. Roman glassware from British finds in Allen, D. Roman Glass in Britain, Princes Risborough, 1998. Extremely fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Silver, 2.21 grams, 20.62 mm. 2nd-3rd century AD. A hollow pendant made from sheet silver in the shape of a ewer or amphora with a closed lid. The suspension loop is formed as a strap with four ribs. Reference: Higgins, R.A. Greek and Roman Jewellery, London, 1961. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper alloy, 145 grams, 71.77 mm. Circa 2nd century AD. A beautifully well cast un-stylized lion head mount. Moulded in high relief with finely incised details of fur, a wrinkled nose and knotted brow, the wide eyes have recessed pupils and the jaws are open. The whole face is framed by the thick tuffs of the mane. Ref: for similar mounts see, Celtic & Roman Artefacts by Nigel Mills, page 128; Bonhams auction catalogue 26th April 2007, lot 387; Bonhams auction catalogue 15th October 2008, lot 246. A stunning example with a silky dark green patina, small fragment lost in antiquity otherwise in very fine condition. Ex old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 38.14 grams, 69.96 mm. 3rd-4th century AD. A substantial bow brooch of the classic 'crossbow' form with onion-shaped bulbs on the ends of the crossbar and above the junction with the bow. The pin emerges from the rear of the crossbar and is enclosed within the hollow footplate. The bow is trapezoidal in section, extending to a narrow ribbed collar. The footplate is chamfered on the outer edges with facetted elements at the top and bottom. Reference: Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985 item 502-5. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 28.95 grams, 67.90 mm. 4th century AD. A crossbow brooch with low, onion-shaped bulbs on the ends of the crossbar and above the junction with the bow. The pin emerges from the rear of the crossbar and extends to the hollow footplate. The bow is trapezoidal in section, with guilloche detailing on the outer face. The expanding footplate is chamfered on the outer edges between flat panels of ring-and-dot. Hattatt (p.282-3) dates this form to the period 350-80 AD. Reference: Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987 item 1266. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 2.82 grams, 22.28 mm. 4th-9th century AD. A cast pendant in the form of a cross pommee with pellets within conical roundels at the end of each arm. The suspension loop is cast integrally with the upper roundel. Reference: cf. pendant crosses in Platonov, M.S. Platar Katalog 2004, Kiev, 2004. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 1.59 grams, 25.64 mm. 4th-9th century AD. A cast pendant in the form of a cross pattee with flared arms and a rounded outer edge, with 'Sacred Heart' in centre. The upper arm is pierced for suspension. Reference: cf. pendant crosses in Platonov, M.S. Platar Katalog 2004, Kiev, 2004. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 7.12 grams, 37.18 mm. 4th-9th century AD. A cast cross in the form of a cross pommee with slightly expanding arms and a spherical terminal to each. A narrower cross is set within the border on the upper and lower surfaces. Reference: cf. pendant crosses in Platonov, M.S. Platar Katalog 2004, Kiev, 2004. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 41.96 grams, 80.88 mm. 4th-9th century AD. A flat cast plaque intended for use as the upper arm of a processional or altar cross. The trapezoidal body of the plaque extends at the upper corners to discoid lobes, with a third, larger lobe placed centrally between them. The large lobe is decorated with an incised inner border, within which is a grid with bilinear outline; the neck bears a zigzag design. Each of the corner lobes bears a border with a cross within, extending to a zone of incised pointed triangles between transverse zigzag features. At the lower edge of the plaque is an incised face with double outline to the head (possibly a nimbus?) and omega-shaped eye-and-nose feature; at the lower end of the nose is a hole for the attachment rivet. On the central field is a short text in Byzantine Greek capitals: O[.]GIOSGO/O[.]RGI (perhaps Hagios Giorgi 'Saint George'). The reverse of the plaque is plain. Reference: cf. Byzantine iconography in Loverance, R. Byzantium, London, 2004 p.62. Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 10.18 grams, 39.86 mm. Circa 2nd century AD. A finely cast and detailed helmet plume from a large statuette or bust of Minerva. The plume being divided longitudinally is often associated with items manufactured in Italy or eastern europe. Provenance: found Lincolnshire. A nice piece and interesting.

Glass, 15.73 grams, 60.77 mm. Circa 3rd-4th century AD. A translucent pale-green glass bottle with a short flared neck with applied-trail decoration; the neck emerges from the bulbous body with vertical fluting and a shallow dimpled base. Reference: cf. Roman glassware from British finds in Allen, D. Roman Glass in Britain, Princes Risborough, 1998. Extremely fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Gold and jasper, 6.41 grams, 21.43 mm. Internal 20.92 mm [UK size W½; US 11¼; Europe 25.66]. 1st-4th century AD. A Roman hoop finger ring with cast ropework decoration on the band, with everted scroll finials and granulation. The plain bezel contains a cabochon red jasper intaglio within a gold collet. The intaglio design consists of an altar with three human figures - perhaps attendants - one with a wand and another with a raised olive branch. Reference: Oman, C.C. Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Rings 1930, reprinted Ipswich, 1993, pl.IV item 71. Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection. This item is accompanied by an XRF ancient metal test certificate from Oxford X-ray Fluorescence Ltd.

Glass, 2.30 grams, 16.14 mm tall. 2nd century AD. Well modelled green glass male head bearing strong resemblence to the emperor Hadrian. Pierced vertically for suspension. Reference: cf British Museum Antiquities of Roman Britain, for a bronze bust of Hadrian. Very fine. Provenance: property of a gentleman.

