TimeLine Auctions - 6 Day Antiquities and Coin Sale

1st-2nd century AD. A bronze figure of a standing bull with head raised. 168 grams, 72mm (3"). Property of a Dutch gentleman; formerly in an old c...

1st-2nd century AD. A bronze figurine of a bull advancing with one foreleg raised and tail curled over onto the rump, on a hollow pedestal base wi...

2nd-3rd century AD. A bronze cult figurine representing an eagle with closed wings, resting upon a young reclining deer, a snake wrapped around th...

1st-3rd century AD. A substantial bronze door or furniture handle comprising a disc appliqué with detailed central raised lion-mask and two holes ...

4th century BC. A large cylindrical beaten bronze stand, perhaps for a brazier, the sides decorated with three projecting half round bands for str...

1st-3rd century AD. A large bronze circular pan with curved sides and integral foot; integral looped handle to side. 1.7 kg, 37cm (14 1/2"). From ...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze jug with bulbous body and integral flat base with circular line ornament and trefoil mouth; the attached l...

2nd-3rd century AD. A bronze octagonal lamp of squat profile, three splayed feet and long handle with small thumb-guard; the spout formed as an el...

1st-3rd century AD. A bronze patera with deep, rimmed bowl and flat base with shallow footring; the flat handle with pierced end with dolphins. 44...

1st-2nd century AD. A substantial chariot fitting formed as a domed scallop shell, omega-shaped support below with transverse bars, attached to a ...

1st-2nd century AD. A bronze oil lamp in the form of an African head, lentoid eyes, nozzle coming out of open mouth; bands of curled hair, oil fil...

2nd century AD. A bronze oil lamp with basal ring and piriform body, D-shaped nozzle; curved handle with finial formed as a bacchant with dressed ...

1st century AD. A substantial bronze hanging oil lamp comprising a central bowl and three radiating nozzles each with a D-shaped finial and heart-...

3rd-4th century AD. A substantial bronze hasp or fastener with carinated strap and lobed finial, three integral D-shaped mounts pierced to accept ...

1st century BC-2nd century AD. A bronze mason's square with flange base, openwork triangular panel set on the perpendicular with upper edge at 45°...

1st century BC-3rd century AD. A bronze sistrum musical rattle with columnar handle, looped head with flared outer rims, applied lobe finials, fou...

Dated 20th September 104 AD. The majority of an important and seemingly textually unique bronze diploma tablet of a Mauritanian cavalryman under t...

1st-2nd century AD. A group of five bronze diploma fragments comprising: a rectangular fragment with partial inscription 'ETVICEN? / VRA?VESTIDE /...

Late 3rd-early 4th century AD. An impressive life-size marble statue of a standing Roman magistrate, clad in a symmetrically incised late Roman to...

1st-2nd century AD. A partial marble torso of an adult male, once standing; chest, abdomen and pelvic region well-defined; partial genitalia; prop...

2nd-4th century AD. A carved marble bust of a goddess reworked in antiquity, holding the soul of a deceased man, depicted as a child, in her arms;...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A carved limestone statue fragment comprising the right foot and ankle on a triangular block base; mounted on a cus...

1st-2nd century AD. A fragment of a marble statue of the goddess Venus (Greek Aphrodite), comprising the base and remains of the right foot and lo...

2nd-3rd century AD. A life-sized carved limestone head of the Roman god of water and the sea, full head of wavy hair to the shoulders, full beard ...

Late 2nd century AD. A carved limestone Antonine bust of a nobleman with full head of hair in tight curls, ears, pencil-line mouth beneath a musta...

1st century AD. A carved marble head of a male figure facing forwards, once belonging to a statue; eyes, nose, mouth and ears clearly defined, ful...

2nd century AD. A carved marble female head with soft, rounded features, detailed hairstyle with raised topknot and chignon to the rear; large alm...

2nd-3rd century AD. A carved marble head of Venus(?) (Greek Aphrodite) with detailed chignon hairstyle drawn back from the face with braid extendi...

2nd century AD. A carved marble herm, or squared pillar surmounted by a head, representing a male satyr figure; deep furrowed brow, strong nose, p...

2nd-3rd century AD. A carved marble upper torso and head of Jupiter Dolichenus, standing; wearing the military costume of a Roman leader, dux, com...

