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Byzantine 18K Gold Pendant, Glass Inlays, Pearls, Bird

Large Marajoara Ceramic Decorated Urn, ex-Eugene Lions

Huari Copper & Turquoise Ring w/ Running Jaguars 61.6 g

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Louisville, CO, United States

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0049: Realistic Roman Marble Sculpture - Head of Horse

Est.

$3,500

$4,500

Lot Passed

Roman Copper Alloy Ring w/ Engraved Menorah: Roman Empire, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A copper alloy ring with a finely engraved seven-lamp menorah (six branches plus the central one) flanked by a leafy branch and a makers mark upon its

0049A: Roman Copper Alloy Ring w/ Engraved Menorah

Est.

$4,000

$6,000

Lot Passed

Miniature Roman Bronze Cloaked Figure of a Youth: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A solid cast bronze cloaked figure, perhaps a youth actor pretending to be a sentator, delineated with countless pleated folds of drapery gracefully

0050: Miniature Roman Bronze Cloaked Figure of a Youth

Est.

$800

$1,200

Lot Passed

Roman Brass Handled Situla w/ Maskette Attachments: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An attractive cast-brass situla with a flat base, concave walls which flare gently outward towards the top and dramatically at the lip, and a pair

0051: Roman Brass Handled Situla w/ Maskette Attachments

Est.

$2,000

$3,000

Lot Passed

SOLD

Roman Glass Bowl - Honeycomb / Dimpled Pattern: Rome, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. In a word, WOW! This vessel is quite a gem - created via a complicated process involving gradually blowing the glass into a mold and then

0051A: Roman Glass Bowl - Honeycomb / Dimpled Pattern

Est.

$1,200

$1,800

Roman 22K+ Gold Ribbed Domed Bead: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A lovely bead, made by overlaying 94% gold sheet on a clay core, with a half-pumpkin form, deep ribs along its surface, and two small openings on

0052: Roman 22K+ Gold Ribbed Domed Bead

Est.

$800

$1,200

Lot Passed

SOLD

Roman 22K+ Gold Ring w/ Banded Agate Stone: Roman, late Imperial Period, ca. 3rd to 4th century CE. An ornate, openwork high quality gold (95.5% or equivalent to 22K+) ring with a large, banded, grey and black agate stone set into the raised

0053: Roman 22K+ Gold Ring w/ Banded Agate Stone

Est.

$3,200

$4,800

SOLD

Eastern Roman Glass Unguentarium w/ Trailing: Roman, Eastern Empire, Imperial Period, ca. 3rd to 4th century CE. A beautiful free-blown glass unguentarium formed from near-opaque, teal-hued glass. The elongated teardrop-form body rests atop an

0053A: Eastern Roman Glass Unguentarium w/ Trailing

Est.

$600

$900

SOLD

Roman Glass Bowl - Beautiful Rainbow Iridescence: Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A shallow, translucent glass bowl with a smooth pontil mark on its underside. The sides of the vessel flare out slightly, rising to a narrow, rolled

0053B: Roman Glass Bowl - Beautiful Rainbow Iridescence

Est.

$1,800

$2,500

SOLD

Roman Sardonyx Cameo of a Winged Erote Face: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 3rd century CE. A breathtaking sardonyx cameo, expertly sculpted in three layers, the white visage against a black ground, with a black-and-white verso, depicting the head

0054: Roman Sardonyx Cameo of a Winged Erote Face

Est.

$2,200

$3,300

SOLD

Roman Phoenician Glass Bead / Turquoise Necklaces (2): Roman Phoenicia, ca. 2nd to 1st century BCE. A pair of necklaces which could be worn separately or together as a double-strand, each consisting of ancient glass beads strung with modern spherical

0055: Roman Phoenician Glass Bead / Turquoise Necklaces (2)

Est.

$700

$1,050

Late Bronze Age 20K+ Gold Hair Ring: Europe, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A petite penannular ring consisting of gold foil wrapped around an inner core with impressed bands at the terminals. Although such penannular rings

0056: Late Bronze Age 20K+ Gold Hair Ring

Est.