Carnelian and steatite, 19.73 grams, 44 cm [17.6 inches]. Circa 1st century BC - 1st century AD. A re-strung steatite and carnelian necklace, which has over 140 cylindrical ancient steatite beads, with one pear-shaped 'amulet' bead and two side beads made from carnelian. Some of the beads are drilled from both ends and they have conical opening, fitted with a modern clasp to allow it to be worn. Reference: Thames & Hudson, The History of Beads from 30,000 BC to the Present; Limper K. Uruk. Perlen. Ketten. Anhänger. Ph. Von Zabern, 1989, tbl. 56, 57. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection, found eastern Mediterranean.

Gold, 3.30/3.27 grams, 36.76/38.52 mm. Circa 2nd-3rd century AD. A delicate pair of Roman earrings formed as a D-shaped wire hoop attached to a shallow-bossed flat gold disc with ropework border, a central spiral surrounded by three s-scrolls and granulations. From the loop hangs a tubular pendant in the form of a ewer with s-scrolled wire 'handles' and pyramids of granulation beneath. Reference: cf. the earrings in the British Museum from Tortosa published in Higgins, R.A. Greek and Roman Jewellery, London, 1961, pl.54(b). Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection. This item is accompanied by an XRF ancient metal test certificate from Oxford X-ray Fluorescence Ltd.

Copper-alloy and enamel, 4.06 grams, 18.28 mm. Circa 2nd century AD. A cast disc brooch with reserved six-point rosette design, the inner field filled with turquoise enamel and the outer with dark blue. On the reverse, the spring, lugs and catchplate are in place. Reference: Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985 items 518, 519. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Leicestershire, England.

Glass and crystal, 28.80 grams, 50 cm [19.5 inches]. Circa 1st century AD. A re-strung blue glass necklace, which has 30 extruded blue glass beads, many with coloured glass decoration, with various degrees of transparency, seperated with dark blue beads and a large crystal bead in centre. Some of the beads are drilled from both ends and they have conical opening, fitted with a modern clasp to allow it to be worn. Reference: Thames & Hudson, The History of Beads from 30,000 BC to the Present; Limper K. ,Uruk. Perlen. Ketten. Anhänger. Ph. Von Zabern, 1989, tbl. 55. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection, found eastern Mediterranean.

Copper-alloy, 56.81 grams, 80.22 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A cast figurine representing Aphrodite, her left hand raised to dress her long hair at her shoulder; her right hand extended; her face framed by her plaited hair; her weight borne on her right foot and her left leg slightly flexed. Most of the important depictions of Aphrodite are considered to derive from the famous Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles, the renowned Greek sculptor. The figure also has affinities with the equally famed Venus de Milo. The Greeks achieved the zenith in nude sculptural depictions of goddesses; this tradition was taken up in ancient Rome, and at the Renaissance was emulated by such later masters as Cellini. Reference: cf. female statuette in Murawski, P. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003 item R11-0110. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 5.48 grams, 36.45 mm. 4th-9th century AD. A cast pendant in the form of a cross pommee with pellets within conical roundels at the end of each arm and a pelleted roundel at the centre. The suspension loop is cast integrally with the upper roundel. Reference: cf. pendant crosses in Platonov, M.S. Platar Katalog 2004, Kiev, 2004. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 26.48 grams, 78.49 mm. 4th-9th century AD. A large hollow cast cruciform pendant depicting the crucified Christ with four additional bearded human faces: above the head, below both the hands and below the feet. The rear of the pendant is recessed to save metal. A suspension loop is placed above the upper arm, and another below the lower one from which additional items could be suspended. The cross's right arm was pierced in antiquity to convert the pendant into a fixed mount. Reference: cf. Platonov, M.S.Platar Katalog 2004, Kiev, 2004 p.224ff. Very fine condition, with suspension loop intact. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Ceramic, 1.57 grams, 19.13 mm. 1st-3rd century AD. A discoid clay seal or token bearing a raised design of a bearded male bust within an elliptical double border, probably impressed from an intaglio seal ring. Reference: discussion in Hobbs, R. & Jackson, R. Roman Britain - Life at the Edge of Empire, London, 2010. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 13.23 grams, 57.83 mm. Circa 3rd century AD. A translucent pale-green glass bottle with a short neck ending in a flared rim; the neck emerges from the bulbous body which has a shallow dimpled base. Reference: cf. Roman glassware from British finds in Allen, D. Roman Glass in Britain, Princes Risborough, 1998. Extremely fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 18.56 grams, 57.93 mm. Circa 3rd century AD. A transparent glass bottle with a short neck expanding into a flared rim; the neck emerges from the bulbous body which has a shallow dimpled base. Reference: cf. Roman glassware from British finds in Allen, D. Roman Glass in Britain, Princes Risborough, 1998. Extremely fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass and crystal, 11.26 grams, 40 cm [16 inches]. Circa 1st century AD. A re-strung blue glass necklace, which has over 150 blue glass beads, with various degrees of transparency. Some of the beads are drilled from both ends and they have conical opening, fitted with a modern clasp to allow it to be worn. Reference: Thames & Hudson, The History of Beads from 30,000 BC to the Present; Limper K. ,Uruk. Perlen. Ketten. Anhänger. Ph. Von Zabern, 1989, tbl. 55. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection, found eastern Mediterranean.

