Lead, 11.91 grams, 11.50 mm, 1st-4th century AD. Roman dice were used in pairs for a variety of board games, and were also popular with the military for casual gambling. The sum of the numbers on opposite sides of Roman is always seven, as on modern dice. The present piece is a small lead cube with impressed roundels on each face. Reference: Parlett, D. Oxford History of Board Games, Oxford, 1999. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Rotherhithe, Kent.

Silver, 43.24 grams; 58.38 mm. Circa. 1st Century A.D. Silver lamp, 130 grams; 130.60 x 87.29 x 41.56 mm. A couple on a bed in an erotic embrace, the handle and spout in the shape of male and female phallic. Male phallic almost complete otherwise Extremely Fine condition with good detail, but in a desirable uncleaned 'as found' condition. Extremely Rare and highly collectable. Ex. Pullen collection. Found Eastern Mediterranean.

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, 1.22 grams, 14.46 mm long. Roman style intaglio of oval shape in a pale green glass and having an incuse male figure of a standing god cut into the upper surface. Possibly not ancient. Attractive and in very fine condition.

Silver and gold, 7.07 grams, 33.49 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A finely-made fore-arm and hand cast in silver. The delicately-modelled hand with its forefinger and little finger extended suggest that the figurine was of a female deity, as this pose was used on, for example, the Medici Venus statue, itself probably a copy of an original Greek figure of Aphrodite. The arm is decorated with a miniature gold bracelet formed from a square-section rod twisted along its length to form a shallow rotation. The arm expands at the elbow, suggesting that the figure wore a sleeved garment, but the fracture at this point makes it impossible to determine more. Reference: Beard, M. and Henderson, J. Classical Art: From Greece to Rome, Oxford, 2001. Provenance: from an old English collection, found continental Europe. Good very fine condition.

Agate, 155 grams, 56 mm long by 52 mm wide by 38 mm thick. Circa 1st century AD. A rare 'polisher' or 'rubber' in a hard banded agate stone and having several working faces. Striations from use may be seen on several faces. Reference: Evans, Sir J. The Ancient Stone Implements Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, 1897. Provenance: found in association with Roman pottery fragments in Carthage in 1954. A very attractive and unusual implement.

Copper alloy, 130 grams; 77.36 mm. Circa 1st-2nd century AD. Bronze casket leg in the form of a lion’s leg standing on a large round plinth. At the top of the leg there is the head of a lion cast in the finest detail; this then joins to a square sectioned hollow finial that would have been fitted to the base of a casket or chest. Ref: Benet's Artefacts of England & the United Kingdom; R99-0401. A beautiful piece in extremely fine condition. Ex old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 8.77 grams, 20.03 mm across. Circa 2nd century AD. Of cast form, being the head from a small animal figure, mount or knife handle. The piece depicting a stylised horse's head, with carefully delineated mane, ears and facial features. Excellent, with evidence of a 'tang' at the base for attachment.

Copper alloy, 120 grams; 114.78 mm. Circa 2nd-4th century AD. A stunning bronze wine jug handle and rim. The rim is detailed in an organic form with two spirals that curl inward to meet the top of the handle that protrudes above the rim. Curving out then back in an S shape the handle is detailed in the style of vine and terminates with a beautiful vine leaf surmounted by the bust of Bacchus. 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. A rare and exceptionally beautiful piece in extremely fine condition. Ex old English collection.

Copper alloy, 95.00 grams; 85.05 mm. Circa 2nd-4th century AD. Excellent bronze jug handle with leaf shaped hinged lid. The handle is in the stylized form of a vine with a small leaf type projection for resting the thumb when holding, curving in an S shape it opens out into an oval terminal detailed with a bust which is probably that of Bacchus god of wine. A rare piece in very fine condition. Ex old English collection.