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Roman, 1st century A.D., bronze surgical tools, including a scalpel, spoon, probes, (13cm long). Patination, very fine and rare. (5)
Estimate $200
SOLD $750
Roman, bronze patera handle, (c.1st-2nd century A.D.), of fluted form terminating in a boar's head with elongated muzzle and open mouth, scrolling designs along the terminal (length 140mm, weight 140 g). Deep green toning, some earthen inclusions, very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
Roman, c.1st-2nd century A.D., bronze and iron items including, tanged iron armour piercing arrowhead, (75mm long); thin copper stylus, with sharpened point, (35mm long); smaller items for cosmetic and surgical use. Toning, very fine, some scarce. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Roman, (c.1-3rd century A.D.), bronze statuette, depicting Minerva wearing an aegis, peplos, and crested Corinthian helmet, head looking slightly right, her left arm resting at her side, right arm missing (6cm tall). Very fine, very rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $340
Roman Britain, c.2nd century A.D., bronze military Aucissa fibula, of large bow form, with hinge and pin, decorated with incised designs, (75mm long). Toned, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $240
Roman, c.2nd century A.D., bronze fibula, of large heavy form with t-bar and bulbous terminals, circular pattern design to base, (75mm long). Toned, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $10
SOLD $80
Roman, (c.2nd-4th century AD), red ware plate, Minerva in relief in well, thin incised line around rim (17cm dia). Earthen encrustations, old scratches in well suggesting use, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $750
Roman, uniface terracotta forger's casting mould, (4th century AD), obverse depicting folles of Maximinus, laureate bust to right, GAL VAL MAXIMINUS NOB CAES; another similar except with two obverse impressions. Both with edge chips and blackened from use, very fine; fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $240
Roman, (1st-4th century AD), glass sprinkler flask, ribbed squat piriform body with elongated neck and wide rim, restricted diaphragm inside neck (9cm tall). Earthen encrustations, very fine, scarce.
Estimate $550
SOLD $600
Roman, c.1st-4th century A.D., bronze axe head, long slender form with mounting sprues, (14.5 cm long). Surface pitting, nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Roman, (4th century AD), green glass cup, thick walls with out turned rim (8cm dia). Rim nicks, very fine.
Estimate $450
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Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, agate cylinder seal, two even-toed ungulates with heads raised engraved around. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $360
Near East, Late Bronze Age, (c1200 - 800 BC), Perisan barbed arrow head. Pleasant green patina, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $400
Ancient Greece, (c.4th - 1st century B.C.), bronze arrowheads, one trilobate solid socketted type (3.5cm), another bilobate socketted (4.5cm); plus a minor Greek AE14 of Phygela (cf BMC 1). Very fine; very fine; fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $260
Greece, (c.4th - 2nd century B.C.), terracotta head of a woman wearing a peplos headdress, finely detailed and modelled with delicate features (3cm x 2.5cm). Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Ancient Greece, Attica, (6th - 4th century BC), black on red ware skyphos, decorated with black bands and a repeating geometric design around the shoulders, handles in black, concentric black circles on base (10cm x 21 cm). Stress fractures on handles, a few minor areas of flaking, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $750
SOLD $800
Magna Graecia, (6th - 5th century BC), Daunian kyathos, bichrome terracotta ware decorated in red and dark brown on a pale fabric, a flat slightly flared rim encloses a bowl with a single verticle handle, decorated in concentric bands of varying thickness, a Daunian geometric symbol is painted in the bowl (13.5 cm x 4.5cm, handle 12 cm tall). Handle repaired, minor edge chips, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $750
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Magna Graecia, Campania, (c.2nd century BC), black glazed skyphos, black glaze over red clay (14.5cm dia). A few minor areas of glaze loss, very fine.
Estimate $350
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Ancient Egypt, Predynastic period, (c.4th millennium BCE), diorite pear-shaped mace head (7.5cm tall). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $220
SOLD $900
Ancient Egypt, (c.7th-4th centuries BC), faience Udjat eye bead (2cm). Two small broken fragments, areas of chipping, nearly very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $120
Egypt, Alexandria, Hellenistic to Roman period, (3rd century BCE to 4th century AD), terracotta grotesque rendered in a reddish brown buff clay, the features exagerrated and displaying a developed interest in realism, heavy set brows frame oval eyes from which a rambunctious nose potrudes, the mouth set agape and leering, the bone structure of a skull is visible beneath the musculature of a bald head, the neck turns slightly to the right providing a sense of movement on which the folds of the skin are rendered above the suggestion of a neck hump (7cm tall). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $400
SOLD $400
Ancient, black ware pottery vessel, twin handled vessel with black glaze all over (10 cm x 14 cm). Repaired, fine.
Estimate $100
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Celtic Bronze Age, (c1500-1200 B.C.), socketted palstave type bronze axe head. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $1,000
Celtic Britain, c.1000 B.C., copper armbands, of plain form, two thin and one thick metal, (70-90mm diameter); Celto-Roman, c.100-300 A.D., bronze wire bracelet, of twisted form, (60mm diameter). Very fine and scarce. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Celtic Britain, c.700 B.C., small bronze votive axe head, triangular shape, (58mm long). Find patina, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
Western India, Saurashtra, (c. 18th-19th century), Kathi Darbar brass box, three legs, ornately decorated with geometric designs, with locking side pins and carrying handle (H: 80 cm, D: 57 cm). Polished, very fine.
Estimate $3,000
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Thailand, Sukhotai Kingdom, (13th-15th centuries), stoneware jar with lid, iron black with white underglaze, fish and floral motif in 4 registers across jar and lid (20 cm x 21cm approx). Some staining, minor glaze faults and chips, very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
Malaya, Native Kingdoms, Srivijaya, (11th-13th centuries), tin rod-shaped ingot, raised sanskrit letters on the side of each end (c.f. Zeno 345197). Fine for type. (3)
Estimate $100
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Borneo, Dayak, tribal iron spearhead, (c. late 19th century), long thin form with flared base, (34cm long). Very fine.
Estimate $100
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Post medieval, (c.17th century), copper alloy items from Western European finds, including finger rings (6); stylised fleur de lis mounts (3); other mounts of heart shape / lozenge / floral designs; small buckle; thimble; others, all in a custom padded case, two empty holders. Very fine, treated with a stabilising lacquer. (23)
Estimate $150
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