Gold and amber, 7.23 grams, 28.49 mm. Internal 20.79 mm [UK size W½; US 11¼; Europe 25.60]. 4th-5th century AD. A complex openwork finger comprising a plain band which at each end divides into four strands which curve elegantly towards the bezel and return in hooked terminals. The bezel is formed as a radiating ribbed base enclosing a collet which holds a domed elliptical amber cabochon intaglio. The incised design is of a tall, slender anthropomorph wearing a helmet with thin arms, one holding a staff or spear. Reference: Oman, C.C. Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Rings 1930, reprinted Ipswich, 1993, p.58 item 161. Good very fine condition. Provenance: found Lincolnshire by eye in the 1930's. This item is accompanied by an XRF ancient metal test certificate from Oxford X-ray Fluorescence Ltd.

Copper-alloy, 26.90 grams, 29.83 mm long. Circa 2nd century AD. In the form of a cast, three dimensional boar's head, with much incised detail for the eyes, bristles and ears. Part of a larger item; most probably from a helmet. Good very fine condition.

Copper-alloy, 8.81 grams, 34.04 mm. 1st-4th century AD. An unusual form of Roman plate brooch in the form of a classical temple such as the Pantheon in Rome, with a domed cupola above a portico comprising four columns, pediment and base. The base is defined with a shallow slot below the columns and a series of notches on the lower edge; the pediment bears a similar slot and within the outer arch of the cupola is a smaller inner arch with circular piercing. Reference: cf. the two brooches found in northern France in Hattatt (1989) nos. 1625A, B which are less regular in execution and have the pins inverted in respect of the present piece. Reference: Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989 p. 165-5. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 13.81 grams, 36.99 mm. 4th-5th century AD. A Late Roman plate brooch in the form of four horse-head extensions emanating from the central square. The heads each have a ring-and-dot eye and triangular mouth; at the hub is a concentric circles motif. On the reverse the catchplate, spring-lugs and pin are in place. Brooches of this kind formed part of the equipment of the Late Roman military and derived forms remained in use into the early medieval period. Reference: Pollington, S., Kerr, L. & Hammond, B. Wayland's Work. Anglo-Saxon Art, Myth and Material Culture from the 4th to the 7th century AD,, Ely, 2010 pl.15(b). Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Gold and Glass. 22.26 grams, 46 cm [18 inches]. Circa 1st century AD. A re-strung multicoloured glass necklace, which has 48 extruded and twisted glass beads of different translucent shades, with a yellow carnelian pear drop pendant, and a geometric design gold plated bead either side. Some of the beads are drilled from both ends and they have conical opening, fitted with a modern clasp to allow it to be worn. Reference: Thames & Hudson, The History of Beads from 30,000 BC to the Present; Limper K. Uruk. Perlen. Ketten. Anhänger. Ph. Von Zabern, 1989, tbl. 55. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection, found eastern Mediterranean.

Bronze, 9.93 grams; 39.73 mm. A smart 5th Century 'equal arm' brooch with two sytlized horse heads facing towards the centre. Iron pin no longer present, beautiful patination and in Extremely Fine condition.

Copper alloy, 35.26 grams; 87.46 mm. Circa 3rd-4th century AD. A beautifully cast bronze lock hasp depicting a stylised male figure. The head is of real form with a large securing loop on top connected to the wide chest section which has two small projections that represent the arms. The lower body and legs are in the form of a long tapering column with decorated pillar at the base, in the centre of this column is a square section with a raised triangle, this represents the groin area. A stunning piece in extremely fine condition. Ex English collection.

Glass, 16.90 grams, 64.16 mm. Circa 3rd century AD. A translucent glass bottle with a long fluted neck with flat rim, and a wider body decorated with raised ribs. The base has a concave centre which allows the piece to stand. Unguentaria are small ceramic or glass bottle found frequently at Hellenistic and Roman sites, especially in cemeteries. Its most common use was probably as a container for oil, though it is also suited for storing and dispensing liquid and powdered substances. Ref: similar to Bonhams lot 229. 27 April 2006. A beautiful piece in extremely fine condition. Ex old English collection.

Silver, 31.59 grams total, 60.23 mm overall. 11th-12th century AD. A matched pair of temple rings, used to fasten an ornate headdress. The loop is created from square-section rod, twisted along its axis, joined with a filgree collar to a bulb with two rows of bosses around the equator. Below this the filigree hoop extends to a spherical bulb with filigree ropework and granule clusters from which develop eight regularly-spaced cones. The filigree hoop continues to a second bulb similar to the first. Reference: Yavtushenko, I. Masterpieces of Platar, Kiev, 2004 p.151 item 206. Very fine condition, complete. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 26.66 grams, 65.97 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A cast figurine of a naked female in an active pose, with right arm raised above her head, left harm extended, right leg flexed and left leg supporting her weight; her long hair extends down her back. The figure probably represents a nymph or nature spirit. Reference: Green, M.J. The Gods of Roman Britain, Princes Risborough, 2003. Very fine condition, extremties of the limbs missing. Provenance: found Haverhill, Suffolk, England.

