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Click here to subscribeAssorted Champagne to include: Moët & Chandon, Moët Impérial, two bottles (both boxed); Moët & Chandon, Brut Impérial, one bottle; Moët & Chandon, Impérial, one bottle; Lanson, Black Label, one bottle; Taittinger, Reserve, one bottle; Jacques Cartier, one bottle; The Wine Society’s Private Cuvée Champagne, Alfred Gratien Epernay, one bottle, eight bottles in total
14th-10th century BC. A carved bitumen cylinder seal with frieze of figures with wine-jars, cups and strainers; accompanied by a museum-quality impression and typed and signed scholarly note issued by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: Cylinder Seal of Bitumen 35 x 11 mm. The design, which is put between upper and lower rulings, shows a seated figure in garment to mid-calf level holding up a vessel with both hands. In front of him a standing figure is holding up a large fan, and there is a second vessel of the same type between the two figures. Behind the fan-bearer is a second standing figure attending to a stand with a wine-strainer on top and a vessel to collect the liquid underneath. Space above the two standing figures, who are smaller than the seated figure, is filled with a walking winged quadruped and a crouching monkey. This is a seal from south-west Iran, c.1400-1000 B.C. It is a little worn, but the design was deeply cut and so stands out very clearly. 5.22 grams, 35mm (1 1/2"). From an important North London collection formed before 1980. Very fine condition.
10-40 AD. Obv: central vine leaf with VI to right and RI to left. Rev: warrior riding horse right holding shield with C O above and F below. S. 121; BMC 1159; ABC 1193. 5.26 grams. The Brodie Hall, Kent, UK collection; acquired Chris Rudd (with envelope and tickets); ex John Haritou and Australian collections; previously with Chris Rudd, 2001. Chris Rudd notes: 'King Cunobelinus proudly promoted an ear of wheat on his gold staters, associated with CAMV. Not to be outdone by his rival north of the Thames, King Verica boldly featured a vine leaf on some of his gold staters, associated with the first part of his name. It is thought that this vine leaf referred to Verica's importation of fine Italian wine in particular and his close friendship with Rome and Roman customs in general. The engraving of this stater is definitely Roman in style.' Good very fine.
1st-3rd century AD. A narrow D-section gold hoop with ovoid bezel and inset amethyst cabochon. 0.84 grams, 18mm overall, 13.61 x 14.96mm internal diameter (approximate size British E, USA 2 1/2, Europe 2.76, Japan 2) (3/4"). Property of a Middlesex gentleman; acquired in the 1980s. The Romans would have mined most of their amethyst from the Wadi El-Hudi region, south of Aswan in Egypt. The mineral resources of this area were extensively exploited during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods with mining settlements growing up in the harsh environment. The name comes from the Ancient Greek meaning not intoxicated, a reference to the belief that the stone protected its owner from drunkenness and wine cups were often carved from the stone. Fine condition.
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