1st century BC-4th century AD. A carved marble statuette of Venus (Greek Aphrodite), the goddess of love, facing right, possibly once completing t...

3rd-4th century AD. A large rectangular floor mosaic panel in matrix comprising a mythological scene with the goddess of love, Aphrodite, wearing ...

1st-3rd century AD. A marine-themed mosaic fragment of irregular tesserae depicting a large central fish with dorsal and pectoral fins, split tail...

Late 1st-early 2nd century AD. A horn-shaped translucent rock crystal rhyton with animal-head terminal, possibly a dog or young deer with erect ea...

1st-2nd century AD. A carved agate amphora-shaped vessel with pointed base, flared rim with later applied gold rim, pierced lug handles formed as ...

1st-3rd century AD. A large terracotta jar with narrow base, bulbous body, flared rim; mask to the shoulder formed as a flange nose and three hole...

1st-2nd century AD. An iridescent blue glass lidded pyxis with drum-shaped body, three applied lug feet below, a circumferential band of applied e...

Early 1st century AD. A deep blue glass vase with piriform body and flared rim, moulded white glass applied decoration comprising a vine to the sh...

4th century AD. An aubergine glass vase with bulbous body and flared mouth, marvered festoons in dark crimson with white feathered edges. Cf. Oppe...

1st-3rd century AD. A restrung necklace of gold-in-glass oblate beads with interstitial gold melon and blue glass spacer beads. 61.22 grams, 62cm ...

1st-2nd century AD. A glass disc weight of flattened circular form; rounded edges; pontil mark folded into a floral motif. Cf. The Corning Museum ...

13th-14th century AD. A gold finger ring with ellipsoid bezel, pointillé tendrils to the hoop, to the bezel a bust with radiate crown over a penta...

6th century AD. A gold finger ring with discoid plaque, low-relief motif of a cross dividing two opposed busts over 'X?PIC' legend (for XPICTOC' C...

6th century AD. A gold finger ring with quatrefoil bezel, incised cross with letters 'FCE?'. 3.50 grams, 20.06mm overall, 16.35mm internal diamete...

6th-8th century AD. A gold finger ring with ellipsoid cell to the bezel, inset rock crystal cloison with monogram 'NAOY'. 4.35 grams, 20.16mm over...

6th-7th century AD. A gold ring with broad flat-section hoop and beaded wire borders, openwork scrolled leaves and tendrils around a central Malte...

7th-8th century AD. A gold finger ring with ellipsoid plaque, monogram 'NBO?Y' flanked by a Maltese cross and starburst. 12.86 grams, 24.12mm over...

6th-8th century AD. A hollow-formed gold bracelet with three-panel hinged closure; cells to the outer face with beaded wire collar and inset caboc...

8th-12th century AD. A pair of gold earrings each with tapering hoop and small hook fastening and each with two free-hanging pendant drops; one of...

4th-5th century AD. A gold pendant comprising a D-shaped cell, ribbed loop and granule, inset cameo panel with Asklepios and Hygieia flanking a wr...

5th-7th century AD. A restrung necklace of tubular lapis lazuli beads with biconvex spacers, granulated gold collars flanking the centrepiece, a g...

6th-7th century AD. A silver ring from the Byzantine period comprising a round-section hoop with a circular tablet-bezel, the bezel with menorah a...

7th-10th century AD. A group of silver buckles and fittings plates consisting of: a buckle with pelta-shaped plate with engraved decoration, D-sha...

10th-12th century AD. A bronze military standard or processional cross, with trefoil terminals and applied decorative appliqués; each cross arm ma...

6th-7th century AD. A large polycandelon with openwork disc of twelve bars, six with crosses at centre and circles alternating whole and broken at...

6th-8th century AD. A bronze hanging censer with three suspension chains attached to a three-armed distributor with collar and hook with notched f...

6th century AD. A lidded marble reliquary casket in the shape of a church, ciborium, pyramidal lid with palm branch to each edge joining at the ap...

8th-10th century AD. A carved schist squat jar with separate lid, band of roundels to the chamfered sidewall each containing facing bust of a sain...

6th-8th century AD. A rectangular carved marble architectural panel with slot to the underside, incised Maltese cross within a circle with ring-an...

6th-7th century AD. An amber-coloured glass square tile overlaid with gold sheet forming another square and four triangles, overlaid with transluc...