Gold and mineral, 2.91 grams, 19.46 mm, int.dia. 16.21 (British K½, US 5½, European 11.00). 6th-8th century AD. A gold finger ring with inset stone (opal?). The D-shaped hoop is ribbed, attached to a cabochon setting flanked by two granulations. The stone has a central drilled recess for the attachment of a decorative plaque, with a small offset guide hole. The stone is milky white, cut with a domed upper surface. Reference: Oman, C.C. Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Rings 1930, reprinted Ipswich, 1993, pl.IV item 71. Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 4.60 grams, 35.45 mm. 7th-11th century AD. A hollow fabricated cruciform pendant in the form of an expanding-arm cross. Each arm bears a triangular panel of repoussé pellets at the outer end. The suspension loop is ribbed. At the junction of the arms is a tall (about 4mm) collar in which is set a blue glass cabochon. Byzantine fabricated cross pendants usually display an incised or repoussé figure of a saint or crucified Christ; the decorative scheme of this example is reminiscent of the contemporary polychrome jewellery. Reference: cf. cross pendants in Platonov, M.S.Platar Katalog 2004, Kiev, 2004 p.224ff. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 13.05 grams, 44.63 mm. 4th-9th century AD. A cruciform pendant constructed from a hollow-cast backplate with a covering frontplate. The upper and lower surfaces are decorated with raised roundels of varying sizes imitating gold granulation, with a central slit flanked by roundels in a cruciform arrangement. Within is a sliver of organic material, probably wood, perhaps taken from some holy object such as a saint's personal possession; the presence of a relic imbued the pendant with religious power. Reference: cf. Platonov, M.S.Platar Katalog 2004, Kiev, 2004 p.224ff. Very fine condition, with suspension loop intact. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Gold, 3.37/3.38 grams, 46.86/43.76 mm. 1st-3rd century AD. An unusual pair of later Roman earrings modelled in sheet gold and wire. The loop consists of an extremely fine gold wire (about 1mm thick) with twisted hook-and-eye closure. A decorative plate comprising three adjacent hemispherical bosses with single-granule tips and interstitial pellets, made hollow from impressed sheet and the backplate soldered to the wire. The pendant element represents the club of Hercules with a domed top surmounted by a loop. The shaft of the club extends to a carinated domed terminal with three hemispherical extensions mirroring the decoration on the suspension loop, with granule decoration on the domes and shaft, made hollow from gold sheet. The club of Hercules was a powerful talisman in pre-Christian Rome and was used for a variety of amuletic purposes. These earrings are a known artefact type, of which the present pair are of very fine workmanship. Reference: cf. Johns, C. The Jewellery of Roman Britain: Celtic and Classical Traditions, 1996, p.129 Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection. This lot is accompanied by an XRF ancient metal test certificate from Oxford X-ray Fluorescence Ltd.

Gold and glass, 1.22/0.99 grams, 30.03/29.24 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A pair of delicate earrings fashioned as wire hoops, the ends secured by twisting around the shank. From these depend pendants formed from a wire threaded through a glass bead covered in gold foil, secured by looping through a small spherical red glass finial. Reference: Higgins, R.A. Greek and Roman Jewellery, London, 1961. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection. This lot is accompanied by an XRF ancient metal test certificate from Oxford X-ray Fluorescence Ltd.

Copper alloy, 16.07 grams; 43.49 mm. Circa 1st - 3rd century AD. A heavy duty key from a tumbler lock, with a wide shank and suspension loop above. The crooked bit has teeth to fit the tumblers in the lock. Ref: Benet’s Artefacts, page 216, fig. R17-0205; Celtic and Roman Artefacts, page 80, fig. RB237. Very fine condition.

Glass, 21.43 grams, 53.58 mm. Circa 2md-3rd century AD. A translucent pale-green glass bottle with a flared rim and narrow neck; the sphericalbody has a rounded base. The narrow neck suggests that the vessel was an unguentarium, used to store perfumes and cosmetics. Reference: cf. Roman glassware from British finds in Allen, D. Roman Glass in Britain, Princes Risborough, 1998. Extremely fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 14.64 grams, 54.59 mm. Circa 3rd century AD. A translucent pale-green glass bottle with a flared rim and narrow, occluded neck; the bulbous body has a rounded base. The glass has retained some air bubbles, showing clearly the hand-made quality of most Roman glassware. The pinched neck indicates that the vessel was an unguentarium, used to store perfumes and cosmetics. Reference: cf. Roman glassware from British finds in Allen, D. Roman Glass in Britain, Princes Risborough, 1998. Extremely fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 8.62 grams, 44.65 mm. Circa 2nd-3rd century AD. A transparent glass bottle with a spherical body and everted neck with slightly flared rim. The glass is thin and delicate, with light swirling; the base is formed as a dimple on the underside. Reference: cf. Roman glassware from British finds in Allen, D. Roman Glass in Britain, Princes Risborough, 1998. Extremely fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 14.14 grams, 56.31 mm. Circa 3rd-4th century AD. A translucent pale-green glass bottle with a short flared neck with applied-trail decoration; the neck emerges from the bulbous body with vertical fluting and a shallow dimpled base. Reference: cf. Roman glassware from British finds in Allen, D. Roman Glass in Britain, Princes Risborough, 1998. Extremely fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 46.78 grams, 72.41 mm. Circa 2nd-3rd century AD. A translucent pale-green glass bottle with a wide tubular neck and a flared rim; the neck develops from the spherical body which has diagonal fluting and a wide, dimpled base. Reference: cf. Roman glassware from British finds in Allen, D. Roman Glass in Britain, Princes Risborough, 1998. Extremely fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Ceramic, 38.96 grams, 63.40 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A terracotta disc with central perforation (about 12mm) surrounded by a lip on the upper face; bilinear spokes radiate to the outer border. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Evesham, Glostershire, England.

