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450 Roman Bronze Phallic Seal Box. 2nd-3rd century AD. A cast piriform bronze seal box in two sections: the tray concave with three large perforations in the base; the lid with moulded phallus motif, with provision for enamel inlay in the glans; a transverse slot for the passage of the cord. 7.83 grams, 32 mm. Very fine condition, complete. £80 - £120 Ex CNG MBS 63 (21 May 2003), lot 2043.
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453 Roman Iron Knife with Suspension Ring. 1st-2nd century AD. A forged iron knife with sharply pointed, shallow s-curved blade of thick triangular section; the tang of flat section with three sturdy attachment rivets for the (wooden or bone) scales; the tang ending in a loop with suspension ring attached. 440 grams, 465 mm including ring. Very fine condition. £200 - £300 From an old English collection.
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451 Roman Bronze Knife Handles. 1st-3rd century AD. A cast bronze knife-handle in the form of the bust of a warrior in a bronze cuirass with carefully sculpted hair; offered with a cast bronze knifehandle in the form of an openwork column of vineleaves, rising to a thick collar with bird-head pommel emerging; below the lower collar, the pierced attachment panels for the blade. 35 grams, 41 mm (bust), 44 grams, 67 mm (bird). Very fine condition, complete. [2] £250 - £300 From an old English collection.
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452 Roman Bronze-Mounted Iron Knife. 1st century BC-2nd century AD. A forged iron knife with cast bronze fittings; the blade straight on the cutting edge, curved on the back; the grip trapezoidal with two fixing rivets for the scales; the upper bolster annular; above and below the grip, two cast bronze collars with transverse rib decoration; supplied with custom stand. 258 mm overall length excluding stand. Extremely fine condition. £160 - £240
454 Romano-Celtic Bronze Mounted Linch Pin. 1st century AD. An iron round-section linch pin from a chariot with cast bronze fittings; at the lower end, a bell-shaped knop and collar, at the upper, a concave disc with concentric circle decoration set across the radius of the pin. 60 grams, 119 mm. Very fine condition, the iron stabilised and slightly restored. £220 - £280
Found near Belgrade, Serbia; from an old European collection.
Found near York, Yorkshire, England.
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