$1,000

$1,500

Lot Passed

SOLD

Lot of 5 Hallstatt Bronze Spectacle Fibulae: Southern Europe, Hallstatt culture, ca. 7th century BCE. Five nearly identical examples of the spectacle, or double spiral, fibula (brooch). Each is created from a single bronze wire twisted around

0056A: Lot of 5 Hallstatt Bronze Spectacle Fibulae

Est.

$500

$700

SOLD

Roman Terra Sigilata Conical Jug - Rabbit & Cherub: Rome, North African, ca. 3rd to 4th centuries CE. A beautiful example of the redware pottery of Roman North Africa, one of Rome's wealthiest provinces. This is a conical jug with decorative filigree

0057: Roman Terra Sigilata Conical Jug - Rabbit & Cherub

Est.

$1,200

$1,800

Wonderful Roman Glass Beaker / Oil Lamp: Roman, late Imperial Period, ca. 4th to early 5th century CE. A stunning example of a beaker that could double as an oil lamp and vice versa, free-blown from nearly transparent glass of a soft

0057A: Wonderful Roman Glass Beaker / Oil Lamp

Est.

$3,000

$4,500

Lot Passed

SOLD

Roman Glass Sprinkler Flask w/ Net Motif: Roman, late Imperial Period, ca. late 3rd to early 5th century CE. A beautiful sprinkler flask that is mold-formed from translucent, green-hued glass with integral streaks of red-purple glass along

0057B: Roman Glass Sprinkler Flask w/ Net Motif

Est.

$600

$900

Roman Wooden Weaver's Comb: Roman, late Imperial Period, ca. 4th to early 5th century CE. A hand-carved wooden weaver comb used for compressing the fibers on a loom rather than feeding the lengthy slay between the warp threads.

0058: Roman Wooden Weaver's Comb

Est.

$600

$900

Lot Passed

SOLD

5th C. Ostrogothic Bronze Buckle w/ Red Glass Inlay: Europe, modern day Italy, Ostrogoth, ca. 5th century CE. A lovely ovoid bronze belt buckle with four inlaid triangular panels of wine red glass and a thick tongue. The Ostrogoths were pagan, and so

0058A: 5th C. Ostrogothic Bronze Buckle w/ Red Glass Inlay

Est.

$600

$900

Viking Silver, Gilt Silver, & Quartz Necklace - 151.1 g: Northern Europe, Viking or Norse culture, ca. 800 to 1100 CE. An incredible long knitted 99% silver chain ending in two cast terminals with small stamped and repeated triangular designs. Hanging from

0059: Viking Silver, Gilt Silver, & Quartz Necklace - 151.1 g

Est.

$3,000

$4,500

Lot Passed

Viking Twisted Silver Torc - 85 g: Northern Europe, Viking or Norse culture, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A beautiful and wearable 96.5% silver torc (also torque or torq) for someone with a thin neck composed of a single piece of thin

0059A: Viking Twisted Silver Torc - 85 g

Est.

$1,500

$2,200

Lot Passed

SOLD

Wearable Viking Silver Stamped Ring - 4.8 g: Northern Europe, Viking, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A striking 94% silver ring made from a band of silver that broadens to a wide face, and is elaborately ornamented with punched decoration

0060: Wearable Viking Silver Stamped Ring - 4.8 g

Est.

$1,000

$1,500

Viking Silver Bracelet w/ Serpent Motif- 40.9 g: Northern Europe, Viking / Norse culture, ca. 9th to 10th century CE. An incredible Viking bracelet comprised of high quality silver (99% silver). The section of the bracelet that surrounds most of

0061: Viking Silver Bracelet w/ Serpent Motif- 40.9 g

Est.

$3,000

$6,000

Lot Passed

SOLD

0062: 17th C. Western European Iron Adulterer

Est.

$1,200

$1,800

17th C. Russian Iron Axe Head from Alaska - Topor: Eastern Europe, Russia, imported to Alaska, ca. 17th to 18th century CE. A fine forged-iron axe head ("topor" in Russian) of a surprisingly lightweight composition meant for splitting and shaping

0063: 17th C. Russian Iron Axe Head from Alaska - Topor

Est.

$600

$900

Lot Passed

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