Silver, 10.02 grams, 23.12 mm. 2nd-3rd century AD. A sturdy finger ring with a solid carinated band. The rounded quadrangular bezel is set on a hexagonal pad flanked by carinated scalloped shoulders. The initial 'M' (or 'W') is inscribed slightly eccentrically on the bezel, seriffed on the lower ends of the outer strokes. The internal face is blank. Reference: Mills N. Celtic & Roman Artefacts, p106, RB331. Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection formed before 1950.

Silver, 2.47 grams, 21.47 mm. Int.dia. 16.65 mm British L½, US 6, European 12.34. 2nd-3rd century AD. A delicate ring with a plain band expanding at the shoulders to triangular panels with square recesses, between which is formed an integral discoid bezel with a lightly incised TOT in the centre, for the god Totatis. Totatis, associated with the Roman god Mars, clearly had a loyal following in what we now call Lincolnshire, though his name seems to have been found so far in Britain only on finger-rings. Reference: Hammond, B. Keep a Sharpe Eye Out for Totatis, Treasure Hunting, January 2009, Page 44. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection, purchased from the Cumberland London Fair in 1992.

Copper-alloy, 40.50 grams, 79.75 mm. 4th century AD. A late Roman crossbow brooch of evolved form. The plain cross-bar is decorated with collared onion-shaped finials, and a third onion-shaped feature sits above the junction with the bow. The bow is faceted and develops below a narrow collar into a rectangular footplate with the integral catchplate on the reverse. The upper surface is decorated with faceted panels between two columns of punched ring-and-dot detailing. The sturdy pin is in place on the reverse. Reference: Hattatt, R. Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Oxford, 1982, p.122-3 item 104. Good very fine condition. Provenance: found Epping, Essex, England.

Copper-alloy, 6.51 grams, 26.41 mm. 2nd-3rd century AD. A thick (about 3.5mm) cast brooch in the form of four 'L' shapes forming a hooked cross, swastika or 'crux gemmata', a popular symbol used by the Roman military. Each arm of the cross is deeply chamfered, hollow and slightly expanded at the angle. The catchplate is intact on the reverse; the pin-lug is mostly present. Reference: Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987 p. 222 item 1145. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 47.86 grams, 132 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A rectangular decorative panel in copper-alloy repoussé. The design comprises a nude, winged cupid or cherub bearing on his right shoulder a dolphin, supporting its head with his left arm. The panel is nicely modelled with the face and tousled hair crisply delineated, and with sturdy trunk and legs; the wing's feathers are created with crescent punchmarks above vertical incised detailing. The dolphin's head is deeply pressed and the tail curls over above the cupid's head. Four raised roundels mark the proposed fixing points, but only two have been punched through and opened. The motif of the 'cupid and dolphin' is not uncommon in 1st-2nd century Roman art, but it is more common for the child to be riding on the creature's back - as seen for example on the mosaic floor at Fishbourne Roman palace, Sussex. Both cupid and the dolphin are associated with the cult of Venus and it is probably in this context that the plaque should be understood. Reference: cf. Venus-and-Cupid imagery on the mosaic at Low Ham villa in Branigan, K. Roman Britain - Life in an Imperial Province, London, 1980 p.195. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 25.56 grams, 62.91 mm. Circa 4th century AD. A transparent glass bottle with an onion shaped ribbed body that terminates into a stepped fluted neck. The base has a concave centre which allows the piece to stand. Unguentaria are small ceramic or glass bottle found frequently at Hellenistic and Roman sites, especially in cemeteries. It’s most common use was probably as a container for oil, though it is also suited for storing and dispensing liquid and powdered substances. A very good example but with a tiny crack in the rim otherwise in extremely fine condition. Ex Ancient Art.

Glass, 15.91 grams, 60.25 mm. Circa 3rd century AD. A transparent glass bottle with a short fluted neck with flat rim, and a wider body decorated with raised ribs. The base has a concave centre which allows the piece to stand. Unguentaria are small ceramic or glass bottle found frequently at Hellenistic and Roman sites, especially in cemeteries. Its most common use was probably as a container for oil, though it is also suited for storing and dispensing liquid and powdered substances. Ref: similar to Bonhams lot 229. 27 April 2006. A beautiful piece in extremely fine condition. Ex old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 56.29 grams, 71.65 mm. Circa 2nd century AD. A cast knife handle in the form of a stylised Roman galley. The 'prow' at the base of the handle formed into a suspension loop, with the remains of the folding iron knife blade in situe. Provenance: found near Colchester, Essex. A most unusual piece.

Plaster, 385 grams, 120 x 90 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A well preserved thick coarse white wall plaster fragment, the remains of a polychrome fresco with a painted design decorated on the smooth finished surface. Reference: Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso. VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903. Very fine condition. Provenance: reputed to be from the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy. Acquired in the 19th century, ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.

Plaster, 385 grams, 160 x 85 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A well preserved thick coarse white wall plaster fragment, the remains of a polychrome fresco with a painted design decorated on the smooth finished surface. Reference: Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso. VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903. Very fine condition. Provenance: reputed to be from the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy. Acquired in the 19th century, ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.

Plaster, 260 grams, 100 x 75 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A well preserved thick coarse white wall plaster fragment, the remains of a polychrome fresco with a painted design decorated on the smooth finished surface. Reference: Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso. VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903. Very fine condition. Provenance: reputed to be from the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy. Acquired in the 19th century, ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.

Plaster, 395 grams, 138 x 115 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A well preserved thick coarse white wall plaster fragment, the remains of a polychrome fresco with a painted design decorated on the smooth finished surface. Reference: Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso. VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903. Very fine condition. Provenance: reputed to be from the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy. Acquired in the 19th century, ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.

Copper-alloy, 3.76 grams, 38.48 mm. 4th-9th century AD. A small, solid-cast cruciform pendant depicting the crucified Christ within a rounded border; above his head is a rectangular plaque and at his feet is a circular feature. The body is depicted in a stylized manner to fir the rectilinear borders of the item. The suspension loop emerges from the border of the upper arm. Reference: cf. Platonov, M.S.Platar Katalog 2004, Kiev, 2004 p.224ff. Very fine condition, with suspension loop intact. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 21.64 grams, 63.43 mm. Circa 3rd century AD. A transparent glass bottle with a long fluted neck with flat rim, and a wider body decorated with raised ribs. The base has a concave centre which allows the piece to stand. Unguentaria are small ceramic or glass bottle found frequently at Hellenistic and Roman sites, especially in cemeteries. Its most common use was probably as a container for oil, though it is also suited for storing and dispensing liquid and powdered substances. Ref: similar to Bonhams lot 229. 27 April 2006. A beautiful piece in extremely fine condition. Ex old English collection.

Ceramic, 41.82 grams, 93.92 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A Roman figural lamp comprising a flattened hemispherical bowl with two piercings, and a rounded spout with circular perforation. The decoration consists of a bird facing right perched on a branch. Reference: cf. Lapp, E.C. The Archaeology of Light: The Cultural Significance of the Oil Lamp from Roman Palestine, 1997. Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 22.64 grams, 31.05 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A finely detailed hand and forearm from a statuette. The hand grasps a terracotta lamp with carefully modelled spout and base. Reference: cf. Roman bronzes in Murawski, P. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003, p.164. Fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 23.63 grams, 45.36 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A finely detailed cast model duck or waterfowl with voided eye, textured upper wings and long feathers on the lower wings and back. The mount is modelled as present to the waterline and is hollow beneath. Reference: cf. duck brooch in Murawski, P. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003 item R07-0511. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Plaster, 520 grams, 160 x 90 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A well preserved thick coarse white wall plaster fragment, the remains of a polychrome fresco with a painted design decorated on the smooth finished surface. Reference: Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso. VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903. Very fine condition. Provenance: reputed to be from the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy. Acquired in the 19th century, ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.

Plaster, 195 grams, 98 x 74 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A well preserved thick coarse white wall plaster fragment, the remains of a polychrome fresco with a painted design decorated on the smooth finished surface. Reference: Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso. VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903. Very fine condition. Provenance: reputed to be from the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy. Acquired in the 19th century, ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.

Plaster, 235 grams, 107 x 80 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A well preserved thick coarse white wall plaster fragment, the remains of a polychrome fresco with a painted design decorated on the smooth finished surface. Reference: Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso. VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903. Very fine condition. Provenance: reputed to be from the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy. Acquired in the 19th century, ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.

Plaster, 595 grams, 160.85 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A large well preserved thick coarse white wall plaster fragment, the remains of a polychrome fresco with a floral design decorated on the smooth finished surface. Reference: Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso. VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903. Very fine condition. Provenance: reputed to be from the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy. Acquired in the 19th century, ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.

Plaster, 185 grams, 115 x 85 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A well preserved thick coarse white wall plaster fragment, the remains of a polychrome fresco with a painted design decorated on the smooth finished surface. Reference: Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso. VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903. Very fine condition. Provenance: reputed to be from the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy. Acquired in the 19th century, ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.

Copper-alloy and gold, 8.18 grams, 145.46 mm. Circa 3rd century AD. A large bronze pin with a long tapering shaft that is mounted by a gold human head terminal. Joined through the centre and detailed with a double collar and stylized facial features, the hairstyle is formed by two rows of upward facing chevrons. The head was originally unstable so has been professionally re-fixed to the shaft. An extremely rare example in very fine condition. Ex old English collection. This lot is accompanied by an XRF ancient metal test certificate from Oxford X-ray Fluorescence Ltd.

Copper-alloy, 7.85 grams, 34.18 mm. 3rd-5th century AD. A late Roman or Germanic cruciform military (harness?) mount of curved profile with a central spike. The expanding arms are placed on either side of the spike with a zone of incised transverse lines at the junction; similar decorated zones appear on the rectangular main plate. At the upper and lower edges are indented transverse channels, each pierced in two places to allow the plate to be sewn to the leather or fabric backing. Reference: Appels, A. & Laycock, S. Roman Buckles & Military Fittings Witham, 2007, items AA14.51 and AA14.73 and cf. linear decoration on item SL4.23. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 43.63 grams, 80.38 mm. Circa 4th century AD. A cast openwork hinged buckle set comprising an elliptical loop with two pairs of open-mouthed animal-heads, one pair flanking the bar at the rear of the loop and the other flanking the couch for the tongue. The tongue is a flat bar with a panel of transverse ribbing close to the rear edge. The plate is formed with four series of D-shaped voids at each end and a longer elliptical void between each pair. The rear edge of the plate is scrolled and the forward edge features a thickened border with ribbed decoration. The plate is pierced at each corner to accept attachment rivets (still in place). Reference: cf. Appels, A. & Laycock, S. Roman Buckles and Miiltary Fittings, Witham, 2007 p.171 (plate) and 184 (loop). Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper alloy, 10.49 grams; 33.30 mm. Circa 1st - 3rd Century A.D. An urn in the centre surrounded by a military pattern of openwork scrolls. An unusual brooch, we are unable to find any parallels with no examples in Hattatt, Benet’s Artefacts, or Celtic and Roman Artefacts. Pin lost in antiquity, Very Fine condition and Excessively Rare.

Copper alloy, 25.86 grams; 36.18 mm. Circa 2nd century AD. A stunning cast bronze mount detailed with the bust of the god Bacchus which was probably from a large wine jug. Bacchus was the god of wine and the son of Zeus and Semele. He represents not only the intoxicating power of wine, but its social and beneficent influences likewise. He is viewed as the promoter of civilization, a lawgiver and lover of peace. Ref: for similar mounts see Benet's Artefacts of England & the United Kingdom; pages 159-164. A rare piece in extremely fine condition.

Copper-alloy, 3.27 grams, 29.86 mm. 2nd-3rd century AD. A standard Romano-British plate brooch in the form of a stylized horse with a rider. The horse's mane is detailed with a row of ridges. The animal's chest and flanks are inset to accept red enamel panels, of which traces remain on the chest. Reference: Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985 p. 173 item 611. Very fine condition, some loss to rider's upper body. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 23.16 grams, 27.02 mm. 1st-4th century AD. The head and neck from a Roman statuette. The face is fleshy and rounded with full lips; the hair is modelled dressed in an elaborate coiffure piled onto the top of the head. The neck is bare. The style of design is classical and naturalistic. Reference: Murawski, P.G. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003, p.164. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Clay, 155 grams; 102.60 x 63.90 mm. Circa 2nd-3rd century AD. Small vase with round globular shaped belly and narrow round flat base. The upper part of the vase is conical in shape and would have had an outward curling lip. A rare piece of British found pottery, upper section lost in antiquity otherwise in very fine condition. Provenance from the old collection of Dr. R. Bonewitz, found Oxfordshire..

Copper-alloy, 15.04 grams, 41.61 mm. 1st-2nd century AD. A bird with wings spread modelled in the round, with panels of incised linear decoration on the wings and tail and pecked texturing on the back and neck. The eyes and beak are carefully executed. The cast pendant loop emerges from the bird's back. Subsequently a copper-alloy rivet was driven through the bird's right shoulder, emerging centrally on the underside and enabling the pendant to be permanently fixed to a solid surface. The pendant's design appears to be derived from types of Roman bird-brooch. Reference: cf. bird-brooches in Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 625 and Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, items 1150-2. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Thetford, Norfolk, England.

Silver, 8.35 grams, 149.34 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A Roman ligula comprising a long round-section shaft with flattened, square-section terminal and shallow bowl. Beneath the junction of the bowl and shaft are three incised lines forming a collar, and the upper and lower faces of the terminal bear panels of incised decoration: transverse lines, heavy cross-hatching and finer cross-hatching sequentially. The purpose of the ligula was for eating delicacies in small quantities. Reference: Read, B. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, Langport, 2001, p.95 item 708. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 10.61 grams, 30.02 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A cast miniature bell with a thick lozingiform suspension loop above. The body of the bell is pierced by four triangular voids. Ferrous encrustation within the top of the bell indicates where the clapper was attached. Reference: Muraski, P. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003 p.226-7. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: found Wiltshire, England.

Plaster, 695 grams, 180 x 115 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A well preserved thick coarse white wall plaster fragment, the remains of a polychrome fresco with a painted design decorated on the smooth finished surface. Reference: Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso. VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903. Very fine condition. Provenance: reputed to be from the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy. Acquired in the 19th century, ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.

Glass, 32.85 grams, 78.77 mm. Circa 4th century AD. A translucent glass bottle with a squat spherical ribbed body detailed with raised veins that fade into the neck which is fluted with a rolled rim. The base has a concave centre which allows the piece to stand. Unguentaria are small ceramic or glass bottle found frequently at Hellenistic and Roman sites, especially in cemeteries. It’s most common use was probably as a container for oil, though it is also suited for storing and dispensing liquid and powdered substances. A very good example in extremely fine condition. Ex old English collection.

Carnelian and crystal, 21.48 grams, 50 cm [20 inches]. Circa 1st century BC - 1st century AD. A re-strung carnelian necklace, which has over 150 various shaped ancient carnelian beads, with one faceted tear-drop 'amulet' bead made from crystal. These beads are of different shades of orange and red with different degrees of transparency. Some of the beads are drilled from both ends and they have conical opening, fitted with a modern clasp to allow it to be worn. Reference: Thames & Hudson, The History of Beads from 30,000 BC to the Present; Limper K. Uruk. Perlen. Ketten. Anhänger. Ph. Von Zabern, 1989, tbl. 56, 57. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection, found eastern Mediterranean.

Copper alloy, 11.08 grams, 39.55 mm. Circa 3rd century AD. A good example of a horse brooch that originated from the Pannonian region of the Roman empire. The body of the horse forms the bow and the front legs make up the catch plate with the head extending out, the back of the horse dissolves into the cross bar that supports the hinged pin. Ref: Ancient Brooches and other Artefacts by Richard Hattatt, page 177. A good example complete with pin and in very fine condition. Ex old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 8.72 grams, 28.95 mm. Circa 2nd century AD. The flat disc with a raised central boss. The disc very fine millefiori enamelled in two bands. The top face of the boss enamelled in red with a white centre pellet. The reverse with a hinged pin and catchplate. Reference: Richard Hattatt Brooches of Antiquity, number 1052. The enamelling superbly detailed, with only slight loss to a small area. An exceptionally fine brooch. Provenance: from an old London collection.

Copper-alloy, 8.53 grams, 31.57 mm. 2nd-3rd century AD. Swastika or 'hooked cross' brooches were a provincial Roman fashion, usually dated from 150 to 225 AD, with a few common variants including the present enclosed openwork square form with a central rectangular panel and paired arms - one straight and one cranked. The pin-lugs and catchplate are present on the reverse, with the remains of the pin's looped end still in place. This form of brooch was popular with the military and occurs mainly in frontier areas such as northern Britain and Pannonia (Hungary). Reference: Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1625. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 13.30 grams, 20.99 mm. 1st-4th century AD. The head from a figurine of Mercury, the Roman god of medicine, commerce, magic and the inventor of writing and of the harp; he is Latinized version of the Greek Hermes. Mercury was especially popular in Gaul and to a lesser extent Britain, probably reflecting continuation of the cult of some pre-Roman Celtic god with similar attributes. The head is modelled with rounded features, elliptical eyes, a flat nose and small, pouting mouth. His short hair is modelled combed forward in a fring, visible beneath the brim of his helmet, which sports two wings. Traces of red pigmentation are visible on the surface. Reference: Green, M.J. The Gods of Roman Britain, Princes Risborough, 2003. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Plaster, 230 grams, 115 x 105 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A well preserved thick coarse white wall plaster fragment, the remains of a polychrome fresco with a painted design decorated on the smooth finished surface. Reference: Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso. VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903. Very fine condition. Provenance: reputed to be from the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy. Acquired in the 19th century, ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.

Copper alloy, 8.05 grams, 30.06 mm. Circa 1st-3rd century AD. Facing figure of Victory seated, with her wings spread to the sides and hands resting on the arms of her throne. There are two round securing pins on the reverse. She was the goddess of victory, daughter of Pallas and Styx and was often an attendant of Zeus or Athena; she was also presided over all contests, athletics and the military. A rare piece in extremely fine condition. Ex old English collection.

Silver, 3.90 grams, 21.25 mm. 4th-5th century AD. An octagonal finger ring with a couched elliptical bezel flanked by wide sub-triangular shoulders developing into a segmented band. The shoulders bear bilinear chevron decoration. There is some restoration to the band. The bezel is uninscribed. A very similar ring with a short text on its bezel, found in Cologne, is held by the Victoria and Albert Museum and was published in 1930. Reference: Oman, C.C. Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Rings 1930, reprinted Ipswich, 1993 item 156. Good very fine condition. Provenance: found Continental Europe, ex an old English collection.

Gold and carnelian, 12.18 grams, 24.10 mm. 1st century BC - 1st century AD. A large closed ring with an inset intaglio. The band is plain beneath developing to everted volute shoulders with convergent central panels. The elliptical bezel is surrounded by a flange with everted scroll detailing. The inset intaglio is beautifully carved with a right-facing male bust with classic Roman profile, with details of the toga suggested beneath. Reference: cf. Oman, C.C. Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Rings 1930, Reprinted Ipswich, 1993, pl.IV item 71. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection formed in the 1930's. This item is accompanied by an XRF ancient metal test certificate from Oxford X-ray Fluorescence Ltd.

Plaster, 35 grams, 59.25 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A well preserved thick coarse white wall plaster fragment, the remains of a polychrome fresco with a floral design decorated on the smooth finished surface. Reference: Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso. VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903. Very fine condition. Provenance: reputed to be from the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy. Acquired in the 19th century, ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.

Plaster, 195 grams, 78 x 73 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A well preserved thick coarse white wall plaster fragment, the remains of a polychrome fresco with a painted design decorated on the smooth finished surface. Reference: Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso. VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903. Very fine condition. Provenance: reputed to be from the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy. Acquired in the 19th century, ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.

Plaster, 125 grams, 95 x 50 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A well preserved thick coarse white wall plaster fragment, the remains of a polychrome fresco with a painted design decorated on the smooth finished surface. Reference: Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso. VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903. Very fine condition. Provenance: reputed to be from the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy. Acquired in the 19th century, ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.

Glass, 34.37 grams, 74.25 mm. Circa 3rd century AD. A transparent glass bottle with a short fluted neck with flat rim, and a wider body decorated with raised ribs. The base has a concave centre which allows the piece to stand. Unguentaria are small ceramic or glass bottle found frequently at Hellenistic and Roman sites, especially in cemeteries. Its most common use was probably as a container for oil, though it is also suited for storing and dispensing liquid and powdered substances. Ref: similar to Bonhams lot 229. 27 April 2006. A beautiful piece in extremely fine condition, with some irredescence. Ex old English collection.

Silver, 3.06 grams, 14.56 mm. 1st - 3rd century AD. A patterned military belt stud in the form of three concentric rings. The central rig is filled with white enamel, the second ring contains three silver and three enamel panels in red and blue-green, the third ring five silver and five white panels. The outer edge is billeted. The shank of the fixing rivet is still present on the reverse. Reference: cf. Appels, A. & Laycock, S. Roman Buckles & Military Fittings, Witham, 2007, p.90 item AA10.5. Very fine condition. Provenance: found near St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.